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All posts tagged "West Bengal"

Disaster2 days ago

Cyclone Amphan: Odisha sends 500-member team to assist Bengal

Both Odisha and West Bengal were affected by the super cyclone Amphan, which hit the West Bengal coast on May 20.
Disaster5 days ago

Cyclone Amphan to hit West Bengal coast today afternoon

The Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was very likely to weaken to Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm during the next six hours and make landfall as Very Severe...
India2 weeks ago

‘Nothing for states’: Mamata dubs Centre’s stimulus ‘big zero’

Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Terming the economic stimulus package announced by the Centre as “a big zero”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said...
Disaster3 weeks ago

Death toll rises to 72 in Bengal, CMC named Covid dedicated hospital

Presently, there are 271 ventilators available with the state health machinery only to deal with Covid-19 cases.
India3 weeks ago

NIA arrests absconder in Jharkhand’s arms seizure case

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said that it has arrested an absconding property manager from West Bengal’s Hooghly in...
India4 weeks ago

Shun petty politicking, Dhankhar ticks off Mamata

Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Expressing pain over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remark that the opposition parties were behaving like ‘vultures waiting for the dead’,...
India4 weeks ago

Fudging death counts, alleges Vijayvargiya’s letter to Mamata

New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) BJP’s West Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya has shot off a 6-page letter to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of...
India4 weeks ago

227 containment zones created in West Bengal

kolkata, April 28: Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha said that 227 containment zones have been created in Kolkata to combat Covid-19as the number of active Coronavirus positive...
India4 weeks ago

Sat silently, bigger states like Bengal should’ve been heard: Mamata

Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Expressing dismay over her state not getting a chance to speak at the video conference on Covid-19 management with Prime Minister Narendra...
Politics4 weeks ago

Kota students to start return journey soon: Mamata

Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The West Bengal government has already initiated steps to ensure the return of Bengal students who are stuck in Kota of Rajasthan...
Health4 weeks ago

COVID-19: Active cases 423 in Bengal

According to the central government, 546 persons were infected with coronavirus in the state.
India1 month ago

Centre goofed on test kits, Bengal being defamed: Mamata

The top bureaucrat said while two Viral Transpot Media were needed for every test, the Centre supplied only 2,500. "But we have conducted over 7,000 tests....
India1 month ago

Central team goes around Kolkata escorted by Bengal police sleuths

The team leader, Apurva Chandra, earlier complained that despite giving assurances that they would be taken around, the state government informed them that "there are some...
India1 month ago

West Bengal obstructing works of central teams: MHA

New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday accused West Bengal of obstructing the works of Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCT) set up...
Politics1 month ago

Send a central team to Gujarat also: Ahmed Patel

New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Amid the tiff between the Centre and the West Bengal government over sending of central team, Congress leader Ahmed Patel said,...
Health1 month ago

Father claims killing specially-abled son for not wearing mask in Kolkata

The verbal exchanges soon turned serious on Saturday and the old man claimed that he lost his cool and strangulated his son to death.
India1 month ago

Bengal Covid-19 death toll 12

Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) The coronavirus death count in West Bengal increased to 12 on Saturday with the audit committee confirming two more loss of lives in...
India1 month ago

Bengal Governor slams Mamata govt on PDS ‘scam’

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee levelling serious allegations of corruption in Public Distribution System...
Disaster1 month ago

Bengal to give Rs 1,000 to stranded migrant labourers from the state

She asked the district magistrates to do a background check for ascertaining that the beneficiaries are bonafide residents of Bengal.
India1 month ago

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan lends help to Migrant Labourers

New Delhi, April 18: After prime minister Narendra Modi extended lockdown till May 3, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury came out to lend support to migrant...
Cities1 month ago

Mamata allots government flat to nurse stopped from staying at home

"Why? We can set up Covid hospitals anywhere. If the government decides to acquire, it can do so in one second. But we don't act in...
Cities1 month ago

