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Kolkata: The unprecedented chaos and administrative lapses surrounding football icon Lionel Messi's Kolkata visit have triggered a sweeping political and bureaucratic shake-up in Bengal. Bowing to mounting public anger, sports minister Aroop Biswas resigned on Tuesday, owning what he called the "moral responsibility" for the fiasco at the Salt Lake Stadium. On the same day, the state government initiated some of its toughest-ever administrative action, issuing showcause notices to director-gene ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Taking responsibility for the chaos that erupted at Lionel Messi's Kolkata event at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, West Bengal Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Arup Biswas has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking acceptance of his resignation, sources in the Trinamool Congress confirmed on Tuesday. Amid mounting criticism from across the country over the mismanagement at the high-profile event, the state government on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to Director General ...Read More >
DARJEELING/JALPAIGURI/KOLKATA: At least 28 people died, most of them in Mirik, as constant downpour in north Bengal between Saturday night and early on Sunday triggered landslides, washed away bridges and caused extensive flooding across the hills and plains. Darjeeling received 261mm rain in 24 hours from 8am on Saturday. Cooch Behar got 192mm and Jalpaiguri 172mm during the period. The incessant rain and damaged roads left many tourists and residents stranded.Mirik, Jorebunglow, Sukhiapokhri, ...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, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Another person was arrested in connection with the alleged attack on policemen during Nabanna Avijan in Kolkata, police said on Thursday. The arrest was made on Wednesday night. The person has been identified as Manas Chandra Saha, who hails from Naihati in the North 24 Parganas district. According to police sources, evidence has been found that the accused is directly involved in the incident of throwing a police constable on the road and beating him on Augus ...Read More >
Kolkata: The tussle between the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the West Bengal government escalated on Monday with the state government withdrawing an AERO and a data entry operator from election duty on Monday. The ECI had directed chief secretary Manoj Pant to suspend four officials and the data entry operator, lodge FIRs against them and start departmental proceedings. Neither were the FIRs lodged nor were they suspended from duty. This is line with what chief minister Mamata Banerjee ...Read More >
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee is set to visit several districts from next week. Sources at Nabanna said the CM might visit Ghatal in West Midnapore to take stock of the flood situation on Aug 5. On the way, the CM might have a stopover at Hooghly's Arambag.A day later, Banerjee is likely to visit Jhargram to attend a 'Bhasha Andolan' rally, from Rajbari More to Circus Maidan. Members of several indigenous communities, social organisations and intellectuals from Jangalmahal and West Midnapore are s ...Read More >
CHENNAI: AT only 16 years of age, Tayin Arun is at the forefront of a new generation of talented surfers, part of a brand-new movement of Indian surfing. Enjoying an almost meteoric rise in the junior divisions, the surfer broke through to the national surfing team last year, and is now looking to prove his worth with the rest of his teammates at the upcoming ASF Asian Surfing Championships in Mahabalipuram to be held from August 3 to 12. Hailing from Akkarai, Tayin is no stranger to sports. Hi ...Read More >
Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress (TMC), calling on people to give the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance to form an honest, hardworking, and strong government in West Bengal in 2026 assembly polls. Addressing a public rally in Durgapur, PM Modi accused the TMC government of presiding over a double attack of crime and corruption, especially in the education sector. Whether it primary education ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N. Chandrababu Naidu, not to obstruct Telangana's irrigation projects He appealed to the neighbouring state not to obstruct Telangana's crucial irrigation initiatives, including the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, as well as the Dindi, Kalwakurthy, Bheema, Nettempadu, and Koilsagar projects. "We demand Andhra Pradesh not to block our projects. We seek cooper ...Read More >
Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress (TMC), calling on people to give the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance to form an "honest, hardworking, and strong" government in West Bengal in 2026 assembly polls. Addressing a public rally in Durgapur, PM Modi accused the TMC government of presiding over a "double attack of crime and corruption," especially in the education sector. Also Read | Is There Sund ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indian government expressed regret on Tuesday over the reported demolition of the ancestral property of celebrated filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh and expressed its willingness to extend cooperation in its restoration. "We note with profound regret that the ancestral property of noted filmmaker and litterateur Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, belonging to his grandfather and eminent litterateur, Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhur ...Read More >
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was releasing water to save itself while causing floods in Bengal. "DVC released nearly 27,000 lakh cubic metres of water. Despite repeated requests, they refuse to make repairs and instead release water to save themselves, causing Bengal to flood," she said. The comments came at a meeting at Nabanna to discuss the flood situation in the state.The CM lamented that the situation hadn't improved despite state govt's all-r ...Read More >
Tight security arrangements have been made around West Bengal state secretariat 'Nabanna' in Howrah on Monday as "eligible teachers", whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, planned a protest march demanding their reinstatement, a senior police officer said. Although the route march of the 'Joggya Sikkhak Sikkhika Adhikar Mancha' (Deserving Teachers' Rights Forum) has not been finalised yet, Howrah City Police deployed senior officers at crucial junctions to maintain law and o ...Read More >
