Tag: West Bengal news

West Bengal Government Tables Rs 3.89 Lakh Crore Budget In Pre-Poll Year

February 12, 2025 admin

Kolkata: The TMC government of West Bengal on Wednesday tabled a Rs 3.89-lakh crore budget for 2025-26, increased dearness allowance (DA) by four per cent state government employees, and focused on rural development, prioritising infrastructure and welfare ahead of next year’s assembly elections. The government unveiled a series of infrastructure and agricultural development projects in…

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Professor ‘Marries’ Student In Classroom In Viral Video. Not Real, She Says

January 30, 2025 admin

Kolkata: Several videos purportedly showing a professor getting married to a college student inside the classroom in West Bengal have gone viral, complete with wedding rituals like ‘haldi‘ and the exchange of garlands, putting the university officials on alert. An official said the purported incident occurred at the Psychology Department of the Haringhata Technology College…

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Man Dies By Suicide After Fight With Lover In West Bengal, Grandmother Dies Of Shock: Cops

January 27, 2025 admin

Jhargram: 65-year-old woman died of shock after seeing the hanging body of her grandson who allegedly died by suicide in their home in West Bengal’s Jhargram district allegedly after a heated argument with his girlfriend, police said on Monday. The incident occurred after Shubhankar Mahato (25), who worked under a contractor, returned to his Parulia…

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Saif Ali Khan’s Attacker Crossed River To Enter India Through Meghalaya: Sources

January 21, 2025 admin

Mumbai: The Bangladeshi national, who has been arrested on charges of stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan after breaking into his residence, entered India through Meghalaya seven months ago and stayed in West Bengal for a few weeks before he moved to Mumbai in search of a job, police sources have revealed. Mumbai Police officers involved…

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SSC Recruitment Scam: You Don’t Want To Throw Out Tainted Staff: Supreme Court Slams Bengal

December 20, 2024 admin

The Supreme Court questioned Bengal government why it had created supernumerary posts of teachers (File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the West Bengal government why it had created supernumerary posts of teachers and non-teaching staff instead of weeding out persons who were allegedly appointed illegally. “Why did you create supernumerary posts? What…

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After Trinamool MLA’s ‘Babri Masjid’ Plan, BJP Announces Ram Temple Project In West Bengal

December 12, 2024 admin

The BJP said the work will begin on January 22, one year after the inauguration of the temple in Ayodhya. Kolkata: West Bengal BJP’s Murshidabad unit has announced plans to construct a Ram temple in Berhampore, days after TMC MLA Humayun Kabir proposed to set up a mosque modelled after the Babri Masjid at Beldanga…

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Radio Club Helps Locate Mentally Disturbed Jailed Woman’s Family In Jharkhand

December 4, 2024 admin

After almost a month of searching, the woman’s family was finally traced to Jharkhand. Kolkata: A mentally disturbed woman, now in her fifties and currently lodged in West Bengal’s Midnapore Central Correctional Home, will finally get to meet her family after eight years, thanks to the efforts of HAM radio enthusiasts. Members of the West…

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4 Of Family Electrocuted While Trying To Save Their Cow In West Bengal: Cops

September 27, 2024 admin

The incident happened at Takimari in the evening, police said. (Representational) Jalpaiguri: Four members of a family were electrocuted in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Friday after coming into contact with a live wire while trying to save their cow, police said. The incident happened at Takimari in the evening, police said. The family members…

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BJP’s Bangla Bandh Today After Police Use Tear Gas, Water Canon On Protesters Demanding Mamata Banerjee’s Resignation

August 28, 2024 admin

Police use tear gas on protestors during the “Nabanna Abhijan” protest against rape-murder of a doctor New Delhi: The BJP has called for a 6 am to 6 pm bandh (strike) in West Bengal to protest against the police action on those who took part in the march to the state secretariat ‘Nabbana’ over the…

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Human Error Or Signal Failure? What Led To Bengal Train Crash That Killed 9

June 18, 2024 admin

Kanchanjunga Express Accident: The driver of the goods train was authorised to cross all red signals Kolkata: The Kanchanjunga Express was travelling from Agartala in Tripura to Sealdah in Kolkata when a goods train hit it from behind near Rangapani station, close to New Jalpaiguri Monday morning, resulting in the deaths of nine people and…

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