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Kolkata: Multiple petitions have been filed in the Calcutta High Court urging its immediate intervention after more than 200 Bengali-speaking migrants from Bengal were allegedly tagged 'Bangladeshis' and detained in Odisha. Bengal Police has already sent verification reports of multiple detainees to their Odisha counterparts."This is heading into dangerous territory," Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said on Wednesday. "Bengalis will speak Bengali. Is that a crime? And why is this happening on ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 10 (ANI): A large-scale state-level mock exercise simulating flood and landslide scenarios was successfully conducted across Tripura with special emphasis on West Tripura District by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) under the supervision of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Vishal Kumar, District Magistrate (DM) of West Tripura, addressed the media following the drill, and highlighted that rescue operations were carried out simu ...Read More >
Kolkata: Six Birbhum residents, including three minors, who worked as ragpickers in Delhi, were labelled 'Bangladeshi' and nabbed by police on June 18 and pushed into Bangladesh by BSF on June 26, two habeas corpus petitions filed in Calcutta High Court alleged. HC was likely to take up the petitions on Friday, Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP and state migrant workers' welfare board chairperson Samirul Islam said. The pleas said two families of migrant workers were picked up by Delhi Police during an " ...Read More >
Kolkata: The alleged detention and deportation of Indian citizens from West Bengal is snowballing into a serious concern, with the state government receiving fresh complaints about the alleged detention of 227 migrant workers from Bengal in Jharsuguda in Odisha after being labelled as 'Bangladeshis'. Meanwhile, two habeas corpus petitions have been filed in the Calcutta High Court against the Delhi Police over the illegal detention and deportation of a couple from Murarai in Birbhum, along with ...Read More >
Kolkata: The alleged detention and deportation of Indian citizens from Bengal is snowballing into a serious concern with the Bengal government receiving fresh complaints about the alleged detention of 227 migrant workers from Bengal in Jharsuguda in Odisha, after being labelled as 'Bangladeshis'. Meanwhile, two habeas corpus petitions have been filed in the Calcutta High Court against the Delhi Police over the illegal detention and deportation of a couple from Murarai in Birbhum, along with thei ...Read More >
BHUBANESHWAR: A day after 444 suspected Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants were detained for verification in Odisha's Jharsuguda, the Trinamool Congress alleged they were migrant workers from West Bengal being held illegally, sparking a political row over the verification drive. Responding to the allegations, the Odisha government said it understood the concerns raised regarding the holding of individuals in Jharsuguda but asserted that safeguarding national interest and security remained para ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 9 (PTI) Reports of violence were received from various pockets of West Bengal after Left-wing activists, supporting a countrywide general strike called by 10 central trade unions on Wednesday, clashed with police and TMC supporters in multiple districts, even as additional security forces were deployed to ensure normal life. The strike was called against "liberalisation, price rise of essentials, joblessness, increase in contractual work and other issues". Reinforcing its stand of ...Read More >
Kolkata: Birbhum SP Amandeep on Tuesday moved Calcutta High Court, seeking quashing of NCW's direction to appear before it in Delhi on July 14 with the case diary on Trinamool strongman Anubrata Mondal's alleged verbal abuse of Bolpur police station's inspector in charge.Granting permission to file the application, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said the matter would be taken up on Wednesday, provided the SP served a copy of the petition to the parties involved.The SP's lawyer said NCW was interfering ...Read More >
Kolkata: The West Bengal government is set to move the court over three members of a family, including a minor, who were deported from Delhi to Bangladesh on June 26, a development that comes in the backdrop of chief minister Mamata Banerjee claiming that Bengali-speaking migrant workers are being labelled as "Bangladeshis" in BJP-ruled states. Samirul Islam, chairman of West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board and All India Trinamool Congress' Rajya Sabha member, told ET that the state govern ...Read More >
Kolkata: A 35-year-old man from Birbhum was killed and another injured on Friday evening when crude bombs they were allegedly manufacturing exploded inside an abandoned house in West Bengal's East Burdwan district, police said. The deceased was identified as Barkat Karikar, while the injured person, Tufan Chowdhury, is receiving treatment in a hospital. Locals reportedly rushed out after they heard a huge explosion around 8.30 pm on Friday. "Preliminary investigation suggests that they were ma ...Read More >
