West Bengal

The horrifying newspaper headlines are from the past two months, but they sum up the gruesome tragedies that have been befalling India with unfailing regularity for the last ten years.…

Over the past couple of days, it has rained incessantly in Kolkata, the capital of India’s West Bengal state. But that hasn’t stopped the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front and…

Shafaqna India: On Monday, the West Bengal government once again invited the protesting junior doctors to a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her residence at 5 pm to address…

Shafaqna India: Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal have appealed to the President of India for intervention in the RG Kar rape and murder case. Shortly after, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee…

Shafaqna India: Junior doctors in West Bengal have reached out to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging them to intervene in the ongoing crisis at RG Kar Medical…

Shafaqna India: Junior doctors continued their “cease work” and sit-in protest outside the West Bengal Health Department headquarters for the third consecutive day on Friday. This follows the failure of a…

Shafaqna India: India’s Supreme Court ordered all doctors protesting over the rape and murder of a female medic last month to resume work by Tuesday, warning they may face “adverse…

IN a dramatic response to the public outcry following the recent rape and murder of a young doctor in Kolkata, the West Bengal Assembly has passed the Aparajita Anti-Rape Bill,…

Shafaqna India: Following the rape and murder of a junior doctor in a Kolkata hospital, which triggered widespread protests, the West Bengal Assembly has unanimously approved a bill mandating life…

Five years ago, the government of West Bengal state in India pledged to clamp down on violence against doctors. It promised public hospitals better security equipment, female guards to support…

AUGUST 20 was an embarrassing day for the government of West Bengal, which is a part of “India, that is Bharat… a Union of States”. It was almost a ‘knockout’…

Shafaqna India: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for tougher central legislation and strict penalties for heinous crimes such as rape and murder. In her…

Shafaqna India: On Wednesday, protests erupted across West Bengal, India, as demonstrators blocked train tracks, stopped buses, and chanted slogans in response to the rape and murder of a trainee…

Shafaqna India: In Kolkata, India, police deployed teargas and water cannons on Tuesday to disperse hundreds of protesters demanding the resignation of a top state minister following the rape and…

Shafaqna India:On Tuesday, the Supreme Court criticized the West Bengal Government for its delay in filing an FIR regarding the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical…

Shafaqna India: Amid ongoing protests over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal, Nirbhaya’s mother, Asha Devi, has called for the resignation of West Bengal…

Shafaqna India: Nationwide Protests by Government Doctors Follow Rape and Murder of Woman Doctor in West Bengal; RG Kar Medical College Principal Resigns Protests erupted across the country on Monday among…

Shafaqna India: The Odisha government is considering procuring potatoes from Punjab to improve supply and reduce prices, according to Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra. Despite efforts to…

Shafaqna India:Three students, who were trapped for over four hours after water suddenly entered a basement at a popular coaching centre in West Delhi, have died, police said. Visuals from…

Shafaqna India: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the only Opposition CM to participate in the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, walked out after her microphone was…

Shafaqna India: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose filed a defamation case against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Calcutta High Court on Friday, following her remarks that women were…

Shafaqna India: At the peak of election campaigning in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commented in an interview to a mainstream news channel that while his mother was alive, he…

Shafaqna India: A member of Bangladesh’s ruling party was discovered murdered in the Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday morning, more than a week after he went missing, confirmed Bangladeshi…

Shafaqna India: India’s general elections (fourth of the seventh stage) would end on 1st June 2024. Results would be announced on 4th June 2024. Predictions by political pundits (psephologists) are…

Shafaqna India: The fifth phase of Indian elections on Monday saw the seats of Rahul Gandhi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh locked in, with analysts viewing it as an uphill moment…

Shafaqna India: Midway through his address to voters in the searing heat of central India late in April, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari fainted and collapsed on…

The case of Mahua Moitra is yet another example of “dissent mukut Bharat” launched by the BJP after its successful attempt at “Opposition Mukt Bharat.” We have seen how Rahul…

 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the fear of Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) has prompted the union government to announce the reduction in cooking…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the TMC’s alleged use of violence, calling it a “khooni khela (bloody game)”, to secure victory in West Bengal’s panchayat elections, triggering a…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the opposition parties for walking out from Parliament during the no-confidence motion and said his government has defeated the “negativity being spread” by…