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West Bengal man sentenced to death for raping, murdering 14-year-old daughter

India, Aug. 7 -- A court in Bengal's West Burdwan district sentenced a 42-year-old man to death on Wednesday for raping and murdering his 14-year-old daughter in May last year, lawyers who attended th... Read More


Another Bengal worker alleges torture amid drive against undocumented Bangladeshis

India, Aug. 5 -- Another migrant worker from Goalpokhar in West Bengal's North Dinajpur has alleged that police in Haryana's Panipat tortured and fractured his legs to pressure him to say he was an un... Read More


Abhishek Banerjee appointed TMC's leader of party in Lok Sabha, says Mamata

India, Aug. 4 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was appointed as the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, replacing veteran party MP Sudip Bandopadhyay, who has... Read More


Amartya Sen opposes detention of Bengal's migrant workers in other states

India, July 31 -- Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Thursday spoke against the detention of hundreds of migrant workers from West Bengal in states such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha and Delhi on the sus... Read More


Kolkata: 28-year-old Bangladeshi model held in Bikramgarh for cheating, impersonation

India, July 31 -- A 28-year-old Bangladeshi model and actor was arrested from the Bikramgarh area of south Kolkata on Wednesday in connection with a cheating case, police said. A first information re... Read More


Bengal migrant worker alleges torture by Haryana police; minister visits him

India, July 30 -- A migrant worker from Goalpokhar in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district alleged on Wednesday that he had suffered a fracture in his right leg when he was tortured for three days by... Read More


BJP lodges police complaint in Delhi against Mamata Banerjee over 'fake video'

India, July 29 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation that the Delhi police physically tortured a toddler and his mother on July 26 during the ongoing drive against migrant workers... Read More


Bengal anti-rape bill sent back, says TMC

Kolkata, July 26 -- The Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, passed by the state legislative assembly in September last year seeking the death penalty and other ... Read More


anti-rape bill sent back: TMC

Kolkata, July 26 -- The Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, passed by the state legislative assembly in September last year seeking the death penalty and other ... Read More


Bengal anti-rape bill sent back

Kolkata, July 26 -- The Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, passed by the state legislative assembly in September last year seeking the death penalty and other ... Read More