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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that three children suffering from pneumonia were branded with a hot iron rod by a faith healer in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. According to the statement, the condition of one of the children is severe. The doctors have confirmed that the victims were suffering from pneumonia, and there were burn marks on their bodies. Also Read | TVK Rally Stampede: Vi ...Read More >
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath distributed sewing machines, laptops, and certificates to approximately 250 participants at the 14th session of the Sewing, Embroidery, and Computer Training Centre, which is operated by the Kashi Annapurna Anna Kshetra Trust. The event took place at the Annapurna Rishikul Brahmacharyashram Sanskrit College in Shivpur on Monday, underscoring the government's commitment to supporting skill development ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav held a high-level meeting at the CM residence in Bhopal regarding the Chhindwara incident on Monday and ordered suspension of two drug inspectors, the Deputy Director of Food and Drug Administration, and transfer of a drug controller, according to an official release. CM Yadav emphasised that strict action would be taken against all guilty parties in the Chhindwara case. Also Read | TVK Rally Stampede: ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Tuesday wrote to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) requesting them to get a 'factual note' from the West Bengal government regarding the recent alleged attack on Bharatiya Janata Party MP Khagen Murmu. Murmu was reportedly attacked by some local persons while he was visiting flood-affected areas in Jalpaiguri's Dooars region in West Bengal on October 6 to oversee relief and rescue operations, whereupon, the member sustained serious injuries to the head. ...Read More >
Incessant night-long rains have devastated North Bengal, causing over a dozen deaths, widespread destruction, and severe disruption to connectivity. Landslides have cut off regions, stranding numerous tourists during the festive season. Rescue operations are underway as authorities address the crisis, including an overflowing dam in Bhutan threatening downstream areas. Incessant night-long rains have wreaked havoc in North Bengal districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Siliguri, leaving over a ...Read More >
West Bengal Flood Alert: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said its team in Alipurduar has been placed on "the highest alert level". Even as Darjeeling reels from devastating rains and landslides that have killed at least 28 people, there are now fears of flooding in North Bengal's Dooars region. Authorities have sounded a high alert after Bhutan's Tala Hydropower Dam began overflowing due to a technical glitch. Bhutan's National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) said the D ...Read More >
West Bengal Flood Alert: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said its team in Alipurduar has been placed on "the highest alert level". Even as Darjeeling reels from devastating rains and landslides that have killed at least 28 people, there are now fears of flooding in North Bengal's Dooars region. Authorities have sounded a high alert after Bhutan's Tala Hydropower Dam began overflowing due to a technical glitch. Bhutan's National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) said the D ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 2 (PTI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Arun Prasad as the new Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) and Harishankar Panikkar as the Joint Chief Electoral Officer (JCEO) of West Bengal, an official said on Thursday. The appointments come ahead of the anticipated rollout of the Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal in October. The ECI had requested the West Bengal government to submit a panel of names for these two ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the Union Cabinet having approved a further three per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) rates for Central government employees and pensioners earlier this week, the gap in the DA rates paid to the West Bengal government employees as compared to that to be received by their counterparts in the Union government has increased further. With the latest hike, the DA rates to be received by the Central government employees will be 58 per cent, as against the ...Read More >
Kolkata: Festivities at two of central Kolkata's prominent venues -- Md Ali Park and Santosh Mitra Square -- saw contrasting developments on Sunday, with the former settling a stand-off with cops while the latter plunging deeper into controversy.On Sunday afternoon, organisers of Md Ali Park puja declared there was no longer any dispute with cops. They clarified that Kolkata Police extended full cooperation, ensuring smooth arrangement for pandal-hoppers. On Panchami, tensions had flared, with o ...Read More >
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted heavy rains for West Bengal from October 2-4 due to low pressure over bay of Bengal. The weather office also predicted squally winds with speeds of 35-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph at some places during the period. Check advisory "The sea condition is likely to be rough. Fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea over the north and central Bay of Bengal along and off the West Bengal-Odisha coasts on these two days," the IMD said ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court directed the centre on Friday to bring back all six members of the two West Bengal families -- including a pregnant woman and two minors -- who were detained in Delhi in June on suspicion of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and deported on the orders of the foreigners regional registration officer, lawyers who attended the hearing said. "The division bench of justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Ritabrata Kumar Mitra gave the centre four weeks to bring back Su ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday reacted sharply to BJP's attack on the Bengal govt over the deaths and widespread inundation following the overnight downpour."Yesterday, Kolkata faced the fury of a rare cloudburst. Nearly 300 mm of rain fell within hours, a scale that overwhelms any city, no matter its infrastructure. Scientists have said the same in Mumbai 2005, Chennai 2015, Delhi 2023, no city escapes when the skies open without pause," Bengal's finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya ...Read More >
Announcing compensation of Rs 2 lakhs to the families of the deceased, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that Bnegal government will provide jobs to the next kin of the deceased persons who died due to electrocution yesterday, if CESC does not offer jobs to them. At least ten people have died in Bengal, with 8 in Kolkata, due to electrocution following torrential rains on Monday night to Tuesday morning. During a Durga Puja inauguration at her own Assembly constituenc ...Read More >
