Tag: West Bengal

BJP complained to the Election Commission of India objecting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's candidature from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency as she has suppressed facts in her affidavit along with her nomination papers

The CBI has formed four teams to investigate the serious cases like murder and rape that were reported after the announcement of Assembly poll results in the state on May 2.

Calcutta High Court directed the central agency to file a report on its investigation in the next six weeks.

The two-time MP from Asansol was among the several ministers who were dropped from the union cabinet on July 7 as part of a major rejig. His unsuccessfully contested assembly polls against Trinamool Congress's Aroop Biswas in the last assembly elections.

Konark: Vehicular traffic was affected and markets wore deserted look in Konark today as activists of BJP observed a 12-hour bandh protesting rape of a West Bengal woman. Tourists and commuters visiting Konark Sun Temple had a harrowing time due to the dawn-to-dusk shutdown. Activists of the saffron party blocked Konark-Puri, Konark-Bhubaneswar and Konark-Kakatpur roads […]

Bhubaneswar: Notorious inter-state bank robber Madhab Ravi Das, who is wanted in four states including Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand, was nabbed by Bihar Police today. According to sources, a team of Odisha police has left for Bihar to bring Das on a 15-day remand. Das is reported to be involved in robberies at […]

Baripada: In an unfortunate incident, tourists from West Bengal visiting Sitakund in Similipal of Mayurbhanj district were allegedly thrashed by some locals today. According to reports, local youths had allegedly made some obscene gestures to the tourists hailing from Digha in West Bengal. This led to an altercation between them, following which the locals allegedly […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in Odisha are opting to sell their paddy in neighbouring states as delay in opening of mandis and alleged harassment by rice millers have made the paddy procurement process cumbersome. According to sources, as mandis did not open, farmers in Bahalda of Mayurbhanj and Jaleswar, Bhogarai and Basta of Balasore districts are selling […]

Koraput: A former BJD youth leader was arrested from West Bengal for allegedly firing at a man and assaulting another at Jeypore in Koraput district, police informed today. The former BJD Jeypore youth wing chief has been identified as 25-year-old Bikash Patra, who was absconding after the alleged crime on September 25. Patra was caught […]

New Delhi: In his inaugural speech at the two-day National Executive of the BJP, party president Amit Shah on Saturday said that they need to take advantage of anti-incumbency in states like Odisha, West Bengal and Telangana. “West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana and other states where the BJP was in second position in 2014, we […]

Balasore: A minor girl hailing from West Bengal was allegedly gang raped by five youths at Bhogarai block of the district late on Friday night. Locals of Rasulpur village rescued the girl today morning in a critical condition and rushed her to the Bhogarai primary health centre hospital. Later the survivor was shifted to Jaleswar […]

Balasore: A gate constructed on the Odisha-West Bengal border has irked residents of Balasore who claim that the gate has encroached into the state. The construction has come up on a road connecting Odisha’s Sahabajipur  and Udayapur sea beach in Bengal. Locals of Sahabajipur under Bhogarai block in Balasore alleged that the gate has intruded […]

Bhubaneswar/ Kolkata: A fisherman has caught a 185 kg Black Marlin fish which is mostly found in the Pacific ocean from Dhamara in Odisha. The fish is found in colder region and surprisingly was found in the Bay of Bengal. A fisheries expert on Thursday traced the cause to the migration of fish to various […]

Bhubaneswar: Police today recovered bodies of a youth and a girl found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hotel room under Capital Police Station limits area in Bhubaneswar. Though the exact reason behind their death is yet to be ascertained, police suspect them to have committed suicide. As per preliminary reports, the deceased have […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could possibly give a new dimension to the ongoing debate about the origin of Rasagola, the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry office on Friday issued a show-cause notice to West Bengal. Official sources said the GI Registry at Chennai has served the notice based on an objection filed by Regional Development Trust. The […]