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Bengal encephalitis outbreak: Medical college principal suspended

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 23:50

The West Bengal government Monday suspended the principal of the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital for his alleged negligence in connection with the raging encephalitis menace.

Tribal girl alleges ragging in Bengal

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 15:58

Ragged and threatened by two of her college seniors for months with hostel authorities turning a deaf ear to her plight, a first-year tribal student in Bengal`s West Midnapore district has now approached police.

Woman kanwariya killed in Bengal stampede

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 14:12

A 50-year-old woman kanwariya was killed and over a dozen were injured in a stampede Monday in West Bengal`s Hooghly district, police said.

Woman drown in a club swimming pool in WB

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 13:31

A 30-year-old woman drowned in a swimming pool of a posh club near Garfa Bridge area in Howrah district, police said on Monday.

Forty trawlers missing in the Bay of Bengal

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 13:31

Forty trawlers, carrying 640 fishermen, have gone missing in the Bay of Bengal near Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas district, an official of the Fishermen Association said on Monday.

Encephalitis toll in North Bengal touches 121

Last Updated: Monday, August 4, 2014, 01:23

With two more deaths due to "different types of Encephalitis" reported in north Bengal in the last 24 hours, the toll from the disease in north Bengal rose to 121 on Sunday.

Woman gang-raped, thrown out of auto rickshaw in Kolkata

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 15:16

A 24-year-old mother of two was allegedly gang-raped and thrown out of a moving auto rickshaw in an unconscious state at Akra in South 24 Parganas district, a Kolkata suburb.

Three held for gang-rape of housewife in Bengal

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 14:22

Three people, including an auto driver, were arrested Sunday for allegedly drugging and raping a housewife in West Bengal, police said.

Encephalitis toll reaches 119, BJP says Bengal govt rejected central help

Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2014, 01:44

The toll due to "different types of Encephalitis" in north Bengal rose to 119 on Saturday and no new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in the state while BJP alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government rejected central help.