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CM Mamata pulls up bureaucrats for delay in govt projects in poll-bound Bengal
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 28, 2020 08:13 PM IST
The chief minister directed the officers to send daily updates on some of the government schemes and services to the chief minister’s office (CMO) at the state secretariat and asked the chief secretary of the state to monitor the developments.
Bengal village plays host to Amit Shah with live baul performance, local cuisine
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 03:09 PM IST
A live performance was also organized by the family. Bauls are the mystic minstrels who live in rural Bangladesh and West Bengal. Before having lunch, Shah offered puja in a temple inside the house.
Bengal custodial death sparks row
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON OCT 31, 2020 01:33 AM IST
The victim’s parents and villagers alleged that the boy was picked up at least three days ago and was never produced in the court.
4 Bangladeshi contract killers arrested from Santiniketan in south Bengal
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON SEP 28, 2020 11:59 AM IST
Police said that the four Bangladeshis were contract killers who were hired to assassinate a politician in Birbhum district
Darkness descends on Miriti, Pranab Mukherjee’s village in Bengal
By Tanmay Chatterjee | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON AUG 31, 2020 10:44 PM IST
To the villagers, who gathered in mourning on Monday evening, Mukherjee was always Poltu, the nickname his parents gave him. His elder sister Annapurna Devi, the only member of the family who lived in the house, died in January this year.
Visva Bharati officials skip state meet, Padma Shri awardee doctor’s bust vandalized in Birbhum
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Sohini Sarkar | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2020 12:11 AM IST
Famous for treating patients for a fee of just one rupee, an act that earned him the name ‘Ek takar daktar’ (one rupee doctor), Bandopadhyay was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Centre earlier this year. The bust was placed near his home in Santiniketan by local people.
Mamata Banerjee announces compensation for families of 2 soldiers from WB killed in Galwan clash
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON JUN 17, 2020 05:26 PM IST
Rajesh Orang of Birbhum district and Bipul Roy of Alipurduar were among the 20 Indian Army personnel killed in the fierce clash on Monday night.
Bringing food, dignity to a Bengal village
By Joydeep Thakur | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2020 05:51 AM IST
Maji has been running a coaching centre in Bolpur since 2006; each year, his institute receives almost 250 higher secondary and undergraduate students, who receive tuitions on everything from Bengali language to history and political science.
Bengal musicians go online to uplift spirits of people during Covid-19 lockdown
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON APR 11, 2020 03:08 PM IST
Ustad Rashid Khan and his son presented a medley of three bhajans ‘Dheere dheere re mana’, ‘Yeh andhiyara mit jayega’ and ‘Subah ho shaam ho tera naam japu’.
Coronavirus update: Man killed in clash over setting up of quarantine centre in Bengal
By Press Trust of India | Suri (West Bengal)
UPDATED ON APR 05, 2020 09:45 AM IST
Local sources claimed that the administration has decided to set up a quarantine centre for suspected COVID-19 cases at a school in the village and it was not liked by a section of villagers while others were in favour of it.
Bengal board examinee makes TikTok video of English question paper, arrested
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan times, Berhampore/Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON FEB 20, 2020 02:52 AM IST
The video has a Hindi movie song playing in the background. The lyrics talk of tough questions that a student cannot understand and even curses the person who set the questions.
TMC leader’s brother held for molesting minor at Santiniketan in south Bengal
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON FEB 16, 2020 10:40 PM IST
The accused, Imran Sheikh, happens to be the brother of Omar Sheikh, a local Trinamool Congress leader.
Explosives being traded freely in state, says West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON FEB 09, 2020 10:47 PM IST
Civic polls in Bengal are scheduled to be held later this year, while assembly elections are due next year in 2021.
Two dead, one injured in Bengal road accident
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON FEB 09, 2020 12:03 PM IST
Police said that while a Swift Dzire was heading towards Kolkata, a Scorpio was heading north. The two collided head-on as the driver of one one of the vehicles lost control. There was no fog when the accident happened.
E-literacy programme halted in West Bengal due to panic over NRC
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 24, 2020 06:03 AM IST
Another NGO that ran the programme in four other districts faced similar problems. “Our programme in four districts was completed in December.
