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Kolkata, September 12: Six workers were killed and five others severely injured when they were crushed by falling rock pieces at a stone quarry in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Friday. Initially, information had spread that five workers were killed and four others were injured. However, later the district administration mentioned that six were killed while the number of injured persons is five. They are currently under treatment at Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital in the d ...Read More >
Kolkata: At least six labourers were reportedly killed and several seriously injured on Friday as some parts of a stone quarry collapsed in West Bengal's Birbhum district. The incident occurred in Bahadurpur village of Birbhum district where the workers fell under heavy rocks at the quarry today afternoon, people in the know said. A huge police contingent from the Nalhati Police Station reached the spot after the incident at the stone quarry. Eyewitness said that the labourers were removing t ...Read More >
The bodies of five workers were recovered from the debris, while four others were rescued but were said to be critical. Five workers died and four others suffered serious injuries after the Bahadurpur stone quarry collapsed in Birbhum district on Friday afternoon. Police from the Nalhati police station arrived at the site shortly after being informed of the collapse. According to police sources, prima facie a group of workers were extracting stones from the quarry when a section of it suddenl ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 25 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested TMC legislator Jiban Krishna Saha after a dramatic raid at his residence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district in connection with the multi-crore school jobs scam, triggering a fresh political slugfest ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. Saha was later brought to Kolkata and produced at Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) special court, which sent him to a six-day ED remand till August 30. According to officials, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday alleged that BJP leaders Kiren Rijiju and Ravneet Singh Bittu, both Union ministers, "assaulted" its female MPs in the Lok Sabha amid the chaos that ensued after Home Minister Amit Shah tabled three contentious bills proposing the removal of the Prime Minister and chief ministers if they are jailed for 30 consecutive days. Actor-turned-politician Satabdi Roy, a four-time MP from Birbhum, and Arambagh MP Mitali Bag levelled the allegations, saying ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the Delhi Police of describing Bengali as a 'Bangladeshi language', calling it scandalous, anti-national and unconstitutional. Sharing a letter by Delhi Police on X, Banerjee said, 'See now how Delhi police under the direct control of the Ministry of Home, Government of India, is describing Bengali as 'Bangladeshi' language! Bengali, our mother tongue, the language of Rabindranath Tagore ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the Delhi Police of describing Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, calling it scandalous, anti-national and unconstitutional. Sharing a letter by Delhi Police on X, Banerjee said, See now how Delhi police under the direct control of the Ministry of Home, Government of India, is describing Bengali as Bangladeshi language! Bengali, our mother tongue, the language of Rabindranath Tagore and S ...Read More >
IMD has issued a red alert for North Bengal districts like Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong, warning of very heavy rain and flash floods. Kolkata is under a yellow alert, with light to moderate rain and thunderstorms expected till August 8. Kolkata Weather: The city of joy woke up to a blanket of clouds and a promise of wet weather, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast continued spells of rain and thunderstorms for Kolkata and surrounding districts over the next several days. While th ...Read More >
In a key pre-festive announcement, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday declared that nearly 40,000 Durga Puja committees across the state would receive a grant of ₹1.10 lakh each from the state government. This marks a significant increase from last year's grant of ₹85,000 and comes before the election year. While addressing a gathering of Puja organisers, Banerjee said, "The government stands by the people. Durga Puja is not just a religious celebration; it is a cultural ...Read More >
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the RJD of seizing land from the poor on the false promise of jobs, in an apparent reference to the land-for-jobs scam and asserted that a 'viksit' (developed) Bihar is key to development of eastern India.While addressing a public rally at Motihari in East Champaran, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, he also inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 7,200 crore.Introducing a new campaign slogan, "Ba ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): After US President Donald Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), Dr Abhishek Bansal, Senior Consultant and Chief of Interventional Radiology at Aakash Healthcare, warned that even mild symptoms, like Trump ankle swelling, should not be ignored, as they could signal underlying vascular issues. The body often sends out early distress signals, and ignoring them could delay crucial diagnoses. Symptoms like swollen ankles, unexplained bruises, ...Read More >
Motihari (Bihar), July 18 :Hailing Operation Sindoor in Bihar's Motihari, Prime Minister NarendraModi on Friday said that the "new" India spares no effort in punishing its enemies. "This is a new India-an India that spares no effort in punishing the enemies, mobilizing forces from both land and sky", PM Modi said in Motihari, recalling that it was from the soil of Bihar that he had resolved to launch Operation Sindoor. He affirmed that today, the success of that operation is being witnessed by ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All India Football Federation have congratulated Inter Kashi on being adjudged the I-League Champions following the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS has partially upheld an appeal by Inter Kashi Football Club (Inter Kashi FC) against Churchill Brothers FC Goa, Namdhari FC, Real Kashmir FC, and AIFF. CAS has ruled that the AIFF shall declare Inter Kashi FC as winners of the I-League 2024-25. After an unsuccessful first procedure i ...Read More >
Patna, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation for development projects worth Rs 7,217 crore during a massive rally at Gandhi Maidan in Motihari, reaffirming the Centre's commitment to transforming Bihar into a developed state. PM Modi emphasised the importance of a "Developed Bihar for a Developed India", stating that rapid development is possible because the Centre and Bihar government are working together. During the UPA government ...Read More >
Patna, July 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a series of infrastructure projects in Bihar worth Rs 7,200 crore and called for transforming the state into a hub of growth and opportunities, as well as a vital part of the Viksit Bharat mission. Addressing the large public gathering in Motihari, PM Modi said that the way Eastern countries have emerged as key driving centres of global growth, similarly, Bihar should become the backbone for India's stride ahead. "I congratulate ev ...Read More >
