The 24-hour nationwide strike on Tuesday forced another holiday on West Bengal. Except some stray incidents, the day went off largely peacefully. The Left Front which extended its support to the strike called by the Central trade unions, claimed that the shutdown was total in the state.

Sporadic incidents of violence were witnessed during the strike on Tuesday.
In the morning, a group of Trinamul Congress activists allegedly attacked the CPI(M) zonal committee office at Gangulybagan in Jadavpur in presence of the police.

Fresh allegations of violence against women have surfaced in West Bengal after it was reported that a young patient was allegedly attacked by a junior doctor at a government hospital in the state's Ba

In an unprecedented move, the Mamata Banerjee government has made arrangements for the overnight stay of government employees in their offices to ensure their attendance on Tuesday during the strike. Close to 500 employees will stay overnight at the Writers’ Buildings.

Making it clear emphatically that she would not allow the bandh to shut down the state on Tuesday, chief minister Mamata Banerjee threatened to use the service break rule against those government employees who would not report for duty. “Our government is determined to keep Bengal moving on the day of the bandh. If any government employee does not report for duty or transport employee does not bring out the public vehicle then he can face the service break,” she warned.

The nation-wide strike by trade unions evoked a mixed response in West Bengal where over 100 pro-strike supporters were arrested in different districts for obstructing rail and road traffic.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday denied reports that a woman was gangraped on Sunday on a train at Pachundi in the Katwa area of Burdwan district and said those trying to tarnish

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday rejected reports of gangrape of a woman in Burdwan's Katwa and blamed the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for orchestrating a malicious c

IT major Infosys has almost decided to scrap its proposed project at Rajarhat-New Town in Kolkata after the Mamata Banerjee government refused to write to the Centre to give SEZ (special economic zone

Olympian and 1951 Asian Games gold medal winning football captain Sailen Manna died at a private hospital in the wee hours on Monday.

Manna was 87 and is survived by his wife and daughter.

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