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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged Governor CV Ananda Bose to postpone his planned visit to Murshidabad, a district in the state recently rocked by communal clashes. The violence, which erupted following the introduction of the newly enacted Waqf Amendment Act, led to the deaths of three people and left several others injured.

The West Bengal School Education Department has temporarily put on hold the transfer of 374 teaching and non-teaching staff to distant locations across state-run and state-aided schools. The decision to pause the controversial transfer orders comes in the wake of ongoing protests regarding the annulment of jobs for around 26,000 teachers, following a Supreme Court ruling.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee returned to Kolkata on Saturday evening after an eight-day visit to the United Kingdom, where she addressed a business meet and delivered a lecture at Kellogg College, University of Oxford. Banerjee, who had left the state on March 22, was welcomed by members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth wing upon her arrival at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

Kolkata: The West Bengal Assembly has passed a Bill lifting a 116-year-old ban on employing women in bars, a restriction originally imposed by the British under the Bengal Excise Act of 1909. The move, spearheaded by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, marks a significant step toward gender equality in the state’s hospitality sector.

A tigress that spent 21 days traveling across three states in India has been safely tranquilised by the West Bengal Forest Department. The tigress, which was named Zeenat, covered over 300 km across Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal before being sedated near Gosaindihi village in the Bankura district of West Bengal.

Cyclone Dana made a destructive landfall on the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal late Thursday night, unleashing powerful winds and heavy rains that led to the uprooting of trees and blocking of roads. As the cyclone barreled through the Bay of Bengal, it brought wind speeds of up to 120 kmph, wreaking havoc across the coastal towns, particularly in Puri, where officials described the destruction as severe.

In anticipation of the imminent landfall of Cyclone Dana, both the Odisha and West Bengal governments are ramping up preparations to evacuate nearly two million people from the vulnerable coastal areas. Cyclone Dana is expected to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha and Sagar Island in West Bengal late Thursday night or early Friday morning, with wind speeds reaching up to 120 km/h, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

In response to the impending threat of Cyclone Dana, the West Bengal government has announced the closure of state-run schools and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) centres across nine south Bengal districts, including Kolkata, from October 23 to 26. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made the announcement during a press conference on Tuesday, emphasizing the need for precautionary measures.

Junior doctors in West Bengal have announced a statewide strike scheduled for October 22 unless their demands are met by the state government. The protests stem from the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in August, leading to nearly two months of demonstrations by the medical community.

In a significant development, the West Bengal government has announced major administrative changes, fulfilling key demands made by protesting doctors following the tragic rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The doctors, who have been agitating for over a month, had sought the removal of several officials, citing mishandling of the case and demanding accountability

Public outrage has surged in West Bengal following two separate incidents of alleged molestation at hospitals in Howrah and Birbhum districts on Saturday night. The incidents have intensified ongoing protests over the brutal killing of a junior doctor in the state capital last month.

In response to the brutal murder of a woman medic at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has proposed a significant legal overhaul aimed at increasing penalties for sexual crimes. The draft of the new anti-rape bill, named the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024, is set to be presented in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has once again reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, emphasizing the urgent need for central legislation and stringent punishments for heinous crimes like rape and rape-murder. This appeal comes in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital on August 9.