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9 killed as autorickshaw rams into bus in West Bengal's Birbum district

The incident occurred at Mallarpur near Rampurhat when the overcrowded autorickshaw collided head-on with the South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC) bus.

Abhishek cautions TMC leaders against strongarm tactics, corruption

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has cautioned party leaders against strongarm tactics and corruption in West Bengal panchayats, where rural poll is due next year.

TMC workers vandalise party MLA's house alleging he took cash for posts

The house of TMC MLA Idris Ali in West Bengal's Murshidabad district has been vandalised by his party's workers who have accused him of taking money for allotting posts in its local organisation.

At least 40 people injured as bus overturns in West Bengal's Howrah

At least 40 people were injured after the bus in which they were travelling overturned at Bagnan in West Bengal's Howrah district in the early hours of Monday, police said.

Odisha, Bengal brace for heavy rain as depression looms over Bay of Bengal

Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal are likely to receive heavy rainfall over the next two to three days, due to a depression that is set to take shape over the Bay of Bengal, the Met office said.

Jagdeep Dhankhar's journey from a Rajasthan village to Vice President House

Dhankhar, 71, was declared elected as the Vice President on Saturday after he bagged 528 votes against his rival candidate Margaret Alva's 182.

ED to send 50 bank accounts linked to Partha, Arpita for forensic audit

The agency officials have contacted all the bank authorities concerned and asked for statement details, following which they will be sent for forensic audit.

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets PM Modi, seeks timely release of funds

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met PM Narendra Modi on Friday and raised a host of issues concerning her state, including GST dues and timely release of funds by the Centre under various schemes.

West Bengal: Cong workers stage protests against price rise, unemployment

Around 50 Congress workers demonstrated outside the governor's residence, wearing black clothes, holding placards and shouting slogans.

SSC scam: Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee sent to jail till August 18

Special PMLA court judge Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days' judicial remand of Chatterjee and Mukherjee on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Partha used his college-day photo while buying property in 2012: Report

Document for the purchase of land jointly by Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee in 2012 at Bolpur-Santiniketan in West Bengal's Birbhum district has his college-day picture.

Mamata leaves for Delhi to attend Niti Aayog prog, meeting with PM likely

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday afternoon left Kolkata for a four-day trip to New Delhi, where she was to meet opposition leaders, besides attending a Niti Aayog programme

West Bengal: Five cabinet ministers sworn in, including Babul Supriyo

Supriyo, along with Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmik, Udayan Guha and Pradip Majumdar were sworn in as cabinet ministers at Raj Bhavan by Governor La Ganesan.

WBSSC scam case: Partha, Arpita to remain in ED custody till Aug 5

The ED had sought four days of custody for Chatterjee and three days for Mukherjee, from whose apartments crores of rupees in cash and other valuables were recovered last month.

Three turncoats get ministerial berths in Mamata Banerjee's government

As 9 TMC legislators were inducted as ministers in the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, three out of them are turncoat politicians who joined Trinamool Congress at a later stage.

Top headlines: IndiGo Q1 net loss narrows; rupee plummets 68 paise

Adani Power on Wednesday reported 16-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 4,780 crore for the quarter ending June 30, 2022.

J'khand MLAs cash seizure case: Bengal CID 'restrained' by Delhi Police

West Bengal CID claimed that Delhi Police allegedly restrained its team from conducting a raid in the national capital at a property associated with one of the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs.

WB ministers do not pick calls even if we ring 10 times: Pratima Bhoumik

"Even if we call 10 times, ministers in West Bengal do not pick the calls...That is the situation," Union minister Pratima Bhoumik said in Lok Sabha while replying to queries.

ED searches 2 more flats, shop allegedly linked to Arpita Mukherjee: WB

ED officials probing the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam, on Tuesday conducted search operations at two flats and another shop allegedly linked to Arpita Mukherjee.

West Bengal's share in small savings rises to highest since pandemic began

Maharashtra has also seen an increase in net collections in recent years