Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday morning, demanded action against the electoral registration officers (EROs) in the state who are allegedly involved in accepting Form-6 applications from fictitious voters without proper verification. Form 6 is an application for … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) West Bengal Police said on Tuesday that they have arrested a couple from Darbhanga in Bihar against whom over 900 cases of cyber fraud have been registered across the country during the last two years. The police identified the arrested couple, Shubhajit Ballav and Riya Haldar … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) A Chinese national, carrying two Swiss passports with different names, was arrested near the Indo-Nepal international border near Siliguri in Darjeeling district in the northern sector of West Bengal on Tuesday. He was nabbed by the personnel of the Border Interaction Team of ‘C’ Corps of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) West Bengal Trinamool Congress General Secretary Kunal Ghosh, on Tuesday, claimed that whichever voter’s list is voted on, Mamata Banerjee will again become the Chief Minister of West Bengal after the 2026 Assembly polls, with the party winning at least more than 250 seats in the … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court challenging the order of its single-judge bench placing an interim stay on its scheme to provide stipends for the non-teaching staff who have lost their jobs following a Supreme Court verdict in April. On June … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) In a five-year-old case, a court in Bankura district of West Bengal, on Tuesday, sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl and impregnating her. The judgment was announced after the district court recorded the testimony of a total of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Aassembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday, wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar requesting the latter to take suo motu action against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly making unauthorised attempts to interfere in the electoral … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) Due to a cyclonic circulation over Bangladesh, Kolkata and several districts in south Bengal might receive scattered rains till Thursday, with a heavy spell of showers likely to occur in some places. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, heavy rains are likely to … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) West Bengal ranks among the most backward states, both in terms of the number of new companies registered and total foreign direct investment (FDI) attracted over the past few years, according to statistics compiled by two key Union Ministries. According to statistics compiled by the Union … Read more