West Bengal

Bengal by-polls: TMC leader writes to ECI seeking intervention on crucial issues

Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, seeking the latter's intervention on issues pertaining to upcoming by-elections for 6 assembly constituencies in West Bengal.

Nov 11, 2024

PDS slips in Bengal will now give details of Centre-state share in food subsidy

The Public Distribution System (PDS) beneficiaries in West Bengal will get to know of the Centre's and the state's share in food subsidy every time they visit the ration shops to purchase their quotas of food items.

Nov 4, 2024

HC cancels work tender to private security agency in Bengal govt hospitals

A single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, cancelled the work tenders awarded to private security agencies at state-run hospitals in two districts of West Bengal on the grounds that those tenders were awarded flouting all norms.

Oct 29, 2024

Bengal doctor rapes patient after tranquillizing her, arrested

Bengal doctor rapes patient after tranquillizing her, blackmails with photos; arrested

The West Bengal Police, on Tuesday, arrested a doctor in Hasnabad in North 24 Parganas district on charges of raping a female patient after injecting her with a tranquillizing serum.

Oct 29, 2024

Bengal bypolls: TMC & AISF head for tough contest in minority-dominated Haroa

The main contest, in Haroa, a minority-dominated constituency in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, will be between the ruling Trinamool Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF).

Oct 28, 2024

RG Kar case: Sandip Ghosh's 10 confidant doctors expelled

RG Kar scam: Sandip Ghosh moves bail plea at Calcutta HC

The former and controversial Principal of state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital here, on Monday, moved a bail petition before a single-judge bench of Calcutta High Court.

Oct 28, 2024

Barring heavy rain, Cyclone Dana's impact nominal in West Bengal

Cyclone Dana's impact remains nominal in West Bengal despite heavy rains

Except for torrential rain in coastal districts and adjoining areas in West Bengal, Cyclone Dana's impact on the state has been nominal.

Oct 25, 2024

Youth arrested in connection with rape and murder at Bengal's Krishnanagar

Nadia district police in West Bengal, on Wednesday afternoon, arrested a youth in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman in her early twenties, whose half-charred and semi-nude body was recovered earlier this morning.

Oct 16, 2024

RG Kar protest: Hunger strike by junior doctors enters day 12

RG Kar case: Doctors' hunger strike enters day 12

The fast-unto-death demonstration by a group of junior doctors at Esplanade in central Kolkata in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, entered the 12th day on Wednesday.

Oct 16, 2024

RG Kar case: Sandip Ghosh's 10 confidant doctors expelled

The authorities of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have issued a notification announcing the decision to expel as many as 10 doctors, including interns, house staff and senior residents from the hospital.

Oct 6, 2024

Bengal girl rape-murder: Tension prevails in Jayanagar

Tension prevailed in the Jayanagar area in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Sunday as the local people protested against police apathy in the minor girl's rape and murder case.

Oct 6, 2024

Three fishing trawlers with 49 fishermen missing off Bengal, search operations on

Three fishing trawlers, with 49 fishermen on board, have gone missing in the sea off West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, and authorities have mounted a search to locate them and rescue the stranded men.

Sep 16, 2024

30-member junior doctors' delegation head to Nabanna for 'talks' with Mamata

30-member doctors' delegation head to Nabanna for talks with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

A delegation of 30 representatives of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Forum (WBJDF) left for state Secretariat Nabanna on Thursday for a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on their demands over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month.

Sep 12, 2024

RG Kar financial scam: Sandip Ghosh, 3 others sent to judicial custody till Sep 23

A special court in Kolkata on Tuesday sent controversial former Principal of R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital Sandip Ghosh and three others to judicial custody till September 23 in the financial scam case, amid protests by some woman advocates.

Sep 10, 2024

Sorry, says CM Mamata Banerjee on RG Kar rape-murder case

'Show me the proof': Mamata Banerjee dismisses allegations of offering money to RG Kar victim's parents

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday refuted the allegations of the state government offering money to the parents of the junior doctor of R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital who became the victim of a ghastly rape and murder within the hospital premises last month.

Sep 9, 2024

Kolkata police chief came to me several times to quit, did not accept resignation: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that Kolkata's Commissioner of Police, Vineet Kumar Goyal, had come to her several times to put in his papers in the wake of the fiasco over the R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital rape and murder but she had refused to accept his resignation.

Sep 9, 2024

Internal differences surface in Trinamool over Jawhar Sircar's resignation

Internal differences within the Trinamool Congress have surfaced over the decision of its Rajya Sabha member and former IAS officer Jawhar Sircar to resign from Parliament and quit politics.

Sep 9, 2024

'Never witnessed such grievance against any govt', Trinamool MP resigns on RG Kar issue

Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Jawhar Sircar, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, on Sunday, announced his decision to resign from the Rajya Sabha as a protest against the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital as well as the corruption in governance in West Bengal.

Sep 8, 2024

Bengal govt seeks details of resident doctors in all medical colleges

The West Bengal Health Department through a notification has sought detailed information about all resident doctors from the medical colleges and hospitals in the state.

Sep 8, 2024

RG Kar: Crucial SC hearing on Thursday to determine Trinamool's next strategy

The Supreme Court's hearing on the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital rape and murder case on Thursday will to a great extent determine the next strategy for the Trinamool Congress, which is already on the back foot due to the continued mass protests in the state over the issue.

Sep 4, 2024

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West Bengal

Bengal by-polls: TMC leader writes to ECI seeking intervention on crucial issues

PDS slips in Bengal will now give details of Centre-state share in food subsidy

HC cancels work tender to private security agency in Bengal govt hospitals

Bengal doctor rapes patient after tranquillizing her, blackmails with photos; arrested

Bengal bypolls: TMC & AISF head for tough contest in minority-dominated Haroa

RG Kar scam: Sandip Ghosh moves bail plea at Calcutta HC

Cyclone Dana's impact remains nominal in West Bengal despite heavy rains

Youth arrested in connection with rape and murder at Bengal's Krishnanagar

RG Kar case: Doctors' hunger strike enters day 12

RG Kar case: Sandip Ghosh's 10 confidant doctors expelled

Bengal girl rape-murder: Tension prevails in Jayanagar

Three fishing trawlers with 49 fishermen missing off Bengal, search operations on

30-member doctors' delegation head to Nabanna for talks with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

RG Kar financial scam: Sandip Ghosh, 3 others sent to judicial custody till Sep 23

'Show me the proof': Mamata Banerjee dismisses allegations of offering money to RG Kar victim's parents

Kolkata police chief came to me several times to quit, did not accept resignation: Mamata

Internal differences surface in Trinamool over Jawhar Sircar's resignation

'Never witnessed such grievance against any govt', Trinamool MP resigns on RG Kar issue

Bengal govt seeks details of resident doctors in all medical colleges

RG Kar: Crucial SC hearing on Thursday to determine Trinamool's next strategy

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