West Bengal: 6 road mishaps kill 4 on Holi
Kolkata, Mar 23 (IBNS): As many as six road accidents at different locations in Kolkata and rest West Bengal killed at least four persons and left 20 others injured on Wednesday, according to reports.
WB: Royal Bengal Tiger's skin recovered in Alipurduar, wild elephants kill 4 in Burdwan
Kolkata/Alipurduar/Burdwan, Mar 20 (IBNS): Forest guards on Saturday night nabbed four persons with a skin of Royal Bengal Tiger from New Hasimara area in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, reports said.
West Bengal: Crude bombs recovered from Murshidabad house, woman held
Kolkata/Murshidabad, Mar 20 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, police recovered at least 20 crude bombs on Sunday from a house at Harishchandrapur village under Bharatpur Police Station area in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, officials said.
West Bengal: Additional SP of Burdwan beaten up, 8 detained
Kolkata/Burdwan, Mar 10 (IBNS): The Additional Superintendent of Burdwan district Police and his guards were badly beaten up on Wednesday night by few drunk men at Premganj under Ausgram Police Station area in West Bengal's Burdwan district when he intervened into a local issue, officials said.
WB: Crude bomb explosion kills 3 in Murshidabad
Kolkata/Murshidabad, Mar 8 (IBNS): At least three men died and several others were injured on Tuesday, when a crude bomb went off at Bindarpur under Bharatpur Police Station area in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, reports said.
WB polls: LF announces first list of candidates, Surya Mishra to lead battle
Kolkata, Mar 7 (IBNS): Amid a possibility of an alliance between the Congress and the Left Front (LF), the latter's chairman Biman Bose on Monday evening declared the first list of his party's candidates for upcoming Bengal assembly polls.
WB: Girl jumps from multi-storey to save herself from rape, 3 arrested
Kolkata, Mar 7 (IBNS): A girl jumped from a second-floor window of a multi-storey building in Liluah area in West Bengal's Howrah district to save herself from gang rape on Sunday, reports said.
Assembly polls: TMC activists demonstrate over candidates list across WB
Kolkata, Mar 5 (IBNS): Expressing dissatisfaction over selection of candidates for upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, a section of Trinamool Congress (TMC) activists on Saturday held agitation at several locations in the state.
Firing on villagers in E Midnapore: Accused SDPO transferred
Kolkata/East Midnapore, Mar 2 (IBNS): The Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Egra in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, who allegedly fired bullets aiming at protesting villagers on Wednesday early morning, has been transferred to the post of DSP of Counter Insurgency Force (CIF), reports said.
West Bengal: SDPO fires bullets aiming villagers, 2 shot
Kolkata, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least two villagers sustained bullet injuries on Wednesday morning, when local Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) allegedly fired a them indiscriminately over a puja-function at Egra in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, reports said.
West Bengal: Speeding truck kill 5 on Basanti Highway
Kolkata/South 24 Parganas, Feb 28 (IBNS): A fatal truck accident on Saturday night killed at least 5 persons and left 3 others injured at Paglahat Bazar area near Bhangar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, reports said.
WB Assembly passes bills for Dunlop, Jessop acquisition
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IBNS): The West Bengal Assembly on Saturday passed bills for Dunlop and Jessop factory take over.
West Bengal: Explosion kills 2 in Birbhum
Kolkata/Birbhum, Feb 27 (IBNS): A crude bomb explosion in a house killed at least two men and left another injured on Saturday at Shibpur village under Lokpur Police Station area in West Bengal's Birbhum district.
West Bengal: Police lift GCPA's railroad blockade in New Cooch Behar
Kolkata/Cooch Behar, Feb 23 (IBNS): After four days of rail-service disruption between West Bengal and the north-eastern states of India and death of at least 3 passengers, a joint police force, comprising state police and Railway Protection Force (RPF), on Tuesday lifted the Greater Cooch Behar People’s Association (GCPA)'s railroad blockade at New Cooch Behar rail station in West Bengal.
West Bengal: Railway traffic disrupted in Cooch Behar by protesters demanding separate state
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IBNS) Nearly 3000 supporters of The Greater Cooch Behar People’s Association (GCPA) blocked a railway track near the New Cooch Behar station in West Bengal on Saturday to press for their long-time demand for a separate state, according to media reports.