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BJP MP Khagen Murmu attacked during visit to Jalpaiguri, blames TMC workers

India, Oct. 6 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member Khagen Murmu sustained injuries when he was assaulted and stones were thrown at his car during a visit to the Nagrakata community block i... Read More


Kolkata pujas focusing on 20th-century luminaries, rare folk music draw people

India, Sept. 30 -- As big-budget pandals showcasing unique themes continue to draw large crowds on Kolkata streets, some puja pandals have also been in the spotlight for focusing on either near-extinc... Read More


BJP reaches out to Bengalis living outside state with 'last battle' message

India, Sept. 28 -- On September 25, when Union home minister Amit Shah headed for Kolkata to inaugurate a couple of Durga pujas, Debjit Sarkar, spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Benga... Read More


Calcutta HC orders return of 6 Bengal residents deported to Bangladesh

India, Sept. 26 -- The Calcutta High Court directed the centre on Friday to bring back all six members of the two West Bengal families - including a pregnant woman and two minors - who were detained i... Read More


Books to become political weapons at Bengal's Durga puja pandals

India, Sept. 24 -- Six years after the Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) helped its mouthpiece, Bharatiya Janavarta, set up its first stall at the Kolkata International Book Fair in 2019... Read More


Kolkata court rejects ED petition for minister's custody in bribe-for-job case

India, Sept. 24 -- A Kolkata court on Wednesday rejected the Enforcement Directorate's petition seeking custody of West Bengal correctional services minister Chandranath Sinha for interrogation in the... Read More


Large parts of Kolkata waterlogged after heavy rainfall before Durga Puja

India, Sept. 23 -- Heavy rainfall that continued for almost seven hours between Monday night and early Tuesday morning inundated large parts of Kolkata, police and government officials said. The Indi... Read More


Four years after Mamata Banerjee's only electoral defeat, Nandigram in TMC's crosshairs

India, Sept. 22 -- East Midnapore district's Nandigram - where West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee unsuccessfully contested against her protege-turned-bete noire Suvendu Adhikari in 2021 - is i... Read More


Bengal teacher held in Class 7 girl's murder, denies rape but admits dismemberment: Police

India, Sept. 18 -- The school teacher, arrested a day after the decomposed body of a Class 7 student was found in Rampurhat, West Bengal's Birbhum district, denied raping the girl but admitted to disp... Read More


Teacher held after body of missing Class 7 girl found in Bengal's Birbhum district

India, Sept. 17 -- A school teacher was arrested on Wednesday, a day after the decomposed body of a Class 7 student who had been missing for 20 days was recovered from Rampurhat in West Bengal's Birbh... Read More