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The West Bengal government introduced a new bill in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on 3 September 2024 named the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment), 2024. West Bengal became the first state in India to make an amendment in central laws for crimes of a sexual nature against women and children.
On 5 January 2024, a group of ED officers went to interrogate Sheikh Shahjahan, a TMC district council member from Sarberia village of Sandeshkhali I CD block in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in connection with the ration smuggling case in which senior minister in Government of West Bengal, Jyotipriya Mallick was arrested in October 2023.
The cyclone made landfall on West Bengal and Bangladesh's Sundarban Delta, just near the border at 8:30 pm on Sunday, 26 May as a severe cyclonic storm. The storm's sustained winds were 100 to 135 kilometres per hour (60 to 85 mph) during landfall in the coastal area. [b] [7] Remal killed at least 85 people including 65 in India and 20 in ...
West Bengal School Service Recruitment Scam is an ongoing education SSC scam in West Bengal, India since 2022. [1] The scam is being currently investigated jointly by Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate . [ 2 ]
The by-elections for Bhagabangola and Baranagar in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly was also scheduled with the general election and took place on 7 May and 1 June respectively. [3] West Bengal, along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was held in all 7 phases.
On 13 April, the West Bengal state agencies handed over the documents of the Hanskhali rape-murder case to a 3-member CBI team. The CBI is scheduled to submit the report to the Calcutta High Court on May 2. The CBI on 13 April filed an FIR for gang-rape, destruction of evidence, conspiracy and aggravated sex of IPC and Pocso Act.
The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed in the Indian state of West Bengal on 17 March 2020 in Kolkata. [1] The Health and Family Welfare department of Government of West Bengal has confirmed a total of 13,43,442 COVID-19 positive cases, including 1,09,806 active cases, 15,120 deaths and 12,18,516 recoveries, as of 28 May 2021. [2] [3]
Calcutta News is a 24×7 satellite news channel also a free to air Bengali news channel based in Kolkata, West Bengal owned by AKD Group. [2] It aired on 14 February 2016 by Calcutta Television Network Pvt. Ltd. It serves not only the people of West Bengal but also the Bengali communities throughout the globe.