• 

  Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: 'You are free to abuse me, but...', says Mamata Banerjee on protest

  August 14, 2024 23:49 IST

  Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: A trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College on August 9. The Calcutta High Court has ordered a CBI investigation into the incident.

• 

  Kolkata doctor-rape murder: Family discloses horrific details after autopsy reveals genital torture

  August 14, 2024 8:25 IST

  The family of the trainee doctor brutally raped and murdered in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College on August 9 revealed their traumatic ordeal, initially being told it was a suicide. Politicians, including Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, demanded swift justice.

• 

  Kolkata rape-murder case: 'Why are you protecting principal?,' Calcutta High Court grills state govt

  August 13, 2024 13:19 IST

  The division bench of the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court ordered the state counsel to submit a leave application or the court will issue an order in this regard.

• 

  Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Arrested man was 'womaniser', addicted to violent porn, say police

  August 12, 2024 23:09 IST

  Hundreds of students carried out a candle march in West Bengal's Kolkata on Monday as a mark of protest against the rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee doctor in state-run RG Medical College and Hospital.

• 

  Kolkata doctor's rape-murder case: Hundreds carry out candle march as demand for justice intensifies

  August 12, 2024 22:59 IST

  The resident doctors raised concerns about the integrity of the ongoing probe and called for transparent investigation into the case. They urged an immediate transfer of the case to the CBI.

• 

  Kolkata rape-murder case: Will handover the probe to CBI, if police unable to solve it, says Mamata

  August 12, 2024 15:22 IST

  After the gruesome rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, CM Mamata Banerjee met the family of the victim today. She said that if there are more accused and are still not arrested by Sunday, she will hand over the case to CBI.

• 

  'Will seek death penalty for accused': CM Mamata on woman doctor's murder in RG Kar Medical College

  August 10, 2024 15:29 IST

  Following the recovery of the female doctor's body, the police started the investigation and arrested one suspect. The preliminary autopsy indicates murder after a sexual assault.

• 

  Kolkata Metro to run 188 train services on Independence Day: Check route, timing

  August 09, 2024 12:00 IST

  On August 15, the Kolkata Metro said the regular metro services will be available from 6: 50 AM to 9:40 PM.

• 

  Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Bengal chief minister, dies at 80

  August 08, 2024 11:25 IST

  Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, died at his Kolkata home on Thursday. He was 80 and had been suffering from old age-related ailments.

• 

  West Bengal Cabinet rejig: Portfolios of four ministers, including Babul Supriyo, reshuffled | List

  August 08, 2024 6:09 IST

  The changes included entrusting some of these ministers with additional responsibilities over and above their current portfolios.

• 

  Bengal Minister Akhil Giri agrees to resign after Mamata's intervention in forest official row

  August 05, 2024 7:09 IST

  West Bengal Jails Minister Akhil Giri said he will continue to serve as an MLA even after resigning as a minister. Giri said would step down but won't apologise to the forest official.

• 

  Mamata takes stern stand over Bengal minister Akhil Giri's 'abusive' video: 'Apologise or resign'

  August 04, 2024 19:19 IST

  Akhil Giri on Saturday (August 3) stoked controversy after he was seen in video clip threatening and verbally abusing a woman official of the state forest department and her team for allegedly removing encroachments on its land in Purba Medinipur district.

• 

  Bengal minister threatens, verbally abuses woman official for removing encroachments; BJP-TMC react

  August 03, 2024 23:26 IST

  After learning about the anti-encroachment operation, West Bengal Minister Akhil Giri, accompanied by local traders, reached the spot and confronted the forest department officials on Saturday.

• 

  Mamata taking initiatives to bring back migrant labourers stranded in landslide-hit Wayanad: TMC

  August 03, 2024 18:43 IST

  The death toll in the Wayanad landslides rose to 218, including 90 women and 30 children. Of the 218 bodies recovered from the landslide-hit areas, 152 have been identified by relatives.

• 

  West Bengal: Kolkata Airport runway inundated after heavy rainfall | Watch

  August 03, 2024 14:04 IST

  According to the police, ankle-deep water was also reported from several other parts of central and south Kolkata, but traffic movement was not disrupted.

• 

  Mamata urges Sitharaman to rollback GST on life, health insurance premiums: 'Highly anti-people...'

  August 02, 2024 17:22 IST

  Mamata Banerjee said that the imposition of GST on insurance premiums increases the financial burden on the common people and urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw the Centre's recent move in the Union Budget.

• 

  West Bengal Assembly passes resolution to scrap NEET, seeks new entrance test for medical aspirants

  July 24, 2024 23:07 IST

  The resolution, passed in the state assembly urged the West Bengal government to resume conducting joint entrance examinations in the state.

• 

  Kolkata: Temporary gate collapses at Mamata Banerjee's event, two injured | VIDEO

  July 24, 2024 18:13 IST

  The sudden collapse of the temporary gate built to welcome visitors created a chaotic situation. The alert security personnel controlled the situation and took the injured to the hospital.

• 

  Mamata Banerjee calls for stopping potatoes export to other states as strike by traders continues

  July 23, 2024 23:04 IST

  The strike started on Sunday by the Progressive Potato Traders' Association (PPTA), which alleges that the authorities are "illegally" detaining trucks carrying the tuber going to neighbouring states.

• 

  Bangladesh violence: Mamata Banerjee offers shelter to refugees amid quota protests

  July 21, 2024 19:12 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her solidarity with the people who have remained at the receiving end of the ongoing violence in the neighbouring country.

• 

  Mamata-Akhilesh take 'unstable government' jibe at BJP-led Centre at joint rally in Kolkata

  July 21, 2024 14:42 IST

  Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her residence in Kalighat in the southern part of Kolkata.

• 

  West Bengal govt forms seven-member panel to review new criminal laws, Governor seeks report

  July 18, 2024 6:57 IST

  The committee will be headed by Justice (retired) Ashim Kumar Roy and includes state Law Minister Malay Ghatak and Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya.

• 

  Suvendu issues clarification after his remark on 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas' sparks row

  July 17, 2024 23:16 IST

  Earlier today, Suvendu Adhikari had called to denounce 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas' and urged the party to dissolve Minority Morcha. He also gave an alternative slogan 'Jo Humare Sath, Hum Uske Sath'.

• 

  Woman assault case: Mamata slams BJP, says 'two-year-old video is being circulated to malign Bengal'

  July 11, 2024 15:44 IST

  An old video clip showing a girl being assaulted by a group of people in North 24 Parganas district emerged as the latest flashpoint between the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP.

• 

  Heavy rainfall alert: IMD predicts week of heavy downpour in parts of West Bengal

  July 10, 2024 18:36 IST

  The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in north Bengal in the coming days. The region is already witnessing heavy downpours which have caused landslides in a hilly region and severe waterlogging in low-lying plains.

• 

  West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee administers oath to two MLAs, BJP abstains

  July 05, 2024 15:42 IST

  The BJP MLAs abstained from participating in both the special session and the oath-taking ceremony. Their absence was a notable aspect of the day's proceedings, underscoring ongoing political tensions in the state assembly.

• 

  Massive fire breaks out at engine oil factory in Kolkata, firefighting operations underway | VIDEO

  July 02, 2024 13:38 IST

  Five fire tenders are at the scene, and firefighting operations are currently underway.

• 

  NHRC takes action in West Bengal flogging case, issues notice to DGP, Chief Secretary

  July 01, 2024 23:57 IST

  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a public flogging incident involving a couple in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, allegedly carried out by a local TMC leader.