An illegal arms supplier, identified as Ashiq Azam Ghazi, was arrested in this connections, said officials.

Several BJP leaders, including Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, have been named in the FIR.

A medical test on the woman, who has been admitted to a hospital in critical condition, confirmed rape, said police.

Addressing a press conference with his party colleague Jayprakash Majumdar, TMC state general secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, “The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had initially hushed up the matter, but the agency had to submit documents after the court sought details of the seizure.”

The BJP's Yuva Morcha has proposed to take out a rally from Rashbehari to Chetla in south Kolkata on November 14 to protest the rising number of dengue-positive cases in West Bengal.

The ED had in October conducted search operations on two premises linked with the gaming app and seized Rs 17.3 crore in cash — the first seizure made by the central agency in the case.

The primary board had filled about 12,500 vacant posts in 2020 against a total of 16,500 vacant posts. It was found that 3,929 vacant posts were yet to be filled.

“When I had appeared in the exam seven years ago, I was unmarried. Now I am married and have the responsibility of raising my four-year-old son. I have forgotten all that I studied back then," said Smritirupa who hails from Bolpur in Birbhum district.

Sharing details of the Centre’s funding for the medical colleges, Adhikari further wrote, “With Central Assistance, 600 new MBBS seats are being added in the field of Medical Education in West Bengal. 100 MBBS students are being admitted in each of these six new Medical Colleges as the first batches in the 2022-23 session.”

Speaking on the sidelines of the 16th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD) in Kolkata, Bharati Pravin Pawar said, "The central government is constantly issuing guidelines to the states about dengue.

“Vikram Singh Gandhi was arrested around 10:30 pm Wednesday from his residence in connection with the E-Nuggets gaming app fraud case. The case is being investigated by the detective department," said a senior police officer.

According to police, they have registered two separate cases based on two complaints submitted by a 23-year-old woman.

Videos of the constable grabbing 41-year-old Arunima Paul's hand and biting her were shared on social media. Police said Arunima bit the constable first.

The TMC chief also alleges that VIPs moving around in cars with tinted glass are transporting arms and money.

On Wednesday, Banerjee is scheduled to address a party workers' meeting at Krishnanagar where she is likely to reach out to the Matua community, which has a strong presence in Nadia district.

The students began their agitation at 5 pm Monday. Arun Kumar Maity, dean of students at Presidency University, has been gheraoed by the agitating students.

Modi on Sunday had said the Centre made efforts to pave way for citizenship to Sikh and Hindu families that were victims of Partition by bringing the CAA law.

Health and civic officials were directed to keep an eye on cleanliness to check the vectore-borne disease. Door-to-door visits have been ordered in areas where dengue is on the rise.

Shocked to hear about the development, his family from Masila village in Howrah (Rural) district's Sankrail said Amiruddin had been living in Kashmir since 2007.

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said, “The state has become a terror hub. Police don't take any step against such elements due to political pressure. The government is sympathetic towards them and helping them spread their wings. The CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) is necessary to solve this.”

Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, who had earlier issued a rule of contempt over the petition, observed that it cannot be categorically said that there was a wilful breach of undertaking by the state in a strict sense.

Elections to the Nandakumar-Baharampur Cooperative Agriculture Credit Society were held on Sunday. The total number of seats was 63. The West Bengal Samobai Bachao Committee won all the seats.

Bengal also shared a deep relationship with Shaheed Bhagat Singh during the independence struggle, she said.

In the letter, a copy of which he shared on Twitter, the BJP leader said the situation has worsened due to the financial crisis staring at the state government that is busy hiding data on the vector-borne disease.