Kolkata: Odisha Police detained 16 workers from Birbhum on June 25, suspecting them to be Bangladeshi nationals. Bengal govt, through chief secretary Manoj Pant, has got in touch with the Odisha administration for the release of the workers, who are currently lodged at Remuna police station.The workers, all residents of Nalhati block 2, were unreachable since their detention as police confiscated their mobile phones. Their families had no direct communication with them for nearly a week.Seeking ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Commission of Women (NCW) has asked the West Bengal Police to take strong and immediate action against party Trinamool Congress' former district president in Birbhum, Anubrata Mondal, over a viral audio clip where he was heard threatening a police officer to rape the latter's mother and wife. The commission, at the same time, has asked the office of the state Director General of Police, Rajeev Kumar, to submit a report to the NCW within 72 hours fro ...Read More >
Srinagar, June 5: Indian Railways will commence regular operations of two new Vande Bharat Express trains between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Srinagar from June 7, following their official inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow, June 6. The trains will offer passengers a fast, reliable, and modern travel option, running six days a week in both directions, officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi is expected to flag off the two specially designed Vande Bharat trains ru ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight leader of Birbhum Anubrata Mondal on Thursday had appeared before police after evading summons for a week citing health issues. Mondal was seen reaching SDPO office at Bolpur at around 3:30 pm in connection to the alleged use of derogatory words during a telephonic conversation with Bolpur police station IC Liton Haldar. According to police sources, videography has been done while Mondal was questioned for almost two hours. The police sources also ...Read More >
Kolkata, May 20 (PTI) The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast heavy rain in the northern districts of West Bengal, and thunderstorms in the state's southern parts till Friday. It said that an upper air cyclonic circulation over north Bangladesh, and presence of favourable wind pattern and moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal will lead to enhanced thunderstorms with gusty winds, accompanied with heavy rainfall over some districts of West Bengal. Thunderstorms with gusty winds, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said that appeals challenging the acquittals of accused persons in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases need to be filed seriously by prosecution agencies and not just for the sake of it. A bench of justices, Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, was informed by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati, who represented the Delhi Police, that the state has asked prosecuting agencies to file Special Leave Petitions (SLPs). Also R ...Read More >
A severe cold wave, comparable to the intensity of summer heat, is expected to sweep across West Bengal. How long will these frigid conditions persist? A severe winter is approaching, with temperatures expected to drop sharply across West Bengal. The Meteorological Department has forecast a cold wave from December 13 to 15, marking the onset of intense winter conditions. Dry weather is likely to persist until December 18, accompanied by northerly winds sweeping across the state. Light fog is e ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): On the birth anniversary of former President Pranab Mukherjee, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge paid glowing tributes to the statesman, recalling his immense contributions to India's democracy and development. Kharge took to social media to share a heartfelt message, quoting one of Mukherjee's profound observations: Also Read | Atul Subhash Suicide Case: 4 People Including Bengaluru Techie's Wife Nikita Singhania Booked for Abetment of Suicide. "Indi ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with irregularities in the medical admissions in the state under the non-resident Indian (NRI) quota. The irregularities in medical admissions come after a major recruitment scam in Bengal in 2022, where former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide were arrested. The raids and search operations were conducted in multiple locations in the state. ED reportedly started the ...Read More >
The damaged Hanuman statue lying on the ground in the Birbhum temple.Source : X@SuvenduWB Amid the purported violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, a Hanuman Temple in Bengal's Birbhum district was allegedly vandalised on Thursday night. Sharing a video of the vandalism, West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari slammed the Mamata Banerjee government for alleged "inaction" against "anti-Hindu" miscreants. The video showed the idol of Lord Hanuman on the ground with pieces of it scatter ...Read More >
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