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  Recruitment scam in Bengal schools: CBI registers FIR against five officials

  India | May 22, 2022 16:40 IST

  The central agency named the advisory committee's former chairman Shanti Prasad Sinha, SSC's ex-chairman Soumitra Sarkar, the commission's former secretary Ashok Kumar Saha and its ex-programming officer Samarjit Acharya in the FIR.

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  Watch: 1,000 live bombs, recovered from West Bengal's East Medinipur, neutralised by disposal squad

  India | May 22, 2022 15:08 IST

  Live bombs in huge quantities were recovered from West Bengal's East Midnapore after a search operation. The bombs were later defused by the disposal squad.

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  Anis Khan death case: Bengal police's suicide theory challenged

  India | April 25, 2022 16:59 IST

  The SIT had submitted an 82-page report on the death probe to the Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha, who directed that the report should be made available to the counsels of all the parties concerned in the case.

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  Bengal girl sets herself ablaze after threat to withdraw rape attempt complaint

  India | April 15, 2022 19:22 IST

   A 14-year-old girl, who survived a rape attempt in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, set herself on fire after she was allegedly threatened to withdraw the police complaint, officials said on Friday.

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  Bengal monitor lizard 'gangraped' in Maharashtra forest, 4 booked

  Crime | April 14, 2022 9:04 IST

  The accused were being probed after they were booked on March 31 for illegally entering the forest when the crime came to light, the official said.

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  Birbhum killings: Police arrests local TMC boss after Mamata orders hunting down of all suspects

  India | March 24, 2022 21:27 IST

  Earlier in the day, on visiting Bogtui village, the scene of Tuesday’s fire bombing and burning of eight people, Banerjee spoke with the family members of the victims and offered them permanent government jobs and funds as compensation.

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  Aaj Ki Baat : Barbaric incident in Bengal, 6 women, 2 kids burnt to death, culprits yet to be arrested

  Aaj Ki Baat | March 23, 2022 23:30 IST

  Mamata says, such incidents happen in UP, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar, why is my govt being defamed? Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami and his cabinet sworn in, PM, Amit Shah, BJP CMs attend . Watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma.

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  EC announces date for bypolls in Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar & Maharashtra | Check details

  India | March 12, 2022 23:30 IST

  According to the EC, the date of issuing gazette notification is March 17 and the last date of nominations is March 24.

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  Bengal govt seeks report from DGCA on air turbulence encountered by plane carrying CM

  India | March 05, 2022 17:01 IST

  The state government wanted to know from the DGCA whether the route taken by the plane in which the chief minister returned to the city from Varanasi on Friday evening had been granted prior permission, a top bureaucrat said.

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  WB SET 2O22: Despite rising Covid cases, exam witnesses high turnout

  Education | January 09, 2022 23:49 IST

  This was the first offline public examination this year after the WBJEE was held last year, a WBCSC official said. The exams were held with strict adherence to COVID norms in 189 centers across 68 subdivisions of state and Kolkata.

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  Cyclone Jawad intensifies in Bay of Bengal, might strike Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in next 24 hours

  News | December 03, 2021 7:40 IST

  Cyclone Jawad is intensifying in Bay of Bengal and is heading towards the eastern coast of India. It has been predicted that the cyclone might strike the coastal areas of Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in next 24 hours.

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  Syed Mushtaq Ali T20: Bengal stun Karnataka to storm into quarters; Mumbai ousted

  Cricket | November 10, 2021 14:25 IST

  Bengal stunned heavyweights Karnataka by seven wickets with inspirational performances from pacer Mukesh Kumar and opener Abhimanyu Easwaran to storm into the Syed Mushtaq Ali quarter-finals.

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  West Bengal schools, colleges to reopen on November 16, notification issued

  Education | October 29, 2021 15:16 IST

  The schools will reopen for students of classes 9 to 12, according to a notice issued by the School Education Department on Thursday evening

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  Bengal BJP leader Sabyasachi Dutta returns to Trinamool Congress

  India | October 07, 2021 16:07 IST

  Dutta joined the state's ruling party at TMC secy-general and cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee's room in the Assembly, in presence of other leaders.

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  If Bengal's TMC can contest in Goa, so can Maharashtra's Shiv Sena: Sanjay Raut

  India | September 29, 2021 17:34 IST

  Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut also said that the Sena will contest 22 out of the 40 seats which make up the state legislative assembly.

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  Sukanta Majumdar slams Mamata over attack on Dilip Ghosh; says 'No law & order in Bengal'

  India | September 28, 2021 16:08 IST

  "The attack on BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh at Bhabanipur is dangerous for democracy", Sukanta Majumdar said.

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  Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra promoted to DGP rank by Bengal government

  India | September 09, 2021 20:25 IST

  Soumen Mitra is presently posted as Police Commissioner of Kolkata in the rank of ADG of Police.

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  West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI files 10 more cases, tally reaches 21

  India | August 28, 2021 17:55 IST

  To probe the cases, the Centre has provided CRPF security cover to the CBI teams amid apprehension of locals and the state administration disrupting the investigation.

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  Woman beheads 35-day-old premature daughter, arrested

  Crime | August 13, 2021 23:55 IST

  The woman early in the morning used a sharp weapon to decapitate the girl born at eight months, threw the head to a jungle near the house and kept the torso in a pot inside the washroom, police said.

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  CID visits Suvendu Adhikari's home in connection with probe into his ex-bodyguard's death

  India | July 14, 2021 21:48 IST

  Adhikari's personal security guard had allegedly shot himself dead with his service revolver in 2018 in a police barrack in Kanthi in Purba Medinipur district.