The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched investigations into two suspected espionage networks in West Bengal after authorities found allegations that Indian SIM cards were being used to operate WhatsApp accounts from Pakistan. Investigators suspect that the phone numbers may have been exploited to facilitate communication between Pakistan-based handlers and individuals in India, potentially enabling...
An Indian national was among five crew members killed after Somali pirates hijacked the fuel tanker MT Honour 25, with the vessel later coming under the control of security forces in Somalia’s Puntland region. The deceased Indian sailor has been identified as Mohammed Tanweeruz Zaman, a resident of West Bengal who worked as a cook...
A group of masked and helmeted men allegedly broke into and ransacked Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee’s office on Camac Street in central Kolkata in the early hours of Thursday, September 3, triggering a fresh political confrontation in West Bengal. According to allegations made by Abhishek Banerjee, the attackers entered the party office at around...
The legal battle over criminal cases registered against protesters associated with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has widened, with Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar approaching the Supreme Court seeking permission to withdraw or quash cases arising from the protests held in July. The development follows the Centre’s move to seek the quashing of 13...
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has intensified the political controversy surrounding recent unrest at Jadavpur University by declaring that anyone who wants to remain in West Bengal will have to sing “Vande Mataram”. The statement came amid heightened tensions on the university campus following clashes between Left-leaning student organisations and activists associated with the...
The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) has arrested Fazle Rabbi, the brother of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Islampur block president Zakir Hossain, in connection with an ongoing investigation into an alleged espionage network with links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Rabbi was taken into custody from Uttar Dinajpur late Thursday night after investigators reportedly...
At least eight people were killed and several others injured after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in Tarapith, a major pilgrimage destination in Birbhum district of West Bengal, in the early hours of Monday. The fire reportedly broke out around 4 am, when most guests were asleep inside the hotel. The blaze...
Former West Bengal Assembly deputy speaker and veteran Trinamool Congress leader Ashis Banerjee was found dead at a party office in Rampurhat in Birbhum district on Sunday morning, sending shockwaves through the state’s political circles. Police said Banerjee’s body was found at a Trinamool Congress office located near his residence in the Hattala Para area...
West Bengal has decided to bring the state’s girl students under the Centre’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme, marking a significant policy shift in the state’s approach to girls’ education, empowerment and welfare. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the decision while addressing an event in Kolkata organised to observe Kanya Ratna Divas, the newly designated...
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s helicopter made an emergency landing in the Kolaghat area of East Midnapore on Tuesday after deteriorating weather conditions made it unsafe to continue the journey, officials said. The helicopter had taken off from Dumdum and was headed towards Keshpur, where Adhikari was scheduled to attend a programme commemorating freedom...