Bengal Metro Expansion: PM Modi To Inaugurate 3 New Metro Routes On August 22
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit West Bengal on August 22 to inaugurate three new city metro railway routes, namely Noapara to Jai Hind Airport Station, Ruby to Beliaghata, and
Aug 14, 2025, 12:54 PM IST
Humid Weather To Persist In Kolkata Till Monday; Rain Likely In Parts Of Bengal
The weather over Kolkata has been clear since Sunday morning. There is a possibility of light rain over the city and its adjoining areas later in the day and on Monday. However, heavy rain is
Aug 10, 2025, 14:02 PM IST
One Year Of RG Kar Rape Case: Kolkata Police Lathi-Charge Protestors During ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ March
Tensions flared in central Kolkata on Saturday after police resorted to a lathi-charge on protestors participating in a justice march related to the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case. The
Aug 09, 2025, 15:41 PM IST
Bengal To Go For Assembly Elections Next Year With Nearly 17 Pc Increase In Polling Booths
West Bengal will go for the crucial Assembly elections next year with an almost 17 per cent increase in the number of polling booths than during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the 2021 West Bengal
Aug 08, 2025, 12:46 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee Accuses Election Commission Of Planning SIR To Impose NRC In West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also hit out at the Union government for its alleged step-motherly attitude towards West Bengal.
Aug 05, 2025, 22:02 PM IST
RG Kar Victim’s Parents Invites All Political Parties For United Protest On August 9, Except Trinamool
The parents of the R.G. Kar rape and murder victim, on Sunday, called upon all political parties, except Trinamool Congress, to join without respective political banners, the scheduled 'March to
Aug 03, 2025, 14:05 PM IST
'One Crore Fake Voters In West Bengal, ECI Must Act': BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari Alleges Voter List Irregularities
Suvendu Adhikari's remarks came amid the ongoing tussle between the BJP-led NDA and opposition party India Bloc over the Special Intensive Review (SIR) exercise in Bihar.
Aug 03, 2025, 09:31 AM IST
Suvendu Adhikari Alleges Brutal Attack On BJP Leader In Kolkata
LoP Adhikari also issued a statement earlier on Saturday morning, which he posted on his official X account, and claimed that Debashish Biswas, a BJP worker and a resident of the area under Behal (
Aug 02, 2025, 15:53 PM IST
Scam Empire Falls: Husband-Wife Duo Linked To 900 Cyber Fraud FIRs Arrested In Bengal
West Bengal Police said on Tuesday that they have arrested a couple from Darbhanga in Bihar against whom over 900 cases of cyber fraud have been registered across the country during the last two
Jul 29, 2025, 23:41 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee Pays Tribute To Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Slams BJP Over 'Attacks On Bengali Language'
On Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's death anniversary, CM Mamata Banerjee paid tribute, crediting him for Bengal's progress.
Jul 29, 2025, 07:32 AM IST
Delhi Police Reject Mamata Banerjee's 'Linguistic Terror' Charge; Says Video Shared By CM 'Fabricated, Baseless'
DCP East Delhi, Abhishek Dhania, said that the Delhi Police took cognisance of the video posted by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on 'X' where she claimed that a Bengali-speaking woman and her child
Jul 28, 2025, 21:40 PM IST
Broken Promises, Rescued Lives: The Story Of 56 Women Saved From Trafficking On A Train In West Bengal
Alert railway staff rescued 56 women from a human trafficking attempt on the Capital Express at New Jalpaiguri.
Jul 23, 2025, 12:01 PM IST
Booth By Booth, Temple By Temple: How West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Is Taking On BJP Ahead Of Polls
In the West Bengal's political battlefield, the religion and political appeasement have been a tool for the BJP and the TMC. Ahead of the 2026 polls, the TMC and the BJP are at the odds again over
Jul 22, 2025, 21:40 PM IST
IIM-Calcutta Rape Case: Court Grants Bail To Accused Student
Premanand Mahaveer Toppannavar, who was the student accused in the alleged rape case on the IIM Calcutta campus, was granted bail by the Alipore Court on Saturday. He had been arrested by Kolkata
Jul 20, 2025, 06:15 AM IST
'TMC Jabe, Tabhi Ashol Poriborton Ashbe': PM Modi Attacks Mamata Banerjee's Govt In Durgapur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Durgapur, launched a sharp attack on the ruling TMC government, stating that “real change will come only when the TMC government goes.”
Jul 18, 2025, 17:29 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee Leads Protest Rally Against Detention Of Bengal Migrant Workers
This came after Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday claimed that eight migrant workers from Nadia district were forcibly picked up Police in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Chhattisgarh this week
Jul 16, 2025, 14:26 PM IST
Why Voter List Revision In Bihar Has Put West Bengal, BJP In Focus - Explained
For the BJP, West Bengal is a critical state in its quest for national political dominance. Party leaders acknowledge this, also highlighting the state's symbolic importance as the birthplace of the
Jul 14, 2025, 10:47 AM IST
Kolkata Police SIT Submits Report To HC In Law College Rape Case; Victim’s Family Welcomes Progress
Kolkata Law Student Rape Case: On Thursday, the authorities of South Calcutta Law College (New Campus), within the premises of which the rape took place on the evening of June 25, also submitted an
Jul 10, 2025, 18:02 PM IST
Slugfest Erupts Over Bengal University Exam Paper Referring To Freedom Fighters As 'Terrorists'
A controversy erupted after a question appeared in an examination at Midnapore-based Vidyasagar University, which asked, “Name three district magistrates of Midnapore who were murdered by terrorists
Jul 10, 2025, 15:17 PM IST
CBI Takes Over Probe Into Murder Of 3 BJP Workers In Bengal's Sandeshkhali, Files FIR
One of the main accused in the case is now suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who is the principal accused in the case of assault of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Armed
Jul 06, 2025, 17:29 PM IST