- West Bengal launch free crop insurance scheme for farmers 28 Jun 2019 05:51 BCCL All farmers taking loans (granted or applied for) and even those not taking loans can avail of the insurance. KOLKATA: West Bengal government has announced a crop insurance scheme in collaboration with the Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC), …
- No TMC govt will be left in WB: Mukul Roy as MLA, 10 Zilla parishad members join BJP 25 Jun 2019 03:47 This comes a day after TMC president Mamata Banerjee threatened her party's erstwhile leaders who have jumped the ship with 'consequences'. New Delhi: Taking a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP leader Mukul Roy said " …
- Kerala: Sacked Congress leader AP Abdullakutty set to join BJP 24 Jun 2019 21:59 There have been reports that Abdullakutty is looking to contest the Manjeshwar Assembly seat bypolls as a BJP candidate. A P Abdullakutty, who was recently sacked from Congress for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi on BJP’s massive mandate in the Lok …
- '... Film Abhi Baaki Hai,' Says Former Mamata Aide Mukul Roy As Another Group Of TMC Leaders Joins BJP 24 Jun 2019 18:17 BJP leader and former Mamata Banerjee aide Mukul Roy on Monday took a swipe at West Bengal chief minister when another TMC legislator and 10 Zila Parishad members switched over to the saffron party. "Yeh trailer hai, film abhi baaki hai (This is …
- West Bengal: Tension prevails in Sandeshkhali, police looking for ‘missing’ persons 09 Jun 2019 14:16 Clashes in Dakshin Dinajpur (above), North 24-Parganas Saturday. (Express Photo) Tension prevailed on Sunday in strife-affected Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas, with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress accusing each other …
- 3 workers killed in clash with TMC: BJP 09 Jun 2019 00:03 Clashes in Dakshin Dinajpur (above), North 24-Parganas Saturday. Express The BJP on Saturday claimed two of its local leaders and a party worker had been killed and at least five workers seriously wounded in a violent clash with Trinamool Congress workers …
- BJP worker shot dead in West Bengal, 2 detained 27 May 2019 12:11 The fresh spate of political violence that has kept West Bengal burning since before the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 claimed the life of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, who was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night. The …
- Minister's convoy attacked, TMC workers thrashed as post-poll violence continues in Bengal 27 May 2019 05:51 Image Source : PTI Post-poll violence continues in Bengal Parts of West Bengal are still struggling under post-poll violence as reports of attack on a state minister's convoy, beating up of ruling TMC workers and ransacking party offices allegedly by …
- Lok Sabha election results: NDA schemes resonate in 115 poor districts, bring 60% seats 24 May 2019 00:06 Celebrations in Ranchi, Thursday. (Source: PTI) THE USE of socio-economic indicators to target the poorest households for its social welfare schemes in rural India appears to have paid dividends for the BJP-led NDA this Lok Sabha elections — it is ahead in …
- In battle for Bengal, a Plassey redux (IANS Exclusive) 01 May 2019 14:34 New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Exactly a hundred years before the great “Indian Mutiny”, a decisive battled enslaved India to the British irrevocably. The needle moved in such a manner that a de facto trading outfit became de jure ruler of India. Now 72 years …
- Phase 3 of Lok Sabha polls sees 66% turnout 23 Apr 2019 23:30 NEW DELHI: Polling has concluded for over half of the total Lok Sabha seats with the end of the third phase on Tuesday, which recorded an overall 66% turnout across 15 states and Union Territories. Polling, according to the Election Commission, was by and …
- Voter hacked to death outside West Bengal booth 23 Apr 2019 22:15 Murshidabad (West Bengal): A 52-year-old man, claimed to be a Congress activist, was hacked to death outside a polling booth and a three Trinamul Congress (TMC) workers were injured after being hit by a crude bomb hurled at them in separate incidents in …
- West Bengal violence claims life of man waiting to vote 23 Apr 2019 16:19 Violence between the workers of the Congress and ruling TMC sparked on allegations of proxy voting at the booth. Murshidabad: A man standing in the queue to cast his vote, was killed after clashes erupted between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress ( …
- Violence mars third phase of LS polling 23 Apr 2019 12:28 [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Several incidents of violence were reported from many parts of the country where voting is underway for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections today. In West Bengal, a man was killed and at least three Trinamool Congress (TMC) …
- Violence in Bengal, 1 killed in BJP, Congress clash 23 Apr 2019 11:50 Murshidabad/Dhenkanal: A man, standing in the queue to cast his vote, was killed after clashes erupted between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Baligram area of Murshidabad on Tuesday. Police said that Tiyarul Kalam got injured …
- Reserve polling agent found dead in West Bengal 23 Apr 2019 11:37 [India], April 23 (ANI): Babulal Murmu, a polling agent was found dead in his house in Buniadpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, on Tuesday. His body was found hanging under mysterious circumstances. He was part of the reserve election team in the area where polling is …
- LIVE | LS polls, 3: 1 killed in clashes between TMC, Congress in Bengal 23 Apr 2019 10:40 Mumbai: The third phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections is covering the highest number of parliamentary seats. In this phase, 116 seats will go to polls. All parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat, Kerala, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa and Daman and Diu will …
- Mamata must stop seeking proof of air strike: Modi 20 Apr 2019 08:23 Buniadpur (West Bengal), April 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to stop asking for evidence of the Balakot air strike by the Indian armed forces, instead look for “proofs” in the chit fund scams and …
- ‘Stringent punishment awaits Bengal BJP man’s killer’ 20 Apr 2019 07:51 Buniyadpur (West Bengal), April 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday averred that stringent punishment will be meted out to those who were responsible for the murder of a BJP activist in Purulia, as also in all other parts of the state. “In …
- Mamata says BJP will get 'rosogolla' in West Bengal 19 Apr 2019 12:06 BALURGHAT/GANGARAMPUR: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Friday claimed that the BJP will get a 'rosogolla' (zero) in West Bengal in the general elections, asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aim of winning a large number …
- I will change how party is perceived, says BJP Muslim candidate from West Bengal 27 Mar 2019 06:39 KOLKATA: From being a BJP primary member in 2017 to being the first Muslim woman to contest Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal for the saffron party, Mafuja Khatun’s political journey has not been easy. As a BJP leader who had switched over from CPM, Mafuja …
- ‘Will change how BJP is perceived’ 26 Mar 2019 14:47 Kolkata: From being a BJP primary member in 2017 to being the first Muslim woman to contest Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal for the saffron party, Mafuja Khatun’s political journey has not been easy. As a BJP leader who had switched over from CPM, Mafuja …
- Kolkata: Exhibition to preserve traditional art 14 Mar 2019 00:40 Sharmila Sen with Director Goutam Ghosh (R). (Express photo by Partha Paul) By Aeshita Sinha Traditional artwork from four districts of West Bengal were showcased in an exhibition in Kolkata at Weavers Studio Centre for Arts. Organised by artist Sharmila …
- Cong ready to go alone in Bengal if CPI(M) doesn’t compromise on Raiganj, Murshidabad: Party leaders 04 Mar 2019 23:25 Kolkata, Mar 4 (PTI) The state Congress leadership Monday said it is ready to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections alone in West Bengal if the Left Front does not leave for it the two party-bastions — Raiganj and Murshidabad, after the CPI(M) proposed a …
- Five maizbhandari devotees die after bus hits truck in Cumilla 17 Feb 2019 21:16 A bus with around 50 devotees was going to Chattogram from Khulna yesterday. On the way, five of them lost their lives as the bus hit a truck loaded with steel bars in Cumilla. Police said the bus got severely damaged as the steel bars pierced through a …
- Yogi Adityanath addresses Bengal rally over phone, says not allowed to land 04 Feb 2019 13:55 Adityanath was scheduled to address two rallies, at Balurghat in Dakshin Dinajpur district and at Raigunj in Uttar Dinajpur. (File photo) ADDRESSING a public rally in Balurghat over the phone after his helicopter was allegedly denied permission by the West …
- BJP lashes out at Mamata Banerjee, calls her government undemocratic, fascist 03 Feb 2019 16:13 New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly denying permission to land Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s chopper in Uttar Dinajpur and dubbed her government as “undemocratic” …
- Mamata government anti-democratic, anarchic: Adityanath 03 Feb 2019 13:49 Balurghat (West Bengal), Feb 3 (IANS) Lashing out at Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said she has no faith in democracy or the country’s Constitution and dubbed her …
- Adityanath’s chopper denied permission to land in Balurghat: BJP 03 Feb 2019 09:00 Balurghat (West Bengal), Feb 3 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday accused the West Bengal government of denying permission to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s helicopter to land here. Adityanath was scheduled to address two rallies at Balurghat in …
- Major setback to Congress as party MP joins Trinamool 28 Jan 2019 19:47 IMAGE: Mausam Benazir Noor. Photograph: PTI Photo In a massive setback to the Congress in Bengal ahead of the national elections, party MP Mausam Benazir Noor joined the Trinamool Congress on Monday, ending months of speculations. The second-term Congress …
- Goa: Police nabs drug peddler, recovers cannabis worth Rs 60,000 09 Dec 2018 23:34 [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The Goa Police have arrested a 21-year-old drug-peddler during a narcotics raid at Calangute on the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday. Furthermore, the police confiscated cannabis worth Rs 60,000 in the international market from …
- WB native arrested in Goa for illegal possession of drugs 28 Oct 2018 17:50 [India], Oct 28 (ANI): A West Bengal native on Sunday was nabbed by Calangute Police for illegal possession of narcotic drugs. 24-year-old Taslim, a native of Dakshin Dinajpur, was nabbed during a narcotics raid carried out by the police from Calangute’s …
- India, Bangladesh and three dying rivers 22 Oct 2018 08:36 Gurudayal Haldar, 62, has been a fisherman for the past five decades in Balurghat, in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal. He depends on the Atreyee River to feed his family. But the environmental degradation caused by rampant pollution and sand …
- Cyclone Titli enters West Bengal, kills 4 more 12 Oct 2018 19:28 IMAGE: People walk through a waterlogged residential colony following heavy rains in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Photograph: PTI Photo Cyclone Titli weakened into a deep depression and entered West Bengal on Friday, triggering incessant rainfall even as it …
- Cricket stumps sexism in India's schools 22 Aug 2018 10:13 Image caption The project has got girls playing cricket and boys learning how to dance Hundreds of thousands of pupils in schools across India are getting lessons in the art of cricket. But for a country which counts the sport as a national passion, these …
- Cricket is tackling sexism in India's schools 21 Aug 2018 23:42 Image caption The project has got girls playing cricket and boys learning how to dance Hundreds of thousands of pupils in schools across India are getting lessons in the art of cricket. But for a country which counts the sport as a national passion, these …
- Four juveniles repatriated thru Hili border 08 Aug 2018 07:40 RANGPUR, Aug 7: Four Bangladeshi juveniles were repatriated from West Bengal of India through Hili Immigration Check Post (ICP) under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur on Tuesday, police said. "The juveniles were repatriated after their brief stay at an …
- Goa Hotel Cook Arrested For Stabbing Colleague Over Cigarettes 27 Jul 2018 19:29 Panaji: A cook was arrested on Friday on the charge of attempted murder of a colleague at a resort in North Goa over theft of cigarettes, police said. Accused Saiful Sarkar, 21, of Dakshin Dinajpur in West Bengal, was arrested for the murderous attack on a …
- Cook booked for attempted murder in Goa 27 Jul 2018 15:44 Panaji, July 27 (IANS) A cook was arrested on Friday on the charge of attempted murder of a colleague at a resort in North Goa over theft of cigarettes, police said. Accused Saiful Sarkar, 21, of Dakshin Dinajpur in West Bengal, was arrested for the …
- Road accidents kill 7, injure 46 16 Jul 2018 12:30 Seven people were killed and 46 others injured in road accidents in five districts on Saturday and yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents. In Sylhet, a bus and truck collided head-on on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Lalabazar area of Dakshin …
- Former TMC minister joins BJP, boosting saffron party’s expansion drive in West Bengal 25 Jun 2018 13:44 By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: June 25, 2018 6:32:20 pm BJP president Amit Shah is to hold a rally in the West Bengal on Wednesday. A former minister in the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal joined the BJP today, boosting the saffron party’s …
- Where is Manipur?..I'm from Manipur!! :: Raghu Ningthoujam 05 Jun 2018 00:31 Where is Manipur....? "I'm from Manipur....!" "Loss of an erstwhile Kingdom to a Hamlet with an antagonistic name...!" Raghu Ningthoujam * Manipur in rajasthan The question "where is Manipur...?" looks to be funny and …
- Trinamool gains ‘absolute’ control over rural Bengal, opposition cries foul 18 May 2018 01:17 KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress has gained an unprecedented stranglehold on Bengal’s three-tier village administrative system, gaining 95% of zilla parishad seats, 90% of panchayat samiti seats and 73% of gram panchayat seats that went for polling and for …
- Bengal polls take grim turn; 12 dead, many injured 14 May 2018 19:59 At least 12 persons were killed and hundreds injured during voting for the West Bengal panchayat polls on Monday. The entire poll process has been marked by violence, from the very first day of filing of nomination papers on April 2. Reports of poll- …
