Burdwan

7-Year-Old Killed In Crude Bomb Blast In Bengal's Burdwan: Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 22, 2021

A seven-year-old boy was killed and another child injured in a crude bomb explosion in Burdwan city in West Bengal on Monday, police said.

Bengal BJP Leader Arrested After Party Leader Claims He Framed Her In Drugs Case

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Tuesday February 23, 2021

Bengal BJP leader Rakesh Singh, whom the party's youth-wing worker Pamela Goswami has named in a drugs case, has been arrested at the state's Burdwan district.

Bangladeshi Man Sentenced To 29 Years In Jail In Burdwan Blast Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 10, 2021

A Bangladeshi citizen, one of the prime accused in Bengal blast case of 2014, was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment totalling 29 years for offences including waging war against any Asiatic power which is in alliance with the government of India.

Clash At BJP Party Offices In Bengal, Vehicles Set On Fire

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday January 22, 2021

Factional fights erupted at BJP offices at two different places in West Bengal on Tursday between old BJP workers and those who joined the party from the Trinamool Congress.

BJP Chief Holds Event In Assam's Silchar, Days After CAA Speech In Bengal

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday January 11, 2021

BJP president JP Nadda during a public address in Assam's Silchar today did not touch upon the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, days after during a similar rally in West Bengal's Burdwan he said the BJP-led centre was fully committed to implementing the CAA.

Dilip Ghosh Gets Bail In Case Over Comments Against Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 19, 2020

A court in West Bengal's East Burdwan district on Thursday granted bail to BJP's state unit president Dilip Ghosh in connection with alleged unsavoury remarks about the police.

4 Terrorists Of Banned Terror Group Jailed For 7 Years In Burdwan Blast Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 10, 2020

A special NIA court has sentenced four terrorists of the banned Jamat-ul-Mujaheedin of Bangladesh (JMB) terror group to seven years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each for their involvement in the Burdwan blast case of 2014.

"U For Ugly": 2 Bengal Teachers Suspended For Teaching From Alphabet Book

Cities | Press Trust of India | Friday June 12, 2020

The West Bengal government on Thursday suspended two women teachers in East Burdwan district on the charge of teaching pre-primary students from an English alphabet book consisting of a portion derogatory to the people with dark complexion.

West Bengal Governor Appoints Goutam Chandra As Pro-Vice Chancellor of Burdwan University

Education | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 2, 2020

Goutam Chandra is currently heading the Zoology Department in the University of Burdwa, Bardhaman, West Bengal.

Bengal Man Falls Off Motorcycle While Live-Streaming On Facebook, Dies: Report

Cities | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday February 16, 2020

A 24-year-old man riding a motorcycle died after he lost control of his vehicle and fell while recording a live video for Facebook, in Andal town of West Burdwan district in West Bengal.

BJP Office In West Bengal Gutted, Party Blames Trinamool Congress

Cities | Press Trust of India | Monday January 13, 2020

A BJP office was gutted in West Bengal's Paschim Burdwan district, following which party activists accused the Trinamool Congress of being behind the incident.

Statue Of Ex-West Bengal Chief Minister Bidhan Chandra Roy Vandalised

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 18, 2019

A bust of former West Bengal chief minister Bidhan Chandra Roy was found vandalised in West Bengal's East Burdwan district on Sunday, leading to a slugfest between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP.

Foreign Cows "Not Our Mothers But Aunties": Bengal BJP Chief

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday November 5, 2019

The BJP's top leader in Bengal, Dilip Ghosh, said on Monday that "intellectuals who eat beef should eat dog meat too" as it is all the same for their health. In a set of bizarre remarks at a public gathering, he also said the milk of cows in India contains gold and foreign cows are "not our mothers but aunties".

India's 2nd Largest Railway Over Bridge To Be Inaugurated On September 30

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 24, 2019

The Indian Railways has completed the construction of the giant four-lane cable-stayed railway over bridge at Burdwan Junction in West Bengal, which will be inaugurated by Union Minister Piyush Goyal on September 30.

Suspected Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Terrorist Arrested From Chennai

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 10, 2019

Thirty five-year-old Asadullah Sheikh alias Raja, a resident of West Bengal's Purba Burdwan district, was arrested from his hideout in Chennai.