West Bengal

Under pressure, Kolkata Police lift barricades to allow junior doctors to march ahead

Nearly 24 hours after junior doctors began a sit-in demonstration after being prevented by the cops from marching towards the Kolkata Police headquarters in Lalbazar demanding the resignation of Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal.

Sep 3, 2024

Bill seeking death penalty for rape convicts passed in Bengal Assembly

The 'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill', which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the state Assembly on Tuesday.

Sep 3, 2024

Bill seeking death penalty for rape convicts brought in haste: Bengal LoP

'Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill' was brought in haste, claimed Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday.

Sep 3, 2024

Mamata govt to table 'Aparajita Women & Child Bill' in Assembly on Tuesday

The new Bill that seeks capital punishment for convicts in rape and murder cases to be introduced during the two-day special session of the West Bengal Assembly has been named 'Aparajita Women & Child Bill', said sources on Monday.

Sep 2, 2024

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi again, urges stringent anti-rape laws

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday shot off another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pressing for stingent central legislation on incidents of rape and meting out exemplary punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.

Aug 30, 2024

Will not resume work till demands are not fulfilled: Bengal doctors' association

Will not resume work till demands met: Bengal doctors

The West Bengal Resident Doctors' Association said on Sunday that the medical students and junior doctors of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital here will not continue to work unless their four-point demand regarding the alleged rape and murder of the house-staff and postgraduate student of the hospital were fulfilled.

Aug 12, 2024

Threat to woman officer: Akhil Giri resigns from Bengal cabinet

West Bengal Minister of State in charge of the correctional services department (independent charge) Akhil Giri, on Monday, submitted his resignation from the cabinet.

Aug 5, 2024

BJP slams Bengal govt for 'failing' to accord financial support to sports personalities

BJP on Tuesday slammed the Mamata government for allegedly failing to accord recognition and financial support to sports personalities in West Bengal.

Jul 16, 2024

Bengal school job case: CBI grilling staff of OMR sheet producing agency

CBI officials on Tuesday began interrogation of the employees of S Basu & Company, the outsourced agency responsible for providing and preserving the Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets used in the examination for recruitment of teachers in West Bengal government schools in 2017.

Jul 16, 2024

Victory in Bengal bypolls equally significant as LS results: Mamata Banerjee

Trinamool Congress' spectacular victory in the bypolls to all the four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal is equally significant as the party's spectacular results in the recent Lok Sabha polls in the state

Jul 13, 2024

Supreme Court says West Bengal's plea against CBI probes without State Govt's nod is 'maintainable'

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the suit filed by West Bengal against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), for allegedly proceeding with probes and filing FIRs in cases of post-poll violence without getting the state government's nod as required under the law, is maintainable.

Jul 10, 2024

Bengal bypolls: 34 in fray for four Assembly seats

The fate of 34 candidates will be sealed on Wednesday in the bypolls to four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal.

Jul 9, 2024

Nursing student from Bengal dies by suicide in Bengaluru

A nursing student from West Bengal allegedly died by suicide in her hostel room in Bengaluru.

Jul 8, 2024

Woman, minor son burnt to death in Bengal's Birbhum

A woman and her four-year-old son were reportedly burnt to death in Notungeet village in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Friday by some unknown people.

Jul 5, 2024

PM Modi raises Bengal flogging incident, slams Oppn's 'selective politics' on women atrocities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, replying to the Motion of Thanks on President's Address in the Rajya Sabha, hit out at the Opposition over its 'selective politics' on atrocities against women and termed it a matter of concern.

Jul 3, 2024

Another Kangaroo Court surfaces in Bengal, victim dies by suicide

After the Chopra and Cooch Behar cases, reports of another Kangaroo Court surfaced in West Bengal on Tuesday, where the victim, a woman, died by suicide.

Jul 2, 2024

ED identifies 1,000 rice & wheat mills in Bengal ration distribution case

Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, who are probing the ration distribution case in West Bengal, have prepared a list of around 1,000 rice and wheat mills which were directly or indirectly involved in the scam.

Jun 27, 2024

Mamata Banerjee slams Bengal Guv over delay in oath ceremony of 2 Trinamool MLAs

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack against Governor C.V. Ananda Bose for the delay and confusion over the swearing-in ceremony of two newly elected Trinamool Congress legislators.

Jun 27, 2024

Kanchanjungha Express hit by goods train in West Bengal

The Sealdah-bound Kanchanjungha Express collided with a goods train on Monday between New Jalpaiguri and Rangapani stations in West Bengal.

Jun 17, 2024

Bengal school job case: ED confiscates more properties linked to Partha Chatterjee

ED confiscates more properties linked to TMC leader Partha Chatterjee in cash-for-school job case in West Bengal

Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have confiscated some property forms of land plots or residential houses indirectly or jointly held by former West Bengal education minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee, who is currently in judicial custody for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore cash-for-school job case.

Jun 14, 2024

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West Bengal

Under pressure, Kolkata Police lift barricades to allow junior doctors to march ahead

Bill seeking death penalty for rape convicts passed in Bengal Assembly

Bill seeking death penalty for rape convicts brought in haste: Bengal LoP

Mamata govt to table 'Aparajita Women & Child Bill' in Assembly on Tuesday

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi again, urges stringent anti-rape laws

Will not resume work till demands met: Bengal doctors

Threat to woman officer: Akhil Giri resigns from Bengal cabinet

BJP slams Bengal govt for 'failing' to accord financial support to sports personalities

Bengal school job case: CBI grilling staff of OMR sheet producing agency

Victory in Bengal bypolls equally significant as LS results: Mamata Banerjee

Supreme Court says West Bengal's plea against CBI probes without State Govt's nod is 'maintainable'

Bengal bypolls: 34 in fray for four Assembly seats

Nursing student from Bengal dies by suicide in Bengaluru

Woman, minor son burnt to death in Bengal's Birbhum

PM Modi raises Bengal flogging incident, slams Oppn's 'selective politics' on women atrocities

Another Kangaroo Court surfaces in Bengal, victim dies by suicide

ED identifies 1,000 rice & wheat mills in Bengal ration distribution case

Mamata Banerjee slams Bengal Guv over delay in oath ceremony of 2 Trinamool MLAs

Kanchanjungha Express hit by goods train in West Bengal

ED confiscates more properties linked to TMC leader Partha Chatterjee in cash-for-school job case in West Bengal

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