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ECI releases 2022 Bengal SIR data amid speculation over electoral roll revision

India, July 29 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has released the data from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll last conducted in West Bengal in 2022, amid concerns abou... Read More


Faced CPM atrocities while in Opposition, now BJP's oppression: Mamata Banerjee

India, July 29 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that when the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was in the Opposition in West Bengal, she had to face the atrocities of the then rul... Read More


Ensure people are not harassed over electoral rolls revision in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to BLOs

India, July 29 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked Booth Level Officers (BLOs), who are presently undergoing training for summary revision by the Election Commission of India... Read More


CZA, Bengal forest dept probe animal count discrepancies at Alipore Zoo in Kolkata

India, July 27 -- The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and the West Bengal forest department have launched separate investigations into alleged discrepancies in the number of wild animals at Kolkata's Alip... Read More


Bengal launch helpline amid migrant worker harassment row; BJP floats counter helpline

India, July 26 -- The West Bengal Police has launched a helpline to support Bengali-speaking migrant workers amid rising tensions over their alleged harassment in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led stat... Read More


Sea fan, pearl conch, genital of monitor lizard, boar tusks seized in Kolkata; 2 held

India, July 25 -- The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau apprehended two people and seized sea fans, pearl conches, genitals of monitor lizards and wild boar tusks from a shop in Kolkata's Burrabazar area ... Read More


Bengal: TMC worker, local Leader's nephew killed in Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas

India, July 24 -- A 55-year-old Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker and the 26-year-old nephew of a local TMC leader were killed in separate incidents in West Bengal's Murshidabad and South 24 Parganas di... Read More


EC asks Bengal govt to delink CEO office to ensure autonomy

Kolkata, July 24 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the West Bengal government to create a separate department with a dedicated budget. The move is aimed at making the office of the C... Read More


EC asks Bengal government to delink CEO office to ensure autonomy

Kolkata, July 24 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the West Bengal government to create a separate department with a dedicated budget. The move is aimed at making the office of the C... Read More


High-tech cams, CCTV, FASTag, toll plaza inputs: How West Bengal police tracked and nabbed Bihar shooters in Kolkata

India, July 24 -- Around 9am on July 18, a day after Bihar gangster Chandan Mishra was shot dead at Paras Hospital in Patna, the West Bengal police received an alert from their counterparts in Bihar t... Read More