Tag: West Bengal

In an embarrassment to the ruling Trinamool Congress, West Bengal transport minister Madan Mitra was on Friday arrested by CBI in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam

Rejecting her allegation that the Centre was pursuing a "selective vendetta" against TMC, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that by making such claims, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was "helping" those who are involved in criminal cases

The NHRC has made it clear that its members would meet victims or complainants, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, gender, ethnicity and political affiliation.

A teacher of an English-medium private school here was arrested here on Friday for allegedly beating up a student of class-VIII by iron chains for gossipping in the class, the police said

Balasore: Trains services to and from Odisha were adversely affected following the rail-roko agitation by local tribals at various places of Nekurseni in Medinapore in neighbouring West Bengal today. Demanding fulfilment of their nine-point charter of demands, including the propagation and promotion of Alchik script of Santhali language in various schools and colleges of the […]

Three persons were arrested on Thursday for carrying arms and ammunition in a car with press sticker on it at Muratipur in Burdwan district, the police said

Bengaluru/Kolkata: With just four minutes left on the clock, Nigerian defender Bello Rasaq headed in to hold defending champion Bengaluru FC 1-1 at home and propel Mohun Bagan to the national league title their fourth, and the first after a long wait of 13 years. It all seemed over for the green and maroon brigade […]

At least 11 people were killed and seven injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory in West Bengal, police said today

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress retained the Bongaon Lok Sabha seat, while the BJP bagged two assembly constituencies in bypolls covering six states that saw the triumph of the states' ruling parties and a poor show on the part of the Congress

A 15-year-old school girl was allegedly raped twice in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, police said Monday

A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 55-year-old man at Belda in West Midnapore district on Saturday

A 16-year-old girl student was gang-raped twice in two days in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, and two people have been arrested in this connection, police said Saturday

A woman was today arrested for killing her three-month-old baby girl in West Bengal's Burdwan district, police said

A National Commission for Women (NCW) team led by Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam Saturday recorded the statement of the woman who was allegedly tortured by policemen in West Bengal's Birbhum district

Kolkata: Stressing on the development of inland waterways, union Shipping, Highways and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday cleared the Sagar deep sea port and Haldia Dock 2 projects for West Bengal as well as a highway project linking Kolkata and Siliguri.