- 7 SSC examinees attempt suicide in Rangpur 06 May 2018 23:49 Failing to secure pass marks in this year's SSC and equivalent examinations, at least eight examinees tried to commit suicide in Rangpur yesterday. Among them, a Dakhil examinee eventually died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital in the afternoon. …
- To bring down force requirement, state banks on no-contest booths 03 May 2018 07:07 KOLKATA: The government, under pressure from the high court over the security plan for the rural polls, is counting on the 11,016 “nocontest” polling booths across the state to bring down the number of armed forces needed in the run up to the polls. The …
- Lightning kills 13 in West Bengal 01 May 2018 01:36 Kolkata: At least 13 persons were killed and over 25 injured after lightning struck them during a nor’wester that hit different parts of West Bengal on Sunday night, a senior official of the state disaster management said on Monday. Of the 13, three each …
- 13 killed, 25 injured in lightning strikes in Bengal 30 Apr 2018 19:07 At least 13 people were killed and over 25 injured after lightning struck them during a nor’wester that hit different parts of West Bengal on Sunday night, a senior official of the state disaster management said on Monday, Hindustan Times reports. Of the …
- Lightning Storm kills 13 And Injures 25 30 Apr 2018 18:11 A lightning storm has left at least 13 people dead and over 25 injured, in West Bengal, India, on Sunday night, a senior official of the state disaster management said on Monday. According to Hindustantimes, three each died in Nadia, Murshidabad and North …
- WB: 13 killed, at least 25 injured after lightning strike during northwester 30 Apr 2018 13:25 Most of them were outside their house and working in their fields while lightning struck them. Kolkata: At least 13 people were killed and over 25 injured after lightning struck during a northwester that hit different parts of West Bengal on Sunday night, …
- Lightning strikes kill 13, injure 25 30 Apr 2018 12:34 At least 13 people were killed and over 25 injured after lightning struck them during a nor’wester that hit different parts of West Bengal, India on Sunday night, a senior official of the state disaster management said on Monday. According to …
- The new Basmati? Tulaipanji, this aromatic variety of rice from Bengal gaining popularity 03 Apr 2018 06:45 Though its grain is not so long as Basmati, but the medium-grained Tulaipanji has the excellent aroma because of the presence of three organic chemicals, another agriculture official Mir Farhad Hossain said. (Representational Image: Reuters) An indigenous …
- Six more districts in West Bengal to become ODF by March end 05 Mar 2018 19:11 By: PTI | Kolkata | Published: March 5, 2018 1:01 pm According to the official, funds from the Centre, meant for this project, were not “fully coming to the state”. (Source: Express photo by Anoop K Venu/Representatonal) Six more districts in West …
- West Bengal: Grandfather’s brother sexually assaults 5-year-old 27 Feb 2018 10:52 Image used for representational purpose. KOLKATA: Even before embers of the brutal gangrape of a mentally-challenged tribal woman in Kushmandi in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal died down, a five-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by …
- WB Govt to sign MoUs for bringing in foreign investment in fish cultivation 21 Nov 2017 09:10 Agencies, Kolkata The West Bengal Government is signing memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with various companies to bring in investment in the sector of fish farming. The idea behind these joint ventures with the State Government is to make Bengal self- …
- Bihar, UP battle flood fury 30 Aug 2017 01:20 In Uttar Pradesh, five more persons died on Sunday in the flood related incidents in Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll to 101 in the state. One flood-related death was reported from Lakhimpur Kheri, while four deaths from Gorakhpur. However the number of …
- 32 die in Bihar floods, situation in West Bengal, Assam improves 28 Aug 2017 16:57 NEW DELHI: Floods in Bihar claimed 32 more lives while 2 persons were killed in Uttar Pradesh even as the situation improved in the eastern states of Assam and West Bengal following less rainfall today. In Odisha, heavy rains, triggered by a low pressure, …
- Bihar flood toll rises to 482, 101 dead in Uttar Pradesh 27 Aug 2017 18:16 NEW DELHI: As many as 42 deaths in flood-related incidents were reported from Bihar in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 482, whereas five persons lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh, pushing the flood toll in that state to 101. The situation in flood- …
- Bihar flood toll rises to 482, 101 dead in UP 27 Aug 2017 16:46 NEW DELHI: As many as 42 deaths in flood- related incidents were reported from Bihar in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 482, whereas five persons lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh, pushing the flood toll in that state to 101. The situation in flood- …
- Flood water recedes from most areas of six districts in West Bengal 27 Aug 2017 15:38 People wade through a flooded road due to overflow of Atreyee river at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal. | PTI KOLKATA: Flood water has receded from most areas of the six affected districts in north Bengal as the death toll remained …
- Bihar floods cost 39 more lives, UP staggers 25 Aug 2017 17:50 The situation in Uttar Pradesh remained grim. More than 24 lakhs people in over 3,000 villages are affected in 25 districts. More than 57,000 have taken shelter in relief camps. Bihar's flood woes continued with 39 more deaths reported today even as …
- West Bengal flood situation improves, Rs 7,000 crore loss to agri sector 24 Aug 2017 02:08 By: PTI | Kolkata | Published:August 24, 2017 7:24 am North Dinajpur: Villagers use a makeshift bamboo bridge to cross a flooded locality at Itahar village in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Sunday. PTI Photo (PTI8_21_2017_000113B) The situation …
- West Bengal flood situation improves, Rs 7,000 crore loss in agriculture sector 23 Aug 2017 21:53 KOLKATA: The situation in the flood-ravaged districts of north West Bengal improved further as water receded from most of the submerged areas in the absence of major rainfall in the region, a senior official of the state disaster management department said …
- West Bengal estimates loss of Rs14,000 crore due to floods, situation improves 23 Aug 2017 20:08 Villagers wade through a flooded state highway at Chachol village in Malda district of West Bengal. Photo: AFP Kolkata: The situation in the flood-ravaged districts of north West Bengal improved further as water receded from most of the submerged areas in …
- 26 die in Bihar floods, Uttar Pradesh struggling 23 Aug 2017 19:50 GUWAHATILUCKNOWKOLKATA: Flooding in Bihar claimed 26 more lives today, though the situation in delugebattered Assam and West Bengal inched closer to normal with water receding in most of the affected parts of the two states. Officials said the flood toll …
- India: 26 more die in Bihar floods, Uttar Pradesh struggling 23 Aug 2017 19:19 August 23, 2017 | 9:01 PM by PTI Jawans of Indian Army rescuing an elderly person from a flood-hit area in Bihar on August 21, 2017. Photo -PTI/PIB Guwahati/Kolkata/Lucknow: Flooding in Bihar claimed 26 more lives on Wednesday, though the …
- Situation improves in flood-ravaged parts of West Bengal 23 Aug 2017 13:50 By: PTI | Kolkata | Published:August 23, 2017 7:17 pm Boys walk on a railway track washed out due to floods at Belbari near Gangarampur in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Monday. (Source: PTI) The situation in the flood-ravaged districts of north …
- 152 have died in Bengal floods, says Mamata 21 Aug 2017 21:43 Releasing for the first time the official figures of casualties due to the flood-like situation in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday said the death toll had reached 152. She was speaking to reporters in Malda after visiting of …
- At least 152 dead, 1.5 crore people hit by flood in West Bengal, says CM Mamata Banerjee 21 Aug 2017 17:48 By: PTI | Malda | Updated: August 21, 2017 10:48 pm Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inspects a flood-hit region in Malda district on Monday. PTI Photo (PTI8_21_2017_000129B) Floods in West Bengal have claimed 152 lives so far and affected …
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tours Flood-Hit Malda district 21 Aug 2017 16:50 Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday visited Malda where flood fury continued amid over 50 deaths in the state since July 21. The flood situation in northern part of Bengal showed an overall improvement, barring Malda district where …
- 152 dead, 1.5 crore people hit by flood in West Bengal, says CM Mamata Bannerjee 21 Aug 2017 14:45 Floods in West Bengal have claimed 152 lives so far and affected around 1.5 crore people, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today. The state has suffered a loss of around Rs 14,000 crore due to the deluge, she said. The state government, Banerjee said, …
- Situation Report-3: North Bengal Floods (17 August 2017) 21 Aug 2017 04:20 Population affected : 44,21,996 Number of human lives lost – 32 (Drowning- 30, Snake Bite- 2) Number of cattle livestock lost/ perished - 104 (Assessment is going on) Cropped area affected (in hect.) - 293770.790 (Assessment is going on) Number of …
- 350 Dead, Crores Affected In Floods In Bihar, Assam, Bengal: 10 Points 19 Aug 2017 14:00 Floods across the country have left over 350 dead and have affected crores (File) New Delhi: A spate of floods in states across the country have claimed hundreds of lives and displaced crores. Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have faced a huge …
- Flood: Toll climbs to 153 in Bihar, Army called in for rescue operations in eastern UP 19 Aug 2017 05:26 An aerial view of a flood-hit area at Bal Bal in Betiah in West Chaparan, Bihar on Friday. Photo: PTI New Delhi: The Bihar flood toll climbed to 153 on Friday while those marooned in 17 districts of the state crossed the 1 crore mark, even as the Army was …
- Bihar flood toll climbs to 153, Army called in for rescue operations in eastern Uttar Pradesh 19 Aug 2017 03:16 The Bihar flood toll climbed to 153 on Friday while those marooned in 17 districts of the state crossed the 1 crore mark, even as the Army was called in for relief and rescue operations in deluge-hit eastern Uttar Pradesh districts adjoining Nepal. The …
- Army called as eastern UP braces for floods 18 Aug 2017 22:55 A boy rows a makeshift raft as he transports a woman and a cooking gas cylinder through flood waters in Morigaon district of Assam Flood situation in districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh adjoining Nepal worsened on Friday with the army being called for …
- Bihar flood toll hits 153; Army help sought in UP 18 Aug 2017 19:20 NEW DELHI: The Bihar flood toll climbed to 153 on Friday while those marooned in 17 districts of the state crossed the 1 crore mark, even as the Army was called in for relief and rescue operations in deluge-hit eastern Uttar Pradesh districts adjoining …
- Flood situation improves in north Bengal, toll mounts to 52 18 Aug 2017 18:51 KOLKATA: The flood situation in north Bengal improved further today with no rainfall in the last 24 hours and the water level receding in all the major rivers. However, three more deaths were reported from the flood-hit districts, taking the toll to 52. …
- Flood fury: Toll climbs to 153 in Bihar; Army called in for rescue operations in UP 18 Aug 2017 18:05 NEW DELHI: The Bihar flood toll climbed to 153 on Friday while those marooned in 17 districts of the state crossed the 1 crore mark, even as the Army was called in for relief and rescue operations in deluge-hit eastern Uttar Pradesh districts adjoining …
- West Bengal floods claim 3 more lives 18 Aug 2017 17:48 HYDERABAD, AUG 31 (UNI):-A Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) worker clean a flooded road after heavy rain in Hyderabad on Wednesday. UNI PHOTO -19U Kolkata: Three more deluge-related deaths were reported from West Bengal today though officials …
- Situation Report-II: North Bengal Floods (16 August 2017) 18 Aug 2017 11:58 Background: Northern districts of West Bengal are under flood. As of now flood water is increasing in Dakshin Dinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur and Part of Malda District. Cause of Floods in the Jalpaiguri, Alipur Duar and Cooch Behar districts is due to the …
- Rain threat to jute 17 Aug 2017 22:19 Calcutta, Aug. 17: Heavy rainfall in parts of Bengal, Assam and Bihar, which account for 95 per cent area under jute cultivation, has raised concern over the quality and availability of the fibre for procurement at minimum support price. The Jute …
- TMC sweeps WB civic polls, BJP runners up 17 Aug 2017 13:44 TMC chief Mamata Banerjee | PTI KOLKATA: Ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday swept all the seven civic bodies that went to polls in West Bengal on Sunday. While the ruling party bagged 13 of 14 wards in newly-formed Buniadpur municipality in Dakshin …
- West Bengal municipal polls: TMC wins all seven civic corporations, BJP emerges runners up 17 Aug 2017 11:45 TMC chief Mamata Banerjee | PTI KOLKATA: Ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday swept all the seven civic bodies that went to polls in West Bengal on Sunday. While the ruling party bagged 13 of 14 wards in newly-formed Buniadpur municipality in Dakshin …
- Situation Report-2: North Bengal Floods (14 August 2017) 15 Aug 2017 13:43 Background: Northern Districts of West Bengal cut off by road and rail way communication from Kolkata (state capital), Maldah and also from Patna. Following districts are falling under this group - Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, …
- Civic body elections: BJP fields no Muslim candidate for municipal polls 02 Aug 2017 11:43 Kolkata: With two of its minority candidate withdrawing their nomination due to alleged intimidation by TMC, the state BJP has decided against fielding any Muslim candidate in the upcoming municipal polls. The state BJP is confident that the decision will …
- BJP fields no Muslim candidate for municipal polls 02 Aug 2017 11:31 NEW DELHI: With two of its minority candidate withdrawing their nomination due to alleged intimidation by TMC, the state BJP has decided against fielding any Muslim candidate in the upcoming municipal polls. The state BJP is confident that the decision …
- Sourav Ganguly unveils his bronze statue at Balurghat 15 Jul 2017 17:27 Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today unveiled his eight-feet tall bronze statue at Balurghat after travelling in train for the first time in 15 years. "I travelled in the train once after 2001. It's been almost after 15 years," Ganguly …
- Sourav Ganguly is moulded in bronze 15 Jul 2017 17:14 IMAGE: Sourav Ganguly (in purple) is surrounded by fans as he unveils his bronze statue in Balurghat in West Bengal on Saturday. Photograph: Sourav Ganguly/Twitter Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday unveiled an eight-foot tall bronze …
