Bengal anti-Waqf protests: Mamata Banerjee meets 40 Imams, appeals for peace

Bengal anti-Waqf protests: Mamata Banerjee meets 40 Imams, appeals for peace

Amid anti-Waqf protests, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met several Imams at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium. Banerjee assured the imams that she was with them and also urged them to ensure that peace prevails in their respective localities. A total of 40 prominent imams were present, including Furfura Sharif’s Toha Siddique, AIMPLB’s … Read more

BJP chief in West Bengal praises religious sect in search for votes

BJP chief in West Bengal praises religious sect in search for votes

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP Bengal president Suvendu Adhikari addresses a protest rally following an alleged attack on his convoy, in South 24 Parganas on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari visited Thakurnagar, the headquarters of the Matua order during the sect’s annual festival, on … Read more

Doctors in Bengal concerned about adverse ecological impact on female reproductive health

Doctors in Bengal concerned about adverse ecological impact on female reproductive health

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Healthcare professionals in West Bengal are grappling with rising public health challenges, especially in female reproductive health, with the increasing impact of climate change. Gynaecologists practising in West Bengal cite environmental stressors such as malnutrition, prolonged exposure to high temperatures, poor air quality, and limited … Read more

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee questions silence of Centre over U.S. deportees being chained

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee questions silence of Centre over U.S. deportees being chained

File photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday (February 18, 2025), questioned the silence of the Union government over deportees from the U.S. being brought back to the country in chains. “The Prime Minister should have protested against it. The deportees could … Read more

Calcutta HC rejects West Bengal govt.’s appeal for death penalty in R.G. Kar rape-murder case, admits CBI’s plea

Calcutta HC rejects West Bengal govt.’s appeal for death penalty in R.G. Kar rape-murder case, admits CBI’s plea

Taking to the streets: Protesters take out a rally demanding justice for the victim in the R.G. Kar rape-murder case in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Calcutta High Court on Friday rejected an appeal filed by the West Bengal government seeking the enhancement of the life sentence to death penalty for Sanjay Roy, … Read more

Investment worth ₹4.40 lakh crore received during Bengal Business Summit, says WB CM

Investment worth ₹4.40 lakh crore received during Bengal Business Summit, says WB CM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the 2nd day of the 8th edition of the BGBS in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (February 6, 2025) said investment proposals worth ₹4.40 lakh crore were received during the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit, 2025, emphasising that the State remains the “safest … Read more

Targeted by authorities for leading R.G. Kar protests, say West Bengal doctors

Targeted by authorities for leading R.G. Kar protests, say West Bengal doctors

At the forefront: Junior doctors, nurses, and students protest against the rape-murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: File Photo Several doctors in West Bengal have alleged that they are being targeted by authorities for speaking out against them during protests demanding justice for a postgraduate trainee doctor who was raped and … Read more

Bengal CM likely to hold administrative review meetings in three districts next week

Bengal CM likely to hold administrative review meetings in three districts next week

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to hold administrative review meetings in three districts next week with the first one expected in Murshidabad on January 20, an official said on Saturday (January 18, 2025). After the Murshidabad meeting, Ms. Banerjee is likely to … Read more

Many Bengal colleges not holding Students’ Week as they kept waiting for formal order

Many Bengal colleges not holding Students’ Week as they kept waiting for formal order

Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI To celebrate or not to celebrate is the question for many colleges in West Bengal regarding Students’ Week, a recently launched annual event held from January 2 to 8, as they have not received a formal order from the State government for its conduct. While … Read more

West Bengal | A portal to better trade

West Bengal | A portal to better trade

In Petrapole, West Bengal, India’s busiest land crossing with Bangladesh, a truck carrying cotton yarn rumbled across the border. At the wheel for this sortie across from Petrapole land port was Annap­o­orni Rajkumar, a woman from Tamil Nadu. What made this special wasn’t just the landmark event of a woman driving a heavy goods vehicle … Read more