Number of Covid-19 tests in Bengal too low: NICED director

The testing of samples for coronavirus is carried out at the Regional Virus Research Diagnostic Lab of NICED.
Politics1 month ago

Mamata extends lockdown in Bengal till April 30

Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Saturday extended the lockdown in the state till April 30 to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Making the announcement...
Politics2 months ago

108 foreigners among 177 Tablighi attendees quarantined: Mamata

Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government has quarantined 177 people including 108 foreigners who attended the religious congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat in New...
Cities2 months ago

79 including 39 doctors of Kolkata hospital quarantined

This sent alarm bells ringing, and the 79 personnel including 39 doctors were sent on quarantine for 14 days.
Disaster2 months ago

Bengal Imams appeal to Muslims to stay home in Shab-e-Barat

The association also requested that all mosques be kept closed on Friday for the Jumma namaz (prayers).
India2 months ago

COVID-19 count rises to 38 in Bengal, 12 recover

Kolkata, April 3 The number of COVID-19 cases went up to 38 in West Bengal on Friday, while nine patients have fully recovered, Chief Minister Mamata...
Cities2 months ago

Bengal death toll rises to seven, cases go past 50

Kolkata, April 2 : With four more deaths during the past 24 hours, the death count from Covid-19 shot up to 7 in West Bengal on...
Cities2 months ago

All students from class I to VIII promoted in Bengal

Kolkata, April 2 : All students studying in class I to VIII have been promoted in West Bengal due to the coronavirus related situation, a senior...
India2 months ago

What can I do if there is no bread? Have handmade rotis instead: Mamata

Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lost her cool when asked about the shortage of bread in the market due...
Cities2 months ago

COVID-19: Mamata govt shuts restaurants, pubs, clubs

"Strict legal action will be taken in case of any violation. This order will remain in force till 31st March," the notification said.
India2 months ago

Third COVID-19 case in Bengal

Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) The number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in West Bengal has risen to three with a young woman from Habra in North 24...
Cities2 months ago

Corona outbreak: Bengal to provide rice free of cost

"In view of the coronavirus outbreak, for the next six months, the state government will give rice free of cost to those who used to get...
Cities2 months ago

2nd COVID-19 case confirmed in Bengal

Kolkata, March 20 A resident of south Kolkata’s posh Ballygunge area, with UK travel history, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection, taking the number...
Cities2 months ago

Coronavirus: All educational institutes in Bengal shut till March

The decision was taken "in view of the evolving situation on the spread of COVID 19, the advisories issues by WHO, UN and central government and...
India2 months ago

Bengal youth killed by train

New Delhi, A youth in West Bengal’s East Burdwan district was fatally hit by a train while he was sitting on a railway track and playing...
Health3 months ago

Man who died in Bengal hospital was COVID-19 negative

"He had uncontrolled blood sugar and that could have caused his death, "
Politics3 months ago

Trivedi, Mausam, Arpita among four Trinamool RS candidates

New Delhi, Giving weightage to experience, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday fielded its national General Secretary Subrata Bakshi, theatre personality Arpita Ghosh, former Union...
India3 months ago

AirAsia flight makes emergency landing in Kolkata

Kolkata, March 4 An AirAsia flight to Bagdogra with 171 passengers including West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas on board encountered a hailstorm soon after takeoff and...
Cities3 months ago

Five dead in Bengal road accident

Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Five men died and one sustained injury when their car collided with a dumper in northern West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Friday,...
Election3 months ago

Left, ultra-Left sweep Jadavpur University Elections

The Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), affiliate of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress, fared poorly in each of the three faculties.
India3 months ago

Shocked to hear about Tapas Paul’s demise: Mamata

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Describing Tapas Paul as a superstar of Bengali cinema, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she was “saddened and...
India3 months ago

CAA, NRC, NPR being carried out in Bengal without permission, says Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, Feb 13: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that surveys for CAA, NCR are being carried out in the state without the...
India3 months ago

Politics of hatred did not work in Delhi: Mamata

Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday described the Aam Aadmi Party’s win in the Delhi Assembly polls as a victory...
Politics3 months ago

