Forest officials said Bhakta had gone out to fish with six others. In the afternoon, he was having his lunch on the boat when a tiger sneaked up on him and tried to drag him into the forest.

Roy had posted the photo on Monday in response to a person’s tweet asking why Vijayvargiya remained in charge of the BJP in West Bengal despite the poll debacle earlier this year.

Rajib Banerjee has been appointed as a special invitee member to the national executive committee.

The government is continuing with acting DGP Manoj Malaviya, who took over after the retirement of former DGP Virendra in August.

Among the Pujas that received an award was the Dum Dum Park Bharat Chakra Puja, which received a lot of attention for expressing solidarity with farmers, and mentioning the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in its Puja theme.

On a collision course with the college authorities for the last three and a half months, the protesters have been demanding reinstatement of the RGKMC union, a transparent hostel council and more hostel beds for female resident doctors.

The Puja was shifted to the adjacent Central Avenue Fire Station in 2019 after the wall of an underground reservoir collapsed.

Of late, the state has been registering more Covid cases than recoveries. As many as 606 Covid cases were registered against 597 recoveries in the state in the last 24 hours.

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday administered the oath of office to Justice Prakash Srivastava who was sworn in as the new chief justice of Calcutta High Court.

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday alleged that the Trinamool Congress had killed at least 53 BJP workers since the results of the West Bengal Assembly polls were declared on May 2.

In their performances, Chhau artistes enact episodes from epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, the Puranas, and local folklore.

The police have said they plan to deploy more than 5,000 personnel on each day of the Puja to ensure the celebrations go on without a hitch.

While primarily catering to Covid patients, the control room would also extend assistance to non-Covid patients in the event of an emergency.

According to sources at Jorasanko police station, two more persons were also injured in the incident.

The advisory specifically urged people “to avoid gatherings and processions as much as possible this year, keeping in mind the possibility of a Covid third wave and spreading of infection”.

Many artists said that the cost of raw materials had significantly increased, and spoke of a labour shortage since many of them returned to their villages during the pandemic.

The police have said children will not be allowed to enter pandals, and appealed to people to maintain all Covid-19 protocols such as wearing masks and maintaining appropriate social distance.

The accused allegedly ransacked the house and dragged out the complainant’s husband. One of them shot him in the head, according to investigators.

Assembly bypolls to four seats of Dinhata, Santipur, Khardaha and Gosaba will be held on October 30 and counting of votes will take place on November 2.

Some of the coastal areas in the districts of South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur received heavy rains during the day while scattered rainfall started in areas such as Bakkhali and Namkhana in the morning.

North 24 Parganas and Kolkata recorded three deaths each while Nadia and Purba Medinipur recorded one death each.

Suspected Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers pushed and heckled the BJP national vice-president on the last day of campaigning for the September 30 by-poll in which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is up against the BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal.

“Thanks and congrats ‘star campaigner’ @me_locket for not campaigning at Bhabanipur. Inspite of many requests from BJP U hvn't come. As a friend wish your success wherever u r. World is too small. Hope those days will return again when u started your political innings,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh tweeted.

Bidhannagar police arrested the accused on the basis of a complaint filed by the woman’s father, said a police officer. According to police, the incident took place at the accused’s PG accommodation at noon on September 24.