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday extended support to her Jammu & Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah for his defiant move against the Centre on Martyrs' Day, questioning why a democratically elected chief minister would not be allowed the freedom to visit a graveyard."What is wrong in visiting the graveyard of martyrs? This is not only unfortunate, it also snatches the democratic right of a citizen. What happened this morning to the elected Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is unacceptable. Shocki ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 14 (UNI) TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today batted for her Jammu and Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah and asked what is wrong if visits a graveyard of martyrs in Srinagar to pay homage. Omar shared a video on the social media platform X and stated that he was "physically grappled" by the police personnel when he was at the martyrs' graveyard in Srinagar. "What is wrong in visiting the graveyard of martyrs?" Mamata questioned. "This is unfortunate; it ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 6 (PTI) An umbrella body of civil society groups, Abhaya Mancha, on Sunday announced a march to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kalighat on August 9, seeking justice for the doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on that day last year. Hundreds of people will march from Hazra More to Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat on that day, seeking punishment for all those involved in the heinous murder, said a spokesperson of the West Be ...Read More >
Patna, July 6: Asserting that he was contesting the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar, Union minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday voiced his support for the introduction of domicile policy in government jobs in the state. Paswan, who heads the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), made the announcement while addressing a rally in Saran district that borders his Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency. "People have been asking me whether Chirag Paswan will contest the assembly elections. I want to announce from ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 6 (PTI) Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said that he would release the names of 50 leaders of the TMC's students' wing who are allegedly targeting pupils, specifically women, like Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the rape case at a law college in south Kolkata. Adhikari alleged that all these leaders belong to the 'bhaipo (nephew) gang', an apparent reference to TMC's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who is the nephew of CM Mamata Banerjee. "Th ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 5 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday visited the residence of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital medic and announced a 'Nabanna Abhijan' (march to the state secretariat) on August 9, demanding justice for the victim. Accompanied by the victim's grieving parents at their Sodepur residence in North 24 Parganas, Adhikari declared that the rally would be a citizens' movement, not a political one. "There will be no party colours. No party flags. Only ordinary people, ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 5 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday visited the residence of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital medic and announced a 'Nabanna Abhijan' (march to the state secretariat) on August 9, demanding justice for the victim. Accompanied by the victim's grieving parents at their Sodepur residence in North 24 Parganas, Adhikari declared that the rally would be a citizens' movement, not a political one. Also Read | Gurugram Shocker: Police Arrest Man for Killing His Friend ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant, whose was scheduled to retire on Monday, received an extension of six months. Pant is a 1991 batch IAS officer.The department of personnel and training, in charge of appointments of IAS officers, on Monday sent Nabanna its approval for Pant's extension till Dec 31, 2025. The letter stated that the Centre had approved the Bengal govt's proposal for the extension of Pant's tenure as the chief secretary. Nabanna had sent the proposal to Delhi on June 28.I ...Read More >
Kullu: All eyes will be on the Dalai Lama when he turns 90 on July 6, as he may announce his successor that day. The year-long birthday celebration of the Tibetan spiritual leader will kick off on July 6 in Mcleodganj near Dharamshala, the headquarters of the Tibetan govt-in-exile, and conclude on July 5 next year.Many ministers in the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), including Penpa Tsering, Sikyong or the elected head of CTA, and deputy speaker Dolma Tsering, have said the Dalai Lama may ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday sent a show-cause notice to Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra and censured Serampore MP Kalyan Banerjee for their remarks on the alleged gang-rape of a student at a law college, even as a political slugfest continued between the governing party and the opposition over the safety of women in Bengal.Trinamool president Subrata Bakshi sent the notice to Mitra, instructing him to respond within three days over his "unsolicited, unnecessary, and insensitive comments on J ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 29 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari led a rally on Sunday in protest against the alleged gang rape of a first-year student of a state-run law college in the city demanding security for every daughter across West Bengal. Similar rallies were also taken out by the Congress, CPI(M) and civil society members in the city and its outskirts. Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and other party activists walked a distance of less than one km demanding pro ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 2 (ANI): Defence Expert Captain Anil Gaur on Thursday, countered West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's statement, alleging that she is a "huge facilitator" in settling illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators in India and ensuring their inclusion in voter lists. Captain Gaur claimed that Banerjee's accusations against the BSF were misplaced and that it was her people who were facilitating the infiltrators. He alleged that Banerjee is making these accusations to ...Read More >
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