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2 killed in Kolkata building collapse, Mamata assures stern action against illegal construction

Published on Mar 18, 2024 12:16 PM IST

2 killed in Kolkata building collapse, Mamata assures stern action against illegal construction

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Kolkata: 10 rescued after 5-storey under-construction building collapses on slum

Kolkata building collapse: Locals said two of the injured slum dwellers died and 15 people were injured but there was no official confirmation till 6.40 am.

The incident took place around 12.10 am on Monday in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata,(ANI)
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 07:39 AM IST

Bengal: CBI arrests Sheikh Shahjahan’s brother, two others for attack on ED team

Bengal police handed over Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI this month following orders from Calcutta HC which asked the agency to probe the attack on ED officers.

Sheikh Shahjahan, who is alleged to have masterminded the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali on January 5, was arrested by the West Bengal police on February 29. (File)
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 07:22 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee head injury: Doctor clarifies his ‘push from behind’ statement

The West Bengal CM bled from her forehead and suffered a cut on the nose after falling at her Kalighat residence on Thursday

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee after her release from the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
Published on Mar 15, 2024 04:33 PM IST

Commercial services of country's first underwater metro train commences

Commercial services of country's first underwater metro train commences

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Published on Mar 15, 2024 10:25 AM IST
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Bengal: 4th biggest source of migrant workers launches separate health card for them

Opposition parties in Bengal have used the outflux of migrant workers as a major issue against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)

According to the 2011 census, Bengal was the fourth biggest source of migrant workers in the country. (HT PHOTO/Representative)
Published on Mar 14, 2024 11:40 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee disowns sibling for demanding LS seat; he makes U-turn

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said that she never practised dynastic politics and added that today she has set a living example

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 07:38 PM IST

Kolkata businessman allegedly killed by associate over money; CM visits family

Businessman Bhavo Lakhani killed by associate in Kolkata, West Bengal. Accused called him to return money, then murdered him. Two arrested.

 (Representative Photo)
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 06:26 PM IST

Kolkata businessman's body found in jute sack, biz partner arrested

The body of Bhavo Lakhani, who lived in Ballygunge area here, was found in a jute sack beneath the tank at the residence of his business partner.

Forensic tests and a post-mortem examination revealed that the deceased had been subjected to physical assault. (Representational Image)
Published on Mar 13, 2024 01:56 PM IST
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Truck crashes into e-rickshaw in Bengal’s Hooghly district, kills 7: Police

Police said that six persons including a child died before they reached the hospital while another person succumbed to his injuries at the hospital

Police said the truck driver has been arrested (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Mar 12, 2024 09:25 PM IST

Dropped by TMC, Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh vows to contest seat he won for BJP in 2019

Arjun Singh said he was promised the TMC ticket for the Barrackpore seat the day he returned to the party one and a half years ago

Barrackpore MP Arun Singh’s supporters have replaced photographs of Mamata Banerjee in his office with those of PM Narendra Modi (X/ArjunsinghWB)
Published on Mar 12, 2024 08:18 PM IST

TMC announces candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal

The most surprising candidate in the TMC list is Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan who has been fielded from Berhampore in Murshidabad district against incumbent Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress

Mamata Banerjee speaks during a rally in Kolkata on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 10, 2024 03:56 PM IST

CBI raids TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan’s house, market in Sandeshkhali

Accused by local residents of extortion, land grabbing and sexually exploiting village women over several years, Shahjahan was arrested by local police on February 28

Around 20 CBI officials and forensic experts conducted an eight-hour search on Friday (Representative Photo)
Published on Mar 09, 2024 10:29 AM IST

800 crore project to transform Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata

The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways has approved one of the ambitious projects.

Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal. (File photo)
Published on Mar 08, 2024 10:23 AM IST
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Mamata Banerjee's message to former HC judge who joined BJP and a challenge

Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned as a judge of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday morning, joined the BJP on Thursday.

