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WEST BENGAL NEWS

West Bengal panchayat polls: Unhappy with candidate selection, TMC MLA Manoranjan Byapari quits party posts

June 21, 2023 12:25 pm

Writer-turned-politician Manoranjan Byapari’s decision came days after a few TMC party workers in Hooghly district had accused him of giving election tickets to party workers in exchange for money.

Was West Bengal 'founded' or an imperial creation? Latest Governor, Mamata face-off over history

June 21, 2023 8:15 am

On June 20, 1947, Bengal Assembly voted two ways, to stay in India, or go to Pakistan; TMC says it is a day of sorrow, CPM joins in, attacks BJP over “distortion of history”

When ice was a luxury item and shipped to Calcutta from the US

June 21, 2023 8:13 am

Some three centuries before the British mesmerised Calcutta with ice, Mughal emperor Babur had transported ice on elephants and horseback from Kashmir to Delhi. The British tried to emulate the practice but soon gave up. Then ‘American ice’ happened.

‘Holding polls can’t be licence for violence’: SC dismisses pleas against Calcutta HC order on central forces deployment

June 21, 2023 8:11 am

The Calcutta High Court had ordered the deployment of central forces in all West Bengal districts for the July 8 panchayat elections.

West Bengal Governor writes: What Bengal thinks today

June 20, 2023 7:48 am

The state stands at a crossroads. Together, we must make our choice — to accept what is right and to reject what is not

In West Bengal poll climate, a TMC 'reward' season

June 19, 2023 1:39 pm

A tribal woman made to crawl as 'penance' for joining BJP gets TMC nomination; MLA accused of fomenting trouble will now have Z-category security.

A decade after, a mother from Sunderbans reunites with her daughter in Kashmir

June 19, 2023 12:47 pm

The story of the reunion made possible by community radio and a six-year-long persistent effort by the woman's brother-in-law

West Bengal State Election Commission data: BJP, CPI(M) filed twice as many nominations than they did in 2018

June 17, 2023 11:23 am

According to the data released by the state poll panel, the BJP had filed 56,321 nominations and CPI(M) 48,646 on Thursday – the last date to file nominations for this year’s panchayat polls. In 2018, the BJP had filed 29,528 nominations and the CPI(M) 22,981, according to SEC officials.

Panchayat polls: EC panel, govt to move SC against HC order on central forces deployment

June 17, 2023 9:07 am

The decision was taken after senior officials of the State Election Commission and the government attended a meeting with the state's legal advisors on Friday, sources in the Commission said.

West Bengal elections and the call for Central forces

June 16, 2023 7:56 pm

Forces have been ordered for the conduct of elections in the state, at various levels, since the Trinamool Congress came to power in 2011, and the BJP emerged as its main opponent

WEST BENGAL PHOTOS

When four artists from West Bengal came together to showcase works based on neorealism and neo-romanticism

April 13, 2023 12:39 pm

The exhibit was curated by Suneet Chopra who promised an "artistic splendour of the state that boasts of traditional art and culture painted in the modern light"

CBI probe on, school job aspirants hold protest in Kolkata

December 19, 2022 10:56 pm

Nine organisations of agitating job seekers and would-be-teachers in government schools organised a joint rally in Kolkata on Monday to assert their demands amidst CBI probe in school jobs scam.

Indian fans celebrate Argentina's long walk to World Cup victory

December 19, 2022 12:53 pm

Indian fans celebrate Argentina's win at the FIFA World Cup 2022, held in Qatar.

Deaths, floods as cyclone Sitrang hits Bangladesh; rain dampens Bengal festivities

October 25, 2022 1:00 pm

Cyclone Sitrang hit Bangladesh on Monday, resulting in at least nine deaths and heavy flooding. The cyclone, however, spared West Bengal, which witnessed heavy rainfall.

BJP launches Nabanna Abhiyan in Kolkata, prominent leaders detained

September 13, 2022 5:07 pm

The West Bengal police action against BJP workers trying to reach Kolkata for Nabanna Abhiyan (march to secretariat), one of the party’s biggest campaigns since its 2021 poll defeat, continued on Tuesday morning, with thousands of party workers arrested or detained in several districts.