- Archery tips for Bengal 08 Jul 2017 22:47 Purnima Mahto Jamshedpur, July 8: Dronacharya awardee and long-serving archery coach Purnima Mahto will assist the Bengal government in setting up a residential archery cradle in Jhargram by September. Bengal department of youth services and sports had …
- Eid prayers when and where 25 Jun 2017 13:30 Muslim worshippers will gather at the National Eidgah at 8:30am on Monday, if the new moon is sighted, for Dhaka's main congregation forHoly Eid-ul-Fitr. Baitul Mukarram National Mosque’s Senior Imam Maulana Mohammad Mizanur Rahman will lead the …
- 29 lakh children got married between 10-14 yrs of age in 2001-11: report 02 Jun 2017 07:50 New Delhi: About 29 lakh children in the age group of 10-14 years were reported married between 2001 and 2011, according to a report released by the country’s apex child rights body on Thursday. The report by the National Commission for Protection of Child …
- 29 lakh children got married between 10-14 years of age between 2001-11: report 01 Jun 2017 17:46 New Delhi: About 29 lakh children in the age group of 10-14 years were reported married between 2001 and 2011, according to a report released by the country’s apex child rights body on Thursday. The report by the National Commission for Protection of Child …
- 29 lakh children got married between 10-14 years of age in last 10 years: Report 01 Jun 2017 17:36 NEW DELHI: About 29 lakh children in the age group of 10-14 years were reported married between 2001 and 2011, according to a report released by the country's apex child rights body today. The report by the National Commission for Protection of Child …
- 29 lakh children got married between 10-14 years of age in 10 yrs: Report 01 Jun 2017 17:23 The report by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), based on Census 2011, is a statistical analysis of the prevalence of such marriages, their genesis and geographical spread. DH file photo About 29 lakh children in the age group …
- Home Ministry's panel report may help to regulate animal markets 31 May 2017 18:49 New Delhi: Recommendations by a home ministry committee to the Supreme Court in February 2017 could bolster the environment ministry’s attempts to regulate animal markets amid legal suits challenging the Centre’s latest tweak to livestock market rules. The …
- ‘WannaCry’ attacks reported from West Bengal districts 15 May 2017 14:12 By: PTI | Kolkata | Published:May 15, 2017 6:57 pm A desktop computer affected by Wannacry. (Source: AP) With reports that some computers in government offices in the districts have been infected by ransomware virus ‘WannaCry’, the West Bengal government …
- Balurghat to get Sourav statue 11 May 2017 07:37 Sushanta Pal gives finishing touches to the statue of Sourav Ganguly at his workshop in Siliguri on Wednesday. (Passang Yolmo) Siliguri, May 10: A statue of former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly will come up at Balurghat in South Dinajpur. Sushanta Pal, a …
- Mamata sticks to Teesta stand, names 2 more rivers for water-sharing 25 Apr 2017 16:20 By: PTI | Cooch Behar (wb) | Published:April 25, 2017 9:04 pm In Picture, WB CM Mamata Banerjee (File Photo) Continuing to voice her opposition to sharing Teesta waters with Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed that the …
- Bangladeshi woman's dead body to be finally repatriated 17 Feb 2017 10:33 [India], Feb. 17 (ANI): The body of Bangladeshi national Konika Rani Sarkar (43) will finally be repatriated after being stuck in India for the last four days due to address problem in her death certificate issued by the Malda Medical College and Hospital. …
- 3 drown to death as parts of Malda continue to be inundated 19 Jul 2019 19:02 Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Three persons died after drowning while several areas continued to be inundated though the water level of Phulhar river was receding, Malda district officials said here on Friday. One person was drowned in the Phulhar river in …
- More areas flooded in Malda and S Dinajpur districts 17 Jul 2019 18:59 Kolkata:With several rivers flowing above danger levels, more areas were inundated in the Malda and South Dinajpur districts of West Bengal on Wednesday. In South Dinajpur district, Punorbhoba and Tangon rivers crossed the danger level submerging several …
- Heavy rains inundate vast areas in Malda, North Dinajpur in Bengal 16 Jul 2019 18:43 Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Vast areas in Malda and North Dinjapur districts in north Bengal have been inundated following heavy rains over the past few days raising the water level of prominent rivers, officials said on Tuesday. In Malda, river Fulhar is …
- Malda mango wins laurels at Delhi festival 13 Jul 2019 01:36
- Bangladeshi infiltrator shot by BSF in Malda 09 Jul 2019 01:49
- Science a hit in Malda madrassas 07 Jul 2019 00:46
- Malda: Youngster lynched after staged stealing incident, one more arrested 05 Jul 2019 09:13 On the basis of the video, police identify the culprits and arrest two persons in connection with the lynching incident. Category: India, News, Top Stories Posted by safoora Published: Jul 05, 2019, 2:11 pm IST Updated: Jul 05, 2019, 2:11 pm IST MALDA: One …
- 20-year-old man lynched in Malda; 2 arrested 03 Jul 2019 18:30 Image Source : FILE PHOTO 20-year-old man lynched in Malda A man who was allegedly beaten by locals for stealing a bike has died, triggering a protest when his body reached here from a Kolkata hospital on Sunday. Two persons have been arrested in …
- Mob lynching: 20-year-old youth dies in Malda 02 Jul 2019 06:05 Category: India, Top Stories Posted by Sameer Published: Jul 02, 2019, 11:11 am IST Updated: Jul 02, 2019, 11:11 am IST Malda: A man was beaten up severely by the local residents of Malda suspecting that he had stolen a motorcycle. According to the details …
- West Bengal: 20-year-old man lynched in Malda; 2 held 02 Jul 2019 03:43
- 20-year-old man lynched in WB's Malda for stealing bike; 2 arrested 01 Jul 2019 17:33 Malda: A man who was allegedly beaten by locals for stealing a bike, has died, triggering a protest when his body reached here from a Kolkata hospital on Sunday. Two persons have been arrested in connection with the lynching of 20-year-old Sanaul Sheikh, …
- 20-year-old man lynched in WB's Malda; 2 held 01 Jul 2019 12:39
- Congress wants govt job, ex-gratia for family of man lynched in Malda 01 Jul 2019 00:58 Mitra also made an appeal to people not to view the incident from a communal angle and consider it a case of mob lynching. (File photo) The state Congress on Sunday demanded compensation and a government job for one of the family members of 24-year-old …
- Bengal: 24-year-old beaten up for ‘theft’ dies, Malda tense 30 Jun 2019 22:42 The protests began after the body of Shanaul Sheikh, 24, was brought to his hometown, Baishnabhnagar, in malda, on Sunday. (Representational) Tension was reported in Kaliachak and Baishnabhnagar areas of West Bengal’s Malda district on Sunday after the …
- BJP man killed in Malda, glare on TMC 13 Jun 2019 02:03
- Mutilated body of BJP worker Anil Singh found in Malda 12 Jun 2019 10:26 Malda: The mutilated body of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was found in Malda on Wednesday. The body of Anil Singh was found in English Bazar police station limits. He was allegedly murdered and later, his body was burnt by the accused, BJP Malda …
- Malda: NIA arrests absconder in fake currency case 29 Apr 2019 16:47 [India], Apr 29 (ANI): National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested an absconder in the case of seizure of more than Rs 10 lakh fake Indian currency from Visakhapatnam in March last year. The accused, identified as Saddam alias Firoj Saikh from …
- Malda school wears festive look to cheer up voters 24 Apr 2019 00:57
- As BJP, TMC dive deep, Congress bastion Malda sees battle for Muslim votes 23 Apr 2019 09:24
- Malda: With no govt help land erosion victims struggle to sustain life 23 Apr 2019 06:42 Malda (West Bengal) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Scores of villagers from Par-Anupnagar, who lost their homes to a land erosion along the river Ganga in 2017 are irked over not receiving any sort of compensatory relief from the government. Around 400 odd …
- West Bengal: CPI(M) extends support to Congress in Malda-South seat 21 Apr 2019 13:45 Malda (West Bengal) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): CPI(M) on Sunday said that it will extend support to Congress in West Bengal's Malda South Lok Sabha seat after deciding not to put up a candidate from there. Veteran Congress leader Abu Haseem Khan Chaudhury …
- EC replaces Malda SP in Bengal 20 Apr 2019 16:28 Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The Election Commission on Saturday transferred West Bengal’s Malda district Superintendent of Police (SP) Arnab Ghosh, three days before the Lok Sabha polls in the district. Ghosh will be replaced by Bengal IPS officer Ajoy Prasad …
- EC replaces Bengal’s Malda SP 20 Apr 2019 13:55 Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The Election Commission on Saturday transferred West Bengal’s Malda district Superintendent of Police (SP) Arnab Ghosh on Saturday, three days before the Lok Sabha polls in the district. Ghosh will be replaced by Bengal IPS officer …
- EVM worry for Cong in Malda (N) 15 Apr 2019 01:46
- CPM backs Cong in Malda South, Front allies upset 01 Apr 2019 03:08 Malda: CPM’s decision to extend support to Malda South’s Congress candidate Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury has not gone down well with its Left Front partners. On Saturday, CPM’s Malda district secretary Ambar Mitra said: “We are not fielding any candidate in …
- BJP Panchayat member’s brother shot dead in Malda 30 Mar 2019 09:03 The incident took place in Khidirpur area under Daulatnagar Gram Panchayat and Harischandrapur police station area. (Representational image) The brother of an elected Gram Panchayat member of BJP was shot dead in Malda Thursday. The incident took place in …
- Cousins, a father, claim Ghani Khan’s legacy in 2 Malda seats (Dangal 2019) 29 Mar 2019 08:08 Malda/Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) Two cousins battle it out from a constituency, while the father of one of them is in the race from a neighbouring seat. It seems all within the family in West Bengal’s Malda district, but that’s not all. All three claim …
- At Malda, Rahul slams both Modi & Mamata 24 Mar 2019 07:37 Chanchal (Malda): Congress president Rahul Gandhi took on both PM Narendra Modi and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in his first poll campaign meeting in Bengal on Saturday, elaborating on his pet “chowkidar chor hai” theme while criticizing the “one-person show …
- After 5 years, Rahul Gandhi to address Malda meet 23 Mar 2019 18:08
- Unruly scenes at Rahul Gandhi's rally at Malda 23 Mar 2019 17:28
- Unruly scenes at Rahul Gandhi's rally at Malda, West Bengal 23 Mar 2019 17:27
- After 5 yrs, Rahul to address Malda meet 23 Mar 2019 01:36
- Rahul to address public rally in Malda on Mar 23 09 Mar 2019 14:23
- Rahul Gandhi to address public rally in Malda on March 23 09 Mar 2019 12:11
- West Bengal: 1.5kg snake venom powder seized in Malda, one arrested 05 Mar 2019 07:28
- Malda: 1.5kg snake venom powder seized, 1 held 04 Mar 2019 15:47
- West Bengal: BSF seizes fake currency worth Rs 47,000 in Malda, arrests one person 22 Feb 2019 18:26 [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 47,000 from West Bengal’s Malda district and arrested one person on Friday. According to BSF, the arrested person has been identified as Haji …
- Madhyamik question paper leaked in Malda 13 Feb 2019 01:45
- ‘Outsider’ at Malda Cong helm after 18 years 06 Feb 2019 01:22
- Congress MP from Malda joins Trinamool 28 Jan 2019 18:23
- 'Low on facts, poor in taste': TMC slams Amit Shah’s Malda speech 23 Jan 2019 08:12 Image Source : PTI Amit Shah's Malda speech slammed by TMC Describing BJP President Amit Shah’s speech West Bengal's Malda on Tuesday as ‘low on facts and poor in taste’, the Trinamool Congress said it seemed the saffron party had become nervous …
- Rs 2,000 fake notes with face value of Rs 10 lakh seized from Malda smuggler 22 Jan 2019 19:48 NEW DELHI: In the biggest seizure of fake currency since demonetisation, Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a Malda-based smuggler and seized fake notes of Rs 2,000 denomination with face value of Rs 10 lakh. What is worrying is that the fake …
- Trinamool tried to stop people from attending Amit Shah’s Malda rally: BJP 22 Jan 2019 18:03 BJP chief Amit Shah in Malda, West Bengal. (Source: Twitter/BJP) The BJP Tuesday said attempts were made by the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal to prevent people from attending its president Amit Shah’s rally in the state, claiming that wind …
- TMC killing democracy in West Bengal: Amit Shah in Malda 22 Jan 2019 15:39 BJP chief Amit Shah in Malda, West Bengal. (Source: Twitter/BJP) BJP national president Amit Shah Tuesday kicked off his party’s Lok Sabha campaign in West Bengal when he tore into the Trinamool Congress for forging an alliance with other parties and …
- Amit Shah's Malda speech shows BJP's nervousness: TMC 22 Jan 2019 14:11
- Amit Shah to launch poll campaign in Bengal from Malda today 21 Jan 2019 23:31
- West Bengal govt denies permission to Amit Shah to land chopper at Malda airstrip 21 Jan 2019 14:21 Amit Shah The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government denied permission to the state BJP to land party president Amit Shah’s chopper at the Malda airstrip ahead of his rally on Tuesday, citing upgradation of work, news agency ANI reported. " …
- West Bengal: Amit Shah’s chopper denied permission to land at Malda airstrip 21 Jan 2019 13:05 BJP chief Amit Shah is scheduled to address a rally in Malda on Tuesday. Citing upgradation of work, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government denied permission to the state BJP to land party president Amit Shah’s chopper at the Malda airstrip ahead …
- BJP says Amit Shah's chopper denied permission to land in Malda, attacks Bengal govt 21 Jan 2019 12:03 NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday accused the West Bengal government for abuse of power after its president Amit Shah's helicopter was denied the permission to land in Malda. BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to address a rally in Malda, West Bengal on …
- Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd to put up green field plant at Malda, West Bengal 14 Dec 2018 12:18 Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd has decided to put up a Green Field plant at Malda, West Bengal for 1000 TPD Maize Processing at an estimated cost of 300crores. The plant will manufacture Starch, Liquid Glucose and Sorbitol to cater to the requirements of …
- Malda-based arms supplier held in Delhi 10 Dec 2018 20:46
- Malda transwoman to tie knot after long struggle 07 Nov 2018 05:15
- Drug cartel boss caught in Malda 05 Oct 2018 19:59
- Kangaroo Court In Bengal's Malda Orders Man To Be Burnt Alive, 3 Arrested 05 Oct 2018 00:07 The family lodged a complaint with police following which arrests were made (Representational) Malda: A group of people tried to burn alive a 29-year-old man following an order of a kangaroo court over a land dispute in Malda district of West Bengal, an …
