Malda: BJP poses five questions to Mamata Banerjee
Jan 12, 2016, at 12:39 am
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IBNS) The BJP has posted five questions to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the BJP's fact finding team consisting of MPs SS Ahluwalia, Bhupendra Yadav and BD Ram were forced to turn back from Kaliachak to Kolkata on Monday when they went to visit the violence-hit areas of Malda district.
Jadavpur University: Sit-in-demonstration called off after 2 days
Jan 11, 2016, at 05:08 am
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IBNS): After their first demand was fulfilled, the agitating students of Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) on Sunday night called off their sit-in-demonstration after nearly 54 hours.
Jan 11, 2016, at 12:15 am
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IBNS): Treatment of patients in Kolkata's R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital was disrupted for hours on Sunday as the friends and family members of a patient demonstrated at the hospital, alleging that the patient died due to doctors' negligence.
Jadavpur University VC gheraoed for last 28 hours for union polls
Jan 10, 2016, at 03:54 am
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): Demanding students' union election in right time, students of Kolkata's prestigious Jadavpur University have gheraoed the Vice-Chancellor (VC), registrar and other officials since Friday evening.
Cop killing in East Midnapore: 1 accused arrested
Jan 10, 2016, at 01:36 am
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS) Police on Saturday nabbed a person, who has been identified as Amar Soni, from Jaynagar area in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in connection with the killing of a cop in East Midnapore district, reports said.
Fake passport racket busted in Kolkata, CID takes over investigation
Jan 09, 2016, at 03:46 am
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IBNS): West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday has taken over the probe into fake passport racket bust case in Kolkata, reports said.
Bengal Global Business Summit: Arvind Kejriwal, Arun Jaitley share stage
Jan 09, 2016, at 02:39 am
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IBNS): At a time when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley are engaged in a tussle over the alleged DDCa scams, Kolkata witnessed a different scene when both the leaders shared the stage at the Bengal Global Business Summit 2016 on Friday.
Framers of the country's Constitution rightly adopted parliamentary democracy: Jaitley
Jan 09, 2016, at 01:45 am
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IBNS) Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting Arun Jaitley on Friday said that after independence framers of the country's Constitution rightly adopted parliamentary democracy at a time when large part of the world was moving towards left ideology; democracies were failing and army had overthrown many elected governments.
Saradha: ED interrogates artist Shubhaprasanna's daughter
Jan 09, 2016, at 12:59 am
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IBNS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday interrogated the daughter of artist Shubhaprasanna- Jonaki Bhattacharya- in connection with its ongoing probe into the Saradha financial scam, sources said.
WB: Policeman shot by miscreants in East Midnapore
Jan 08, 2016, at 05:31 am
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IBNS): One police constable was shot dead in West Bengal's East Midnapore district when few miscreants fired bullets indiscriminately aiming at the police on Thursday night, reports said.
TMC MP threatens to cut off CPI-M leader's tongue
Jan 07, 2016, at 02:33 am
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Idris Ali on Tuesday threatened to cut off the tongue of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Gautam Deb if he again speaks against the honesty of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Kolkata: Metro train starts running with passenger's foot stuck outside the door
Jan 06, 2016, at 11:54 pm
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): A Kavi Subhash bound metro train in Kolkata started running on Tuesday when a passenger's foot was stuck outside the compartment of the train, reports said on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Woman's dead body found from Kasba flat
Jan 05, 2016, at 10:36 pm
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IBNS): Police on Tuesday said a body of a middle-aged woman was recovered from a flat at Naskarhat Uttarpara area under Kasba Police Station in south Kolkata on Monday.
Jan 04, 2016, at 10:17 am
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IBNS): Tremors were felt in Kolkata on Monday morning.
Gang-rape inside running Amritsar Mail: 2 accused arrested
Jan 03, 2016, at 06:15 am
Kolkata/Guwahati, Jan 3 (IBNS): Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel jawans were arrested on Friday from Guwahati airport area for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl inside the Amritsar Mail, reports said.