Mamata attacks Centre for slapping PSA on Mehbooba, Omar

The PSA was slapped on Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on February 7.
Politics4 months ago

Former Bengal power minister Sankar Sen passes away

Kolkata, Former West Bengal Power Minister and former Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur University Sankar Sen died at a south Kolkata nursing home on Saturday following old age...
Politics4 months ago

Economy from ICU to ventilator: Amit Mitra

"This shows the government has no vision about the social infrastructure," he said, referring also to cuts in the fund allocations for MGNREGA and National Health...
India4 months ago

Will beat TMC leaders, torch police vehicles if they intervened: BJP’s MP Saumitra Khan

Kolkata, Jan 29: BJP MP Saumitra Khan gave a controversial statement saying that Trinamool Congress leaders will be beaten black and blue and if the cops...
India4 months ago

Mamata sets condition for talks with PM, says withdraw CAA

Kolkata, Jan 28: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, said that she was ready for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Citizenship (Amendment)...
India4 months ago

Resolution against CAA passed in Bengal assembly

Kolkata: The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The resolution, moved by Bengal Parliamentary Affairs...
Cities4 months ago

Anti-CAA: Bengal CM wants every student to visit 1K households

Kolkata, Jan 27 : West Bengal Chief Minister and state’s ruling Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked every member of the party’s student wing...
India4 months ago

SC says political parties use court as forum

New Delhi: Chief Justice S.A. Bobde on Monday said political parties often use the top court as a forum. A bench comprising Chief Justice Bobde and...
India4 months ago

Netaji opposed ‘divisive politics’ of Hindu Mahasabha: Mamata

Darjeeling, Jan 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday regretted that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary was yet to be declared as...
Cities4 months ago

Will pass Assembly resolution against CAA: Mamata

"We have also passed a resolution against NRCA three months ago. We will pass a resolution against CAA also within three-four days,"
Cities4 months ago

Sex racket in the guise of spa busted, 17 arrested in Bengal

Kolkata, Sixteen women were among 17 arrested as police busted a sex racket operating under the guise of a spa-cum-beauty parlour in West Bengal’s Durgapur town,...
India4 months ago

BJP MLA Surendra Singh calls Mamata Banerjee a ‘Demon’

Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 15: Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh has made a derogatory remark by comparing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with ‘a...
India4 months ago

Police complaints lodged against Dilip Ghosh for threatening CAA protesters

Kolkata, Jan 15 After two police complaints were lodged on Tuesday against BJP West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh for his threat to “beat up” and...
Cities4 months ago

“Go Back Modi’ slogans in Kolkata, other cities as PM heads to West Bengal

The students flew black balloons with "go back" slogan, obstructing traffic. They also wrote "No NRC, No CAA, No NPR" on the road.
Politics5 months ago

Crack surfaces, Mamata to skip opposition meet on CAA

New Delhi: Cracks have emerged within the opposition on the CAA meeting called by Congress, with West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee deciding...
Cities5 months ago

One dead in roof collapse at Burdwan railway station

Kolkata, A man, who sustained serious injuries when a portion of the Burdwan railway station building collapsed, died on Sunday morning, police said. The unidentified man,...
Cities5 months ago

Portion Burdwan railway station collapses, many hurt

The collapse happened while repair works were on.
Cities5 months ago

Left, Congress bring out joint rally against CAA in Kolkata

Kolkata, Dec 27 : Bringing out an impressive joint rally here against the new citizenship law and proposed nationwide NRC, leaders of the Congress and Left...
Politics5 months ago

Mamata to attend Hemant Soren’s swearing-in

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be among the host of opposition leaders slated to attend the December 29 swearing-in ceremony of Hemant Soren...
India5 months ago

IPS Rajeev Kumar made IT Secretary by WB govt

Kolkata: In a surprise move, former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has been made the new Principal Secretary in the state Information Technology Department by the...
Cities5 months ago

Peaceful protests to continue till CAA is revoked: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, Dec 26 : Asserting that peaceful protests will continue as long as the new citizenship law is not withdrawn, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...
Politics5 months ago

‘If CAA not related to religion, why not include Muslims?’