- Bengal: 2 Malda villages face Ganga erosion threat 10 Sep 2018 10:37
- Row over Malda incident: Son of woman who won Bengal local polls shot at 31 Aug 2018 00:52 BJP claimed the Trinamool Congress was responsible, which the ruling party denied. (Represnetational) The three-year-old son of a panchayat leader was shot at in Manikchak area of Malda on Thursday after fresh violence erupted over the formation of …
- Will support TMC, CPM to form boards in hung panchayats: Malda Congress 30 Aug 2018 09:46 State Congress President Aadhir Chowdhary. (Express photo) In a bid to stop the BJP from forming panchayat boards in the district, the Congress leadership in Malda has extended its support to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in hung gram panchayats. Mausam …
- Clashes in Malda, Purulia leave 3 dead 30 Aug 2018 09:04 In a Cabinet meeting at the state secretariat on Monday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked state ministers to monitor the panchayat board formation procedure in their respective districts. (File) Three persons were killed and several injured in clashes …
- Infighting and violence claim 2 lives in Malda 28 Aug 2018 05:02
- Patient dies in Malda, kin thrash doc 08 Aug 2018 03:59
- Mango fest: Malda variety finds many takers 30 Jun 2018 21:06
- Sick Man Dies in West Bengal's Malda After Being Beaten By 'Witch Doctor' 29 Jun 2018 07:17 Police are searching for the 'witch doctor' who beat up a sick man in West Bengal's Malda Malda: A 30-year-old man, who was allegedly beaten by a 'witch doctor' as part of his treatment, died in West Bengal's Malda district, …
- Congress Malda strongman Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury meets Partha Chatterjee 29 Jun 2018 06:50
- 5 Family Members Killed As Truck Rams Into Car In Malda 26 Jun 2018 13:51 Kolkata: Five people, including a woman, of a family were killed in a road accident in West Bengal's Malda district on Tuesday, police said. The family was returning from an invitation in Birbhum district's Rampurhat when their car was hit by a …
- West Bengal: Mob assaults ‘mentally ill’ man on suspicion of child-lifting in Malda 25 Jun 2018 12:46 Malda SP Arnab Ghosh said the man is mentally ill and was missing from his home in Purnia district since the last few months. (Representational) A 22-year-old man from Bihar was beaten up by locals of Malda district Friday on suspicion of attempting to …
- Malda mango tiff kills youth 24 Jun 2018 00:52
- Malda teen crosses border for love, escorted back home 24 Jun 2018 00:52
- 60 Live Crude Bombs Recovered In West Bengal's Malda, Defused 21 Jun 2018 16:32 Malda: About 60 live crude bombs were recovered from a bamboo grove in Baishnabnagar area in West Bengal's Malda district during a night-long search since Wednesday, police said today. The police raided the bamboo grove adjacent to Malatipur village …
- Malda lynching on child theft rumour 14 Jun 2018 21:10 Malda: A "mentally challenged" youth "roaming aimlessly" was lynched on suspicion of being a child-lifter in a Malda village rife with rumours of such abductors, days after two sightseers were killed by a mob over similar fears in Assam …
- Bengal: After Abhishek Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari vows to make Malda ‘Opposition-free’ 06 Jun 2018 00:40 Suvendu Adhikari State Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said he would make Malda Opposition-free, days after party MP Abhishek Banerjee vowed to do the same in Purulia. Speaking at a party programme in Malda College …
- Suvendu eyes Murshidabad panchayat ‘model’ for Malda 05 Jun 2018 21:19 Malda: Trinamool heavyweight and state transport minister Suvendu Adhikari unfolded the second part of his “opposition-free” panchayat model in Ghani Khan’s Malda on Tuesday, after executing the first in Adhir Chowdhury’s Murshidabad. Addressing a huge TMC …
- Malda college girls beat up 60-yr-old perv 30 May 2018 01:15
- TMC wrests Ghani Khan’s Malda, BJP gains toehold 24 May 2018 00:50 Malda: The shifting sands in the fief of legendary ABA Ghani Khan Chowdhury in the recent West Bengal rural polls have unsettled the political equation in this district — a Congress bastion that survived the winds of change both in the 2011 and 2016 …
- Malda Cong goes official about ‘truce’ 07 Apr 2018 02:54
- HS Bengali paper ‘circulated’ on WhatsApp during exam in Malda, Board orders probe 28 Mar 2018 01:52 This year, a total of 8,26,029 students are appearing in the HS examinations, which will end on April 11. (Express Photo/Javed Raja/File) The Bengali question paper of higher secondary examination, which started on Tuesday, was allegedly circulated …
- West Bengal: More than 30 people injured in head on collision between bus, truck in Malda 25 Mar 2018 15:04 Representational image Over 30 people travelling in a bus suffered injuries when the vehicle collided head on with a truck in West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday. At least six of the injured, including two children, were critically injured in the …
- West Bengal: More than 30 injured in Malda bus accident 25 Mar 2018 12:19 KOLKATA: More than 30 people travelling in a bus were injured when the vehicle collided head on with a truck in West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday, police said. At least six of the injured, including two children, were critically injured in the …
- WB: NIA arrests top Fake Indian Currency Notes racketeer from Malda 26 Feb 2018 18:48 [India], Feb26 (ANI) : The National Investigating Agency (NIA) arrested the main accused in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket from Malda district, West Bengal. The accused, named Asikul Islam, was arrested from his village during a raid on Sunday, …
- FICN seized by BSF in Malda along Indo-Bangladesh border 05 Feb 2018 10:20
- Malda stop for Caravan 25 Jan 2018 23:42 Raiganj: Members of the Karwan-e-Mohabbat (Caravan of Love) on Thursday met the families of two Malda migrant labourers allegedly killed in Rajasthan to find out whether the relatives had been getting promised help from the government. The civil society …
- Malda mango shiver 22 Jan 2018 21:57 Raiganj: Mango cultivators of Malda are apprehending a drop in production in the summer because of the current cold weather and intense fog. The farmers said absence of sunshine raised the possibility of fungal attacks and impeded the maturation of flowers …
- Malda labourer dies mysteriously in Rajasthan: Family members allege murder, want CBI probe 20 Jan 2018 07:50 The body of Sakir Ali (38), a resident of Swarupnagar village under Chanchol police station in Malda was found in Jaipur, Rajasthan, with acid burns. Family members of the Malda labourer who died mysteriously in Rajasthan allege the victim was murdered and …
- More Rs 2,000 notes in fake seized, 1 held in West Bengal's Malda at India-Bangladesh border 10 Jan 2018 22:25 Counterfeit notes of Rs 2,000 seized in Malda. (Photo: Bhaskar Roya/India Today) The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs 96,000 from Malda district of West Bengal. The new Rs 2000 fake currency notes were …
- Malda labourers in headlong rush for ‘promised’ payout and work 10 Jan 2018 01:25 MALDA: Migrant labourers from across Malda came in truckloads to the district magistrate's office since morning on Tuesday demanding Rs 50,000 compensation and 200-day work from the government following chief minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement …
- Marsh crocodile spotted in Malda after decades 06 Jan 2018 01:46
- Seven hurt in clashes over missed calls in Bengal's Malda 04 Jan 2018 13:33 Image used for representational purpose only. KOLKATA: Seven people of two neighbouring families were grievously hurt in a violent clash over missed calls of a minor girl to her male neighbour at Faridpur village in Malda district of West Bengal. Though …
- Endangered Gangetic river dolphin poached in Malda 30 Dec 2017 02:08
- Political bigwigs trade barbs at Malda village that lost a son 10 Dec 2017 01:53 SYEDPUR (MALDA): Syedpur villagers had last seen a politician come to their place a year-and-a-half ago. Congress candidate from Sujapur Isha Khan Chowdhury had visited this village, once known as 'khunider gram' (village of marauders), in May 2016 …
- Malda family seeks justice 07 Dec 2017 22:34 Raiganj: Family members of migrant worker Afrajul Khan, who was hacked to death and burnt in Rajasthan, said on Thursday that they wanted justice. "How could this happen?" asked an inconsolable Gulbaar Bibi, Afrajul's wife and a mother of …
- Labourer from Malda killed in Rajasthan 07 Dec 2017 22:33 Afrajul New Delhi: A migrant labourer from Bengal was hacked to death and burnt in Rajasthan on Wednesday by a lone assassin who made inflammatory comments, and footage of the murder was uploaded on social media. Rajasthan police have identified the victim …
- Migratory birds found poisoned in Malda 05 Dec 2017 00:33
- Train mishap averted by detection of crack on rail line in Bengal’s Malda 05 Nov 2017 08:47 By: PTI | Malda | Published:November 5, 2017 2:15 pm The line checking team noticed the crack near the rail gate of Samsi railway station and informed the matter to the Samsi station manager at about 5.45 AM (Representational Image) A train mishap was …
- Malda varsity registrar resigns 01 Nov 2017 00:40 Raiganj: Sujit Mondal, the registrar of Gourbanga University in Malda, resigned from his post on Monday night after vice-chancellor Gopalchandra Misra had decided to stop spot counselling for admission to postgraduate courses. Misra took the decision after …
- 300 gm brown sugar seized in Malda, man held 29 Oct 2017 11:37 By: PTI | Malda | Published:October 29, 2017 5:00 pm The man was picked from a parking lot near the Indo-Bangladesh border where he was loitering suspiciously last evening (Source: Google Maps) One person carrying 300 gm of brown sugar was arrested from …
- Crorepati peon in Malda comes under CBI radar 04 Oct 2017 18:45 KOLKATA: A post office peon in Malda is under the CBI radar for owning properties worth Rs 1.39 crore. The CBI has registered a case of disproportionate assets against Biswajit Biswas, who works as a peon at a post office in West Bengal's Malda …
- West Bengal: Rape survivor's husband found dead in Malda village 18 Sep 2017 16:18 Image for representational purpose only MALDA: A man who had lodged a police complaint against his wife's alleged rapist was found dead in Malda district, a senior police officer said today. The man's body was recovered from a waterbody at Bhutni …
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tours Flood-Hit Malda district 21 Aug 2017 16:50 Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday visited Malda where flood fury continued amid over 50 deaths in the state since July 21. The flood situation in northern part of Bengal showed an overall improvement, barring Malda district where …
- Mamata Tours Flood-Hit Malda district 21 Aug 2017 12:13 Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday visited Malda where flood fury continued amid over 50 deaths in the state since July 21. The flood situation in northern part of Bengal showed an overall improvement, barring Malda district where …
- Mamata Banerjee leaves for flood-hit Malda to oversee relief work 20 Aug 2017 20:03 Mamata at Kolkata railway station on Sunday. Express Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday left for Malda to oversee relief operations in the flood-hit district as well as South Dinajpur. Mamata boarded Dhano Dhanye Express from Kolkata railway station, …
- Malda arms haul 15 Aug 2017 19:08 Raiganj, Aug. 15: Police raided a house in a Malda village this morning and unearthed an illegal arms-making unit. Seven persons, including six from Munger in Bihar, were arrested during the raid and a number of firearms and several rounds of bullets …
- BSF apprehends four Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly smuggling cattle 18 Jul 2019 15:12 Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) arrested four Bangladeshi nationals for cattle smuggling from bordering districts of Malda, Murshidabad, and 24 Parganas on Thursday morning. All the apprehended smugglers were …
- West Bengal: BSF steps up vigil after jawan injured in smugglers’ attack; 150 bovines seized 15 Jul 2019 12:54 BSF soldiers intercepted the smugglers at various locations and fired several rounds of pump action guns in “self defence” to thwart them carrying cattle across the border. (Representation) The Border Security Force (BSF) seized more than 150 bovines and …
- Madrasa student beaten up for not saying “Jai Shree Ram” 15 Jul 2019 10:39 Kolkata: The incidents of not saying Jai Shree Ram crossed the borders of U.P. and Haryana and reached West Bengal. In Sargar Dekhi village of Murshidabad District of West Bengal, a 11 year old madrasa student was beaten up and as a result of it he was …
- Four beat West Bengal madrasa student 14 Jul 2019 21:53 Berhampore: A group of four youth beat a Madrasa student after he refused to give “Jai Shree Ram” slogan on their order in Murshidabad on Sunday morning. An irate mob blocked National Highway 34 at Jansi More of Sagardighi in protest of the incident. …
- West Bengal: 13 cattle smugglers including 11 Bangladeshi nationals arrested 14 Jul 2019 16:23 Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 14 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested 13 cattle smugglers including 11 Bangladeshi nationals on Saturday night as part of its operation to check the menace. "Acting in five different cases, BSF teams …
- Congress failed to link unemployment, agrarian crisis with nationalism in 2019 elections: Gaurav Gogoi 14 Jul 2019 06:15 New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Congress party failed to link issues of unemployment, growth and agrarian distress to national security in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, says Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, who claims that a "fair amount of …
- Trinamool leader shot dead in West Bengal's Murshidabad 13 Jul 2019 04:12 By IANS KOLKATA: A Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Friday, police said. The victim Shofiul Hasan was travelling in his car when miscreants surrounded the vehicle, forced him to alight, hurled bombs and …
- TMC leader shot in Murshidabad 13 Jul 2019 01:36
- No structure of AMU campus in Murshidabad: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury informs LS 12 Jul 2019 18:25 New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday raised in the Lok Sabha the issue of delay in setting up the campus of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Murshidabad, a Muslim dominated area in West Bengal. "AMU …
- WB: TMC leader's husband shot dead in Murshidabad 12 Jul 2019 18:24 Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], July 12 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Humaipur village head Ardosa Bibi's husband, Sofiul Hasan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Pradipdanga village on Friday, police said. The incident …
