West Bengal

Several persons were feared dead after an explosion rocked an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit at Duttapukur in West Bengal’s North 24 Paraganas district. Rescue officials confirmed casualties in the incident, claiming to have already recovered 5 bodies from the heap of debris where the cracker manufacturing unit once stood. “Five bodies have […]

A 12-hour general strike has been called by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday to protest against the murder of a minor girl in West Bengal’s Siliguri. DCP Abhishek Gupta of Siliguri Metropolitan Police said that the accused in the murder case has been arrested. “The minor girl was murdered at an […]

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday slammed the central government over the introduction of the Chief Election Commissioner Bill in the Rajya Sabha. Banerjee said that the Bharatiya Janata Party bows down to anarchy. “Amidst calls to bow down to the judiciary, the @BJP4India instead bows to anarchy! The […]

Jadavpur University on Thursday formed a seven-member internal committee to probe the death of its student, Swarnodip Kundu, who allegedly fell from the balcony of the hostel building. “An internal committee be formed to enquire the extremely sad incident of Swarnodip Kundu, a student of UG-1, Bengali, last night at […]

Birbhum’s Rampurhat police station on Sunday morning recovered about 60 boxes of about 12,000 pieces of gelatin sticks from a deserted house near Radipur village, said the police official. No one has been arrested so far in the case. The police are investigating the matter, they added. Further details awaited. In April this year, […]

A massive fire broke out at a plastic product manufacturing unit here in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday afternoon, officials said. There was no loss of life or injuries reported in the blaze, they said. On receiving information, fifteen fire tenders rushed to the spot and started the operation […]

A Trinamool Congress leader, who contested and won the recent panchayat elections, was killed and another person injured in a shootout at Magrahat in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, police informed on Saturday. Sharing details of the incident, Diamond Harbour Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Mithun Dey, said the incident took […]

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the West Bengal government plea as it refused to interfere with Calcutta High Court order directing a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the incidents of violence that took place in the state during Ram Navami celebration. During the hearing, Solicitor General […]

A five-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress will visit the violence-hit Manipur on Wednesday, said party MP Sushmita Dev. In a video message on her official Twitter handle, Sushmita Dev, TMC MP, said the delegation will meet victims during the next two days and provide all necessary aid to bring […]

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose is scheduled to meet Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday evening, two days after panchayat polls in the state that saw violence. He is likely to discuss the panchayat poll violence and present a report based on his ground visits. Several incidents of violence […]

In the wake of panchayat polling violence in West Bengal, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday lamented that the poor people are being killed in the state and the matter very disturbing. “What I have seen on the field is very disturbing. There is violence, murder, force and intimidation. It is the […]

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary visited the hospital in West Bengal’s Murshidabad on Saturday to meet the family member of a 62-year-old man who was killed in a bombing incident following the panchayat polls. The bombing incident allegedly took place when miscreants were trying to loot the polling booth on […]

The Special Task Force (STF) on Tuesday conducted a special raid and seized arms and ammunition in Kolkata’s Uttar Dinajpur district, said the officials on Wednesday. According to the officials, the West Bengal STF seized five pieces of 7 mm Pistols, three pieces of one-shotter pipe guns, 80 rounds of 7 mm live cartridges, […]