West Bengal Districts

A man at Raidighi in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, was hacked to death by his nephew at a busy marketplace on Tuesday morning, police said.

Tension erupted in a part of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district over lists of beneficiaries in the state's housing scheme. The Trinamool Congress government has announced that it would build new homes.

The West Bengal Police, on Tuesday, arrested a doctor in Hasnabad in North 24 Parganas district on charges of raping a female patient after injecting her with a tranquillizing serum.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the state administration was ready to respond to any disaster that could occur due to an impending cyclone.

A senior citizen at Katwa in West Bengal's East Burdwan district has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a three-year-old girl.

Nadia district police in West Bengal, on Wednesday afternoon, arrested a youth in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman in her early twenties, whose half-charred and semi-nude body was recovered earlier this morning.

The man who has been accused of kidnapping and murder of a schoolgirl in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district was seen inside a shop before he committed the crime on Friday, CCTV footage showed.

A girl who had left home to attend a coaching class has allegedly been kidnapped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, sparking anger and protests. A police camp has also been vandalised and set on fire.

Four members of a family were electrocuted in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday after coming into contact with a live wire while trying to save their cow, police said.

Turning down the compensation of Rs 2 lakh, the family of a 10-year-old boy who died at a state-run hospital in Dakshin Dinajpur district rejected the West Bengal government's claim that the ongoing agitation of the junior doctors caused his death.

A contractual laboratory technician in West Bengal's Howrah District Hospital was arrested by police for allegedly molesting a minor patient within the hospital premises, said officials here on Sunday.

A banned practice of using spiked rods and fireballs to drive away wild animals has led to the death of an elephant in West Bengal's Jhargram district on Thursday. Conservationist Prerna Singh Bindra shared the incident in an online post on Saturday.

The Border Security Force (BSF) with the help of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) foiled an infiltration attempt along India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Friday, an official said.

Incessant rain lashed Kolkata and its neighbouring districts on Saturday as a low-pressure area turned into a deep depression, an official said.

The alleged gang-rape of a woman in West Bengal's Malda district sparked outrage among the locals on Thursday. Two men named by the woman were arrested after she lodged a police complaint.

A man at Raidighi in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, was hacked to death by his nephew at a busy marketplace on Tuesday morning, police said.

Tension erupted in a part of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district over lists of beneficiaries in the state's housing scheme. The Trinamool Congress government has announced that it would build new homes.

The West Bengal Police, on Tuesday, arrested a doctor in Hasnabad in North 24 Parganas district on charges of raping a female patient after injecting her with a tranquillizing serum.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the state administration was ready to respond to any disaster that could occur due to an impending cyclone.

A senior citizen at Katwa in West Bengal's East Burdwan district has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a three-year-old girl.

Nadia district police in West Bengal, on Wednesday afternoon, arrested a youth in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman in her early twenties, whose half-charred and semi-nude body was recovered earlier this morning.

The man who has been accused of kidnapping and murder of a schoolgirl in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district was seen inside a shop before he committed the crime on Friday, CCTV footage showed.

A girl who had left home to attend a coaching class has allegedly been kidnapped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, sparking anger and protests. A police camp has also been vandalised and set on fire.

Four members of a family were electrocuted in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday after coming into contact with a live wire while trying to save their cow, police said.

Turning down the compensation of Rs 2 lakh, the family of a 10-year-old boy who died at a state-run hospital in Dakshin Dinajpur district rejected the West Bengal government's claim that the ongoing agitation of the junior doctors caused his death.

A contractual laboratory technician in West Bengal's Howrah District Hospital was arrested by police for allegedly molesting a minor patient within the hospital premises, said officials here on Sunday.

A banned practice of using spiked rods and fireballs to drive away wild animals has led to the death of an elephant in West Bengal's Jhargram district on Thursday. Conservationist Prerna Singh Bindra shared the incident in an online post on Saturday.

The Border Security Force (BSF) with the help of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) foiled an infiltration attempt along India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Friday, an official said.

Incessant rain lashed Kolkata and its neighbouring districts on Saturday as a low-pressure area turned into a deep depression, an official said.

The alleged gang-rape of a woman in West Bengal's Malda district sparked outrage among the locals on Thursday. Two men named by the woman were arrested after she lodged a police complaint.