Berhampore

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  Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Mallikarjun Kharge's Son-In-Law On Congress' 3rd Lok Sabha List

  The Congress on Thursday released its third list of 56 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Berhampore, and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna from Gulbarga.

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  Adhir Ranjan Challenges Mamata Banerjee To Contest From Berhampore Seat

  West Bengal state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest from the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming polls and defeat him.

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  Bengal Poll Candidate Dies 4 Days After Testing Positive For Covid

  Revolutionary Socialist Party candidate Pradip Kumar Nandi, who tested positive for COVID-19 four days ago, died at a hospital in Berhampore on Friday, a health department official said.

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  After Terror Attack, Bengal MP Asks PM Modi To Send All-Party Team To Kashmir

  A day after terrorists killed five labourers from West Bengal in Kashmir's Kulgam district, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send an all-party delegation to the region to make a detailed assessment of its ground situation.

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  General Election 2019: "Wife's Name Not In Affidavit?" Mamata Banerjee Jabs Congress Leader

  Murshidabad district in West Bengal is turning into a political slugfest with an ugly personal twist. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has held at least four meetings in the district in the last three days, attacked Congress parliamentarian and its candidate from Berhampore, Adhir Chaudhury, saying, "He has not even acknowledged his first wife i...

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  Parents Say Friend Tortured Daughter,4, With Hot Iron Rod For "Not Eating"

  A four-year-old girl was allegedly tortured with a hot iron rod by her parents' friend in Berhampur as punishment for not eating, the police said today.

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  Congress Lawmaker Tears off Shirt to Make a Point in Bengal

  West Bengal Congress chief and Congress lawmaker, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today tore off his shirt and dared the police to fire at him after they lathicharged his supporters during a 12 hour shutdown called by the party today. But his protest, at Behrampore in Murshidabad district, was ridiculed by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, as aping former c...

• Cyclone-hit Berhampur in Odisha limping back to normalcy

  Leaving behind the trail of destruction caused by cyclone Phailin and two successive floods, Berhampur town in Ganjam district has started limping back to normalcy.

• College student abducted in Odisha

  A college student was allegedly abducted by unidentified miscreants from Salai dam near Balugaon, about 75 km from Berhampore on Thursday, police said.

• Three-year-old girl dies at hospital in Bengal

  Yet another crib sheet statistic. A three-year-old girl today died at a hospital in Murshidabad district after being admitted for fever, with the parents alleging medical negligence, the police said.

• Berhampur: Teacher held on charge of rape attempt on a student

  A school teacher was on Friday arrested on charge of attempt to rape a Class VI girl student by administering injection at a primary school in Ganjam district, police said.The teacher Yudhistira Biswal was arrested after the incident took place at Upgraded Middle English School at Phapalapur village, about 50 km from Berhampur.The syringe was recov...

• Berhampore: Police clash with students, teachers; 20 injured

  Students and teachers of a school in West Bengal's Murshidabad district clashed with the police on Friday following the accidental death of a student. Twenty people were injured in the violence and road traffic was disrupted.Four students were injured by bullets allegedly fired by the police while 16 policemen were hurt in brickbatting.According to...