The Kolkata Police have summoned CPI(M)'s youth leader and former state secretary of the Students' Federation of India (SFI), Srijan Bhattacharya, for interrogation regarding the March 1 ruckus at Jadavpur University.
On the occasion of International Women's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that every woman owns the strength and power to shape her world, as she is not weaker than anyone or inferior.
A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Friday, raised questions about the lapses and inadequacies in the security arrangements of West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu as he was injured during a ruckus in the Jadavpur University campus on March 1.
A special court in Kolkata on Friday granted bail to private promoter Ayan Sil in the cash-for-school job case.
West Bengal Governor C.V Ananda Bose, on Friday, assured the vice-chancellors of state-run universities to speak to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issues of increasing incidents of campus violence in the state.
The state police arrested three more accused in the alleged cyber fraud racket, who all belong to the infamous Jamtara gang.
A delegation of Trinamul Congress Parliamentarians, from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, met President Droupadi Murmu, seeking quick approval of the new Bill Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Law) Bill that seeks capital punishment for convicts in rape and murder cases.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has directed the Bengal Kumbh Mela Committee today to ensure that pilgrims both from Bengal and other states of India, face no inconvenience during the ongoing Kumbh Mela at Triveni in Hooghly and Mahaprabhu Ghat, Majer Char, Kalyani in Nadia which will continue till 16 February.
As a part of station modernisation initiatives, the Eastern Railway is installing train indication boards (TIB) at 40 key stations across the Howrah division.
Minister in-charge of labour, law, and judicial departments, Moloy Ghatak, has called a high-level meeting to discuss pressing concerns related to tea gardens and the tea industry in West Bengal.