- TMC leader Sofiul Hasan shot dead in WB, party blames BJP 12 Jul 2019 16:46 Murshidabad: A Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Pradipdanga village in West Bengal on Friday. The TMC leader, identified as Humaipur village head Ardosa Bibi's husband Sofiul Hasan. The assailants opened fire …
- Smugglers hurl bombs near Indo-Bangladesh border, BSF man loses hand 12 Jul 2019 00:27 Constable Anisur Rehman was attacked with bombs twice. He retaliated with a non-lethal PAG gun when the smugglers were hurling bombs at him (Representational) A Border Security Force (BSF) constable lost his right hand and was severely injured while trying …
- BSF jawan loses hand in Bangladeshi smugglers bomb attack in West Bengal 11 Jul 2019 14:55 Image Source : PTI (FILE) Image for representative A BSF jawan lost his hand and sustained grievous injuries after Bangladeshi cattle smugglers attacked him with bombs in the early hours of Thursday along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, the …
- India's Anti-Terror Police Bust Al-Qaeda-Linked Module Planning to Hit Scientific Bodies 10 Jul 2019 07:05 Asia & Pacific 08:38 10.07.2019Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik) India's anti-terror probe agency National Investigative Agency (NIA) has busted a terror module linked to al-Qaeda in the southern state of Karnataka. Officials suspected that the …
- Bird-brained man feeds pigeon by letting it peck chickpeas out of his MOUTH 09 Jul 2019 23:29 Bird-brained man feeds pigeon by letting it peck chickpeas out of his MOUTH A man has fed a pigeon by letting it peck chickpeas from between his lips He appears to have a mouth full of chickpeas and regurgitates one at a time The bird, sitting on his …
- Mamata sacrificing national interest: VHP 08 Jul 2019 18:29 Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her “appeasement politics” and “hatred” for every organisation working to uphold India’s interest, the VHP on Monday alleged she was trying to asacrifice the interest of …
- Murshidabad: ‘Tender selection panel’ to check cut money 06 Jul 2019 07:18
- West Bengal violence: Three members of slain Trinamool leader's family killed in Murshidabad 15 Jun 2019 19:13 By PTI BAHARAMPORE (WB): In another post-poll violence in West Bengal, three members of a family, stated to be Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists, were killed in Murshidabad district on Saturday, police said. The three were family members of TMC leader …
- West Bengal violence: Bombs hurled at TMC worker’s house in Murshidabad, three dead 15 Jun 2019 13:03 While TMC blamed Congress and BJP for the attack, both the parties denied the charge. (File) Three people were killed after a group of miscreants allegedly hurled bombs at the house of a TMC worker in Domkal’s Kuchiyamira village in Murshidabad on Friday …
- Protests on at Murshidabad, Burdwan medical colleges 15 Jun 2019 08:27
- 3 Trinamool workers killed in Murshidabad 15 Jun 2019 07:05
- 3 Trinamool workers killed in Bengal's Murshidabad 15 Jun 2019 06:34
- Protests on at Murshidabad, Burdwan med colleges 15 Jun 2019 02:31
- 3 TMC workers injured after bomb hurled at them in Murshidabad 23 Apr 2019 06:42 [India], Apr 23 (ANI): At least three Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers Tujam Ansari, Masadul Islam, and Mallick Mondal were injured after some unknown people hurled a crude bomb at them in Domkal Municipality ward number seven, said police on Tuesday. …
- 177 units of forces for Murshidabad 22 Apr 2019 01:48
- Police observer takes stock of Murshidabad 09 Apr 2019 11:30
- TMC eyes all 3 seats in Murshidabad 17 Mar 2019 02:04
- 1 killed, 30 injured in Murshidabad Medical College fire 13 Mar 2019 10:16 By Express News Service KOLKATA: One person was killed and 30 others injured in stampede during a fire at Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Wednesday morning. The stampede occurred when the people at the …
- Amid tussle over Raiganj, Murshidabad with Cong, CPM names candidates 08 Mar 2019 15:52 KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks between the CPM and the Congress in West Bengal, the Left Front Friday announced candidates for Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats. The announcement of candidates in these two seats held by the CPM might …
- West Bengal: Amid tussle over Raiganj, Murshidabad with Congress, CPM announces candidates 08 Mar 2019 15:23 KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks between the CPM and the Congress in West Bengal, the Left Front Friday announced candidates for Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats. The announcement of candidates in these two seats held by the CPM might …
- W Bengal: Amid tussle over Raiganj, Murshidabad with Cong, CPM names candidates 08 Mar 2019 14:58 KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks between the CPM and the Congress in West Bengal, the Left Front Friday announced candidates for Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats. The announcement of candidates in these two seats held by the CPM might …
- Won’t sacrifice Murshidabad and Raiganj: Somen to Rahul 07 Mar 2019 01:23 New Delhi: An electoral understanding between Congress and Left for the coming Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal suffered a miscarriage after Pradesh Congress president Somen Mitra called on party chief Rahul Gandhi to say the state unit was not willing to …
- Cong ready to go alone in Bengal if CPI(M) doesn’t compromise on Raiganj, Murshidabad: Party leaders 04 Mar 2019 23:25 Kolkata, Mar 4 (PTI) The state Congress leadership Monday said it is ready to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections alone in West Bengal if the Left Front does not leave for it the two party-bastions — Raiganj and Murshidabad, after the CPI(M) proposed a …
- West Bengal: Raiganj, Murshidabad seats pose hurdles for Left-Congress alliance 02 Mar 2019 08:07 A discussion regarding the Left-Congress alliance was held at the two-day state committee meeting of CPM which began in Kolkata on Thursday. (Representational photo) The Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats have come in the way of an electoral …
- Two JMB operatives held from Murshidabad 27 Feb 2019 14:35 In a major breakthrough, a Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested two alleged operatives of the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Murshidabad in West Bengal. Those arrested have been identified as Moshibur …
- Two Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen members arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad 27 Feb 2019 11:42 [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Two members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been arrested from West Bengal's Murshidabad district, in a joint operation by a team of Special Task Force (STF) and Murshidabad Police. Several explosive materials were …
- CPM-Cong ‘pact’ hurdle in Raiganj, Murshidabad 20 Feb 2019 01:36
- Shivraj Chouhan not allowed to land in Murshidabad 07 Feb 2019 08:26 The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) on Wednesday alleged that it had to cancel a public meeting of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Murshidabad district after district officials denied permission for the …
- Shivraj’s chopper denied permission to land in Bengal’s Murshidabad 06 Feb 2019 11:54 Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) The West Bengal BJP had to call off the rally of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Murshidabad district on Wednesday after his helicopter was denied permission to land. “We have decided to cancel the rally …
- Denied permission to hold rally in Murshidabad in West Bengal: Shahnawaz Hussain 05 Feb 2019 08:29
- Denied permission to hold rally in Bengal's Murshidabad: Shahnawaz 05 Feb 2019 08:05
- Murshidabad: CPM MLA joins Trinamool Congress 03 Dec 2018 13:13 Two-time CPM MLA from Nabagram in Murshidabad district, Kanai Chandra Mondal, joined the Trinamool Congress on Sunday. He was inducted into the party in the presence of senior TMC leader and state transport minister Suvendu Adhikari at a party programme in …
- Murshidabad: Man arrested for ‘smuggling’ rare snake worth Rs 9 crore 25 Nov 2018 00:49 The international market price of one takshak snake around 11-20 inch long can be as high as Rs 10 crore. (Representational) A man was arrested for trying to smuggle a rare species of takshak snake in Murshidabad on Friday night, police said. The accused …
- Muslims look after a Shiva temple in Murshidabad 23 Oct 2018 09:26 KOLKATA: Communal harmony is the essence of Murshidabad’s Bhattabati village. The ancient 300-year-old terracotta Shiv Mandir is the place where all religious boundaries fade away. The temple of Lord Shiva, who is worshipped here as Baba Ratneswar, is …
- TMC fights TMC over Murshidabad rural boards 14 Sep 2018 04:22 BEHRAMPORE: The ruling Trinamool is heading for a new challenge in Murshidabad even after getting a walkover in more than 60% seats in the three-tier rural polls. Like members of rival parties, rival groups within TMC are staying in groups to ward off …
- Murshidabad: 2 detained with fake currency notes 30 Aug 2018 02:33 [India], Aug 30 (ANI): The Murshidabad police on Wednesday arrested a Bangladeshi national and a Jharkhand resident and recovered fake Indian currency notes with the face value of Rs 8.03 lakh from them. "Raheem Sheikh, who is a resident of Chapai …
- News Alerts! West Bengal: Police recover 70 crude bombs in Murshidabad, investigation underway 27 Aug 2018 11:05 14: 15 pm Murshidabad: Police recover 70 crude bombs in Maheshthali village under Samserganj police station, further investigation underway. Murshidabad: Police recover 70 crude bombs in Maheshthali village under Samserganj police station, further …
- Man killed at de-addiction centre in Murshidabad 23 Aug 2018 01:04 Suman’s mother and wife lodged an FIR at the Berhampore police station. Berhampore: A youth was allegedly lynched at a deaddiction centre at Berhampore in Murshidabad on Tuesday. Post-mortem of the deceased, Suman Ghatak (25), was also conducted in the …
- Muslims rebuild Hindus' gutted houses in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Eid 18 Jun 2018 12:23 By Express News Service KOLKATA: In an instance of Hindu-Muslim camaraderie, over 3,000 Muslims gathering at Shamsherganj Idgah in West Bengal's Murshidabad district for Eid prayers donated Rs 49,000 to rebuild the houses of six Hindu families that …
- Suvendu eyes Murshidabad panchayat ‘model’ for Malda 05 Jun 2018 21:19 Malda: Trinamool heavyweight and state transport minister Suvendu Adhikari unfolded the second part of his “opposition-free” panchayat model in Ghani Khan’s Malda on Tuesday, after executing the first in Adhir Chowdhury’s Murshidabad. Addressing a huge TMC …
- Murshidabad’s sole Cong ZP member may join TMC 25 May 2018 16:38
- West Bengal panchayat polls: Ballot boxed looted at gunpoint in Murshidabad 14 May 2018 14:29 West Bengal: Ballot boxes were looted at gunpoint on Monday by unidentified people at polling booths in West Bengal’s Murshidabad where Panchayat Election is underway. The ongoing Panchayat Election saw huge-scale clashes between the Bharatiya Janata Party …
- WB panchayat polls: Ballot boxed looted at gunpoint in Murshidabad 14 May 2018 12:23 Ballot boxes were looted at gunpoint on Monday by unidentified people at polling booths in West Bengal's Murshidabad where Panchayat Election is underway. The ongoing Panchayat Election saw huge-scale clashes between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) …
- In poll battle, Murshidabad zila parishad seat in focus 07 Apr 2018 22:34 Ms Begum predicted of her victory. Mr Kabir, however, asserted that the people would her teach his rival a lesson for her defection. Berhampore: As the battle for the panchayat elections becomes turbulent, all eyes are set on a seat in the Murshidabad zila …
- West Bengal panchayat polls: Clashes in several districts including Murshidabad, Bankura 07 Apr 2018 09:25 Left leader and Jadavpur MLA Sujan Chakraborty leads a rally in Bankura, West Bengal, on Saturday (Express Photo) Violence was reported from several districts in West Bengal on Saturday, the fifth day for filing nominations for the panchayat polls. …
- Murshidabad man starts toll-free number to help transgenders 23 Mar 2018 13:22 MURSHIDABAD: Motiur Rahman is a transgender supporter from Karnasuvarna, Murshidabad. Though not a transgender himself, but Motiur strives to help out the community whenever situation arises. Motiur works for an audit firm to earn his living and his job …
- Kolkata to Murshidabad: Treason, silk and sweets 15 Mar 2018 15:31 The Kathgola Bagan Bari. Photo: Anjana Basu Between a tangle of briars, a path leads past the marble lion statues to an ornate palace hidden deep in the grounds. The Kathgola Bagan Bari, an 18th century palace, is owned by a Jain businessman’s family, the …
- West Bengal: Heroin worth Rs 6 crore seized in Murshidabad 26 Feb 2018 15:58 The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized two kg of heroin worth Rs six crore, that was recovered by the Border Security Force during a raid in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, a senior NCB official said on Monday. "The BSF troopers recovered …
- Bodh Gaya blast: Fifth JMB operative arrested from Murshidabad 24 Feb 2018 10:18 By: PTI | Kolkata | Published: February 24, 2018 3:30 pm The Kolkata Police has arrested a suspected member of terrorist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for alleged links to the Bodh Gaya bomb case, a senior police official said Saturday. The …
- Driver to blame for Murshidabad tragedy: Mamata 01 Feb 2018 02:28 KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday rubbished the opposition charge of a "manmade" disaster in Murshidabad's Daulatabad, claiming the bus driver was at fault. Monday's bus mishap took 43 lives, …
- Toll rises to 43 in Murshidabad bus accident 31 Jan 2018 12:50 Rescue workers on Wednesday fished out one more body from the government bus that fell into the Gogra canal at Balirghat area of Murshidabad district of West Bengal on January 29 morning, taking the death toll in the tragedy to 43. Eight rescued with …
- Quicker than quick response: Bengal govt to award fisherman for saving 6 lives in Murshidabad 31 Jan 2018 12:43
- Murshidabad bus tragedy : Toll rises to 43 31 Jan 2018 10:08 Press Trust of India, Baharampur (WB), Jan 31 2018, 15:17 IST Bodies of 42 passengers were fished out and eight injured others were rescued from the Gogra canal at Balirghat area of the district. PTI Photo Rescue workers today fished out the body of …
- Murshidabad toll rises to 42, bus franchise system under govt lens 31 Jan 2018 02:41 BEHRAMPORE: A day after the bus accident at Murshidabad's Daulatabad, divers recovered six more bodies from the creek, taking the toll to 42. The accident has left the state thinking whether it would revoke the bus franchise system as private operators …
- Murshidabad bus accident toll rises to 42, govt announces compensation 30 Jan 2018 19:45 Chief minister Mamata Banerjee was in Berhmapore since Monday afternoon with transport minister Suvendu Adhikary. Berhampore/Kolkata: The toll in the bus accident in Murshidabad rose to 42 with the recovery of six more bodies by the National Disaster …
