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Sat, Oct 26, 2024
Cyclone Dana weakens; death toll in Bengal rises to 4

A civic volunteer, identified as Chandan Das (31), died on the spot when he...

Fri, Oct 25, 2024
Cyclone Dana hits Odisha, Bengal; 2 killed in WB

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that one person...

SC rejects CBI plea on LOCs against actor Rhea, kin

A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan warned the probe...

Cyclone Dana's landfall process over after 8 hrs

The landfall process of the severe cyclonic storm Dana was complete on Friday...

Thu, Oct 24, 2024
Rain lashes parts of Bengal as cyclone 'Dana' nears

The cyclonic storm is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National...

Wed, Oct 23, 2024
Cyclone to hit Odisha, WB with wind speed of 120 kmph

More than 150 express/passenger trains running through South Eastern Railway...

Tue, Oct 22, 2024
Waqf meet: TMC MP throws smashed glass at Chair

The meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill took an ugly turn...

Odisha, Bengal evacuate people as Cyclone Dana nears

As Odisha and West Bengal are bracing for a severe cyclonic storm,...

Mon, Oct 21, 2024
Junior docs call off strike after meeting with Mamata

Although both sides agreed on the prevailing threat culture, they differed on...

Sat, Oct 19, 2024
Can't sack everyone: Mamata tells protesting doctors

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged the junior...

Sun, Oct 13, 2024
77 docs at Bengal hospital threaten mass resignation

A total of 77 doctors of the medical facility have informed the registrar of...

Symbolic fast in WB as junior docs' strike hits Day 9

Three of the junior doctors who were observing 'fast unto death' in Kolkata...

Bengal: 3rd medic on fast rushed to hospital

Another junior doctor, who was observing a fast-unto-death in protest over...

Sat, Oct 12, 2024
Mamata silent as health of junior docs deteriorates

The ongoing agitation has also led the Federation of All India Medical...

Fri, Oct 11, 2024
Bad weather: Rajnath addresses Army brass from Bengal

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday praised the Indian Army as one of...

Thu, Oct 10, 2024
Talks between doctors, Bengal govt fail to break ice

Agitating junior doctors, whose nine representatives are on a fast-unto-death...

Wed, Oct 9, 2024
Roy's DNA was found on Kolkata doctor's body: CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation has listed 11 pieces of evidence, such as...

Mon, Oct 7, 2024
Roy alone raped, killed Kolkata doctor, charges CBI

the CBI said Roy allegedly committed the crime on August 9 when the victim...

6 killed in coal mine blast in Bengal's Birbhum

At least six people were killed and three others injured when explosives kept...

144 aspirants paid to get NEET-UG paper: CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has identified 144 candidates who...

How to avoid digital arrest scams? Govt issues advisory

The advisory depicted the logos of social media platforms like WhatsApp and...

Sat, Oct 5, 2024
Violent protest erupts after girl's body found in WB

Villagers alleged that the minor, who was missing since Friday evening, was...

Bengal junior docs threaten to launch hunger strike

The junior doctors called off their 'total cease work' at state-run medical...

Fri, Oct 4, 2024
Bombs hurled at Bengal BJP leader's residence

Former Lok Sabha MP and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arjun Singh alleged...

Thu, Oct 3, 2024
Intimidation culture in WB medical colleges: Students

All complaints were forwarded to the state-level grievance redressal...

Tue, Oct 1, 2024
Bengal junior doctors resume 'total cease work'

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal resumed their indefinite 'total cease...

'Mamata Has Learnt A Lesson'

'If she manages to throw out people, go for surgical operations, clean up her...

Sun, Sep 29, 2024
TMC MLA threatens junior docs amid Monday strike call

Expressing his resentment over the "attitude of some junior doctors of...

Sat, Sep 28, 2024
'Mamata Should Have Done Something Else'

'She could have sat down with the students and taken a list of their...

Thu, Sep 26, 2024
EXCLUSIVE! Why I Resigned As A TMC MP

'My primary point was where is the Mamata Banerjee who jumps and reaches out,...

