The National Security Guard on Friday used remote operated robot and two sniffer dogs while searching a vacant house at Sarberia in Sandeshkhali when they apprehended explosives after the CBI unearthed foreign-made weapons during an intensive search operation this morning, media reports said.
'Not one vote to BJP, CPIM or Congress': Mamata announces after 26,000 teachers lose jobs in Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said there should not be a single voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CPM, or Congress, in response to the Calcutta High Court order scrapping the job of 26,000 teachers.
Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) will on Wednesday move the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order that cancelled recruitment of almost 24,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in 2016, media reports said.
'Illegal, I challenge it': Mamata Banerjee on Calcutta HC cancelling 24,000 jobs in SSC scam probe
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the Calcutta High Court order cancelling 24,000 recruitments of teaching and non-teaching staff "illegal".
Kolkata/IBNS: In a massive order, the Calcutta High Court on Monday cancelled recruitment of 24,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in government-sponsored and government-aided schools, dismissing the entire 2016 teacher recruitment panel, media reports said.
Millions of Indians vote in the biggest phase of Lok Sabha polls, 60.03 pct turnout recorded
New Delhi/IBNS: Voters' turnout in the first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, projected by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a milestone to 2047 and the Opposition as a battle for democracy's survival, was 60.03 percent on Friday as polling was held in 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories.
West Bengal records 66.4 pct voting in first phase till 3 pm
An estimated 66.34 percent of voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm in West Bengal where three Lok Sabha seats were voted in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in the politically crucial state.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voter turnout touch 40 percent in 4 hours
New Delhi/IBNS: Forty percent voter turnout has been recorded in the first four hours of voting in 102 seats across the country in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
Bengal reports incidents of violence in first phase of Lok Sabha polls
Kolkata/IBNS: Several incidents of violence and intimidation have been reported from West Bengal as the Lok Sabha elections began with three seats in the politically-intensified state, media reports said.
Bengal govt to prepone summer vacation in schools due to heatwave: Reports
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal government is likely to prepone the summer vacation in all government and government-aided schools due to the prevailing heatwave in the state, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Election Commission Wednesday advised Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose to cancel his proposed visit to North Bengal's Cooch Behar on April 18 and 19 pointing out that it would violate the Model Code of Conduct as the 48 hour-silence period has been imposed this evening.
TMC conspired to stop Ram Navami celebration in West Bengal, says Narendra Modi
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress Party of West Bengal and said it conspired to stop the Ram Navami celebration in the state.
BJP fields Abhijit Das against TMC's Abhishek Banerjee in Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Abhijit Das (Bobby) as its candidate to take on West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Diamond Harbour constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
NIA arrest of two accused in Rameshwaram cafe blast case from Bengal triggers BJP-TMC slugfest
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The arrest of two accused in the Rameshwaram cafe blast case from West Bengal by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has triggered a slugfest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC).
NIA detains 2 accused from West Bengal in Rameshwaram cafe blast case
Bengaluru/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained two accused from West Bengal in connection with the blast that took place at Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru, media reports said.