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Burglars steal 120 gold medals from ex-swimming champion Bula Chowdhury's Hooghly house

India, Aug. 15 -- Burglars on Friday struck at the Hooghly house of former national swimming champion Bula Chowdhury for the second time in a decade, and stole about 120 gold medals and a replica of t... Read More


Man found dead in Kokata Metro's underground tunnel; electrocution suspected

India, Aug. 15 -- An unidenntified man, believed to be in his late twenties, was found dead in the underground tunnel connecting Esplanade and Park Street stations of Kolkata Metro, police said on Fri... Read More


Bengal: 2 men held after 24-year-old nurse found dead in Hooghly nursing home

India, Aug. 15 -- Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old nurse who was found dead in a nursing home in West Bengal's Hooghly district on August 13, police said on Fr... Read More


Man labelled Bangladeshi reunited with kin after being pushed into Bangladesh

India, Aug. 14 -- Amir Sheikh, 21, broke down when he saw his father, Jiyem Sheikh, and uncle, Ajmal Sheikh, at West Bengal's Basirhat police station on Wednesday night after the ordeal of being label... Read More


WB govt makes it mandatory to screen one Bengali film at prime time in multiplexes

India, Aug. 14 -- The West Bengal government has made it mandatory to screen at least one Bengali film during prime hours in all cinema halls and multiplexes across the state. "In every cinema hall a... Read More


Bengal: PM Narendra Modi likely to inaugurate 3 metro sections on August 22

India, Aug. 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch three metro sections in and around Kolkata on August 22. The Sealdah-Esplanade stretch lies on the Green Line, which is reportedly t... Read More


Man held in 2021 Bengal post-poll rape case after HC bail, nabbed in Ghaziabad

India, Aug. 13 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a man accused of raping a woman during the post-poll violence in West Bengal's East Midnapore district in May 2021. He w... Read More


Electoral roll revision row: ECI summons West Bengal chief secretary to Delhi

India, Aug. 12 -- The Election Commission of India has summoned the West Bengal chief secretary to its office at Nirvachan Sadan in Delhi amid the ongoing tussle between the poll body and the state go... Read More


Action without inquiry would be too harsh, says Bengal on ECI order to suspend 4

India, Aug. 11 -- The West Bengal government informed the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday that it has withdrawn a state government officer and a data entry operator from election-related ... Read More


Bengal woman, 25, her teen sister and daughter found dead on railway track

India, Aug. 11 -- A 25-year-old woman and two girls, aged 7 and 14, were found dead on the railway tracks in West Bengal's Purulia district late on Sunday night, railway police said. The woman was id... Read More