West Bengal

Protest In Islampur School As Bengal Government Withdraws Affiliation

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

The parents of students of a school at Islampur in North Dianjpur district on Sunday gheraoed the district inspector (DI) and blocked roads in protest against the move of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education to derecognise the institution, officials said.

Bengal BJP Chief Alleges Attack On Car By Trinamool, Party Denies

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh claimed on Sunday his convoy was attacked by Trinamool Congress supporters in Dankuni area in Hooghly district, a charge rubbished by the ruling party.

Congress Might Go Solo In West Bengal In Lok Sabha Polls: State Chief

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra has said that it would be better for his party to go solo in the state in the next Lok Sabha election as the ruling TMC "lacks honest intentions" as an anti-BJP force.

West Bengal Police SI Prelims Results Announced @ Policewb.gov.in, Check Now

Jobs | NDTV Education Team | Sunday November 18, 2018

The West Bengal Police result has been announced and uploaded on the websites of West Bengal Police (policewb.gov.in) and Excise Directorate (excise.wb.gov.in).

Months After Marriage, Bengal Woman Allegedly Killed Over Dowry

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday November 18, 2018

A housewife was allegedly killed by her husband and in-laws eight months after her marriage in a dispute over dowry in West Bengal's Howrah district, police said on Saturday.

Passengers Jump Out Of Train As Fire Breaks Out In Compartments In Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 17, 2018

A fire broke out in two compartments of a passenger train in West Bengal's Nadia district on Saturday but there was no report of any casualty, the railway officials said.

BJP's Rath Yatra In Bengal Rescheduled Due To Poll Campaign In 5 States

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 17, 2018

The BJP has deferred its proposed "rath yatra" in West Bengal next month again owing to poll campaigns in other states, a party official said on Saturday.

"They've Much To Hide": Arun Jaitley On Andhra, Bengal Revoking CBI Pass

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday November 17, 2018

When Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal withdrew the "general consent" provided to the CBI for conducting raids and probes on Friday, a stinging response from the BJP-led central government only seemed par for the course. It came today, from none other than Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Bengal Government To Disburse Rs. 7,000 Crore Loan At 2% Interest In 2019

Kolkata News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 16, 2018

To woo the farmers in West Bengal ahead of Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to disburse farm loans worth around Rs. 7,000 crore at a low interest rate of 2 per cent, state minister Arup Roy said today. The interest rate has been reduced from the existing 4 per cent. The loans would be disbursed through coopera...

Trinamool's "Purification" Drive After BJP's Rath Yatra: Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 16, 2018

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday ridiculed BJP's scheduled 'rath yatra' of as 'ravan yatra' and called for cleansing of areas through which BJP's chariots would pass.

After Chandrababu Naidu, Now Mamata Banerjee Withdraws Free Pass To CBI

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anuj Pant | Friday November 16, 2018

Hours after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu declared that the CBI cannot conducts raids or investigations in his state without permission, his counterpart in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, too has withdrawn the free pass or "general consent" to the country's premier investigation agency.

Centre Destroying Key Institutions Like CBI, RBI, Alleges Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 16, 2018

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the NDA government of destroying key Indian institutions such as the CBI and the RBI and claimed that after the Lok Sabha elections, BJP has made 'building statues' its poll agenda will itself be reduced to a statue. Giving a call for "BJP hatao, desh bachao", she said the BJP should be ouste...

Mamata Banerjee Largesse For Matuas, Key Scheduled Caste Community In Bengal, Ahead Of 2019

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday November 15, 2018

A new university is to come up at Chandipara, about 85 km north of Kolkata, and it will be called the Harichand Guruchand Thakur University. This was announced by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas.

Bengal RSS Hopes To Deal Trinamool A "Karate Blow" In Upcoming Polls

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday November 15, 2018

The late communist leader Mao Zedong once said that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. But the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student's wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has chosen karate as its weapon of choice to take on West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government in the upcoming elections.

Kolkata Film Fest Finds Many Critics Over Mamata Banerjee's Poster Frenzy

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday November 15, 2018

The 24th Kolkata International Film Festival got off to a starry start on Wednesday with movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Waheeda Rehman sharing the stage with the host, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.