Parties trade blame on violence as Supreme Court expresses concern

Kolkata, April 17 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed there was a conspiracy behind the communal riots in Murshidabad district that broke out during protests against the... Read More

Parties trade blame on violence as Supreme Court expresses concern

Kolkata, April 17 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed there was a conspiracy behind the communal riots in Murshidabad district that broke out during protests against the... Read More

West Bengal violence: NCW to probe alleged molestation cases in Murshidabad

India, April 16 -- The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday said it has taken "serious note" of the alleged molestation of women during last week's large scale violence in West Bengal's Mu... Read More

As police start probe in Bengal's Murshidabad, some see a pattern in violence

India, April 14 -- As 17 companies of central police force, deployed in Murshidabad's Jangipur sub-division on the Calcutta high court's April 12 order work with the state police to restore peace, pol... Read More

Abdur Razzak Molla, who rebelled against CPI(M)'s land policy, dies at 80

India, April 11 -- Abdur Razzak Molla, who served as minister in both Left Front and Trinamool Congress governments, died at his home at Bankri village in South 24 Parganas district on Friday morning.... Read More

Can MGNREGA be prospectively rolled out in Bengal: HC to Centre

Kolkata, April 11 -- The Calcutta high court on Thursday directed the Centre to explain why the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme shouldn't be prospectively imple... Read More

Can MGNREGA be prospectively rolled out in Bengal: HC to Centre

Kolkata, April 11 -- The Calcutta high court on Thursday directed the Centre to explain why the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme shouldn't be prospectively imple... Read More

'Have faith': Mamata to Muslims on Waqf

Kolkata, April 10 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that Muslims were aggrieved because of the enactment of the Waqf (Amendment) Act and assured the community that she wo... Read More

Bengal schools grapple with crisis as 26,000 teachers, staff leave following SC order

India, April 4 -- A large number of schools across West Bengal faced a crisis on Friday as 25,752 teachers and Group C and D employees, who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court verdict in the b... Read More

Kin of murdered Nandigram villagers indifferent to HC ordering reopening of cases

India, March 17 -- On March 14, when Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders got into a physical altercation at East Midnapore district's Nandigram over paying homage to the ... Read More

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