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Chargesheet filed in Kolkata law college gangrape case

India, Aug. 23 -- The Kolkata Police on Saturday filed the chargesheet in the Kasba law college gang-rape case, officials aware of the development said. A 24-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped... Read More


Family in distress as pregnant Bengal woman, kin land in Bangladeshi jail after 'pushback'

India, Aug. 23 -- Family members of the eight-month-old pregnant woman from Birbhum in West Bengal, who was allegedly "pushed back" into Bangladesh, don't know that she, her husband, and child are beh... Read More


Mamata Banerjee govt finally suspends 4 officials in Bengal electoral roll revision row

India, Aug. 21 -- The West Bengal government has suspended four officials accused of adding names of fictitious voters in the electoral roll and compromising data security, people familiar with the ma... Read More


HC orders FIR against Bengal cops accused of thrashing lawyer, son

India, Aug. 21 -- The Calcutta high court on Thursday ordered the Bidhannagar city police to register a first information report (FIR) in connection with a petition over the assault on a lawyer and hi... Read More


Sunderban crocodiles losing their nesting grounds due to climate change: Govt report

India, Aug. 20 -- Saltwater crocodiles, the world's largest crocodiles that are found in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, are losing their nesting grounds due to effects of global warming and climate ch... Read More


Saltwater crocodiles losing nesting ground in Sundarbans due to climate change: Govt report

India, Aug. 20 -- Saltwater crocodiles, the world's largest crocodiles that are found in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, are losing their nesting grounds due to effects of global warming and climate ch... Read More


Bengal: IIT Kharagpur to train rural youth in healthcare, classes from November

India, Aug. 17 -- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in West Bengal is set to launch the School for Skills: Healthcare & Technology on its campus, aimed at training rural and semi-urba... Read More


Kolkata: 'Bengal Files' trailer launch disrupted; director alleges dictatorship

India, Aug. 16 -- The trailer launch of The Bengal Files was disrupted while it was being screened in a five-star hotel in Kolkata with the film's director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri alleging that it was ... Read More


swimmer bula Chowdhury's Padma Shri replica stolen

Kolkata, Aug. 16 -- At least 120 gold medals and a replica of the Padma Shri medal was stolen from former swimmer Bula Chowdhury's house in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said. "I have lost mo... Read More


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