New Delhi, Chandra Kumar Bose, BJP Vice President for West Bengal, on Tuesday demanded transparency in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 saying if it was not...
Cities5 months ago

Police stop BJP rally; tension in Hooghly, S Dinajpur

State BJP general secretary Sayantan Bose warned that the police action would send a message across India that there is no democracy in the state.
Cities5 months ago

Kerala stays all activities linked to NPR updation

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 20 : Amid widening protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Kerala on Friday became the second state after West Bengal to stay all activities...
India5 months ago

Mamata calls for UN-controlled referendum on CAA, NRC

Kolkata, Dec 19 : Throwing a challenge to Centre’s BJP-led NDA regime, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called for a UN-controlled referendum across...
Cities5 months ago

Vijayvargiya faces demonstration, black flags in Bengal

Vijayvargiya later alleged that he was surrounded by miscreants at Nabagram and called up Union Home Minister Amit Shah, following which police reinforcements were rushed in,...
Cities5 months ago

Two BJP MPs arrested on way to damaged Bengal stations

The duo were detained at Sukanta More soon after they started off for Harishchandrapur from Malda city.
Politics5 months ago

Setting country on fire not your job: Mamata to Amit Shah

Kolkata: Assailing Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his comment that Aadhaar was not a proof of citizenship, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday...
Cities5 months ago

Mamata government orders stay on work for NPR

Kolkata, Dec 17 : The ongoing work for preparing and updating the National Population Register (NPR) has been stayed in West Bengal, against the backdrop of...
Cities5 months ago

CAA protests: NFR cancels all Bengal bound trains

Guwahati, Dec 16 : The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), which operates in the entire northeastern region and in some parts of Bihar and West Bengal, has...
India5 months ago

Bengal govt shuts down internet in parts of state

Kolkata: West Bengal government on Sunday suspended internet services in some parts of the state following continuing violence by protesters railing against the new citizenship law (CAA)....
India5 months ago

Anti-CAA protesters obstruct key highways in Bengal

Kolkata: Anti-CAA protesters took to the streets for the third day at a stretch in West Bengal, as they felled trees and burnt tyres to obstruct key...
India5 months ago

Tension prevails in Bengal amid anti-CAA protests

Kolkata, Dec 14 Tension prevailed in West Bengal on Saturday, a day after protesters against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) blocked roads and vandalised railway stations,...
Politics5 months ago

Mamata announces statewide protests against citizenship law

Kolkata, Dec 13 : Reiterating that her government would not allow any NRC exercise or implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in West Bengal, Chief...
India6 months ago

Waning faith in system dangerous for nation: Hazare

Ahmednagar, Dec 9 : Expressing concerns over delays in punishment in rape cases, veteran social crusader Kisan Baburao alias Anna Hazare here on Monday said no...
India6 months ago

Won’t allow Centre to implement Citizenship Amendment Bill and NRC in West Bengal : Mamata

New Delhi, Dec 6 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are...
India6 months ago

Bengal bypolls: BJP questions EVMs after facing defeat

New Delhi, Nov 28 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suspected foul play after it lost all the three seats in the bypolls held in West Bengal....
India6 months ago

West Bengal, Uttarakhand Assembly By-Election 2019 : Voting underway in four seats

Kolkata, Nov 25: Voting is underway for assembly by-polls inWest Bengal and Uttarakhand. Voters are exercising their right in four assembly constituencies — three in West...
India6 months ago

Polarisation, NRC key factors in Bengal bypolls

Kolkata, Nov 24 Religious polarisation, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the vote catching capacity of a renewed Congress-Left Front alliance could be the game changers...
Politics6 months ago

Mamata opposes disinvestment, suggests all party meet

Kolkata, Nov 21 : Opposing disinvestment of Public Sector Undertakings, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said it was not a permanent solution and urged...
India6 months ago

