2 officials die, another paralysed amid claims of 'SIR pressure'

A series of deaths and health-related incidents involving staff deployed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in multiple states has triggered alarm, even as West Bengal......

Tension in Bengal's Bhabanipur as police detain BJP chief, UK-based doc

Tension flared up in South Kolkata's Bhabanipur on Friday evening after West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Sukanta Majumdar and London-based doctor Rajatshubhra Bandyopadhyay were......

4th accused in Kolkata law college gangrape case held, police forms SIT

The Kolkata Police on Saturday arrested a security guard of a law college in Kolkata in connection with the alleged gang rape of a first-year student of the institute earlier this week, an officer......

Kolkata gang rape: BJP rally stopped, leaders detained during protest

The police on Saturday stopped a Bharatiya Janata Party rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out......

Sourav Ganguly's security cover upgraded to Z category

IMAGE: As per the new security arrangement, Sourav Ganguly will have 8 to 10 police personnel guarding him. Photograph: BCCI The West Bengal government has decided to upgrade the security cover of......