A special CBI court in Alipore has officially framed charges against Dr. Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College, and four others in a major corruption case. The charges, framed on July 14, include criminal conspiracy, cheating, breach of trust, forgery, and corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court has scheduled the trial to begin on July 22, 2025.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) said that the central government does not offer flood and disaster relief funds for her State but offers help to Assam in times of need.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today believed to have expressed her displeasure on the alleged continued harassment of Bengali speaking migrant workers in BJP-ruled states, sources claimed.
Kolkata had to see another ‘rape’ case after the case of Calcutta Law College, where a woman, studying at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta alleged that she had been raped inside the hostel at the campus premises.
The Calcutta High Court will hear an appeal made by the accused of the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sanjay Roy. The HC on Wednesday said they’ll hear the case on July 16.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (July 8, 2025) said that she was shocked and disturbed to learn that the Foreigners Tribunal in Assam has issued an NRC notice to a resident of Dinhata in Cooch Behar and claimed that “premeditated attempt is being made to intimidate, disenfranchise, and target marginalised communities”.
Samik Bhattacharya, a 61-year-old Rajya Sabha member and chief spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s West Bengal unit, emerged as the sole contender for the post of state president on Wednesday as nobody else filed nominations during the organisational election process paving way for the veteran leader, senior party functionaries said.
Mamata Banerjee, scrambling to douse the Kasba gang-rape flames from behind the scenes, has been left “very displeased” by the public fight on the issue between party MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra and the insensitive comments from MLA Madan Mitra.
A day before the Rath Yatra festival, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday held a high-level meeting with officials of Digha Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA), police and ISKCON monks at the newly constructed Jagannath temple here.
