As political tussle between BJP and Bengal ruling government led by Trinamool Congress (TMC) continues to grow, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a fresh salvo on Wednesday said that bringing BJP to power would mean encouraging riots.
Several senior BJP leaders are scheduled to arrive in West Bengal during the month-long campaign, set to start from Nadia on Saturday.
Commenting on the incident, a police official said, "Four factory workers were killed and four others critically injured in the explosion that ripped the establishment apart."
At least 55 houses were washed away due to erosion in river Ganga in West Bengal's Malda district, an official said on Monday.
Mangoes valued at Rs 60 crore were lost in Malda due to a hailstorm that lashed the district last week, an official said on Monday. Malda of West Bengal is famous for its eclectic varieties of mango and the fruit is grown on more than 31,000 hectares of land across the district.
Police on Friday seized an unspecified quantity of India made foreign liquor (IMFL) from an ambulance in Malda district of West Bengal and arrested its two occupants. The private ambulance, carrying no patient, was being used to ferry liquor during the lockdown period, police said.
A large number of country-made bombs were found in West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday, police said. The bombs were found in five jars at an abandoned building that housed a primary health centre in Majampur village in Kaliachak police station area, a senior officer said.
Ten persons are still undergoing treatment at the Bangitola hospital while two patients have been referred to Malda Medical College and Hospital, Mistri said. The rest have been discharged from the facility at Bangitola, he added.
Three persons including an engineer were killed and three others injured when an under-construction bridge on Farakka barrage collapsed in Baishnabnagar of West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday night, officials said.
Two dead and five injured after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed in the Baishnabnagar area of Malda district on Sunday evening.
Superintendent of Police, Alok Rajoria said acting on a tip-off a police team led by sub-inspector Soumyajit Mallik raided Baishnabnagar school ground on Friday night and detained three persons.
"Our police are not idle. We are not like the BJP government. Whether it is a rape incident or not we can ascertain only after getting the post-mortem report," she said.
Local farmers spotted the body in English Bazar Police Station area in the morning, following which they raised an alarm, the DCP, who visited the site along with Superintendent of Police Alok Rajoria, said. "Prima facie it seems that the victim is in her early 20s. Her body has several injury marks."
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