Woman Caught With 7-Months Old Baby In Bag On Bengal Train

26 Jun 2024

Passengers on a local train in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, assaulted a woman on Wednesday after allegedly discovering a seven-month-old baby in her bag. Police are currently questioning the woman. Sources report that just before the Sealdah-bound train from Duttapukur arrived at Birati railway station, passengers heard a...

Cyclone ‘Remal’: Indian Navy Initiates Preparatory Actions In Bengal

26 May 2024

The Indian Navy has started preparatory actions, following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to mount a credible Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) response in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal. Coast on the intervening night of May 26 and 27. The situation is being handled closely at the Nasal Headquarters, with...

Bengal minister likens Mamata with Sri Chaitanya, Opp mocks him

28 Dec 2023

West Bengal minister Bratya Basu courted controversy by likening Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the state’s spiritual icon Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya. His comments have drawn ridicule from the opposition parties. Basu while speaking at a programme at Purbasthali in Purba Bardhaman district on Tuesday described the Trinamool Congress supremo as...

BJP to bank on social media warriors to win Lok Sabha polls in Bengal

27 Dec 2023

Home Minister Amit Shah today addressed a meeting of BJP Bengal’s social media and IT karyakartas in the city and said that the party would contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its social media strength because the regional media does not carry the message of the BJP “fearing Didi”,...

BJP forms 15-member team to supervise Bengal LS campaign

27 Dec 2023

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced the formation of a 15-member election management committee to oversee Lok Sabha campaign in West Bengal. The party announced this on the day Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda came to Kolkata to take stock of the...

Amit Shah, Nadda to assess BJP’s election readiness in Bengal

26 Dec 2023

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda are set to arrive in Kolkata late on Monday night to hold several organisational meetings on December 26 with regard to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. According to party insiders, Shah will visit Gurudwara Bara Sikh Sangat, Jorasanko, and...

‘Violence and corruption new normal in Bengal’: Anurag Thakur slams Mamata

12 Jun 2023

Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur hit out at the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress for the increase in violence ahead of the upcoming Panchayat elections in the state.According to Thakur, violence and corruption are the new normal in West Bengal. "Violence and corruption are the...

Notice issued by SC in WB school recruitment scam involving Abhishek banerjee

26 May 2023

The Supreme Court refuses to stay the Calcutta High Court order allowing central agencies to question TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in the West Bengal school recruitment scam. However, the SC stays the part of the order imposing costs on him and issues a notice on Abhishek Banerjee's plea challenging the...

WB Governor on violence: “Won’t allow forces of darkness to hold society to ransom”

04 Apr 2023

Governor of West Bengal CV Ananda Bose condemned the Bengal's acts of violence and said strict action will be taken against wrongdoers. The Eastern Railway was forced to suspend all local and mail express train services running to and from Rishra railway station on Monday evening after a new incident...

Pathashree-Rastashree road project launched by CM Mamta Bannerjee

29 Mar 2023

On Tuesday, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched the 'Pathashree-Rastashree' initiative in Singur, Bengal. 'Pathashree-Rastashree' is a flagship initiative of the West Bengal administration that will build 12,000 kilometers of roads in 22 districts of the state to improve road infrastructure and connectivity to villages. Tapas Roy, TMC MLA, and...