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DURGAPUR/KOLKATA: Two accused in the Durgapur gang-rape case, Sk Riyazuddin and Sk Safiq, moved a plea before a local court on Sunday for permission to confess their role in the Oct 10 incident.Police officers involved in the probe said if the court accepts the plea, the two may be treated as approvers during the trial….
JALPAIGURI: BJP MP Khagen Murmu, a two-time parliamentarian from North Malda, sustained serious injuries after being attacked by locals while visiting flood-affected areas in North Bengal. The incident occurred as he was traveling to the Nagrakata area in Jalpaiguri’s Dooars region to oversee relief and rescue operations following heavy rains and landslides. At Least 7…
KOLKATA: At least eight people died in Kolkata Tuesday as a 7km column of cloud dumped 252mm of rain – almost 20% of what the city gets in the entire year – in the span of seven hours overnight, submerging the city that was all decked up for Durga Puja in less than a week.The…
NEW DELHI: At least three people died in Kolkata on Tuesday morning due to electrocution as heavy overnight rains left streets waterlogged and disrupted traffic. Two fatalities were reported from Beniapukur and Khidderpore, while another occurred in Netaji Nagar, underscoring the risks posed by submerged electric wires amid the flooding.Airlines also issued travel advisories following…
KOLKATA: The Bengal assembly erupted in chaos on Tuesday over the Army’s attempt to dismantle a Trinamool protest stage on the Maidan, resulting in the suspension of leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari for the remainder of the three-day special session called to discuss the attack on Bengalis in certain states.Proceedings on Tuesday, the second…
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Urdu Academy has indefinitely postponed a mushaira (poetry symposium) featuring Javed Akhtar, which was scheduled for Monday evening, following protests by religious groups which claimed that certain comments by the poet-lyricist-screenwriter had hurt their sentiments.The Urdu Academy, which functions under the Bengal govt’s minority affairs department, has not officially cited the…
KOLKATA: Complying with the Supreme Court’s seven-day deadline, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday released a list of 1,804 “specifically tainted” candidates who have been barred from appearing in the Sept 7 and Sept 14 fresh recruitment examinations due to discrepancies in their 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST) appointments.Among them, 1,400…