Bengal villagers mistake digital literacy trainer as official for NRC, ransack her house
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON JAN 23, 2020 06:05 AM IST
People thought the woman was working for NRC after she took photos of some of the trainees and also asked for some documents as part of the digital literacy programme.
Muslims in Bengal raise funds for temple demolished for road; a maulvi inaugurates it
By Koushik Dutta | Hindustan Times, Midnapore
UPDATED ON OCT 29, 2019 07:43 AM IST
Members of the Muslim community in Basapura even raised money to rebuild the Kali temple that was demolished two years ago for widening a village road. They also purchased the land for relocating the temple.
BJP worker’s body cremated in Bengal after three days of drama
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Kolkata/Midnapore
UPDATED ON SEP 11, 2019 08:18 PM IST
The BJP has warned that its workers will paralyse Birbhum district if all the accused in the murder case are not arrested by September 15.
‘Police stole my husband’s body’: BJP worker’s widow accuses Bengal cops
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON SEP 10, 2019 06:52 PM IST
Swarup Gorai, who was allegedly shot by ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters in Birbhum district last Friday, died Sunday in a Kolkata hospital. His body was later taken to another hospital in the city for post mortem.
Bengal police arrest TMC leader after blast in house; BJP leader suspects crude bombs were stockpiled
By Koushik Dutta | Hindustan Times, Midnapore
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2019 06:02 PM IST
A Trinamool Congress Party leader was arrested in Birbhum district of West Bengal after an early morning blast in his house on Thursday morning. Police say they are investigating the cause of the blast.
Five Bengal BJP workers arrested in ‘cut money’ row
By Koushik Dutta | Hindustan times, Midnapore
UPDATED ON JUL 04, 2019 04:54 PM IST
The BJP leadership has claimed that the charges are concocted and its supporters were framed for resisting sale of sand collected illegally from the bed of the Ajoy river.
35 injured in Bengal as clashes continue
By HT Correspondents | Kolkata/Midnapore
PUBLISHED ON MAY 26, 2019 11:28 PM IST
The violence was reported from Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, West Midnapore, and South 24 Parganas districts.
Bengal BJP candidate meets Trinamool leader, fuels speculations
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2019 10:48 AM IST
Anupam Hazra, the BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate in Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in the city where polling would be held on May 19, called on Anubrata Mondal, the TMC’s Birbhum district president, at the latter’s party office.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Clashes in Bengal again as 80mn vote in phase 4
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Kolkata/New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2019 12:09 AM IST
The poll watchdog deployed additional forces to cover around 98% of all booths in the battleground eastern state but violence broke out as soon as polls opened at 7am on Monday with the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP and Congress trading charges of voter intimidation.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Opposition attacks TMC after clashes, firing
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2019 07:22 AM IST
The opposition, such as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, complained of violence by the ruling Trinamool Congress, who they said tried to prevent voters from going to the polling stations to exercise their franchise.
EC puts controversial TMC leader Anubrata Mondal under surveillance
By Tanmay Chatterjee | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2019 07:50 AM IST
No political leader in post-Independence Bengal has been kept under such surveillance in not one but two successive elections, EC officials said.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP alleges attack by TMC in Bengal; Left candidate assaulted, Congress office vandalised
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Midnapore/Kolkata
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2019 12:10 AM IST
Birbhum district has two seats, both of which were won by the TMC in 2014. From Bolpur constituency, TMC candidate Anupam Hazra (who joined the BJP this year) won by 2,36,114 votes. In Birbhum seat, the ruling party won by 67,263 votes.
Modi’s ‘ghungroo’ barb at opposition over PM candidate
By Press Trust of India | Kamarpara (West Bengal)
UPDATED ON APR 24, 2019 08:42 PM IST
Taking a dig at the opposition, he said, anybody whose party is contesting even 20-25 seats, wants to become the prime minister.
Election Commission replaces Kolkata Police commissioner Anuj Sharma
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON APR 05, 2019 11:53 PM IST
Rajesh Kumar replaced Anuj Sharma as the commissioner of Kolkata Police.
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Trinamool’s Satabdi Roy will look to retain West Bengal’s Birbhum
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 17, 2019 12:26 PM IST
The Lok Sabha seat, located in Birbhum district known for Baul folk singers and numerous cultural fairs, was reserved for Scheduled Caste members from 1962 to 2004 but was declared a free seat from 2009.
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