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    West Bengal Government News

    Retired Calcutta HC judge hearing SIR appeals to head SIT probing Kolkata puja pandal stampede case

    Retired Calcutta high court judge Anindita Roy Saraswati will head a six-member special investigation team (SIT) probing the deaths of 19 people in a stampede at Kolkata’s Durga Puja pandal on October 17 (PTI)
    India News
    Published 17 hours ago

    SC nudges Bengal to ensure Mahua Moitra can visit constituency without hurdles

    India News
    India News
    Published 6 days ago

    West Bengal to merge Madrasah Service Commission with WBSSC, bill likely after Durga Puja

    West Bengal government will introduce a bill in the state legislative assembly, tentatively after the Durga Puja, to curtail the powers of the state Madrasah Service Commission set up by the Left Front
    India News
    Published 13 days ago

    ‘Can Bengal deport all who crossed Bangladesh border in 1970s?’: Calcutta HC asks state govt

    The Calcutta High Court questioned the basis for identifying Sheikh as a Bangladeshi national.
    India News
    Published 13 days ago

    Bengal govt initiates move for merger of Madrasah Service Commission with WBSSC

    Bengal govt initiates move for merger of Madrasah Service Commission with WBSSC
    Education
    Published 13 days ago

    Mithun Chakraborty appointed Bengal govt's cultural advisor, to hold cabinet rank

    Mithun Chakraborty was appointed cabinet minister in the West Bengal government.
    India News
    Updated 14 days ago

    SC adjourns hearing on Bengal govt plea against interim bail to Congress' Nandigram bypoll candidate

    Congress candidate for Nandigram Assembly by-election, Milan Pradhan, speaks to the media after getting an interim bail, in Haldia.
    India News
    Updated 16 days ago

    New liquor shops in urban Bengal to keep 500-metre gap from schools, religious sites; 1 km elsewhere

    Under the previous framework, the minimum distance requirement was 1,000 feet, or around 300 metres. (Photo for representation)
    India News
    Updated 20 days ago

    In major reshuffle, 23 police officers transferred in West Bengal

    In major reshuffle, 23 police officers transferred in West Bengal
    Cities
    Published 25 days ago

    Allow Congress candidate to contest Nandigram by-election: Calcutta HC

    Pradhan faces 11 cases registered in Nandigram and Khejuri in 2007, including five murder cases.
    India News
    Updated 27 days ago

    933 Bengal schools shut because of zero enrolment: Govt

    933 West Bengal schools shut because of zero enrolment; mulling possibility of reviving them: Government
    Education
    Updated 29 days ago

    Bengal collects blood samples from relatives of people missing in Nepal flood

    Nuwakot: Workers pull ropes as people use a makeshift zipline to cross the Trishuli river from Koloni in the aftermath of the recent flash floods, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (PTI Photo/Karma Bhutia) (PTI09_04_2026_000065B) (PTI)
    India News
    Published 47 days ago

    SC stays Calcutta HC order staying notifications on dedicated STF police stations, assigned courts

    SC stays Calcutta HC order staying notifications on dedicated STF police stations, assigned courts
    India News
    Published 58 days ago

    Centre forms panel for ‘permanent political solution’ to Gorkha issue in Bengal

    Union home minister Amit Shah at a meeting with representatives of hill areas of West Bengal in Siliguri on Saturday.
    India News
    Updated 60 days ago

    Kolkata shuts 13 hotels, issues notices to 50 over fire safety violations

    This comes three days after an early morning blaze in central Kolkata’s Shikha Inn Hotel killed nine people on Wednesday. (PTI)
    India News
    Published 60 days ago

    2 years since RG Kar case, WB govt medical institutions to observe 2-min silence

    According to a notice issued by the department on August 8, all establishments under the Health and Family Welfare Department will observe a two-minute silence from 11 am to 11:02 am on August 9.
    India News
    Published 74 days ago

    Unusually ‘high’ birth certificates issued before SIR; Bengal govt orders scrutiny

    The government said it detected an abnormally high number of birth certificates issued in 2025. (PTI/Representative)
    India News
    Published 90 days ago

    'She chased me away': Madan Mitra explains why he left Mamata's TMC camp

    Madan Mitra was one of Banerjee's longest-serving political associates and among the TMC's founding-era leaders
    India News
    Updated 96 days ago

    ‘Jungle law’: TMC slams Bengal govt after Baruipur rape-murder accused ‘killed’

    Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra slammed the Bengal government for encounter killing of Baruipur rape-murder prime accused.
    India News
    Updated 105 days ago

    Bengal rejects 2.6 million Annapurna Yojana forms after SIR check: CM Adhikari

    Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari says West Bengal rejected 2.6 million Annapurna Yojana applications and removed ineligible beneficiaries from welfare rolls. (Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Published 112 days ago

    3 neighbours arrested for alleged sexual abuse of minor in Hooghly in Bengal

    "Police have taken swift action in this case after receiving a complaint. A case was registered under the 6 POCSO Act, and subsequently all 3 accused persons were arrested," Police Commissionerate stated.
    India News
    Updated 115 days ago

    1-yr detention with no trial part of new Bengal bills on anti-social activities

    The general consent was restored by the Suvendu Adhikari-led government on June 8.
    India News
    Updated 117 days ago

    Midday meals: Oppn accuses Bengal govt of imposing vegetarianism by dropping eggs

    Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari assured the meals would be nutritious. (PTI)
    India News
    Published 118 days ago

    Supreme Court declines urgent hearing in ration denial linked to SIR

    Article 32 allows people to directly approach the Supreme Court for enforcement of their fundamental rights.
    India News
    Updated 120 days ago

    SC declines hearing plea against ration denial linked to SIR in West Bengal

    The present plea comes weeks after the Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on May 27, upheld the constitutional validity of the Election Commission’s SIR exercise. (File Photo)
    India News
    Published 120 days ago

    TMC factions sit separately as West Bengal assembly session starts

    West Bengal Governor R. N. Ravi addresses the first session of the 18th Legislative Assembly at Lok Bhavan, in Kolkata on Thursday.
    India News
    Updated 125 days ago

    West Bengal moves SC against release of 1993 Bowbazar blast convict

    Supreme Court of India. (PTI)
    India News
    Published 126 days ago

    CID to probe into Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee’s death by drowning

    Rahul Arunoday Banerjee tragically lost his life on March 29.
    Entertainment
    Updated 128 days ago

    Bengal govt asks state employees to facilitate smart meter installation at their residences

    Bengal govt asks state employees to facilitate smart meter installation at their residences
    Cities
    Published 131 days ago

    West Bengal restores general consent to CBI

    Representational image
    India News
    Published 135 days ago
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