TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh has alleged that motorcycle-borne attackers vandalised his car in Kolkata and threatened his security team. The second such claim in two days has intensified the TMC-BJP clash over safety and law and order in West Bengal.
The CBI has submitted a sealed report to the Calcutta High Court on the alleged conspiracy in the RG Kar doctor's rape and murder case. The in-camera hearing will resume on November 20 as the court examines claims of evidence destruction and a wider cover-up.
TMC and BJP supporters clashed in Kolkata's Mukundapur over control of a local party office. The violence triggered assault allegations, hospitalisations and fresh questions over police response.
The clash broke out after a scuffle between workers during a TMC procession. The faction alleged attacks on its workers as they marched to reclaim their party office and submit a formal representation.
A West Bengal government panel has begun reviewing proposals to rename roads and public places in Kolkata. Lenin Sarani, Karl Marx Sarani, Biswa Bangla Sarani and Park Circus Seven Point Crossing are among the names submitted for consideration. No final decision has been taken, and existing signboards remain unchanged.
A Kolkata Police commando was found hanging inside a locked toilet at the Police Training School barracks on Saturday. Investigators have begun an unnatural death probe and are awaiting the post-mortem report to establish the circumstances.
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Kolkata-based Amit Ganguly in a money laundering case tied to land grabbing and forged property documents. The agency said the case also involves manipulated land records, false civil claims and 23 FIRs filed by West Bengal Police.
A student at Surendranath Law College has alleged that two campus rooms were being used as 'OYO rooms' for non-academic purposes, and female students were threatened and asked to compromise by a local TMC leader.
After the deadly Shikha Inn fire, Kolkata intensified fire safety inspections, with 919 of 960 hotels and guest houses found non-compliant and served temporary closure notices. The establishments must meet safety norms and obtain renewed certificates before reopening. Separately, the TMC challenged a fire safety order affecting its office building on Camac Street.
Seven prominent Kolkata puja committees have said they will not seek the aid, with one of them choosing instead to contribute the same amount to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Abhishek Banerjee alleged BJP workers stormed his party office in Kolkata at around 4.30 am, attacked people present there, snatched phones, smashed furniture and damaged electronic equipment.
Fresh graffiti, including a Karl Marx quote and "Free Palestine" slogans, reappeared at Jadavpur University after walls were whitewashed following Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari's call to remove "anti-national" slogans. The university called the cleaning routine, while Vice-Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharya urged constructive, non-political use of walls. Students defended the graffiti as free speech.
The Calcutta High Court refused interim relief on TMC's plea over the removed billboard at Abhishek Banerjee's office. It said restoration would amount to final relief and mere apprehension cannot justify curbs on civic action.
A pavement eviction drive on Kolkata's Park Street involving minister Agnimitra Paul sparked controversy after a video showed her confronting a woman heating milk for her baby. The episode drew criticism, with Paul later saying she could have handled it differently. Mamata Banerjee offered shelter and support, triggering a political war with the BJP.
A massive pre-dawn fire at a Kolkata hotel killed nine Bangladeshi nationals, and injured six other who had come to the city for treatment.
A three-storey building in Kolkata's Jorabagan collapsed on Tuesday following heavy rainfall, killing 50-year-old Urmila Sau and injuring 15 others. The front portion of the building gave way, triggering panic in the area. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation had already declared the structure dangerous, but several families continued to live there.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Bidhannagar East Police traced Haque to Mumbai and arrested him on Monday. He was produced before a Mumbai court and subsequently brought to Kolkata on transit remand.
A nurse on night duty was found dead in a washroom at NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Police and the Health Department have opened separate probes as postmortem findings are awaited.
A woman died after the car she was driving plunged into a 10-12-foot-deep pond in Kolkata on Wednesday. She was practising driving alone when she lost control and became trapped inside the submerged car.
The deceased was identified as Sribas Chandra Ojha. He was out for his daily walk with an attendant when the accident occurred around 6.45 pm near a parking area inside the Uniworld City township.
