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2 suspected cases of Nipah virus detected in West Bengal's Barasat

India, Jan. 13 -- Two suspected cases of Nipah virus have been detected at Barasat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, officials said on Monday. The condition of the two, a male nurse and a f... Read More


WB SIR: Poll body receives 3.5 lakh claims from voters for inclusion, deletion

India, Jan. 13 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has received more than 3.5 lakh claims from voters for the inclusion and deletion of names after the draft electoral roll in the ongoing Specia... Read More


SIR procedure is fundamentally flawed, says Mamata Banerjee in new letter to EC

India, Jan. 13 -- Digitisation of the 2002 SIR database using AI tools has resulted in large-scale mismatches, with several genuine voters categorised as "logical discrepancies", West Bengal chief min... Read More


Two held after 17-year-old girl gang raped in Hooghly: Cops

Kolkata, Jan. 11 -- A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by three people at an abandoned factory in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said on Friday, adding that two of the accused, includi... Read More


Matter of profound shame: CM Banerjee writes to CEC over Amartya Sen voter notice

India, Jan. 10 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, days after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was served a hearing notice as part o... Read More


Police collects CCTV footage from I-PAC director's residence in Kolkata

India, Jan. 10 -- Police have collected CCTV footage from the residence of Pratik Jain, director of political strategy firm I-PAC, in Kolkata's Loudon Mansion on Saturday as the confrontation between ... Read More


Kolkata: ED collects CCTV footage from I-PAC director's residence

India, Jan. 10 -- Police have collected CCTV footage from the residence of Pratik Jain, director of political strategy firm I-PAC, in Kolkata's Loudon Mansion on Saturday as the confrontation between ... Read More


Bengal: Prime suspect, minor apprehended in 17-year-old's gang rape case in Hooghly

India, Jan. 10 -- Police have arrested a 29-year-old man and apprehended a minor in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in an abandoned factory in West Bengal's Hooghly distric... Read More


In Bengal, a battle over who gets counted

India, Jan. 8 -- For close to 25 years, Bharat Mahato has pulled his trusted rickshaw through the lanes of north Kolkata, expertly swerving between decaying buildings, past sagging balconies and under... Read More


Amartya Sen's SIR hearing to be held at his Bengal ancestral home on Jan 16: EC

India, Jan. 7 -- The Election Commission (EC) said that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who was served a hearing notice as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list, would not be requ... Read More