According to reports, the 17-year-old girl's body was found on the bank of a pond on Friday, a day after she allegedly went missing.

Five members of the joint forum held talks with Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi, Home Secretary B P Gopalika and Finance Secretary Manoj Pant on Friday.

Scarred by recent Ram Navami riots, TMC steps up attack against BJP, hopes this will woo back its disillusioned minority vote bank

A 17-year-old was found dead on the banks of a pond on Friday morning, a day after she went missing. Her family has alleged she was raped before being murdered, while police say they are verifying the allegations.

The police said they are looking into the matter.

On Friday morning, tension gripped the area when local residents along with the victim's family members blocked a road with her body, demanding punishment for the culprits, alleging it was a case of gangrape.

Speaking to media outside Nabanna where the meeting was held, joint forum convener Bhaskar Ghosh announced a mega rally in Kolkata on May 6 which will culminate at Harish Chatterjee Street, residence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

MLA Ajoy Poddar, however, rubbished the allegations, saying it is an attempt to tarnish his image.

"I will resign if it is proven that I called up Amit Shah over TMC's national party status," she said, rejecting Bengal's leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's claim that she had made the call.

The local police said they did not receive any complaint in connection with the incident.

When apprised that the permission was withdrawn after facing opposition from two members of local village committee, Justice Mantha directed that village committee president Madhusadan Karak be made a party in the case. The matter will now be heard after seven days.

Addressing a press conference at the state Congress headquarters in Kolkata, Chowdhury attacked the TMC over arrests of its MLAs and other party leaders in the teachers' recruitment scam.

The single-judge bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha ordered the CBI to take over the probe with immediate effect.

The advisory says that people should wear proper masks while travelling, entering crowded places and wash their hands frequently.

The matter will now come up for hearing on May 11.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Basu said, “I have received an order to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the vice-chancellor of the university. The order came from the chancellor and I will abide by it.”

TMC chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of targetting her party's MLA in a “planned manner”.

Addressing a press conference earlier this week, Regional Meteorological Centre (Kolkata) deputy director general Sanjib Bandyopadhyay had said, “The westerly and northwesterly dry wind are prevailing in and around the state, so the temperature is estimated to be 1°C or 3°C higher than the average temperature.”

The police have mentioned him as “absconding” in the chargesheet they submitted in the court in connection with the case that was registered in 2016.

A total of 30 people including one representative each from Tripura, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal and university students took part in the heritage walk.

The raids started in Murshidabad, Purba Medinipur and Kolkata districts on Friday.

On Thursday, the state recorded two Covid deaths — one in Raiganj and another in Kolkata. 

This is the first time the four — including Chatterjee’s then personal secretaries Sukanta Acharya and Prabir Banerjee — have been named in the chargesheet.

“Amit Shah spoke about the Ram Navami procession. Let me remind him that his cadre Sumit Shaw, who was seen brandishing weapons in the Ram Navami procession, was arrested from Bihar. As Union Home Minister, can't he condemn it?” the TMC spokesperson added.