West Bengal

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, […]

Trinamool Youth Congress President and Bengali actress Saayoni Ghosh has been summoned by Enforcement Directorate again on July 5 in connection with the teachers’ recruitment scam case in West Bengal. Earlier, she was summoned by the agency on Friday. After leaving the ED office after an 11-hour-long interrogation, Saayoni on Friday said that she has submitted some basic documents […]

A clash broke out between two groups at Gitaldaha in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar on Tuesday morning, in which one person died of bullet injuries. The deceased has been identified as Babu Hoque. Speaking to ANI, Sumit Kumar SP, Cooch Behar said, “A clash broke out between two groups in Gitaldaha, […]

 West Bengal State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha is to meet Governor CV Ananda Bose this evening, as per sources. This comes days after West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose “returned” the joining report of State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha ahead of the Panchayat polls on June 22 Thursday, as […]

Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested a man for allegedly possessing arms and ammunition, under the Siuri police station in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, said the police. STF recovered three semi-automatic pistols and one pipe gun along with 71 rounds of live cartridges and five magazines from the accused, added the […]

A fire broke out in a chemical factory in Saraswati Complex under the limits of the Domjur police station of Howrah on Saturday, officials said. Soon after receiving the information, four fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the flames. No injury or casualty has been reported so far, officials said. The cause of the fire is yet to […]