KOLKATA: An FIR has been lodged against Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami and Arshi Jahan, Hasin's daughter from her first marriage at Suri in Birbhum district in West Bengal. A few days ago, a conflict erupted over a plot of land in the Sonator area under ward no. 5 of Suri Municipality. The land reportedly belongs to Arshi and it is alleged that neighbor Guddu Bibi was trying to encroach that land. It is alleged that after the construction work started on the land o ...Read More >
Birbhum, (West Bengal), July 17: A shocking video has surfaced on social media in which it can be seen that Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan is involved in a fight reportedly with her neighbours in West Bengal's Birbhum. The incident was caught on camera and the video of the incident is doing rounds on social media. It can be seen in the video that Hasin Jahan is involved in a heated argument with the females staying in her neighbourhood. There are reports that Hasin ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 14 (PTI) A well-marked low pressure over southeast Gangetic West Bengal, which concentrated into a depression over the region on Monday, will bring heavy to very heavy rain at one or two places in some districts of the state, the IMD said. The system is likely to move west-northwestwards across Gangetic West Bengal by Tuesday afternoon, it added. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast heavy to very heavy rain at one or two places over all the districts of south Bengal ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 13 (PTI) A 42-year-old Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was shot dead in West Bengal's Birbhum district, and three persons, including two women, were detained in connection with the murder, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred early on Sunday near his residence in Komarpur village in the district when gunmen shot at Piyush Ghosh, the Srinidhipur panchayat president, an officer said. "One bullet was fired from close range. Someone, close to the deceased, could be involved in ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, July 11: Director General of Police (DGP), J&K, Nalin Prabhat today chaired a high-level security review meeting in South Kashmir to assess the arrangements for the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra. The meeting was attended by DIG South Kashmir Range Javed Mattoo, SSPs of South Kashmir districts, and senior officers from the Indian Army, CRPF and BSF. Addressing the meeting, the DGP lauded the dedication of all security forces in ensuring the safe conduct of the Yatra. He stressed the ...Read More >
Kolkata/Berhampore: Odisha has released 403 out of 447 Bengali-speaking migrants it had detained, suspecting them of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, over the past three days. Most of the Bengali-speaking migrant workers have been released, said Trinamool MP Samirul Islam, who chairs the state migrant workers' welfare board.The migrant workers, most of them from Birbhum and Murshidabad and some from South 24 Parganas, had been mostly picked up by the Jharsuguda police, according to Islam.Sa ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan received a death threat on social media, his party spokesperson Rajesh Bhatt said on Friday. Bhatt also filed a complaint at the Cyber Police Station in Patna in the matter. As per the written complaint, the death threat was issued by an Instagram user under the name 'Tiger Meraj Idisi'. 'The threat was issued due to Paswan's growing popularity. T ...Read More >
Kolkata: Ticking off the National Commission for Women (NCW) for its "interference" in an ongoing criminal investigation, Calcutta High Court on Friday told the commission clearly: "You can carry on your own investigations, but how can you ask police to add sections or ask them to probe in a certain manner?"Justice Tirthankar Ghosh told NCW: "This is interference. You do your investigations; I have nothing to do with it. I will not interfere with your investigations. But tell me who can interfer ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior CPM functionaries Brinda Karat and Anurag Saxena wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday and alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking citizens in Delhi.Drawing Shah's attention to the ongoing process of identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants by Delhi Police and several other agencies, Karat said a team of functionaries of CPM from Delhi visited Bawana JJ Colony in Delhi and met several of the complainants on Thursday.In their letter, the functionaries cited the ...Read More >
KAKINADA: A major controversy has erupted at Rangaraya Medical College in Kakinada following allegations of sexual harassment by some staff members towards female students. District Collector Dr. Shaan Mohan and SP Bindu Madhav on Thursday confirmed that four individuals have been suspended from duty and criminal cases have been filed against them. The issue came to light when the college principal, Dr. Vishnuvardhan, received an email complaint from a female student. Following this, around 50 ...Read More >
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the Union ministry of home affairs to submit a report on the recent deportation of six people, including children, to Bangladesh by the Delhi Police. The court set a deadline of Wednesday and also asked the Bengal chief secretary to get in touch with his Delhi counterpart and submit a report.The directive followed two habeas corpus writs that came up for hearing before the bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra on Fr ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 11 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Superintendent of Police of Birbhum district to virtually appear before the National Commission for Women (NCW) on July 14 in relation to TMC leader Anubrata Mondal's alleged offending language in a telephonic conversation with a police officer. Hearing a petition by the SP challenging summons to him by the NCW, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed that all the documents asked for by the commission be sent to it electronically. ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP-governed states were treating Bengalis as infiltrators in their own country, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday, adding: "Speaking Bengali does not make one a Bangladeshi."Reacting sharply to fresh reports that Delhi Police had snapped water and electricity connections to Vasant Kunj's Jai Hind Colony, where a large number of Bengali-speaking migrants live, Banerjee said: "How can we claim to be a democratic republic if the basic rights to shelter, water and electricity are being t ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: WITH the state government's crackdown on suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingyas sparking a political row, particularly the Trinamool Congress voicing its stiff opposition, Odisha police on Wednesday released at least 25 of the 444 people who were shifted to holding centres in Jharsuguda district since Monday night. Police said the document verification of the 25 people was completed and they were ascertained to be Indian nationals. The verification of the remaining ...Read More >
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: The TMC Wednesday alleged that the BJP government in Odisha has illegally detained Bengali-speaking migrant workers on the pretext of identifying unauthorised immigrants, despite the labourers possessing 'valid documents'. The ruling party of West Bengal demanded their immediate release and warned of a larger political movement if such 'targeted harassment' continues. A senior Odisha Police officer, however, said the detained people lack valid documents to establish their r ...Read More >
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