south 24 parganas

Kolkata, March 31 – The Kolkata Police has taken a significant step to further enhance administrative preparedness ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections. In view of the upcoming polls, several senior police officials have been designated as Nodal Officers, a senior officer of the Kolkata...

Kolkata, March 30 The Election Commission has transferred officers-in-charge and inspectors-in-charge of 173 police stations across West Bengal, including 31 under the Kolkata Police, as part of measures to ensure free and fair Assembly polls, officials said.Officers posted in key...

Kolkata, March 28 – Following a squall that swept across Kolkata and several districts overnight, the Met department on Saturday forecast intensified rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms later in the day, particularly across south Bengal.The Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata's Alipore...

Kolkata, March 24 – The recovery of the body of a local BJP worker, found in Raidighi in the South 24 Parganas district, sparked widespread tension in the area on Tuesday. While the BJP is claiming it was a political murder, the police have arrested the deceased man's wife and her alleged lover...

Kolkata, March 22 – An unusual drop of 11 degrees in maximum temperature has been recorded in Kolkata during the spring season, following two days of rain.Until now, the maximum temperature had consistently been above 30 degrees Celsius. However, due to continuous overnight rainfall (starting...

Kolkata, March 21 The Indian Secular Front (ISF) announced that it will contest 33 seats in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, including four constituencies where seat-sharing talks with the Left Front are yet to reach a consensus.ISF MLA Nawsad Siddiqui said the party has reached an...

Kolkata, March 16 A thunderstorm, reaching a maximum speed of 72 km per hour, passed over Kolkata on Monday evening, accompanied by moderate rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.A thunderstorm typically involves a sudden and sharp increase in wind speed.The IMD said that...

Kolkata, March 15 – Just hours before the Election Commission formally announces the West Bengal Assembly elections, the state government carried out a reshuffle of police officials at the ground level on Sunday.According to a senior state government official, 27 Inspectors and the...

Kolkata, March 5 The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s voter list has created a major challenge for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), particularly in areas with a Muslim-majority population and the crucial 24 Parganas districts, ahead of the assembly elections. The ruling party is...

Kolkata, March 4 – A man in the Magrahat area of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district committed suicide after he found his name listed under the “adjudication” category in the final electoral rolls of West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, police said on...

Kolkata, March 4 Two people died allegedly by suicide in the districts of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri and South 24 Parganas, due to "mental stress" following the publication of the final list after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said.Rafiq Ali Gazi (44) was...

Kolkata, March 2 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated on Monday that the people of West Bengal, "tormented by TMC's misgovernance," are yearning for change, as he announced his decision to join the ‘Poriborton Yatra’ being held by the state unit of the BJP.In a post on X, HM Shah said that...

Medininagar, February 24 After a decade-long separation, a 19-year-old youth from a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) has been reunited with his family in Jharkhand’s Palamu district after he was traced to West Bengal, officials said on Tuesday.Mandis Parahiya, a resident of Kala...

Kolkata, February 23 – The Calcutta High Court ordered on Monday that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs be made a party in the case concerning illegal constructions in the East Kolkata Wetlands, according to court sources.Justice Amrita Sinha of the Calcutta High Court expressed...

Kolkata, February 22 A Trinamool Congress legislator on Sunday alleged that miscreants hurled crude bombs and fired at his vehicle in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, police said.MLA Saokat Molla claimed the attack took place on Saturday evening in Bhangar while he was returning...

Kolkata, February 18 – After a week, another fisherman has been killed in a tiger attack in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, police said on Wednesday.The deceased, identified as Rampada Burman (45), was a resident of the Chhota Mollakhali Kalidaspur area in the Gosaba region of the South...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Indian Coast Guard seized a Bangladeshi fishing trawler and detained 28 Bangladeshi fishermen for entering Indian waters in violation of maritime boundaries.The Indian Coast Guard transported the trawler and the fishermen to the Fraserganj Fisheries Port in the South...