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to assign Aniket Mahato to R G Kar Medical College, overturning his previous deployment. Mahato, a prominent protester against the rape-murder incident at the institution, was initially sent to a different location as a punitive measure. The Calcutta High Court has intervened in the deployment of Aniket Mahato, a leader in the protest movement following a brutal crime at RG Kar Medical College. Mahato had been initially assigned to ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 23 (PTI) At least eight people were killed due to electrocution as torrential overnight rain - among the heaviest in nearly four decades- left Kolkata paralysed on Tuesday, crippling air, rail and road transport, shutting down educational institutions, and forcing the state government to declare Puja holidays two days in advance. The deluge - 251.4 mm in less than 24 hours - was the highest since 1988 and sixth highest single-day rainfall in the last 117 years, only behind the reco ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 23 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed grief over the deaths of people who lost their lives due to an electrocution incident following the cloudburst. CM added that she has never seen such rain. CM stated, "I have never seen rain like this. I feel so bad for the people who have lost their lives in the cloudburst. I have told schools to give a holiday today, and even office-goers should not come to work. Even tomorrow, y ...Read More >
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India's Longest Train Route: 4 Days, 9 States, 4189 Km, 50+ Stations And Stunning Views - Any Guesses? It's... Kolkata and nearby areas were hit by extremely heavy overnight rainfall on Tuesday, leading to severe waterlogging and widespread disruption. The downpour brought daily life to a halt, affecting road traffic, public transport, and routine activities across the city and surrounding regions. In response to the situation caused by the unprecedented rains in Kolkata and several districts o ...Read More >
Kolkata: Faced with a near breakdown of public life in the wake of an unprecedented overnight rains in recent memory in Kolkata and other south Bengal districts, the West Bengal government on Tuesday declared Puja holidays in state-run educational institutions two days ahead of schedule. Following up on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal to stay off waterlogged roads to prevent accidents by electrocution and instructing holidays in schools or shift to online classes, state education minist ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the occasion of the 'Hindi Diwas', West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued a social message on Sunday, highlighting the initiatives undertaken by the state government under her leadership for the Hindi-speaking people residing in the state. Her social media message comes amid the recent narrative coined by her and her party, Trinamool Congress, that "Bengalis are in danger", alleging harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states. Many pr ...Read More >
Kolkata: West Bengal-Chief Electoral Officer's (WB-CEO's) office has instructed all the District Magistrates, who are also the DEOs, in Bengal to match the data of 2002 SIR, the last SIR in Bengal, with the latest electoral roll data, following the directive of the the Election Commission of India (ECI), ahead of the forthcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across the country. The exercise is expected to be completed in seven to ten days, a top official said. Altogether 79,000 Booth Level ...Read More >
KOLKATA, Sep 12: A day after the unnatural death of a third-year undergraduate student at Jadavpur University, institution authorities admitted to gaps in campus security and surveillance, a loophole that found resonance among sleuths who said blind spots outside CCTV coverage areas could compromise the probe into the tragedy. While varsity authorities attributed the lapses to delays in fund release from the state government, police said they were relying on CCTV camera footage reviews and post ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 12 (PTI) A day after the death of a third-year undergraduate student at Jadavpur University, the authorities on Friday admitted to serious gaps in campus security and surveillance, attributing the lapses to delays in fund release from the state government. The deceased, Anamika Mondal, a resident of Nimta in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district and a student of English (Honours), was rescued from a pond in unconscious state beside the undergraduate arts building around 9.40 pm ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as t ...Read More >
Kolkata: Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Bengal Files' was released in theatres across the country on September 5, except in West Bengal. Expressing his frustration over the film not being screened in theatres in Bengal, the director took to social media to allege that political pressure and threats were the reason behind the "unofficial ban." "I know that pain has touched their souls. It's your film now. #TheBengalFiles is in cinemas now. (except WEST BENGAL & Pakistan)," the director posted on his X ...Read More >
Shabnam Hashmi has offered to host a Javed Akhtar event in Kolkata ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Activist Shabnam Hashmi supported Javed Akhtar after his event was postponed in Kolkata * The West Bengal Urdu Academy postponed a cultural event citing unavoidable circumstances * Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind objected to Akhtar's invitation due to his alleged anti-Islam remarks Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: Activist Shabnam Hashm ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of insulting the state by calling its people "thieves". At a Bardhaman event, she alleged that the Centre withheld funds despite the state answering queries, and criticised Modi for ignoring corruption in BJP-ruled states while targeting West Bengal. Launching a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while referring to the BJP leader's re ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that no funds should be released to the Durga Puja committees that have not submitted the previous year's utilisation certificates. A division bench of Justices Sujoy Pal and Smita Das De questioned why grants should be given to puja committees even if they have not submitted expenditure accounts. Hearing a PIL filed by Sourav Dutta, the bench directed the West Bengal government to state its position on this matter in ...Read More >
The father of the RG Kar victim claimed his wife was denied hospital admission. He alleged this happened due to government pressure after she was injured in a protest. The mother sustained injuries during a march. She was protesting the anniversary of her daughter's death. Police deny using force. The father of the RG Kar victim on Sunday alleged that his wife, who was injured in 'police lathicharge' during the previous day's protest march, was "denied" admission to a private hospital after the ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has made 365 prime time shows/screening of Bengali films mandatory in multiplexes and movie halls to promote the spirit of Bengali 'asmita'. In a notification issued on Wednesday, the government stated that in "every cinema hall, and in all screens of every multiplex in the state, 365 prime time shows/ screenings of Bengali films shall mandatorily be held throughout the year with at least one Bengali show per day on all 365 days of the yea ...Read More >
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