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CM Mamata pulls up bureaucrats for delay in govt projects in poll-bound Bengal
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.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 08:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Bengal village plays host to Amit Shah with live baul performance, local cuisine
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.
Updated on Dec 20, 2020 03:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent | Edited by Sohini Sarkar
Bengal custodial death sparks row
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.
Published on Oct 31, 2020 01:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent, Kolkata
4 Bangladeshi contract killers arrested from Santiniketan in south Bengal
Police said that the four Bangladeshis were contract killers who were hired to assassinate a politician in Birbhum district
Published on Sep 28, 2020 11:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Darkness descends on Miriti, Pranab Mukherjee’s village in Bengal
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.
Updated on Aug 31, 2020 10:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee | Edited by Sohini Sarkar
Visva Bharati officials skip state meet, Padma Shri awardee doctor’s bust vandalized in Birbhum
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.
Updated on Aug 20, 2020 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent | Edited by Sohini Sarkar
Mamata Banerjee announces compensation for families of 2 soldiers from WB killed in Galwan clash
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.
Published on Jun 17, 2020 05:26 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India
Bringing food, dignity to a Bengal village
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.
Updated on Apr 30, 2020 05:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Joydeep Thakur
Bengal musicians go online to uplift spirits of people during Covid-19 lockdown
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’.
Published on Apr 11, 2020 03:08 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India
Coronavirus update: Man killed in clash over setting up of quarantine centre in Bengal
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.
Updated on Apr 05, 2020 09:45 AM IST
Suri (West Bengal) | Press Trust of India
Bengal board examinee makes TikTok video of English question paper, arrested
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.
Published on Feb 20, 2020 02:52 AM IST
Hindustan times, Berhampore/Kolkata | HT Correspondents
TMC leader’s brother held for molesting minor at Santiniketan in south Bengal
The accused, Imran Sheikh, happens to be the brother of Omar Sheikh, a local Trinamool Congress leader.
Updated on Feb 16, 2020 10:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Explosives being traded freely in state, says West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
Civic polls in Bengal are scheduled to be held later this year, while assembly elections are due next year in 2021.
Updated on Feb 09, 2020 10:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Two dead, one injured in Bengal road accident
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.
Published on Feb 09, 2020 12:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
E-literacy programme halted in West Bengal due to panic over NRC
Another NGO that ran the programme in four other districts faced similar problems. “Our programme in four districts was completed in December.
Updated on Jan 24, 2020 06:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Bengal villagers mistake digital literacy trainer as official for NRC, ransack her house
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.
Updated on Jan 23, 2020 06:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Muslims in Bengal raise funds for temple demolished for road; a maulvi inaugurates it
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.
Updated on Oct 29, 2019 07:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | Koushik Dutta
BJP worker’s body cremated in Bengal after three days of drama
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.
Updated on Sep 11, 2019 08:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata/Midnapore | HT Correspondents
‘Police stole my husband’s body’: BJP worker’s widow accuses Bengal cops
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.
Updated on Sep 10, 2019 06:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondents
Bengal police arrest TMC leader after blast in house; BJP leader suspects crude bombs were stockpiled
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.
Updated on Aug 29, 2019 06:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore | Koushik Dutta
Five Bengal BJP workers arrested in ‘cut money’ row
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.
Updated on Jul 04, 2019 04:54 PM IST
Hindustan times, Midnapore | Koushik Dutta
35 injured in Bengal as clashes continue
The violence was reported from Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, West Midnapore, and South 24 Parganas districts.
Published on May 26, 2019 11:28 PM IST
Kolkata/Midnapore | HT Correspondents
Bengal BJP candidate meets Trinamool leader, fuels speculations
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.
Updated on Apr 30, 2019 10:48 AM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Clashes in Bengal again as 80mn vote in phase 4
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.
Updated on Apr 30, 2019 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata/New Delhi | HT Correspondents
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Opposition attacks TMC after clashes, firing
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.
Updated on Apr 30, 2019 07:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
EC puts controversial TMC leader Anubrata Mondal under surveillance
No political leader in post-Independence Bengal has been kept under such surveillance in not one but two successive elections, EC officials said.
Updated on Apr 29, 2019 07:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP alleges attack by TMC in Bengal; Left candidate assaulted, Congress office vandalised
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.
Updated on Apr 28, 2019 12:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Midnapore/Kolkata | HT Correspondents
Modi’s ‘ghungroo’ barb at opposition over PM candidate
Taking a dig at the opposition, he said, anybody whose party is contesting even 20-25 seats, wants to become the prime minister.
Updated on Apr 24, 2019 08:42 PM IST
Kamarpara (West Bengal) | Press Trust of India
Election Commission replaces Kolkata Police commissioner Anuj Sharma
Rajesh Kumar replaced Anuj Sharma as the commissioner of Kolkata Police.
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Trinamool’s Satabdi Roy will look to retain West Bengal’s Birbhum
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.
Updated on Mar 17, 2019 12:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
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