Former Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.(PTI)
Published on Mar 07, 2024 05:33 PM IST

Bengal Police hands over Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI after high court sets deadline

The Central Bureau of Investigation and the West Bengal CID were locked in a custody battle over the controversial TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan

Sheikh Shahjahan, who is alleged to have masterminded the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali on January 5, was arrested by the West Bengal police on February 29. (File)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 08:07 PM IST

Union minister John Barla challenges BJP’s decision to drop his LS candidature

Union minister John Barla publicly challenged the BJP’s decision to field Manoj Tigga from the former’s Lok Sabha constituency Alipurduar

Union minister John Barla. (File)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 07:22 PM IST

Sandeshkhali storm will sweep through Bengal, says PM Modi

BJP leaders said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met five women who had come from Sandeshkhali to attend his rally in Barasat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded by BJP Mohila Morcha members during a Nari Shakti Vandan rally at Barasat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday. (ANI)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 04:22 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s 1st underwater metro connecting Kolkata-Howrah

The 4.8 km stretch of East-West metro from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade has been built at a cost of ₹4,965 crore. It will also have the deepest metro station in India at Howrah – 30 metres

The under-river section of the tunnel is 520 metres long, and a train will take around 45 seconds to cross it. (Metro Railway Kolkata | Official X account)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 11:24 AM IST

State machinery in WB assured they will hold violence-free polls: CEC Rajiv Kumar

Kumar, addressing a press conference, said the goal of the Election Commission is to ensure free, fair and violence-free elections in the state

Kumar said central forces will be deployed in the state in an “impartial manner” and in sufficient numbers. (Samir Jana | Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 09:18 AM IST

TMC will not last till 2026, says ex-Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay

Abhijit Gangopadhyay, shortly after resigning from the judiciary, announced that he would be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party tentatively on March 7

Abhijit Gangopadhyay. (Hindustan Times)
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 08:43 PM IST

Sandeshkhali villagers get back their lands. But are they fit for farming?

More than 250 villagers have got back their lands which were earlier grabbed by TMC leader Shahjahan and his aides such as Hazra and Uttam Sardar

Police personnel interact with villagers at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on February 25. (PTI)
Published on Mar 04, 2024 03:06 PM IST

Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay to resign on Tuesday, says will join politics

Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay said he may join any of the Left parties, Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party and even contest the coming Lok Sabha elections

Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay. (File)
Updated on Mar 03, 2024 07:52 PM IST

In Bengal, BJP fields Soumendu Adhikari from Contai, Pawan Singh from Asansol

The BJP retained Union minister of state for youth affairs Nitish Parmanik in the Cooch Behar seat, and Union minister of state and prominent Mathua leader Santanu Thakur has been fielded from Bongaon

he BJP on Saturday announced the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming general elections (Representative Photo)
Updated on Mar 03, 2024 01:29 PM IST

TMC govt turns every scheme into a scam: PM Modi in Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also targeted the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in West Bengal over the Sandeshkhali unrest

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 05:24 PM IST

‘Could be linked to coal scam’: Ghosh demands probe against MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Ghosh also urged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to initiate a probe against Banerjee, claiming that he received a large amount of money when he was under judicial custody

Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh (File Photo)
Updated on Mar 02, 2024 04:28 PM IST

Bengal woman arrested for stabbing live-in partner to death: Police

Police said that the woman identified as Sanhati Paul used to work as a beautician. She has a seven-year-old son from her last marriage

 (Representative Photo)
Published on Mar 01, 2024 07:18 PM IST

Lok Sabha polls: 100 central forces companies arrive in WB; 50 more next week

Around 100 CAPF companies arrived in West Bengal, with more expected ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Deployment started amid political row over law and order.

At least 150 companies of CAPF are expected to arrive in the state in first week of March (File Photo)
Updated on Mar 01, 2024 04:06 PM IST

Who is Sheikh Shahjahan, the controversial TMC leader of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal?

Local TMC leaders said the rise of 45-year-old Shahjahan has been meteoric, and according to many, he was more powerful than many MLAs and ministers

TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan. (Image from social media)
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 10:59 AM IST

Sheikh Shahjahan arrested: TMC credits Abhishek Banerjee, BJP dubs it scripted

Sandeshkhali violence case: Sheikh Shahjahan, accused of alleged sexual atrocities on women and land grabbing in West Bengal, was arrested today.

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.(PTI)
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 10:03 AM IST
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