- Murshidabad bus accident: Meet the man who risked his life to save 6 others 30 Jan 2018 13:00
- West Bengal: Death toll rises to 38 after a horrific bus accident in Murshidabad 30 Jan 2018 09:36 — By IANS | Jan 30, 2018 11:16 am Kolkata: With the recovery of two more bodies by rescue workers on Tuesday, the death toll in the Murshidabad bus accident in Bengal rose to 38, an official said. On Monday, 36 bodies were recovered from the Gobra canal in …
- Murshidabad bus accident: Six more bodies recovered, death toll rises to 42 30 Jan 2018 08:48 Written by SWEETY KUMARI | Murshidabad (wb) | Updated: January 30, 2018 1:54 pm The bus fell into a canal in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) The toll in Monday’s incident where a bus plunged into Bhagirathi river in …
- Kolkata: 42 killed as bus plunges into Murshidabad creek 30 Jan 2018 07:41 BEHRAMPORE: Fourty-two people died after a bus plunged 25 feet into a creek from a bridge in Daulatabad, 12 kilometres from Murshidabad district headquarters Behrampore, early on Monday. Six more bodies were found by the rescue team divers from the river …
- 36 killed as bus falls into canal in Murshidabad 30 Jan 2018 07:21 Mamata announces compensation Agencies, Baharampur At least 36 people met a gruesome death and several were injured when a bus packed with over 60 passengers plunged into a canal after crashing through the railing of a bridge at Daulatabad in Murshidabad …
- Kolkata: 36 killed as bus plunges into Murshidabad creek 30 Jan 2018 01:08 BEHRAMPORE: Thirty-six people died after a bus plunged 25 feet into a creek from a bridge in Daulatabad, 12 kilometres from Murshidabad district headquarters Behrampore, early on Monday. Most of the dead were state government employees, primarily …
- Murshidabad bus accident: Death toll rises to 37 29 Jan 2018 20:25 [India], Jan. 29 (ANI): The death toll in Monday's bus accident in West Bengal's Murshidabad district has risen to 37 after more bodies were fished out later in the day. The incident took place when the bus carrying 50 passengers, enroute to Malda …
- 36 killed as bus plunges into canal in Murshidabad 29 Jan 2018 20:12 Police rescue people after a bus accident at the Ghogra Canal in Murshidabad district, around 187 miles from Kolkata on Monday. Photo: AFP Kolkata: At least 36 people were killed after a bus operated by West Bengal Transport Corp. plunged into a canal at …
- Murshidabad accident 29 Jan 2018 16:09 KOLKATA: Thirty-six people, including two children, died after the state bus they were travelling in toppled over Balirghat bridge under Daulatabad police station in West Bengal's Murshidabad, 12 kilometres off Berhampore, early on Monday while trying …
- 36 killed as bus plunges into canal in Bengal’s Murshidabad district (Third Lead) 29 Jan 2018 15:53 Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Thirty six people, including two children, were killed and several were missing after a bus with around 50 passengers crashed through a bridge railing and plunged into a canal in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Monday morning, …
- Murshidabad accident 29 Jan 2018 15:26 KOLKATA: Thirty-six people, including two children, died after the state bus they were travelling in toppled over Balirghat bridge in West Bengal's Daulatabad, 12 kilometres off Berhampore, early on Monday while trying to avoid a truck closing in from …
- 36 killed as bus plunges into canal in Murshidabad district 29 Jan 2018 15:05 Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Thirty-six people were killed and several were missing after a bus with around 50 passengers crashed through a bridge railing and plunged into a canal in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Monday, police said. Eight injured …
- Murshidabad accident 29 Jan 2018 15:05 KOLKATA: Thirty-six people, including two children, died after the state bus they were travelling in toppled over Balirghat bridge in Daulatabad, 12 kilometres off Berhampore, early on Monday while trying to avoid a truck closing in from the opposite …
- Many feared dead, as bus plunges into a canal in Bengal's Murshidabad district 29 Jan 2018 14:56 KOLKATA: A bus carrying at least 40 passengers plunged into a deep canal in West Bengal's Murshidabad district. According to the locals, the bus while crossing the bridge lost control and hit the railing of the bridge. At around 6.30 am, the bus fell …
- Murshidabad 29 Jan 2018 12:00 KOLKATA: At least seven persons were killed and a number of others got injured when a bus, carrying 55 passengers, plunged into a river due to poor visibility in Murshidabad district on Monday. The bus, carrying at least 55 passengers, fell into the river …
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announces ex-gratia for Murshidabad victims’ kin 29 Jan 2018 11:05 Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (File | PTI) KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 Lakh for the kin of the deceased, who lost lives in an accident, where a bus fell off a bridge into the Bhairab …
- Mamata announces ex-gratia for Murshidabad victims' kin 29 Jan 2018 10:28 [India], Jan 29 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 Lakh for the kin of the deceased, who lost lives in an accident, where a bus fell off a bridge into the Bhairab River. "I announce Rs 5 Lakh ex- …
- West Bengal: Bus falls off bridge in Murshidabad 29 Jan 2018 07:02 [India], Jan 29 (ANI): A passenger bus fell off a bridge into Bhairab River in Daulatabad area of West Bengal's Murshidabad on Monday. The incident took place due to low visibility. The bus was travelling from Domkal to Berhampur. Locals of the area …
- WB: 2 killed, 7 injured as bus plunges into canal in Murshidabad 29 Jan 2018 06:09 While two bodies were found floating, seven injured persons were fished out from the canal, the police said. Baharampur: At least two persons were killed and seven others injured when a bus plunged into a canal after breaking the railing of a bridge in …
- 7 killed, over 20 injured as bus overturns in West Bengal's Murshidabad 20 Jan 2018 07:44 At least seven people were killed and over 20 injured on Saturday morning after a bus overturned in West Bengal's Murshidabad due to fog. As per reports, the injured have been rushed to Beldanga hospital for treatment. The incident comes days after …
- TMC feuds trigger exodus to Cong in Murshidabad 15 Dec 2017 22:43
- Toilet delay for 250 Murshidabad families 27 Nov 2017 21:36 Sagardighi: Almost half the residents of Naopara village in Murshidabad's Sagardighi are still to get toilets despite the state government setting a deadline for covering the entire district by December 31. However, a visit to the village revealed that …
- Bengal plans Muslin Tourism Circuit in Burdwan, Murshidabad 18 Sep 2017 05:35 KOLKATA: With an aim to boost the market of its prized muslin fabric, the West Bengal government is planning to introduce a muslin tourism circuit in the state soon, a top official has said. "Our aim is to bring our muslin tourism circuit to the …
- NCB seizes 2,000 drug tablets worth Rs 12 lakh, two held in Murshidabad 04 Aug 2017 02:58 Yaba tablets considered to be a powerful addictive substance The Narcotics Control Board (NCB) on Tuesday seized 2,000 drug tablets worth Rs 12 lakh and arrested two persons in connection with the case. According to NCB officials they had seized 1,200 yaba …
- Hon’ble President of India presents the 2.5 Croreth PMUY connection at Raghunathgunj, Murshidabad, West Bengal 15 Jul 2017 11:12 The 2.5 Crore LPG Connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was given out to Smt. Gouri Sarkar of Raghunathgunj by Hon'ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the presence ofMinister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas …
- Murshidabad: Woman suspected to be child-lifter killed by mob 28 Jun 2017 20:59 A 42-year-old woman died after she was assaulted by a mob that suspected her of being a child-lifter, at Sekendra village of Murshidabad district on Tuesday. Police said the woman was mentally challenged and unlikely to have been a child-lifter. Otera Bibi …
- TMC leader killed in Bengals' Murshidabad 13 May 2017 10:17 For representational purpose | File photo BAHARMPUR: A Trinamool Congress leader, Ashadul Sheikh was killed in Murshidabad district after miscreants hurled bombs and shot him four times, the police said today. The incident happened at Bhakuri under …
- WB: Police seize arms, intercepts two in Murshidabad 26 Apr 2017 11:51 [India], Apr 26 (ANI): The West Bengal Police on Wednesday seized sixteen arms and fifty round ammunitions in Murshidabad district and intercepted two people in a vehicle at Sagardighi police station area. The police could recover carbine, DVBL gun, one …
- Police arrest five persons, seize firearms in Murshidabad 26 Apr 2017 07:26 By: PTI | Baharampore | Published:April 26, 2017 12:27 pm The police has seized a haul of arms and ammunition in Murshidabad district and arrested five persons in this connection, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. The police arrested a man from …
- WB: TMC, Congress workers clash in Murshidabad, no injuries reported 30 Mar 2017 14:56 By: PTI | Baharampur(west Bengal) | Published:March 30, 2017 7:33 pm Trinamool Congress and rival Congress clashed at the Baharampur municipality in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Thursday but none was seriously injured in it. TMC workers also …
- Heroin haul from West Bengal's Murshidabad district 11 Mar 2017 08:53 Image used for representational purpose only. (File | AP) BERHAMPUR: In the second haul within four days, heroin weighing 1.4 kg and valued at an estimated Rupees 1.5 crore was seized from a village at Lalgola in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, a …
- Heroin haul from Bengal's Murshidabad district 11 Mar 2017 08:48 Image used for representational purpose only. (File | AP) BERHAMPUR: In the second haul within four days, heroin weighing 1.4 kg and valued at an estimated Rupees 1.5 crore was seized from a village at Lalgola in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, a …
- Breaking the shackles: Muslim women donate blood in Murshidabad 02 Mar 2017 12:07 BERHAMPUR: Trinamool Mahila Congress (TMC) on Thursday organised a blood donation camp for women in Berhampur area of West Bengal's Murshidabad district. "It was the first time that Murshidabad witnessed woman donors turning up in such a huge …
- NCB seizes 500gm heroine from Murshidabad 17 Jan 2017 17:34
- Murshidabad: 36-year-old TMC activist shot at, locals protest 04 Jan 2017 22:56 A 36-year-old TMC activist is in critical condition after being shot at by miscreants in Beldanga area of Murshidabad on Tuesday, according to police. Identified as Mojai Sheikh, the man was going to the local market on his motorcycle when he was attacked …
- Five assaulted in Bengal on suspicion of being cattle lifters 03 Jul 2019 17:52 Police rescued the five youths from the clutches of the villagers. (Express photo by Jaipal Singh/Representational) Five youths were assaulted in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on suspicion of being cattle lifters, police said Wednesday. The …
- TMC men’s rate list: Rs 200 for last rites, Rs 25,000 for house 03 Jul 2019 00:21 Harekrishna Roy, wife Aloka say they paid Rs 7,000 in cut money for a housing scheme in Berela, Hooghly. (Express Photo: Partha Paul) Last December, Mamoni Sardar paid Rs 550 to a local TMC leader in Hooghly to get an LPG connection under the central …
- Grassroot TMC leaders face cut-money blowback in Bengal: ‘Can’t return home’ 01 Jul 2019 23:49 TMC leader Pradip Chakraborty, wife Reena at a shelter arranged by the party in Mangalkot. (Express Photo: Ravik Bhattacharya) On the night of June 23, Pradip Chakraborty, a block secretary of the Trinamool Congress, his wife Reena, their son, daughter-in- …
- Arrested Bangladeshi says he entered India by paying Rs 4,200 at border! 27 Jun 2019 19:15 The Dhubri police of Assam on Wednesday arrested a Bangladeshi national, identified as 27-year-old Ainul Houqe, who was allegedly roaming in Chagolia village of Dhubri district in a suspicious condition. The local villagers of Chagolia informed the police …
- Paid 4,200 Taka in bribes at border, says Bangladeshi man arrested in Assam - india news 27 Jun 2019 19:15 A 27-year-old Bangladeshi national, who was arrested in Assam’s Dhubri district for illegally entering and residing in India from the neighbouring country, has said he paid more than Taka 4,000 (Rs. 3,276.80 )to the personnel of the Border Guards …
- After Mamata order, TMC leaders face demands for refund of ‘cut money’ 25 Jun 2019 01:14 TMC leaders, however, have accused the BJP of orchestrating many of these attacks. WITH THE BJP rapidly making inroads in West Bengal, TMC chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked her party leaders last week to ensure that “cut money” or illegal …
- Five iconic transgenders of 'firsts' in India to know about 10 Jun 2019 12:09 (MENAFN - NewsBytes) Five iconic transgenders of 'firsts' in India to know about 10 Jun 2019 In India, transgender persons face discrimination, injustice, abuse, rejection, and isolation from society in almost every aspect of their lives. Life is …
- Kin of Bengal BJP workers wait for jobs, justice and glimpse of Modi 30 May 2019 22:49 Family members of slain BJP Bengal workers at New Delhi station. (Express photo by Amit Mehra) It’s 2.30 pm when scores of young men in saffron and white kurtas walk out of the Kali Bari guesthouse on Mandir Marg. “They are RSS and BJP workers. They are …
- BJP fares well in 'minority-concentration' districts, wins over 50 per cent seats 29 May 2019 12:29 Image Source : PTI BJP fares well in 'minority-concentration' districts, wins over 50 per cent seats The BJP has managed to puncture opposition's claims that the party is anti-minority by winning more than 50 percent of the Lok Sabha seats in …
- Who gets West Bengal’s Muslim vote? 17 May 2019 20:50 As West Bengal goes to the polls for nine LS seats on Sunday, one question remains largely unanswered. Will the Muslims, constituting 27% of the State’s population, follow the earlier trend to vote for different parties or will they choose to vote for one …
- Muslims of West Bengal are no longer Mamata Banerjee fans but they have no real option 06 May 2019 11:12 For most Delhi commentators, the Muslim vote bank in India's West Bengal solely rests with Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress. But such simplistic analysis fails to capture the mood of the voter on the ground. Muslims, who comprise 27.01 per cent of …
- Violence in north Bengal pockets, EC seeks report 19 Apr 2019 22:29 Kolkata: The second of the seven phases of voting in Bengal saw an uptick in violence, prompting the Election Commission to seek a report on the polling process from the Uttar Dinajpur district magistrate. Most of the sporadic incidents of violence …
