Bengal prisons minister Akhil Giri was forced to apologise within hours of making boorish and misogynistic remarks about President Droupadi Murmu’s looks at a meeting in Nandigram that went viral and triggered social media outrage.
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2nd Oct 2023 | Updated at 09:04pm 2nd Oct 2023
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
A Special CBI Court on Monday extended judicial custody of West Bengal former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee along with ex-officials for 14 days in connection with the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) Scam.
A BJP leader in West Bengal has asked people to keep trishuls at home to protect themselves against Trinamool Congress during the panchayat polls.
The West Bengal Panchayat elections are likely to be held in March 2023, sources said, adding that the State Election Commission (SEC) and Panchayat Department are preparing for it.
Kolkata: The future of democracy in India is in danger because power is concentrated in the hands of a few and this could lead to a “presidential form” of government, undermining the nation’s federal structure, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said...
An eight-year-old girl became a victim of suspected human sacrifice in a village of Bengal’s Malda district, hours after she was last seen alive in the company of a local priest known to be involved in occult practices.
Kolkata: Former West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) chairman and current Trinamool MLA Manik Bhattacharya was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after a marathon questioning session on monetary kickbacks allegedly received for...
Kolkata: Police in Kolkata are investigating allegations that the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi was depicted as a demon at Durga Puja festivities....
Kolkata: Violence erupted in West Bengal’s Mominpur area on Sunday as two communities clashed after religious flags put up for Milad un-Nabi were allegedly...
West Bengal panchayat and rural development minister Pradip Majumdar has sought an appointment with Union rural development minister Giriraj Singh to request the release of funds under rural development schemes put on hold by the Centre over...