West Bengal Madhyamik Results 2022 declared: Websites to check Class 10 score

June 03, 2022 3:36 pm

2022 West Bengal Board 10th Result Today: Candidates who appeared for the class 10 exams can check their results on wbresults.nic.in

From para-cyclist to e-commerce delivery boy — Sanjay Das represents thousand other lost stars

March 09, 2022 6:47 pm

He still cycles but not for his passion, instead, he pedals to run his family

In pics: The West Bengal Handicraft Fair of 2021

December 07, 2021 5:47 pm

Take a look at the colourful array of art exhibited in Kolkata's Eco Park!

WEST BENGAL VIDEOS

Why a leader is aligning with someone is more important that who aligns with who; Mamata Banerjee has a major role: Amit Mitra, Bengal Finance Minister

June 22, 2020 6:10 pm

Bengal FM Amit Mitra talks about demonetisation, the problems with GST, failing Centre-state relations, the need for protecting and building institutions such as the RBI and CBI, investments in the state, and what the BJP “doesn’t get about Bengal".

Somnath Chatterjee will be remembered for always being above party politics

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

The best example of his non-partisan behaviour is, of course, from 2008 during the Indo-US nuclear deal. Read more: https://bit.ly/2vES2Tu

The Mamata Banerjee Interview

June 22, 2020 6:56 pm

Class-3 student allegedly molested by teacher in Hooghly

February 26, 2016 10:07 am

Hooghly (WB), Feb 26 (ANI): A student of class 3 was allegedly molested by a teacher in Hooghly district of West Bengal. The family of the student created uproar outside the school. They broke a glass of a police van and injured two police officials. However, the situation was controlled by the Bhadreswar police.

Bike rally held to promote tourism in Siliguri

February 22, 2016 10:23 am

Siliguri, Feb 22 (ANI): A bike rally was organised by the Bengal Travel Mart in association with XKMPH and Indian Bikers Community in Siliguri. Around 120 bikers participated in the mega rally to promote West Bengal as a destination for bikers as well as adventure-loving people across the globe. The bike rally was organised to spread awareness among common people for safe driving.

Indo-Bangladesh Urs train arrives in Midnapur

February 18, 2016 5:51 am

Midnapur, Feb 18 (ANI): An Indo-Bangladesh special Urs train with 2,210 pilgrims on board arrived at Midnapur Railway station, West Bengal, from Rajbari in Bangladesh on Thursday morning. The Urs special train service was started in 1903. Every year, people of all faiths come to Midnapore Urs to seek blessings of Boro Huzur, a descendant of Boropir Abdul Qadir Jilani, who came to India from Iraq in the 19th century to preach Islam.

Two men arrested with leopard skin in Jalpaiguri

February 17, 2016 9:30 am

Jalpaiguri, Feb 17 (ANI): Two men carrying leopard skin were arrested by forest officials in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The forest officials formed a special team to catch the people involved in illegal wildlife trade. The leopard skin was to be sold to a party from Nepal and was found packed in a bag. Clouded leopards are rare in Bengal and are found mostly in Bhutan. Investigations were underway to crack down the smuggling racket. India’s leopards are under threat, with increasing numbers of the wild cats being poached for their body parts and villagers killing them for straying into human settlements.Wildlife experts say tiger and leopard parts are in great demand in China and other Asian countries.

JNU row: Jadavpur University students raise anti-national slogans

February 17, 2016 5:39 am

Kolkata, Feb 17 (ANI): Students of Jadavpur University in West Bengal took to streets expressing solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) demanding release of student leader booked on sedition charges. JNU Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested last week on sedition charges after a group of youngsters organised an event in protest of the execution of 2001 parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. Jadavpur University students shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Students and academics of the JNU continue to boycott classes to protest against government.

Child killed as truck rams into car in Kolkata

February 15, 2016 6:30 am

Kolkata, Feb 15 (ANI): Angry locals took to the streets on Monday after a truck ran over three children in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas area, killing a child and gravely injuring two other kids. Three students were travelling in a car when a truck rammed into them. The locals set two police vehicles on fire. According to sources, the police was pursuing the truck when it rammed into the car, angering the locals.

Newborn sold for Rs. 35,000 in WB

February 11, 2016 5:31 am

Jalpaiguri, Feb 11 (ANI): A newborn baby was allegedly sold for Rs 35,000 in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Thursday. Police have begun investigating into the matter. Mitu Basak, a woman staying in the Dinhata town of the Jalpaiguri district, is taking care of the baby. Cases as such have been reported earlier from the surrounding areas.

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