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Booth level officer dies of stroke in Bengal, family alleges SIR work pressure

District officials said Namita Hansda (50) collapsed at her home in Memari late Saturday night due to "severe stress because of the mounting workload."

Published on Nov 9, 2025, 9:53 PM IST

Naked, bite marks on cheeks: 5 chilling details in Bengal kidnap-rape case

Officials said she was found lying unconscious with injury marks near a drain in the Tarakeshwar railway station on Saturday afternoon.

Updated on Nov 9, 2025, 7:23 PM IST

Bengal man ‘dies by suicide’ over error in identity document amid ongoing SIR

The deceased had visited local offices concerned over the past few weeks in an effort to correct the mistake but was unsuccessful.

Published on Nov 4, 2025, 8:16 PM IST

Bengal BLOs on SIR duty threaten to boycott work amid demands for security

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) protest demanding official duty status and security cover, amid their training conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.

Updated on Nov 2, 2025, 3:02 PM IST

Nationwide SIR to begin next week; poll-bound Tamil Nadu, Bengal in first phase

The move follows the completion of the SIR exercise in Bihar, where the final electoral roll was published on September 30.

Published on Oct 26, 2025, 11:03 AM IST

Pan-India SIR of voter rolls to begin next week: Which states likely in Phase 1?

Officials with documents of voters during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.

Updated on Oct 25, 2025, 8:56 PM IST

Bengal football takes huge leap; World Cup winning captain joins BSL

Lothar Mathaus with the 1990 FIFA World Cup

Updated on Oct 17, 2025, 7:40 PM IST

Shami turns it upside down with 3 wickets in 4 balls; golden duck for Easwaran

Bengal's Mohammed Shami celebrates after the wicket of Uttarakhand's Devendra Singh Bora during the Ranji Trophy

Updated on Oct 15, 2025, 8:25 PM IST

Bengal police arrest classmate of Durgapur medical student, rule out gangrape

West Bengal police personnel during a reconstruction of the crime scene as part of the ongoing probe into the medical student’s rape case in Durgapur on Tuesday. (PTI)

Updated on Oct 14, 2025, 10:47 PM IST

Bengal BJP's red chilli powder protest on Mamata's Durgapur gang rape remarks

BJP Mahila Morcha stages a protest against the gang rape of an Odia medical student in West Bengal and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s alleged anti-women statement, in Bhubaneswar on Monday.

Published on Oct 14, 2025, 12:50 PM IST

BJP says accused in Durgapur gang rape a TMC worker, launches 6-day dharna

West Bengal BJP leader and LOP Suvendu Adhikari.

Published on Oct 13, 2025, 2:42 PM IST

Bengal horror: Out for dinner near college, medical student gangraped

Kolkata, India - Sept. 12, 2024: Wall grafitti are seen during sit-in protest by junior doctors over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital near Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata, India, on Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Oct 11, 2025, 8:07 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee says EC ‘threatening’ Bengal officials: ‘Will not tolerate’

Mamta Banerjee wondered how EC officials visiting the state could summon government officers, as the poll dates were yet to be announced.

Published on Oct 9, 2025, 8:13 PM IST

Mamata meets injured BJP MP Khagen Murmu at Siliguri hospital | Video

Mamata meets BJP MP Khagen Murmu

Updated on Oct 7, 2025, 4:21 PM IST

Singer Pawan Singh set for BJP return ahead of Bihar election, year after fiasco

Actor and Singer Pawan Singh meets home minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Updated on Sep 30, 2025, 6:56 PM IST

BSF foils gold smuggling near South Bengal, man caught with ₹1.29 cr biscuits

During interrogation, the person confessed to having brought the gold from across the border.

Published on Sep 27, 2025, 8:53 PM IST

After 36 years, Nagpur woman believed dead comes back home

While her husband died six years ago, her son also lost his life to illness two years ago. The daughter who was left behind is now 38 years old.

Published on Sep 14, 2025, 12:00 PM IST

‘Will burn your voice with acid': TMC MLA threatens BJP leader in Bengal

Abdur Rahim Bakshi also urged the residents of Malda district to “tear down BJP flags” and boycott the party.

Updated on Sep 7, 2025, 5:40 PM IST

The Bengal Files: Vivek Agnihotri on Saswata Chatterjee’s claims of being misled

Vivek Agnihotri and Saswata Chatterjee

Published on Aug 22, 2025, 7:30 PM IST

Japanese couple’s authentic Indian restaurant in Japan goes viral. Watch

The restaurant, Indian Spice Factory, is located in Kasuga, Fukuoka.

Published on Aug 20, 2025, 4:41 PM IST

Screen Bengali films for at least one show every day: State govt to cinemas

The Bengal government's notification explained that the regional films should be screened during Prime time, which is between 3 pm and 9 pm.

Published on Aug 13, 2025, 6:55 PM IST

Trinamool Congress panchayat member hacked to death in Bengal's Hooghly

Eyewitnesses said the attackers struck him multiple times before fleeing the scene.

Published on Jul 31, 2025, 2:34 PM IST

Bihar-like voter revision in Bengal too? State poll officer says EC can decide

Opposition parties have repeatedly raised questions on the poll process, including the electronic voting machines (EVMs, in picture) and the EC's move to seek citizenship proofs from voters.

Updated on Jul 26, 2025, 1:44 PM IST

Coach, berth no. stamped on hands: How 56 women were saved from trafficking

The women, aged between 18 and 31, hailed from the Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, and Alipurduar districts of West Bengal.

Updated on Jul 23, 2025, 10:31 AM IST

Monsoon mayhem in India: 18 killed in UP, floods in Rajasthan

A flooded residential area after heavy monsoon rainfall, in Pushkar, Rajasthan on July 18.

Updated on Jul 19, 2025, 8:41 PM IST

Shami's comeback date in sight as India star could return to action next month

India's Mohammed Shami bowls during a practice session

Published on Jul 19, 2025, 1:27 PM IST

‘Atrocities against women in Bengal give us pain, anger’: PM Modi at Durgapur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting in Durgapur on July 18.

Updated on Jul 18, 2025, 9:29 PM IST

Shami to Akash Deep: In Kolkata’s maidans, club cricket fuels hinterland dreams

Akash Deep celebrates the wicket of England's Harry Brook during the Lord’s Test. (Action Images via Reuters)

Updated on Jul 17, 2025, 9:20 PM IST

Prosenjit Chatterjee apologises post-backlash for insulting Bengali language

Prosenjit Chatterjee has issued an apology to his fans for his recent remark. (Photo by SUJIT JAISWAL / AFP)

Updated on Jul 10, 2025, 2:17 PM IST

Low pressure to bring widespread heavy rainfall in Bengal till July 1: IMD

IMD also advised fishermen not to venture into the sea along and off the West Bengal-Odisha coast.

Published on Jun 25, 2025, 3:54 PM IST

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