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  NIA arrests two key conspirators in Bengal's Bhupatinagar blast case amid attack by miscreants

  April 06, 2024 15:34 IST

  This is the second instance when a probing agency team was targeted in West Bengal. Earlier on January 5, an Enforcement Directorate team was targeted by a mob when it had gone to search the premises of now suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan in connection with an alleged ration distribution scam.

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  17 crude bombs neutralised in WB's West Midnapore

  News | April 01, 2021 11:48 IST

  Ahead of the second phase of Assembly Elections 2021 in West Bengal, West Midnapore Police and bomb disposal units neutralised 17 crude bombs in a controlled explosion in a field in the Keshpur area on March 31.

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  West Bengal: Yogi Adityanath Holds rally in West Midnapore

  Politics | March 16, 2021 17:00 IST

  Uttar Pradesh CM & BJP leader Yogi Adityanath Holds rally in West Midnapore on tuesday.

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  Bengal: TMC leader found dead in West Midnapore; party blames BJP

  India | July 01, 2019 14:42 IST

  As post-poll violence continues in Bengal, a TMC worker has been found dead in West Midnapore. Soon after the incident, the Mamata Banerjee-led party accused the BJP of the murder of its leader. The Bharatiya Janata Party, however, rejected the claims of the claims and said Bhunia was murdered due to the infighting within the Trinamool leadership.

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  West Bengal: Man killed, 5 injured in blast at TMC office in West Midnapore

  India | August 23, 2018 14:16 IST

  The blast was so powerful that it destroyed a portion of the building which housed Trinamool Congress office.

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  Young woman immolates herself after 'physical assault'

  India | September 28, 2014 17:35 IST

  Midnapore (WB): A 22-year old woman immolated herself after being allegedly physically assaulted and abused by a group of young men in West Midnapore district today, a senior police officer said.The woman died of burn

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  Child marriage fairs a hit in West Midnapore

  India | October 21, 2013 12:03 IST

  Kolkata:  Fairs are commonplace in the festive season but in tribal West Midnapore, which falls in the erstwhile Maoist-hit Jangalmahal area, it is child marriage fairs which are drawing large crowds.  Such tribal child marriage

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  Most rivers in West Midnapore flowing above danger mark

  India | October 15, 2013 7:57 IST

  Midnapore (WB): Most of the rivers in West Midnapore district are flowing above the danger mark as huge amount of water has been released from dams in Jharkhand, official sources said."Huge amount of water has

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  Elephants Run Amok In Bengal, Two Dead

  India | March 05, 2012 15:49 IST

  Midnapore, March 5: A group of three elephants wrought havoc across twenty villages of West Midnapore In West Bengal. Two people lost their lives in this incident.The three elephants lost their way from a nearby

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  30 Injured As Bengal Security Forces Clash

  India | March 02, 2012 10:23 IST

  Midnapore (Wb), Mar2: Irate villagers torched a Counter Insurgency Force barrack in West Midnapore district today after 30 persons were injured in police lathicharge on a crowd  which had blocked the state highway demanding handing

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  Kishenji's Body Brought To Jhargram, Hunt Is On For Suchitra Mahato

  India | November 25, 2011 18:20 IST

  Jhargram (WB), Nov 25: Security forces were today combing the Burisole forest in West Midnapore district to locate Maoist woman leader Suchitra Mahato who fled after the encounter with joint forces in which top Maoist

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  Maoist Leader Mahato Killed In Encounter In Bengal

  India | March 11, 2011 10:33 IST

  Kolkata, March 10:  A top Maoist leader Shashadhar Mahato was killed in an encounter with CRPF in West Midnapore district, West Bengal today.The encounter took place in  Kapgari village in Binpur police station area of