Pegasus aftermath: Ahead of her Delhi visit, Mamata constitutes commission to probe into snooping
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Monday became the Indian first state to constitute a commission to probe into snooping, in the wake of the Pegasus issue.
Calcutta HC rejects Bengal govt's request to make NHRC report on post-poll rape allegations public
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court Thursday rejected the West Bengal government's request to make the details of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)'s report on post-poll rape allegations public.
Kolkata: Massive fire breaks out at Maheshtala sanitizer factory, firefighting ops underway
Kolkata/IBNS: A major fire broke out at a sanitizer factory at Dakghar area in Maheshtala in Kolkata's neighboring South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday, reports said.
West Bengal minister Sadhan Pande hospitalised in critical condition
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Minister for Consumer Affairs, Self Help Group and Self-Employment Sadhan Pande has been admitted to a city hospital as he is down with pneumonia.
'Appalling apathy': NHRC recommends CBI probe in West Bengal's post-poll violence
New Delhi/IBNS: Accusing the West Bengal government of 'appalling apathy' towards victims of the post-poll violence, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into "grievous offences like murder and rape".
Bengal extends COVID-19 restrictions till July 30, allows 5-day metro rail operations
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government on Wednesday extended the ongoing curbs and restrictions till July 30 to contain the spread of Covid-19 and announced more relaxations, which will come into effect from July 16, as virus cases continue to dip in the state, officials said.
CID takes over probe into mysterious death of Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari's bodyguard
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday took over the probe into the mysterious death of state's Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari's security personnel Suvabrata Chakraborty, officials said.
BJP walks out of Bengal assembly, says 'not allowed to speak'
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Trinamool Congress (TMC) verbal fight took the centre-stage of the ongoing West Bengal assembly session on Monday, with the saffron camp accusing Speaker Biman Banerjee of not allowing it to speak.
West Bengal: TMC leader without injection training vaccinates woman, show caused
Asansol/West Burdwan/IBNS: A leader of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been show-caused after she was seen in a video clip vaccinating a woman at a camp without any formal medical training.
Kolkata/IBNS: Expressing its concern over the alleged attack on National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team investigating post-poll violence in West Bengal, a five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday show caused Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police (South Suburban/Jadavpur Division), IPS Rashid Munir Khan over the city police's alleged inactivity during the assault on HC appointed fact-finding team members.
Supreme Court agrees to hear plea seeking President's rule in West Bengal over post-poll violence
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition which sought imposition of President's rule in Bengal in view of the continuing violence after the Assembly election results were declared on May 2, returning to power the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government with a thumping majority, said reports.
SC issues notice to Centre, Bengal govt, EC over plea on post-poll violence
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Centre, state government, and Election Commission and sought their responses on a petition seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the post-poll violence in West Bengal.
Kolkata: One dead, 12 injured as minibus rams into bike, roadside wall near Fort Willam
Kolkata/IBNS: One biker was killed and at least 12 others were injured after a speeding minibus hit a motorcycle and crashed into a roadside brick-wall in central Kolkata's Red Road (Indira Gandhi Sarani) on Thursday noon, reports said.
Kolkata: NHRC team investigating post-poll violence allegedly attacked in Jadavpur
Kolkata/IBNS: A team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visiting West Bengal to probe the incidents of post-poll violence in the state was allegedly heckled by locals while it was checking ground reality in southern Kolkata's Jadavpur area on Tuesday afternoon, reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: After her party boss Mamata Banerjee called Jagdeep Dhankhar a "corrupt man", Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra has accused the controversial West Bengal Governor of being the "beneficiary of illegal residential land allotment".