KOLKATA,APR 13 : Three people were killed in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Saturday as fresh protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act turned violent. Police said they have not resorted to firing in Samserganj block, claiming that the three people died due to firing by the BSF, which the border force denied. So far, 118 […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA,DEC 24 : Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin accused the West Bengal government of stifling the voice of artistes and writers, claiming that the play ‘Lajja’ (Shame), adapted from her novel, was forced to be cancelled at two theatre festivals in the state. Nasrin alleged that the police intervened at the Gobardanga Natyoutsav in North […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA,AUG 27: BJP called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on August 28 to protest against the police action on those who took part in the march to state secretariat Nabbana on Tuesday. The police used batons, tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd who proceeded to Nabanna. They were demanding […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, AUG 14 : The United Doctors Front Association (UDFA) and the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) had decided to continue its nationwide strike to condemn the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Earlier, the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) on […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, JUN 17: Atleast five passengers are now feared to be dead and 20-25 injured after a Sealdah-bound Kanchanjungha Express collided with a goods train on Monday morning near New Jalpaiguri “The situation is serious. The incident occurred when a goods train rammed into Kanchenjunga Express,” says Abhishek Roy, Additional SP of Darjeeling Police. Continue Reading
KOLKATA, MAR 15: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s health condition is “stable”, a senior official of the state administration said on Friday. The 69-year-old Banerjee, who suffered a major injury on her forehead and nose during a fall inside her Kalighat residence in South Kolkata on Thursday evening, also “slept well”, he said. Continue Reading
