KOLKATA, AUG 12: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government will hand over the RG Kar hospital doctor murder probe to the CBI if the police are unable to solve the case by Sunday. Banerjee also said she wants the case to be tried in a fast-track court. “I want the […]Continue Reading
WEST BENGAL, AUG 10 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday reacted to the uproar over the death of a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and said that the accused would be hanged if required. She said she had directed the case to be fast-tracked. The […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, MAY 27: Widespread devastation is visible across coastal areas of West Bengal on Monday, a day after severe cyclonic storm ‘Remal’ made landfall packing winds up to 135 kilometres per hour. The cyclone ravaged adjacent coasts of the state and Bangladesh between Sagar Island and Khepupara, near the southwest of Mongla in the neighbouring […]Continue Reading
West Bengal, May 22 : In a major verdict, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal since 2010. A division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakrabirty and Rajasekhar Mantha pronounced the verdict, while delivering a judgement on a PIL challenging the process of granting OBC certificates. […]Continue Reading
WEST BENGAL, MAY 12: On the occasion of Mother’s Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received his late mother Heeraben Modi’s portrait as a gift during his public rally in Hooghly, West Bengal. Thanking them for the gift, PM Modi said, “The Western world celebrates Mother’s Day today but we in India pray for mother, goddess […]Continue Reading
West Bengal , Apr 27 : lBengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee got injured on Saturday after she slipped and fell inside a helicopter in Durgapur. The incident happened after she walked up the movable stairs placed before the chopper and was just about to take a seat inside the same. The […]Continue Reading
BALURGHAT, APR 6 ; West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday blamed NIA officials of attacking villagers at Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore district and not the other way round. She claimed that the probe agency team had gone to the houses of villagers in the early hours over an incident of “bursting of crackers […]Continue Reading
WEST BENGAL,APR 6: A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was attacked in Bengal’s East Medinipur district during a raid on Saturday morning. An officer of the anti-terror agency has been injured in the attack that happened in the Bhupitaninagar area. A source told India Today that a NIA team arrived in Bhupitaninagar to […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, APR 1 : A heavy storm wreaked havoc in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, claiming at least eight lives and leaving over a hundred injured on Sunday. Extensive damage, including destroyed houses, uprooted trees a nd fallen electric poles, was reported by the district administration as strong winds battered the town and neighbouring areas […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, MAR 19 : The Election Commission on Tuesday removed Vivek Sahay as West Bengal DGP, less than 24 hours after naming him for the post, and directed the state government to appoint Sanjay Mukherjee in his place. Sahay’s appointment was based on his seniority, but since he is scheduled to superannuate in the final […]Continue Reading