Karnataka withdraws consent to CBI amid MUDA scam

Asked whether this was being done to "shield" the chief minister who is...

Tue, Sep 24, 2024
Doctors Strike Opens Fissures In Bengal

'The Bengali middle class, who never fully embraced Mamata Banerjee's...

Fri, Sep 20, 2024
Bengal doctors call off 'cease work' after 42 days

Ending the logjam persisting for 42 days in the wake of the rape and murder...

Bengal floods: Mamata's warning to Modi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister...

SC pulls up CBI over Bengal post-poll violence plea

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said the agency cannot cast...

Bengal docs to withdraw 'cease work' from Saturday

The protesting doctors said they would not work in the Outpatient Department...

Thu, Sep 19, 2024
RG Kar: Striking Bengal docs await govt response

The e-mail, detailing the points which were discussed and agreed upon between...

'Unhappy with talks', Bengal docs to continue stir

The second round of talks between junior doctors and officials of the West...

Wed, Sep 18, 2024
Did police botch Kolkata doc murder probe? CBI says...

Police delayed seizing the clothes of Sanjay Roy, an accused in the rape and...

Docs continue 'cease work', seek fresh meet with CM

The protestors called the state's administrative measures "only partial...

Tue, Sep 17, 2024
New Kolkata CP appointed, 2 health officials removed

Senior Indian Police Service officer Manoj Kumar Verma was appointed the new...

CBI status report on RG Kar rape-murder disturbing: SC

The top court also questioned the West Bengal government's decision to hire...

Disclosing RG Kar report might 'jeopardise' probe: SC

Refusing to stop streaming live proceedings in the suo motu case related to...

Despite assurance, WB doc's stir continues. Here's why

The doctors asserts that they will take a final call on withdrawing their...

Mamata removes CP, others, but docs to continue stir

Following a meeting with the medics, she claimed that talks were "fruitful"...

Mon, Sep 16, 2024
After 2-hr delay, meeting between Mamata, docs begins

The first round of talks between the West Bengal government and the agitating...

Boy's death not linked to junior docs' stir: WB family

His family alleged that he died there due to the negligence of a senior...

Doctors ready to meet Mamata, on these conditions

The agitating doctors confirmed on Monday evening that they are willing to...

They should stop this drama: WB minister on docs' stir

Senior West Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury on Monday criticised the...

Mamata invites docs for '5th and final time' for talks

Chief secretary Manoj Pant hoped "Good sense will prevail" as mutually agreed...

RG Kar ex-principal was 'deceptive' during polygraph

R G Kar Medical College's former principal Sandip Ghosh was found to be...

Sun, Sep 15, 2024
CBI charges Sandip Ghosh with evidence tampering

The agency also arrested Abhijit Mondal, the officer in charge of Tala police...

Sat, Sep 14, 2024
Now, ex-RG Kar principal held in doc rape-murder case

A policeman was also arrested in the rape and murder case, the official said.

Stand-off continues, docs leave Mamata's house in tears

Earlier, Mamata Banerjee appealed to the agitating doctors to join the...

Mamata should be...: RG Kar victim's mother

The victim's mother expressed hope that the discussions between the CM and...

'Came here as Didi not CM': Mamata at doc protest site

"I came to meet you as your 'didi' not as the chief minister," she said.

Fri, Sep 13, 2024
SC rejects CBI submission on Kejriwal's bail plea

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, however, said there can be...

RG Kar: CBI wants narco analysis test of accused

In most cases, the accused gives the true information, the CBI officer...

Like Caesar's wife...: SC pulls up 'caged parrot' CBI

The SC observes that the arrest of Kejriwal by the CBI was unjustified.

RG Kar: Guv threatens to socially boycott Mamata

In a video message, Bose also said he will also socially boycott the chief...

Thu, Sep 12, 2024
Ready to resign, says Mamata amid stand-off with docs

"I apologise to the people of Bengal who expected an end to the RG Kar...

Junior docs agree to talks, 30 medics to meet Mamata

The medics, however, declared that they would stick to their original demand...

Wed, Sep 11, 2024
Mamata govt rejects junior docs' conditions for talks

The minister urged the doctors to rejoin work by respecting the Supreme...