- Second phase of Lok Sabha elections recorded 67.84% turnout: EC 19 Apr 2019 15:20 New Delhi, Thu, 18 Apr 2019 Deepak Kumar Election Commission of India released the statistics of second phase of Lok Sabha elections. According to the Election Commission a 67.84 per cent voter cast their votes in the second phase of Lok Sabha 2019 …
- 67.84% voter turnout recorded in Phase 2: EC 18 Apr 2019 18:28 NEW DELHI: A 67.84 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on Thursday in 95 seats spread in 11 states and a Union Territory, the Election Commission said. Barring sporadic incidents of violence, the polling went off …
- LS polls, Phase 2: K'taka voter comes to polling booth in an ambulance 18 Apr 2019 12:53 Mumbai: Thirteen states and Union Territories go to polls in the ongoing Lok Sabha election’s second phase on Thursday, April 11. Candidates in 95 constituencies will fight it out today. The result will be out on May 23. Originally, polls were to be held …
- LIVE | LS polls 2: Hope Centre gives J&K an elected govt which is its right: Omar 18 Apr 2019 07:04 Votes were to be held in 97 seats, but Vellore and Triputa East were kept out due to corruption, security concerns. Mumbai: Thirteen states and Union Territories go to polls in the ongoing Lok Sabha election’s second phase on Thursday, April 11. Candidates …
- LIVE | LS polls 2: 'I developed Mathura, BSP-SP busy fighting,' says Hema 18 Apr 2019 05:55 Votes were to be held in 97 seats, but Vellore and Triputa East were kept out due to corruption, security concerns. Mumbai: Thirteen states and Union Territories go to polls in the ongoing Lok Sabha election’s second phase on Thursday, April 11. Candidates …
- LIVE | LS polls 2: Dynasty, regional politics never hindered country: Kumaraswamy 18 Apr 2019 04:50 Mumbai: Thirteen states and Union Territories go to polls in the ongoing Lok Sabha election’s second phase on Thursday, April 11. Candidates in 95 constituencies will fight it out today. The result will be out on May 23. Originally, polls were to be held …
- LS Poll Live: Brisk early voting, especially in TN 18 Apr 2019 04:17 Voting is smooth and brisk at most polling booths, especially in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. There is some violence in West Bengal !1 New UpdateClick here for latest updates Vote for Nyay, tweets Rahul Gandhi When you vote today, remember that you vote for …
- LIVE | LS polls, Phase 2: 'BJP has taken over AIADMK,' says Kanimozhi 18 Apr 2019 04:08 Votes were to be held in 97 seats, but Vellore and Triputa East were kept out due to corruption, security concerns. Mumbai: Thirteen states and Union Territories go to polls in the ongoing Lok Sabha election’s second phase on Thursday, April 11. Candidates …
- LIVE | Lok Sabha polls, Phase 2: EVM glitches reported at booths in WB, Assam 18 Apr 2019 02:47 Votes were to be held in 97 seats, but Vellore and Triputa East were kept out due to corruption, security concerns. Mumbai: Thirteen states and Union Territories go to polls in the ongoing Lok Sabha election’s second phase on Thursday, April 11. Candidates …
- BSF prevents Baishakh reunion on Panchagarh border 16 Apr 2019 20:02 India's Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday did not allow thousands of people, gathered at bordering village of Omarkhana in Panchagarh Sadar upazila, to exchange greetings of Pahela Baishakh with their relatives and friends in India. Unlike every …
- Amid tussle over Raiganj, Murshidabad with Cong, CPM names candidates 08 Mar 2019 15:52 KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks between the CPM and the Congress in West Bengal, the Left Front Friday announced candidates for Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats. The announcement of candidates in these two seats held by the CPM might …
- West Bengal: Amid tussle over Raiganj, Murshidabad with Congress, CPM announces candidates 08 Mar 2019 15:23 KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks between the CPM and the Congress in West Bengal, the Left Front Friday announced candidates for Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats. The announcement of candidates in these two seats held by the CPM might …
- W Bengal: Amid tussle over Raiganj, Murshidabad with Cong, CPM names candidates 08 Mar 2019 14:58 KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing seat-sharing talks between the CPM and the Congress in West Bengal, the Left Front Friday announced candidates for Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats. The announcement of candidates in these two seats held by the CPM might …
- Rahul Gandhi to talk to Sitaram Yechury to resolve seat-sharing issue in Bengal: Congress 06 Mar 2019 13:43 NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: AICC president Rahul Gandhi will speak with CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury to resolve the impasse over seat-sharing formula between the two parties in West Bengal, Congress leaders said on Wednesday. This emerged after a …
- Bengal Congress chief writes to Rahul Gandhi, urges him to take call on seat-sharing with Left 05 Mar 2019 11:01 KOLKATA: West Bengal Congress chief Somen Mitra on Tuesday wrote a letter to party president Rahul Gandhi, underlining the need for "seat-sharing or alliance" with the CPI(M) to "stop the march of BJP in the state and dethrone the TMC in …
- Cong ready to go alone in Bengal if CPI(M) doesn’t compromise on Raiganj, Murshidabad: Party leaders 04 Mar 2019 23:25 Kolkata, Mar 4 (PTI) The state Congress leadership Monday said it is ready to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections alone in West Bengal if the Left Front does not leave for it the two party-bastions — Raiganj and Murshidabad, after the CPI(M) proposed a …
- West Bengal: Three, including local BJP leader arrested in connection with daughter's abduction 18 Feb 2019 12:06 Image Source : REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE West Bengal: BJP leader arrested for daughter's abduction Two people, along with a local BJP leader were arrested from Birbhum district of West Bengal, in connection with the "kidnapping" of his daughter, a …
- West Bengal BJP leader among three held for his daughter's kidnapping 17 Feb 2019 19:57 By PTI LABHPUR: A local BJP leader, Suprabhat Batyabyal, and two others were arrested in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Sunday in connection with the kidnapping of his daughter, a senior police officer said. Batyabyal's daughter, who was …
- West Bengal BJP leader among three held for his daughter's abduction 17 Feb 2019 14:39 LABHPUR (WB): A local BJP leader Suprabhat Batyabyal and two others were arrested in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Sunday in connection with the kidnapping of his daughter, a senior police officer said. Batyabyal's daughter, who was kidnapped …
- Seemanchal Express accident: 6 dead, several injured; Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia announced 04 Feb 2019 13:58 Rescue and relief work in progress after nine coaches of the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express derailed at Hajipur, in Vaishali district, Sunday, Feb. 03, 2019. (PTI Photo) Six people died and several were injured after a rail fracture led to the derailment …
- Yogi Adityanath addresses Bengal rally over phone, says not allowed to land 04 Feb 2019 13:55 Adityanath was scheduled to address two rallies, at Balurghat in Dakshin Dinajpur district and at Raigunj in Uttar Dinajpur. (File photo) ADDRESSING a public rally in Balurghat over the phone after his helicopter was allegedly denied permission by the West …
- BJP delegation to meet EC on Bengal 04 Feb 2019 06:17 New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A high-level BJP delegation will approach the Election Commission on Monday on issues related to West Bengal, including on blocking of rallies of its party leaders in the state. The delegation comprising of Defence Minister Nirmala …
- BJP lashes out at Mamata Banerjee, calls her government undemocratic, fascist 03 Feb 2019 16:13 New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly denying permission to land Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s chopper in Uttar Dinajpur and dubbed her government as “undemocratic” …
- Mamata government anti-democratic, anarchic: Adityanath 03 Feb 2019 13:49 Balurghat (West Bengal), Feb 3 (IANS) Lashing out at Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said she has no faith in democracy or the country’s Constitution and dubbed her …
- Adityanath’s chopper denied permission to land in Balurghat: BJP 03 Feb 2019 09:00 Balurghat (West Bengal), Feb 3 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday accused the West Bengal government of denying permission to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s helicopter to land here. Adityanath was scheduled to address two rallies at Balurghat in …
- Major setback to Congress as party MP joins Trinamool 28 Jan 2019 19:47 IMAGE: Mausam Benazir Noor. Photograph: PTI Photo In a massive setback to the Congress in Bengal ahead of the national elections, party MP Mausam Benazir Noor joined the Trinamool Congress on Monday, ending months of speculations. The second-term Congress …
- Bangladeshi killed by BSF across border 19 Jan 2019 01:11 Indian Border Security Force yesterday shot dead a Bangladeshi national inside their territory along the Dharmagar border in Thakurgaon's Ranisankail upazila. The dead, Jahangir Alam, 21, was son of Badsha Mia of Shahanabad village in the upazila. …
- Bangladeshi killed by ‘BSF’ along Thakurgaon border 18 Jan 2019 10:58 A Bangladesh national was shot to death allegedly by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Dharmagar border in Ranishankoil upazila of Thakurgaon early today. Deceased Jahangir Alam Raju, 21, was son of Badsha Mia of Shahanabadh village in …
- BJP hopes to cash in on Citizenship Bill in Bengal 11 Jan 2019 11:55 KOLKATA: With the Lok Sabha polls approaching, the West Bengal BJP hopes to cash in on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to reach out to the one crore odd Hindu Bangladeshi refugees in the state once the bill is implemented. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill …
- Bengal man arrested for hacking a Central website, tampering with scholarships 27 Dec 2018 13:22 Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) A 28-year-old-man of West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district was arrested for hacking a Central website and uploading names of fake scholarship applicants, police said on Thursday. “Based on the complaint of Education Director from …
- TMC leaders asked to identify wrongdoers, report to Mamata Banerjee 17 Dec 2018 11:53 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee IN AN attempt to rein in party infighting at the grass-roots level ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Trinamool Congress has asked its district presidents and leaders to identify the workers involved in such …
- Railways start work under MGNREGA scheme 13 Dec 2018 10:38 Agartala, Dec 13 (IANS) The Railways, for the first time, have started utilising the government’s rural job flagship scheme – MGNREGA – to undertake railway work, a senior official said on Thursday. “The Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) has started works …
- A unique chance to meet dear ones from across the border 08 Dec 2018 19:44 Gobindapur border in Haripur upazila under the district saw an amazing picture on Friday as thousands of Bangla speaking people from both sides of the border got an opportunity to meet their relatives on the occasion of decades-old traditional Pathar Kali …
- Islampur violence: Bengal school has 50% vacancy, no science teachers for senior classes 30 Sep 2018 01:53 Daribhit School in Islampur, North Dinajpur, looks like a war zone. (Express photo by Subham Dutta) Days after the September 20 violence in Islampur in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district, the Daribhit High School remains shut. The sprawling football …
- Days after Islampur violence: Bengal school has 50% vacancy, no science teachers for senior classes 29 Sep 2018 23:41 Daribhit School in Islampur, North Dinajpur, looks like a war zone. (Express photo by Subham Dutta) Days after the September 20 violence in Islampur in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district, the Daribhit High School remains shut. The sprawling football …
- WB: Chandra Bose goes on Twitter rant against BJP state president 27 Sep 2018 23:00 [India], Sept 28 (ANI): West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew, Chandra Kumar Bose criticised the party's state president Dilip Ghosh for apparently not making efforts to protect BJP …
- RSS dares TMC to prove school killing involvement or face legal action 22 Sep 2018 19:28 By Express News Service KOLKATA: A day after West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee blamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for being involved in the deaths of two students in the firing incident at Darivit High School in Uttar Dinajpur district …
- North Dinajpur: CPI(M) targets two TMC MPs on Facebook 11 Sep 2018 12:21 The North Dinajpur CPI (M) district committee has published Facebook posts criticising the performance of two Trinamool Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha in the last four years. On the Facebook page ‘CPIM Uttar Dinajpur DC’, the party has put out posts …
- Migrant workers escape Kerala flood, return home 21 Aug 2018 04:01 HOWRAH/KHARAPUR: Some 200 masons who escaped from flood-hit Kerala reached the city aboard the Chennai-Howrah Coromandel Express around 12.45pm on Monday. Around 9.15pm, the first relief train from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengal chugged into Kharagpur. …
- Top cops in tea belt alerted on PF default cases 20 Jul 2018 19:58 Kolkata: The Bengal government has directed police in tea-producing districts to act promptly against garden owners who have mismanaged provident funds of workers. The directive comes a week after chief minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the labour …
- Bengal Cong split on allies at Rahul meet 07 Jul 2018 00:57 New Delhi/Kolkata: West Bengal Congress leaders facing an existential crisis spoke in many voices to Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the party’s roadmap in West Bengal and its poll alliance for the coming Lok Sabha polls, during individual …
- MHA finds West Bengal report on poll violence 'sketchy', tells them to resend it 18 May 2018 04:18 NEW DELHI: Not satisfied with the state’s reply, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs Wednesday asked West Bengal government to send a revised report with complete details sought by them on the large scale violence during the panchayat elections. The MHA …
- West Bengal panchayat elections: Miscreants brandish gun, escape with ballot box 16 May 2018 11:12 Ratua: Brandishing a gun, unidentified miscreants, on Wednesday, escaped with a ballot box from polling booth no. 76 in Malda’s Ratua during the re-polling in the Panchayat elections. This adds to the long list of violent incidents that have erupted in the …
