The resolution was passed with 167 members, in a House of 294, voting in favour of it. Sixty-two MLAs from the BJP, which wants to observe June 20, the day the Bengal assembly voted in favour of partition, as the state day, voted against it.
West Bengal news: The accident happened on Tuesday when the girl, identified as Srabanti Ghosh, tried to get down from a galloping local train while returning home.
Bose had joined the BJP in 2018 and was appointed the party's national secretary in charge of West Bengal.
West Bengal Police arrested 3 persons who were carrying 2,000 bottles of banned cough syrup in two vehicles.
The G20 Summit, a meeting of the world's major economies, is being held in Delhi on September 9 and 10. The summit is being hosted by India, and several heads of state from across the world, including US President Joe Biden, are attending.
The governor's office has defended the move, saying that it was necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the universities.
West Bengal: The man, who worked in an event management company, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
Admiral Prakash, who was in Kolkata on Saturday to deliver the ‘Sarat Chandra Bose Lecture’, lauded Netaji and said that he was a man of strategic vision and had planned a liberation war from two sides of the Indian subcontinent.
The deceased, identified as 25-year-old Somnath Sardar, was arrested on charges of abducting a minor girl six years ago, said police.
In a statement, Mohammad Salim further said that the BJP will not do this to unearth the truth as they are only interested in bringing religion to the fore.
Fast-track court judge Santosh Kumar Pathak pronounced the judgment. However, the youth's counsel pleaded for life-term punishment for his client.
On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, sex workers in Kolkata tied rakhi to the passers-by in the city.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose announced the Paschim Banga Diwas (West Bengal Day) on June 20 as the official foundation day of the state.
West Bengal: BJP blamed Bengal Minister Rathin Ghosh for the blast demanding an NIA probe, while TMC hit back at the saffron party by equating it with a 'vulture'.
At least eight people were killed and several others injured after a massive blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Duttapukur, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.
According to police, several people were working at the factory when the blast happened. The roof of the building was completely blown away, and the charred and dismembered bodies of the victims were found scattered on the ground.
Police said that the man was found in possession of sensitive documents, including photographs, videos, and online chats, which he had sent to a suspected intelligence operative of Pakistan. The accused was arrested late on Friday night after hours of interrogation.
Siliguri minor murder: The bandh, which will begin at 6 am and continue till 6 pm, has been called by the newly-formed Gorkha Sewa Sena, and supported by the taxi associations of Kurseong, Darjeeling and Kalimpong.
The Howrah-Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express train was delayed by an hour after it faced a technical glitch.
A 17-year-old student died after falling from a second-floor balcony of the main boys' hostel, situated outside the university campus, on August 9.
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