Tag: West Bengal

Bhubaneswar: In an unfortunate incident, 36 passengers were injured, some of them critically, after a tourist bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell off the Dhauli hill, on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday morning. All the injured have been rushed to Capital hospital. “Six of them, who sustained injuries […]

Bhubaneswar: Arrested All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was taken on a 4-day remand by the CBI for the second time in connection with the Rose Valley Chit Fund scam while the party continued its attack on the Centre accusing it of political vendetta. The Central investigating agency produced Sudip in the CBI […]

Jajpur: In a tragic incident, four persons, including two women were killed when a car hit a stationary truck from behind at Jarka in Jajpur district during the wee hours today. The identities of the deceased are yet to be identified. Sources said the car that was going towards Bhubaneswar from West Bengal dashed against […]

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP and Congress continued their attack on the ruling-BJD in Odisha over links with Rose Valley chit fund scam and Trinamool Congress (TMC). Alleging that BJD and TMC have struck an undeclared alliance, Odisha BJP vice president Sameer Mohanty today told media persons that the ruling-party in Odisha has agreed to provide its […]

Bhubaneswar: Arrested Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal’s daughter Sohini Pal appeared before the CBI in Bhubaneswar today in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam. As per the CBI notice, Sohini arrived in Bhubaneswar today to appear before the agency. Tapas allegedly gave senior posts to his wife, daughter and nephew in Rose Valley […]

Puri: Two tourists from West Bengal drowned while they were taking bath in the sea at the sea beach here today. Reports said Biswajit Bhattacharya of Veer Bhumi area of West Bengal was taking bath at New Marine beach near Swargadwar when a strong undercurrent dragged him into the deep waters. At this the Life […]

Bhubaneswar: A gang of inter-state dacoits, who are most-wanted in five eastern states of the country, are involved in the loot at the UCO Bank’s Bapuji Nagar branch here on September 28, said Police Commissioner YB Khurania today. Talking to media persons, Khurania said, “We have got substantial lead in the UCO Bank dacoity case. […]

A few weeks after the Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari declared the coastal road connecting Odisha with West Bengal as a National Highway (NH), the Centre today approved the alignment of 550 km Digha-Gopalpur NH

Madan Mitra announced that Mamata Banerjee's speech will be broadcasted virtually across the whole country. Generally, TMC observes July 21 to commemorate the police firing in 1993 in Kolkata during a rally organised by the State Youth Congress under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, in which 13 people lost their lives. 

Bhubaneswar: Jyotiprakash Panda (25), a BSF jawan has committed suicide with his own service revolver on Sunday in Hemtabad camp in Raigunj in Silguri of West Bengal.

In a memorandum submitted to the poll panel, the party stated that with the decreasing number of Coronavirus cases in the state, the conditions are conducive for conducting the bypolls with appropriate Covid protocols in place.

Krishnagar: A man in West Bengal’s Nadia district became the most talked about bridegroom of his town on Sunday, when he came to tie the knot in a road roller, breaking away from the tradition of arriving on a horse or in a car. Arka Patra, 30, the son of a goldsmith, stepped out of […]

Malda (West Bengal): The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers of vandalising posters and decorative gates ahead of party chief Amit Shah’s rally here. “Gates, welcome arches, posters, cut-outs, festoons have been vandalised ahead of our national president’s rally. Gates have set on […]

Sagar Island (West Bengal): Over three million devotees from across India and abroad, braved the icy cold water to take a holy dip in the confluence of river Ganga on Tuesday at the annual Gangasagar Fair in West Bengal’s Sagar Island on Makar Sankranti. “Almost 31 lakh people bathed at Sagar since morning, far surpassing […]

Siliguri: Three Bhutanese citizens were arrested in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district with an illegal consignment of a rhino horn and an elephant tusk, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, forest officials conducted a search operation in Dooars area on Saturday and arrested the accused alongwith the rhino horn and the elephant tusk, […]