- Re-polling in 568 booths underway in Bengal 16 May 2018 08:52 KOLKATA: Repolling in 568 booths across West Bengal from where the State Election Commission (SEC)received complaints of violence during the panchayat poll, began on Wednesday amid tight security. The booths where repolling is being held are spread in all …
- WB poll: Miscreants brandish gun, escape with ballot box 16 May 2018 08:48 [India], May 16 (ANI): Brandishing a gun, unidentified miscreants, on Wednesday, escaped with a ballot box from polling booth no. 76 in Malda's Ratua during the re-polling in the Panchayat elections. This adds to the long list of violent incidents that …
- West Bengal panchayat polls: Police lathicharge on people during re-polling 16 May 2018 07:01 By ANI UTTAR DINAJPUR: Police baton charged on people in Uttar Dinajpur district's Goalpokhar as a crowd-control measure during the re-polling of panchayat polls. This happened as a result of people's agitation when the re-polling started late in …
- WB panchayat polls: Police baton charged on people 16 May 2018 06:49 [West Bengal], May 16 (ANI): Police baton charged on people in Uttar Dinajpur district's Goalpokhar as a crowd-control measure during the re-polling of panchayat polls. This happened as a result of people's agitation when the re-polling started …
- WB panchayat polls: Re-polling underway in 568 booths underway, violence reported 16 May 2018 06:32 This happened as a result of people's agitation when the re-polling started late in booth number 36/37. Uttar Dinajpur [West Bengal]: Police baton charged on people in Uttar Dinajpur district's Goalpokhar as a crowd-control measure during the …
- Repoll in 568 booths begins amid tight security 16 May 2018 06:17 KOLKATA: Repolling in 568 booths across West Bengal from where the State Election Commission (SEC)received complaints of violence during the panchayat poll, began today amid tight security. The booths where repolling is being held are spread in all the 20 …
- WB Panchayat elections: Repolling in 568 booths begins amid tight security 16 May 2018 06:06 Repolling in 568 booths across West Bengal from where the State Election Commission received complaints of violence during the panchayat poll, began on Wednesday amid tight security. The booths where repolling is being held are spread in all the 20 …
- WB panchayat polls: Re-polling underway in 568 booths amid tight security 16 May 2018 05:44 The booths, where re-polling is taking place, include 63 in Murshidabad, 52 in Coochbehar, 28 in West Midnapore, 10 in Hooghly among others. Kolkata: Repolling in 568 booths across West Bengal from where the State Election Commission (SEC) received …
- Panchayat elections: Repoll in 568 booths begins amid tight security 16 May 2018 04:59 KOLKATA: Repolling in 568 booths across West Bengal from where the State Election Commission (SEC)received complaints of violence during the panchayat poll, began today amid tight security. The booths where repolling is being held are spread in all the 20 …
- Repoll on Wednesday in 568 booths for Bengal rural polls 15 May 2018 16:20 Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Repolling will be held on Wednesday in 568 polling booths across 19 of the 20 West Bengal districts for the Panchayati Raj Institutions that went to the polls on May 14, the State Election Commission said on Tuesday. Jhargram is the …
- Bengal polls take grim turn; 12 dead, many injured 14 May 2018 19:59 At least 12 persons were killed and hundreds injured during voting for the West Bengal panchayat polls on Monday. The entire poll process has been marked by violence, from the very first day of filing of nomination papers on April 2. Reports of poll- …
- West Bengal panchayat elections LIVE: 10 killed in violent clashes; ballot boxes looted at gunpoint 14 May 2018 11:44 West Bengal panchayat polls which are being held today have been marred with instances of violence in which at least 10 people have been killed so far, reports ABP Ananda. A few unidentified people looted ballot boxes from polling booths no. 44, 45 and 44 …
- Sporadic violence in West Bengal Panchayat polls 14 May 2018 05:36 Amid reports of violence from various parts of West Bengal, the polling for the single phase panchayat elections is under way. About 11.33% votes were polled till 9 am. Incidents of attacks on Opposition party workers, booth capturing, houses of Opposition …
- BJP fields record number of Muslim candidates 06 May 2018 15:00 The BJP this time has more than 850 candidates from the minority community for the rural polls on May 14 Kolkata: Making a shift in its political strategy, the BJP has given tickets to an overwhelming number of Muslim candidates in the upcoming rural polls …
- WB rural polls: BJP changes tack, fields 850 Muslim candidates 06 May 2018 11:12 Kolkata, May 6 Making a shift in its political strategy, the BJP has given tickets to an overwhelming number of Muslim candidates in the upcoming rural polls in West Bengal with an aim to corner a large chunk of crucial minority votes in the state. The BJP …
- In WB rural polls, BJP fields record number of Muslim candidates 06 May 2018 10:04 The BJP this time has more than 850 candidates from the minority community for the rural polls on May 14. Kolkata: Making a shift in its political strategy, the BJP has given tickets to an overwhelming number of Muslim candidates in the upcoming rural …
- BJP fields record Muslim candidates for WB rural 06 May 2018 09:40 KOLKATA: Making a shift in its political strategy, the BJP has given tickets to an overwhelming number of Muslim candidates in the upcoming rural polls in West Bengal with an aim to corner a large chunk of crucial minority votes in the state. The BJP this …
- BJP fields 850 Muslim candidates for West Bengal rural elections 06 May 2018 08:50 BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said the party would have fielded more than 2,000 minority candidates had the nomination process been peaceful. (Express Photo by Partha Paul/Files) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded more than 850 Muslim …
- BJP changes tack, fields record Muslim candidates for West Bengal rural 06 May 2018 08:46 The BJP has given tickets to an overwhelming number of Muslim candidates in the upcoming rural polls in West Bengal with an aim to corner a large chunk of crucial minority votes in the state. Photo: PTI Kolkata: Making a shift in its political strategy, …
- BJP's trump card? Party fields record number of Muslim candidates for WB rural polls 06 May 2018 08:07 Kolkata: Making a shift in its political strategy, the BJP has given tickets to an overwhelming number of Muslim candidates in the upcoming rural polls in West Bengal with an aim to corner a large chunk of crucial minority votes in the state. The BJP this …
- Two students accuse teacher of rape 22 Apr 2018 10:33 [India], Apr. 22 (ANI): Two girls in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district have accused their school teacher of raping them. The accused allegedly molested and threatened the girls to not tell anyone about the incident. An FIR at Kornojora Police Fari …
- West Bengal panchayat candidate held after stealing cop’s mobile, sending selfie to police officer’s wife 20 Apr 2018 13:10 Image used for representational purpose only. KOLKATA: An independent candidate for the upcoming West Bengal panchayat election was arrested after he allegedly stole a police officer’s cell phone and sent his selfie to the officer’s wife on the WhatsApp. …
- Bengal rural poll violence hits heart of Kolkata 08 Apr 2018 01:25 Kolkata: Flames of the pre-rural poll violence spread from the districts to reach the city on Saturday morning when Alipore — the South 24 Parganas district headquarters — bore the brunt of the ongoing political battle. Armed miscreants took control …
- Pre-poll violence continues in Bengal 07 Apr 2018 17:58 Violence over filing of nominations for panchyat polls in West Bengal continued for the sixth day on Saturday. Clashes between Trinamool Congress supporters and various Opposition parties took place in Birbhum, Murshidabad, Paschim Bardhaman and Uttar …
- Violence unabated on Day 3 of filing papers 06 Apr 2018 02:00 Kolkata: There was no let-up in violence on the third day of filing nominations for the Bengal rural polls on Thursday, with complaints of clashes and intimidation pouring in from across districts, the worst being Birbhum’s Nalhati where former Birbhum MP …
- WB Panchayat polls: BJP moves SC over denial of nomination form to its candidates 05 Apr 2018 14:41 Ashish Tripathi, DH News Service, New Delhi, Apr 5 2018, 19:39 IST Advocate Aishwarya Bhati mentioned the writ petition for an urgent hearing before a three-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice Dipak Misra who agreed to list it for consideration on …
- 1 dead in rural poll run-up violence 05 Apr 2018 01:53 Kolkata: The dance of democracy in rural Bengal claimed yet another life on the second day of filing nominations, with no let-up in armed attacks on political rivals. On the contrary, the violence that started with the use of lathis and swords ended with …
- BJP to move Supreme Court seeking central forces for West Bengal rural poll 04 Apr 2018 17:54 Image used for representational purpose. (File photo | PTI) KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP will file a petition at the Supreme Court seeking protection by central forces during the upcoming panchayat elections in the state. Speaking to media here on Wednesday, …
- The new Basmati? Tulaipanji, this aromatic variety of rice from Bengal gaining popularity 03 Apr 2018 06:45 Though its grain is not so long as Basmati, but the medium-grained Tulaipanji has the excellent aroma because of the presence of three organic chemicals, another agriculture official Mir Farhad Hossain said. (Representational Image: Reuters) An indigenous …
- Rotten Indian wheat spreads virus, bacteria at land port 07 Mar 2018 23:10 A huge amount of low quality imported Indian wheat seized by Banglabandha Land Port authorities in Panchagarh on January 17 is still lying in the warehouse as the port authority and the importer from Nilphamari blame each other for failure to return the …
- Bengal government will take care of South Dinajpur gangrape survivor: Mamata Banerjee 21 Feb 2018 14:09 By: PTI | Updated: February 21, 2018 6:07 pm West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the state government would take care of the future of the tribal mentally challenged woman who was …
- Government will take care of the gang raped woman: Mamata Banerjee 21 Feb 2018 12:31 By: PTI | Published: February 21, 2018 5:42 pm West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that the state government would take care of the future of the tribal mentally challenged woman who was …
- West Bengal government will take care of gangraped woman: Mamata Banerjee 21 Feb 2018 11:14 Image for representational purpose only GANGARAMPUR: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the state government would take care of the future of the tribal mentally challenged woman who was gangraped in South Dinajpur district. The 27-year- …
- On V-Day, Bengal police woos online abusers 15 Feb 2018 01:33 Malda: A Raiganj locality woke up to the sounds of police boots, bagpipes and love on Wednesday. Ukilpara, in Uttar Dinajpur district, was witness to a make-up session on Valentine’s Day — only the parties concerned were police and a resident who had …
- Union to drivers: No mobiles at the wheel 30 Jan 2018 21:13 Raiganj: A Trinamul-backed transport union here has barred private bus drivers from using cell phones while at the wheel in the wake of Monday's Murshidabad bus accident blamed on the driver's use of a mobile. "We have come to know that the …
- Bihar flood toll rises to 482, 101 dead in Uttar Pradesh 27 Aug 2017 18:16 NEW DELHI: As many as 42 deaths in flood-related incidents were reported from Bihar in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 482, whereas five persons lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh, pushing the flood toll in that state to 101. The situation in flood- …
- 26 die in Bihar floods, Uttar Pradesh struggling 23 Aug 2017 19:50 GUWAHATILUCKNOWKOLKATA: Flooding in Bihar claimed 26 more lives today, though the situation in delugebattered Assam and West Bengal inched closer to normal with water receding in most of the affected parts of the two states. Officials said the flood toll …
- India: 26 more die in Bihar floods, Uttar Pradesh struggling 23 Aug 2017 19:19 August 23, 2017 | 9:01 PM by PTI Jawans of Indian Army rescuing an elderly person from a flood-hit area in Bihar on August 21, 2017. Photo -PTI/PIB Guwahati/Kolkata/Lucknow: Flooding in Bihar claimed 26 more lives on Wednesday, though the …
- 47 more die in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh floods; situation in Assam, West Bengal improves 22 Aug 2017 18:38 NEW DELHI: Thirty-seven more persons perished in flood-hit Bihar, where over 1.46 crore people are still affected, while the situation in Uttar Pradesh remained alarming with 10 more deaths reported today. The toll in Bihar rose to 341 and touched 82 in …
- 47 more die in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh floods 22 Aug 2017 17:19 NEW DELHI: Thirty-seven more persons perished in flood-hit Bihar, where over 1.46 crore people are still affected, while the situation in Uttar Pradesh remained alarming with 10 more deaths reported on Tuesday. The toll in Bihar rose to 341 and touched 82 …
- Bengal & Assam : Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh gasp for breath as floods claim 6 more lives 20 Aug 2017 04:28 by PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspecting the flood-affected areas in Gorakhpur on Saturday. Photo - PTI Guwahati/Kolkata/Lucknow: Six more deluge-related deaths were reported on Saturday in Assam and West Bengal, even though …
- Assam, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh gasp for breath as floods claim 6 more lives 19 Aug 2017 20:10 August 19, 2017 | 10:18 PM by PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inspecting the flood-affected areas in Gorakhpur on Saturday. Photo - PTI Guwahati/Kolkata/Lucknow: Six more deluge-related deaths were reported on Saturday in Assam and …
- Bihar flood toll climbs to 153, Army called in for rescue operations in eastern Uttar Pradesh 19 Aug 2017 03:16 The Bihar flood toll climbed to 153 on Friday while those marooned in 17 districts of the state crossed the 1 crore mark, even as the Army was called in for relief and rescue operations in deluge-hit eastern Uttar Pradesh districts adjoining Nepal. The …
- Flood kills four in Dinajpur 16 Aug 2017 08:29 Four more people, including two children, lost their lives in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur on Tuesday, raising the death toll from the floods in the district to 17. The victims were identified as Rina Akter, 10, daughter of Iman Ali of Nanderai village …
- Tribals run riot in N Dinajpur over cop laxity in molest case 15 Jul 2017 00:54 Malda: Armed adivasis we-nt on the rampage at Raiganj town in Uttar Dinajpur — a part of the narrow strip that connects north Bengal and south Bengal — on Friday, playing out a different script of identity politics the town had never witnessed before. …