West Bengal: TMC Panchayat Samiti president fires shots in Malda, youth killed
Dec 28, 2015, at 03:54 am
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IBNS): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) Panchayat Samiti president allegedly fired on a mob at English Bazar area in West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday afternoon which killed one youth and left another injured, reports said.
CBI raids Ramel chit fund's offices
Dec 24, 2015, at 01:24 am
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted raids at several offices and directors' residences of West Bengal based chit fund company Ramel Group of Industries Ltd. across the state, sources said.
Threat SMS to TMC MP: One suspect arrested from Kolkata
Dec 24, 2015, at 01:00 am
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IBNS): The Kolkata Police on Wednesday evening arrested one suspect from Kasba area for allegedly sending threat-SMS to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Banerjee.
CBI raids Ramel chit fund's offices
Dec 24, 2015, at 12:45 am
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted raids at several offices and directors' residences of West Bengal based chit fund company Ramel Group of Industries Ltd. across the state, sources said.
BJP holds programme protesting law violation in Kolkata
Dec 23, 2015, at 02:22 am
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IBNS): Protesting against the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, the Kolkata unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a law violation programme on Tuesday in the city.
Kolkata: CPI-M hosts campaign march for Brigade rally
Dec 21, 2015, at 01:56 am
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IBNS): Ahead of its organizational plenum, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday hosted several campaign marches in Kolkata for the upcoming Brigade rally which will be held on Dec 27.
BJP holds law violation programme across WB, male cop allegedly beats female protester
Dec 17, 2015, at 02:44 am
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IBNS): Protesting against the deteriorating law and order situation, misrule as well as violence against women in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday held law violation programme across West Bengal.
WB: CBI raids chit fund offices, Shankudeb Panda interrogated
Dec 14, 2015, at 09:39 pm
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at twelve locations in West Bengal, including the offices and residences of directors of Angel Agritech chit fund company, since Monday morning, reports said.
Work together and grow together, says President
Dec 14, 2015, at 09:14 pm
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday delivered the Indira Gandhi Memorial Lecture of the Asiatic Society in Kolkata.
Park Street rape case: Court convicts 3, punishment to be announced tomorrow
Dec 10, 2015, at 06:50 pm
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IBNS): Nearly four years after Suzette Jordan was gang-raped inside a car by some youths who befriended her in a night joint in 2012, a sessions court in Kolkata on Thursday convinced three accused- Nasir Khan, Ruman Khan and Sumit Bajaj- who were arrested earlier.
WB: Student shot during TMC's group clash in Malda, BJP delegation attacked in Cooch Behar
Dec 07, 2015, at 02:38 am
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IBNS): A 14-year-old school student was shot during a clash between two groups of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) at Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal on Sunday, ahead of WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's trip to the district, reports said.
ISI module: Army personnel arrested from North Bengal
Dec 07, 2015, at 12:35 am
Kolkata/New Delhi, Dec 6 (IBNS): The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Sunday reportedly arrested one Indian Army personnel from Sukna area near Siliguri in Darjeeling district of West Bengal for allegedly leaking confidential information related to the Indian Army to the ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence).
WB: 6 students killed in road mishap in North Dinajpur
Dec 04, 2015, at 01:52 am
Kolkata, Dec 3 (IBNS): At least six school students were killed in a road mishap on Thursday at Chakulia area on NH-31 in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, reports said.
CITU calls two-day taxi strike in Kolkata from tomorrow
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:51 am
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IBNS): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)'s labour wing Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has called for a two-day-long taxi strike on several issues in Kolkata on Thursday and Friday.
Kolkata: Another suspect ISI agent booked
Dec 02, 2015, at 11:42 pm
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police on Wednesday afternoon arrested one suspected ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence) agent- Sk. Badal- from Brabourne Road area in central Kolkata, reports said.