Tue, Sep 10, 2024
Bengal docs defy SC order, reject Mamata's talk offer

The top court on Monday directed the protesting resident doctors to resume...

Mon, Sep 9, 2024
RG Kar protests pose unprecedented crisis for TMC

'Although there is a visible dent in TMC's urban votes, especially among...

SC asks protesting Bengal docs to return to duty

A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud directed the protesting...

Never offered money to RG Kar doc's parents: Mamata

Banerjee, who also takes care of the home department, said Kolkata Police...

Kolkata horror: Can of worms opened but CBI clueless

The investigators are unable to join several dots due to lack of evidence...

Call Cabinet meet, replace Kol top cop: Guv to Mamata

Bose is on record that the government cannot evade responsibility and remain...

Sun, Sep 8, 2024
Suffered patiently: TMC MP quits RS over RG Kar horror

Sircar, a retired IAS officer, claimed that corruption by a section of...

Sat, Sep 7, 2024
Sandip Ghosh had criminal nexus with co-accused: CBI

The central probe agency had also placed the findings before a special court...

Kejriwal party to 'criminal conspiracy', charges CBI

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was 'party to the criminal conspiracy' of the...

Thu, Sep 5, 2024
SC reserves order on Kejriwal's bail pleas, CBI arrest

Kejriwal has filed two separate petitions challenging the denial of bail and...

Wed, Sep 4, 2024
CBI books ex-Maha HM for plot to 'frame' BJP leaders

The CBI lodged the case after a two-year preliminary enquiry, which...

Tue, Sep 3, 2024
RG Kar fallout: Bengal assembly passes anti-rape bill

The draft legislation seeks capital punishment for persons convicted of rape...

Why Mamata demands resignation of Modi, Shah

Speaking in the assembly after tabling the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill...

Mamata to table bill proposing death for rapists today

The Mamata Banerjee government will table the anti-rape bill in the West...

Doc rape: TMC suspends student leader 'seen in room'

The Trinamool Congress students' wing on Monday suspended a senior member of...

CBI arrests RG Kar ex-principal over fin irregularities

Officials said the three others who have been arrested are Ghosh's security...

Mon, Sep 2, 2024
Bengal govt's bill proposes death penalty for rapists

The draft of the anti-rape bill, scheduled to be tabled by the Mamata...

Over 6,900 corruption cases probed by CBI pending

Over 6,900 corruption cases probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation...

Sun, Sep 1, 2024
Assam TMC chief Ripun Bora quits party

Bora claimed that he had suggested the need for an Assamese leader at the...

Fri, Aug 30, 2024
'Yet to receive a reply': Mamata writes to Modi again

Banerjee had on Wednesday said an amendment to existing laws will be passed...

Thu, Aug 29, 2024
I didn't threaten doctors, support them: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that she did...

Mamata convenes special session to pass anti-rape law

A two-day special session of the West Bengal assembly was convened by the...

Wed, Aug 28, 2024
Will amend laws to ensure death to rapists: Mamata

Asserting that her government has zero tolerance to incidents of rape, West...

Bengal bandh: BJP leaders detained across state

Daily life was partially affected in West Bengal on Wednesday due to a...

Kolkata rape-murder: Sorry, says Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her grief...

Tue, Aug 27, 2024
BJP calls for 12-hr strike in Bengal tomorrow

The ruling Trinamool Congress claimed that the strike call exposed the BJP's...

Mon, Aug 26, 2024
CBI names RG Kar ex-principal Ghosh in corruption FIR

The agency has slapped Section 120B of IPC (criminal conspiracy) read with...

CBI Checks RG Kar Ex-Principal's Home

Central Bureau of Investigation officers turned up at the home of former RG...

Sun, Aug 25, 2024
Rahul turned down caste census resolution: Lalan

Singh was JD-U president when the party was part of the INDIA bloc and used...

CBI searches premises of RG Kar ex-principal

The anti-corruption unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation also searched...

Protests over doctor's murder continue to rock Bengal

In the state capital Kolkata, civil society members marched from Ramlila...

