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28-yr-old Bengal man arrested for desecrating Kali idol, tells cops he was drunk

India, Oct. 23 -- A 28-year-old man was arrested on Thursday on charges of desecrating an idol of Goddess Kali in the remote Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas district, which led the Bharatiya Janata ... Read More


Third arrest made in attack on junior doctor at Howrah government hospital: Bengal police

India, Oct. 22 -- A third suspect was arrested after a junior doctor was allegedly attacked and threatened with sexual assault by a home guard volunteer and his associates at Sarat Chandra Chattopadhy... Read More


Bengal BJP units told to draw list of dead, absentee voters, says Suvendu Adhikari

India, Oct. 21 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said the district units of the party have been told to draw up a list of people who have died or shifted out but are s... Read More


Infightings surface at TMC's festive season meetings for poll preparation

India, Oct. 19 -- Infighting among Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in some West Bengal districts surfaced on Saturday and Sunday at the post-Durga puja meetings being held at all community blocks, pa... Read More


Sovan Chatterjee who quit TMC in 2019 appointed NKDA chief after Mamata meeting

India, Oct. 17 -- Former West Bengal minister Sovan Chatterjee was appointed chairperson of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) on Friday, amid indications that the former Kolkata mayor ... Read More


Three men wanted in Rajasthan trader's murder arrested in Kolkata

India, Oct. 17 -- Three men wanted in connection with the October 7 murder of a trader in Rajasthan's Kuchaman were arrested from the Phoolbagan area of east Kolkata in West Bengal on Thursday night, ... Read More


Bibhas Chatterjee to be special public prosecutor in Durgapur rape case

India, Oct. 16 -- The West Bengal government has engaged special public prosecutor Bibhas Chatterjee to lead the prosecution of the accused for the gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student in a fore... Read More


Seek Mamata Banerjee's forgiveness, says father of Durgapur rape survivor

India, Oct. 15 -- The father of the 23-year-old medical student raped in a forested area near her college campus in West Bengal's Durgapur on Wednesday asked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee... Read More


Bengal police arrest classmate of Durgapur medical student, rule out gangrape

India, Oct. 14 -- A 23-year old classmate of the medical student, who alleged gangrape in the forested area near her college campus in West Bengal's Durgapur on October 10, was arrested on Tuesday eve... Read More


'No gangrape': Bengal police arrest classmate of Durgapur medical student

India, Oct. 14 -- A 23-year old classmate of the medical student, who alleged gangrape in the forested area near her college campus in West Bengal's Durgapur on October 10, was arrested on Tuesday eve... Read More