In a significant crackdown on illegal cross-border infiltration, Krishnaganj police on Tuesday arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and two local agents from a residence in the Nalupur border area. The four were later produced before the District Judge’s court in Krishnagar.
A major shake-up is underway within the youth wing of Bengal’s communist party, with growing indications that Minakshi Mukherjee, the fiery leader who brought the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) into sharp public focus through street mobilisation and mass movements in West Bengal, may soon be stepping down from her post as the state secretary.
Continuous rainfall has been lashing Kolkata and large parts of South Bengal since Monday night, with heavy showers forecast to continue through Tuesday and Wednesday, the regional meteorological office said.
One Trinamul Congress worker was murdered on Monday night in the Basirhat area of North 24-Parganas district. Four persons have been arrested by police so far in connection with the incident.
This year’s G7 summit unfolds against the backdrop of a world in profound flux ~ one that is grappling not only with sluggish economic growth but also with the resurgence of geopolitical rivalries that threaten to upend the fragile order painstakingly built over decades.
An accused, who had allegedly raped a two-and-half year old divyang child in the state capital, was killed in police firing when he tried to escape on Friday.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah were present at the occasion.
Even as World Environment Day was being observed with enthusiasm across the region from Siliguri to Sikkim on Thursday, two major timber smuggling incidents came to light, prompting action from forest and railway authorities.
Chandrima Bhattacharya, state minister for finance urged the people to create awareness on the plastic campaign.
With reports of fresh 106 Covid-19 positive patients during the past 24 hours, West Bengal on Thursday secured third positions after Kerala and Delhi in terms of novel coronavirus-affected cases across the country.
