According to police, the two cousins had come to visit their uncle at Ekdala village last week and were playing in the house when they picked up a crude bomb stocked in the room.

“Democracy in Darjeeling is under a great threat now. Trans-frontier political outfits are remotely controlling some of the leaders of Darjeeling Hills and the foothills... It's a matter of great concern for the nation's security, integrity and sovereignty,” Tamang added.

In a press release, the Trinamool Congress said Shantipur I gram panchayat pradhan Sk Selim Ali has been asked to tender his resignation.

Chowdhury also urged the PM to tackle the decades-old problem of erosion during the 'Namami Gange' review meeting that is scheduled to be held in Kolkata on December 30, to be attended by the Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Anubrata, who was produced in the court, was asked to furnish a bail bond of Rs 2,000.The next hearing in the case is on January 1.

Ojha resigned from the TMC earlier in the day. “I have held two important positions in TMC . But during the past year, I have not been invited to any party programme. I feel the TMC doesn't need me anymore.”

According to officials, infrastructure was tested, manpower was checked to ensure hospital staff and others are prepared to tackle the Covid situation.

On Monday, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha in a press statement accused the Centre of withholding the release of MGNREGA funds to West Bengal to the tune of over Rs 7,500 crore.

As per details, the infrastructure in place — like ICU beds, oxygen beds, oxygen cylinders, oxygen concentrators, medicines, ambulances — were found to be sufficient in numbers.

In many Bengal districts, protests have erupted against the proposed PMAY list, with deprived people charging it included many 'ineligible' beneficiaries affiliated to TMC.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the semi-high-speed train on December 30.

A senior health department official said the woman, aged 42, was shifted to the isolation ward of the state-run Infectious Diseases & Beleghata General Hospital in Kolkata.

On Sunday, BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh alleged that the film was not screened at Nandan as it features Mithun Chakraborty in a pivotal role. Chakraborty joined BJP last year.

This will be Modi's second visit to West Bengal since the 2021 Assembly polls. Despite his extensive election campaign, the BJP lost to the TMC that came to power for the third straight term.

West Bengal government officials say recent meetings were about MGNREGS dues, among other things. But rivals say Banerjee is on the defensive over scam probes and is trying to get the central agencies to back down.

BJP leader and Chaitali's husband Jitendra Tiwari, however, alleged that the police are “mentally harassing” his wife in the name of questioning her.

Acting registrar Ashok Mahato informed professor Sudipta Bhattacharyya, who is also president of a teachers’ body, that the executive council — the university’s highest decision-making body — has found him guilty of “misconduct”.

According to the CBI, searches were conducted at 16 locations, including some in Nagpur, Mumbai, Ranchi, Kolkata, Durgapur, Ghaziabad, Vishakhapatnam, among others, that led to recovery of “incriminating documents, articles etc.”

Adhikari held a public meeting in Ranaghat of Nadia district nearly a week after Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee held a similar programme.

Bhattacharya informed Mandaviya that the Mamata Banerjee-led government is making all preparations to combat any eventuality.

Earlier in the year, Justice Gangopadhyay ordered termination of services of 269 primary section teachers on the same charges.

The victims' grandfather, identified as Jamirul Islam, was arrested for allegedly keeping explosives in the house, the police said.

The government also issued an advisory asking people who have not completed their vaccination yet to take booster doses at the earliest.

The CBI had earlier claimed in court that Partha was the “mastermind” of the recruitment scam.