Fri, Aug 23, 2024
CBI to probe financial irregularities at WB hospital

The decision followed a petition by former deputy superintendent of the...

Protest will continue till...: No relief to WB patients

The Supreme Court on Thursday reiterated its appeal to the doctors protesting...

'The Only Way We Can Stop Rapes...'

'Even if we have laws in place, which we must, we need a societal...

CISF Takes Charge At R G Kar Hospital

Following the Supreme Court order, Central Industrial Security Force...

Thu, Aug 22, 2024
Kolkata rape: SC censures police for delaying FIR

The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised Kolkata Police for their 'extremely...

Doc rape: Court nod for polygraph test on ex-principal

A special court in Kolkata on Thursday allowed the Central Bureau of...

Kolkata rape: Crime scene altered, CBI tells SC

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged in the Supreme Court on...

Wed, Aug 21, 2024
CBI quizzes RG Kar ex-principal for 6th day amid stir

Although no fresh arrests were reported in the case, the Central Bureau of...

Kolkata rape-murder: CBI debunks fake letter

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday dismissed a fake letter...

Can't pretend all is fine: TMC MP on protests

He indicated his conviction will remain firm even if that "uprising"...

Tue, Aug 20, 2024
The City Of Joy Is Swamped In Sadness

Kolkata hangs its head in shame as the hope of a government with a moral...

Kolkata rape: SC questions Bengal govt, raps police

Terming the rape and murder case of a medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical...

Doc rape: Kolkata police probes ex-principal for...

The Kolkata Police on Tuesday began an investigation against RG Kar Medical...

Bengal Guv reaches Delhi amid protests, to meet Prez

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose reached Delhi on Monday night amid...

Kolkata rape: 'Break fingers of those blaming Mamata'

Senior Trinamool Congress minister Udayan Guha has sparked controversy by...

CBI to conduct polygraph test on doc's murder accused

The CBI, tasked by the Calcutta high court to probe the case, received local...

Mon, Aug 19, 2024
Rift in TMC widens amid outrage over doc rape-murder

Sekhar Roy was summoned by the police in connection with a social media post...

Break fingers of those blaming Mamata: TMC minister

His threat was heard in a video clip that has gone viral. However, the...

Day 4 of CBI grilling: 'Why parents made to wait'

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers for the fourth consecutive day...

1 held for sharing Kolkata doc's pic, threatening CM

A person was arrested in Kolkata for allegedly disclosing the identity on...

Guv calls emergency meet as Bengal women hit streets

In a rerun of the 'Reclaim the Night' campaign, hundreds of women took to the...

Sun, Aug 18, 2024
Doc's murder: CBI grills ex-principal; seeks call data

Ghosh was asked to specify his role after getting the news of the death of...

Mamata is trying to...: Nirbhaya's mom on WB murder

Instead of using her power to act against the culprits, the chief minister is...

Sat, Aug 17, 2024
Kolkata rape-murder: Where the CBI probe has reached

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will conduct a psychological...

Fri, Aug 16, 2024
Kolkata rape-murder: What victim's parents told CBI

The parents of the woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered inside...

Wed, Aug 14, 2024
Doc's murder: Women hold midnight stir across Bengal

Responding to the 'Women, Reclaim the Night' call given on social media by...

Doctor's murder: Hospital services affected for 3rd day

Long queues were seen at outpatient department ticket counters in government...

Doc's murder: CBI files FIR, takes custody of accused

A team of senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers, who reached...

Tue, Aug 13, 2024
CBI takes over Kolkata doctor's rape-murder probe

The court directed the Kolkata Police to hand over the case diary to the...

Mon, Aug 12, 2024
Junior docs question Mamata's Kolkata murder deadline

Despite Banerjee's promise of a transparent investigation, the protesters...

Will give doc's rape-murder probe to CBI if...: Mamata

The body of the woman post-graduate trainee, who was allegedly raped and...

Sun, Aug 4, 2024
WB minister shown door for threatening female officer

Speaking to reporters at Kanthi in Purba Medinipur district, Giri said he...