The searches were conducted at the premises of the accused including public servants and others which led to recovery of a large number of incriminating documents related to identity proofs and issuance of forged passports.

According to sources, Roy has been asked to appear on Monday. Sumit Roy on Friday moved Calcutta High Court challenging the notice.

These tourists were stranded in Lachen and Lachung after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in Mangan district last Wednesday caused a flash flood in Teesta river.

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, on Monday reviewed the situation in Sikkim in the national capital.

In the past three days, four persons died of dengue in West Bengal.

Earlier on Monday, Congress members took took out a rally in south Kolkata demanding justice for the Kamduni rape-murder victim and questioning the CID probe launched by the state government in the case.

Abhishek threatens fresh stir from Nov 1 if there’s no clarity on MGNREGA dues

The three accused — all IT sector employees — were arrested after the woman lodged a complaint of rape at the police station concerned on Saturday.

The TMC leader also interacted with the beneficiaries of Prime Minister Awas Yojana.

The case was registered in September 2022 following the seizure of 81,000 electric detonators from a vehicle in the Md. Bazar Police Station area in Birbhum district by a team of Special Task Force, West Bengal

After the meeting, Panchayat Minister Pradeep Majumder said, “It has been two consecutive years that the state has not received money.

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and party MLAs, MPs and ministers, along with those engaged in MGNREGA work, recently staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi and marched to the Rural Development Ministry at Krishi Bhawan where they were scheduled to meet Jyoti.

Speaking on the occasion, Gen Joshi emphasized the importance of protecting the ecology.

Rain is likely to occur at one or two places of Bengal in the next 24 hours.

Banerjee has remained at the protest site through the intervening night between Thursday and Friday as did hundreds of party workers and held meetings with them.

As per the rules, the executive committee of Tankara taluka panchayat can have up to nine members, including the chairman.

The Diamond Harbour MP also targeted PM Modi over the searches conducted by the Delhi Police on Tuesday at 30 locations connected with NewsClick and its journalists in a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA.

Banerjee also hit out at West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose who is currently involved in a standoff with the state government over the appointment of interim vice-chancellors of state-run universities.

West Bengal chief minister said that three unidentified bodies were found near the Teesta Barrage area in the Jalpaiguri district and they could be the victims of the Sikkim flash flood.

Currently, the taxi fare is Rs 12.5 per kilometre.

Residents shift to safer places from a flood-affected area as the swollen Sal river inundates nearby areas following heavy rainfall, in Birbhum district on Sunday. PTI

The protest will coincide with TMC's protest at Rajghat in Delhi.

The MGNREGA and the PMAY have led to a political firestorm in the state with the TMC alleging that West Bengal is being unfairly targeted by the Centre since people didn't vote for the BJP in the Assembly elections.

The Governor named Professor Achintya Saha as the interim V-C of Murshidabad University, Professor B B Parida for MG University, Professor Nikhil Chandra Ray for Coochbehar Panchanan University and Professor Rathin Bandyopadhyay for Alipurduar University.