West Bengal
Apr 12, 2024
Bengaluru, April 12 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested bomber Mussavir Hussain Shazib and his accomplice Abdul Matheen Taha from a hideout in West Bengal in connection with...
Mar 14, 2024
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was hospitalised on Thursday evening after she reportedly slipped at her home in South Kolkata and injured her forehead, the...
Sep 28, 2023
Kolkata, Sep 28 (IANS) Former Indian cricket team captain and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Thursday reacted strongly to the controversy over his recent...
Aug 27, 2023
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) At least seven people are killed and several others injured following a massive blast at an illegal firecracker factory at Duttapukur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas...
Jul 30, 2023
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) Despite responding to the treatment, the condition of the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee continued to be critical, said hospital sources on Sunday.
Jul 25, 2023
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Law Minister Malay Ghatak has once again decided to skip the summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with the multi-crore coal...
Jul 20, 2023
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) As Trinamool Congress will be organising its last 'Martyrs' Day' on Friday before the big battle for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, all focus will be on the message that West...
Jul 17, 2023
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, claimed on Monday that he has got sufficient documents that can establish the involvement of Chief Minister...
Jul 15, 2023
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) With an eye on next year's Lok Sabha elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to come to West Bengal in August and attend a number of public rallies in different...
Jul 13, 2023
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Bhangar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district is on the boil again following an explosion on Thursday in which 10 persons were injured.
Jul 08, 2023
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The single-phase panchayat elections concluded in West Bengal on Saturday with a voter turnout of 66.28, with as many as 15 persons losing their lives in poll-related violence...
May 29, 2023
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) Massive protests were being held by the Kurmi community on Monday against the arrest of its two leaders, Rajesh Mahato and Nishikanta Mahato, in connection with the attack on...
May 18, 2023
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) St. Xavier's University has have announced the beginning of four-year degree course in line with the National Education Policy this making these two institutes the first among...
May 09, 2023
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) After launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for banning the screening of the film 'The Kerala Story' in the state, the West Bengal BJP is likely to...
May 08, 2023
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a ban on the screening of the controversial film 'The Kerala Story' in the state.
Apr 20, 2023
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had called her counterpart in Tamil Nadu M.K. Stalin and discussed the issue of the role of Governors in the different opposition-...
Apr 07, 2023
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Three members of a family were hacked to death at Sitalkuchi in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Friday.
Mar 30, 2023
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Some areas in West Bengal's Howrah district on Thursday turned into mini battlefields after clashes broke out between two groups of people over a Ram Navami procession.
Mar 12, 2023
Hyderabad/Kolkata: In yet another stone-pelting incident, unidentified miscreants allegedly targeted the Vande Bharat Express in West Bengal on Saturday.
Mar 04, 2023
Adenovirus - a virus outbreak is said to be causing fear among parents in the State of West Bengal as the new virus is threatening children’s lives leading to deaths.
Dec 08, 2022
Hyderabad: In what is being described as the first attempt in India, doctors at a Hyderabad hospital surgically removed a gigantic liver and also performed liver and kidney transplantation on a 50-...
Dec 03, 2022
At least three people were killed and several injured in a blast at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader’s home in East Medinipur, West Bengal on Saturday.
Nov 20, 2022
Close on the heels of the Shraddha Walkar murder case in Delhi, a similar incident was reported in West Bengal, where a man was killed and his body was chopped into pieces and dumped at different...
Nov 15, 2022
Aizawl: At least eight persons were killed while four other labourers remained untraced in Mizoram stone quarry collapse incident even after 24 hours.
Oct 19, 2022
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of a probability of the formation of a cyclone over the Bay of Bengal after October 22, just two days ahead of Diwali.
Oct 06, 2022
JALPAIGURI: The final Dasami day festivities of Dasara turned tragic during an idol immersion event after eight people were swept away in flash floods on Wednesday night in the Mal River in West...
Aug 09, 2022
West Bengal : In a tragic road accident as many as 9 people were killed in Birbhum district in West Bengal on Tuesday, police said.
Jul 19, 2022
New Delhi: Requesting to change the name of the state as ‘Bangla’ in all three languages ie.
Mar 22, 2022
At least seven people were killed in a fire early on Tuesday. Seven bodies were retrieved from a single house. The incident took place at Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.
Mar 01, 2022
Internet sensation and ‘ Kacha Badam’ singer Bhuban Badyakar, met with a road accident while trying to drive his newly purchased second-hand car in Kuraljuri village in West Bengal’s Birbhum...
Jan 26, 2022
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second time in a week expressing her 'strong' reservations to the Centre's proposal to amend the IAS (Cadre)...
Nov 05, 2021
West Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee passed away due to a massive cardiac arrest on Thursday evening at SSKM Hospital. He suffered a heart attack on Thursday evening and breathed his last at 9:22...
Jun 23, 2021
Around 200 BJP workers in Hooghly district of West Bengal have joined back Trinamool Congress Party. Ahead of the assembly election to TMC, 200 people had joined the BJP.
Jun 20, 2021
A 19-year-old teenager was arrested in West Bengal's Malda district on Saturday for allegedly killing four family members and burying them in a room of their house as he was upset for not being given...
Jun 08, 2021
In a tragic incident, at least 27 persons were killed in lightning strikes in three districts of South Bengal on Monday.
May 23, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning to chair a meeting with senior government officials on Sunday to review the preparations being taken for the upcoming Cyclone Yaas, which is said to make its...
May 22, 2021
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that low-pressure area forming over north Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm around May 24.
May 11, 2021
In West Bengal, 43 ministers were sworn on Monday at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata in a simple ceremony. There are nine women among the state's 44 ministers, including the chief minister.
May 05, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on taking oath as West Bengal Chief Minister.
May 04, 2021
Mamata Banerjee, who won Bengal but lost Nandigram to her former aide-turned-BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari, said that the election officer who looks after the counting in the constituency was threatened.
May 04, 2021
Union Ministry of Home Affairs has sought a report from the State government on the violence in West Bengal after assembly election results were announced on Monday.
May 02, 2021
The results of the much-anticipated five-state assembly elections will be released on Sunday. The counting of votes began at 8 AM on Sunday.
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