Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The West Bengal administration on Friday constituted a panel of senior officials to prevent the grabbing of government lands, an official said.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Purulia MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato spoke to ANI about the incident and said, "I demand that an FIR on murder charges be registered against those responsible. This has happened due to…
The three new criminal laws-- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; and the Bharatiya Sakshaya Adhiniyam, 2023-- to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Southwest monsoon officially entered some parts of southern West Bengal on Friday, the Met office said, but rain remained elusive in most areas of the region.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the West Bengal government to take steps to ensure that people displaced due to alleged post-poll violence in the state return to their homes.
Kolkata: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Friday announced his resignation from the chair of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee. He made this announcement after a meeting of the state unit of the Congress committee on Friday afternoon,…
In yet another incident of violence during Bakrid (Eid ul-Adha) celebrations, a Muslim man was thrashed and humiliated by a Hindu mob over allegations of dropping meat near a Hindu temple. The incident took place on Monday, June 17, at…
Kolkata: The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday, approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to organise a sit-in demonstration in front of the DGP’s office against the incidents…
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today (June 21) resigned as the state Congress president in West Bengal post-Lok Sabha Election Results 2024. According to sources, Chowdhury has accepted his defeat in Lok Sabha polls and...
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defer the implementation of the three "hurriedly passed" criminal laws that are set to be rolled out on July 1, saying it would enable…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is understood to have expressed her displeasure over reports of illegal encroachments on government land in the state during a meeting with…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Jharkhand government will soon roll out a cash transfer scheme for women on the lines of West Bengal's 'Lakshmir Bhandar' initiative, an official said on Thursday.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Andhra Pradesh Governor S Abdul Nazeer participated as Chief Guest at West Bengal's Foundation Day celebrations held at Durbar Hall in Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Thursday.
Raj Bhavan insiders said that the celebration of West Bengal Foundation Day, which started on June 20, 2023, lacked the pomp and grandeur that was there in the same programme last year.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. In a major reshuffle in its IPS cadre, the West Bengal government on Thursday removed Gaurav Sharma as the Commissioner of Police of Bidhannagar and made him the IGP of the West Bengal…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Senior Congress leader and former Union finance minister P Chidambaram met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat on Thursday, an official said.