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Durgapur gang rape case: West Bengal Governor submits report to President and Home Ministry
Kolkata | Oct 15, 2025, 11:43 PM ISTTalking to the media earlier in the day, the governor said that the feelings of the survivor's parents about taking their daughter back to Odisha should be respected.
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Durgapur rape case: Victim's college-mate 6th man to be held as police reconstruct crime scene
West Bengal | Oct 14, 2025, 11:15 PM ISTWest Bengal Police have arrested the friend of the Durgapur medical student rape victim, bringing the total arrests in the case to six. The Calcutta High Court has ordered tighter security at the hospital, while civil society groups and opposition parties continue to protest across the state.
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Durgapur rape victim recounts horror: 'They dragged me, threatened to call more men if I scream'
India | Oct 14, 2025, 04:13 PM ISTThe 23-year-old second-year medical student, natively from Odisha's Jaleswar, was gang-raped on Friday night outside the campus of her private medical college.
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'Women shouldn't go out at night, police can't patrol everywhere': TMC leader on Durgapur rape case
West Bengal | Oct 13, 2025, 05:02 PM ISTDurgapur rape case: The 23-year-old victim, a resident of Jaleswar in Odisha's Balasore district, was allegedly gang-raped after stepping out for dinner with a friend near her private medical college.
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Durgapur medical student rape: Two more accused nabbed, says Bengal Police; all five now in custody
West Bengal | Oct 13, 2025, 02:46 PM ISTThe incident occurred on Friday night when the 23-year-old victim, a resident of Jaleswar in Odisha’s Balasore district, was allegedly gang-raped after stepping out for dinner with a friend near her private medical college.
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Durgapur gangrape: Three accused sent to 10-day police custody in medical student assault case
Kolkata | Oct 12, 2025, 11:32 PM ISTThree men accused in the Durgapur medical student gangrape case have been remanded to 10-day police custody, as authorities continue their investigation and search for additional suspects involved in the crime.
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Mamata Banerjee on Durgapur gangrape case: 'Girls shouldn't go outside college in night'
Kolkata | Oct 12, 2025, 11:32 PM ISTWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee faced outrage after saying a girl “should not go out at night” following the alleged gang rape of a Durgapur medical student, while police continue investigating and arresting suspects.
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Durgapur gangrape case: Her life in danger, will take her back to Odisha, says victim's father
West Bengal | Oct 12, 2025, 02:22 PM ISTThe victim's father said his daughter is suffering a lot of pain, adding that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other state officials have assured them of all possible assistance.
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Three arrested for medical student's gangrape in West Bengal's Durgapur; hunt on for two
West Bengal | Oct 12, 2025, 10:05 AM ISTDurgapur gangrape case: However, officials have not disclosed the identity of those who have been arrested.
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West Bengal: Durgapur medical student allegedly gang-raped; police launch investigation
Kolkata | Oct 11, 2025, 06:26 PM ISTA second-year medical student in Durgapur was allegedly gang-raped after stepping out for food, prompting a police probe and renewed concerns over women’s safety in West Bengal.
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PM Modi tears into TMC over 'atrocities' against women in Bengal
India | Jul 18, 2025, 07:07 PM ISTPM Modi also slammed the Mamata government for facilitating the entry of infiltrators into the country. He said that the TMC was involved in providing fake documents to infiltrators, who were a danger to the identity of the state.
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Durgapur steel plant gas leak: 3 dead, several workers fall ill
India | Feb 18, 2022, 05:22 PM ISTAccording to news agency ANI, the three labourers who died were stuck inside a vacuum oxygen unit at steel plant.
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Cyclone Yaas alert: Flight ops at Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Jharsuguda, Durgapur airports to be hit
India | May 24, 2021, 07:55 PM ISTCyclone Yaas is likely to hit flight operations at Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Jharsuguda and Durgapur airports. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) sounded the alert on Monday while also instructing other airports in the eastern region to be on alert in view of a possbility of change in path of cyclonic winds.
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1 killed after two groups of TMC clashed in WB's Durgapur
News | Nov 12, 2020, 05:20 PM ISTOne person was killed after two groups of Trinamool Congress (TMC) clashed in West Bengal's Durgapur.
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Video: Truck carrying plane gets stuck under a bridge in West Bengal's Durgapur
India | Dec 24, 2019, 01:16 PM ISTThe driver of the truck could not ascertain the height of the flyover, due to which the incident occurred, sources said. West Bengal has been witnessing a dip in temperature since Friday, when the mercury dropped to 10 degrees Celsius.
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India's first private airport likely to start operations next month
India | Mar 17, 2015, 10:10 AM ISTDurgapur: India's first private greenfield airport at Durgapur, promoted by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd or BAPL, is likely to be operational by April 14."The final calibration of navigational aids at the airport by Airport Authority
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3,000 gelatin sticks seized by police in Burdwan
India | Dec 28, 2014, 05:36 PM ISTBurdwan (WB): As many as 3,000 gelatin sticks, 200 each from 15 sacks, were seized by the police from a vehicle which was allegedly bound for Birbhum district during mandatory checking at a bridge at
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Explosive-laden vehicle seized in Durgapur
India | Jan 24, 2014, 07:59 AM ISTKolkata: Ahead of the Republic Day celebrations in West Bengal, a vehicle laden with explosives and bearing Chhatisgarh registration number was seized in Durgapur area of Burdwan district yesterday. The MUV packed with detonators and
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Second open jail of West Bengal to come up in Durgapur
India | Nov 20, 2013, 10:30 AM ISTKolkata: In a bid to give jail inmates some amount of freedom, West Bengal government has decided to set up an “Open Correctional Home” at Durgapur in Burdwan district, the second such home in the