Mamata continues to avoid comment on Ayodhya verdict

Kolkata, Nov 14 Six days after the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday parried a query on...
Cities7 months ago

Seshan a stalwart for free and fair elections: Mamata

Kolkata, Nov 11 Expressing sadness over the death of former Chief Election Commissioner T.N. Seshan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said his “legendary...
Disaster7 months ago

Cyclone Bulbul: 8 dead, 4.65 lakh affected in Bengal

The deaths were caused by trawler capsize, house collapse, trees and electric poles falling on the victims as also electrocution.
India7 months ago

Cyclone Bulbul: Eight dead, 2.97 lakh affected in Bengal

Kolkata, Nov 10 Severe Cyclone Bulbul has left behind a trail of destruction in West Bengal, taking seven lives in three districts, affecting 2.97 lakh people...
Cities7 months ago

Three killed as cyclone Bulbul makes landfall in Banglades

In Bangladesh, the number of evacuees exceeded 2.1 million, although some of them began returning to their homes, according to disaster management ministry secretary Shah Kamal.
Cities7 months ago

75 passengers of cruise ship rescued in Bay of Bengal: Mamata

Kolkata, Nov 10 : At least 75 passengers of a cruise ship in the Bay of Bengal were rescued by the West Bengal police while Severe...
India7 months ago

Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ creating havoc in Odisha coast

Bhubaneswar: With Cyclone Bulbul progressing towards West Bengal coast, it has triggered heavy rainfall coupled with strong wind in the coastal districts on Saturday. Hundreds of trees...
India7 months ago

TMC regains majority in West Bengal’s Bhatpara civic body

Kolkata, Nov 7 Delivering a big blow to the BJP, 12 of its councillors in Bhatpara municipality on Wednesday returned to the Trinamool Congress, which regained...
Politics7 months ago

Bengal Guv targets Mamata in tweets

Kolkata: A fresh confrontation seems to be brewing between the Raj Bhavan and West Bengal government, with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday tweeting he was trying to...
Politics7 months ago

Indian cow milk contains gold: Bengal BJP chief

Kolkata: Oscillating between the bizarre and the controversial, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has said that milk of Indian cows contain gold and also raked...
India7 months ago

Mamata Promises All Help to Kin of Workers killed in Kashmir

Kolkata, Oct 30 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that all help will be extended to the bereaved families of the five workers...
Cities7 months ago

Festive fervour in Bengal as Kali Puja-Diwali coincide

Thousands visited Kalighat and Dakshineswar Kali temples since morning.
Politics7 months ago

No detention centre to come up in Bengal: Mamata

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ruled out any possibility of detention centres coming up in West Bengal on the lines of such camps...
Cities7 months ago

Murshidabad triple murder solved, accused arrested: Police

Kolkata, Oct 15 : Claiming to have cracked the sensational Jiaganj triple murder case, police in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Tuesday said they have arrested...
India8 months ago

RSS claims worker, wife & son killed in Bengal

Kolkata: Three members of a family, including an 8-year-old child, was found killed in the Jiaganj area of West Bengal’s Mursidabad district. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh...
India8 months ago

Upgrading ration cards part of Census, not NRC: Mamata

Kolkata, Sep 24 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the National Register of Citizens will not be implemented in the state and...
India8 months ago

Mamata to demand Bengal’s name change from Shah

New Delhi, Sep 19 A day after Mamata Banerjee raised the issue of change of West Bengal’s name into “Bangla” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she...
India8 months ago

Mamata Banerjee should be taught a lesson like P Chidambaram, says BJP MLA Surendra Singh

Kolkata, Sep 15: Bharatiya Janata Party Ballia MLA Surendra Singh said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should be taught a lesson like P Chidambaram as...
Politics9 months ago

Why seek citizenship proof after 72 years, asks Mamata

"Moreover, I am a free citizen of an independent nation. Why should you take away my freedom? The country has become independent 72 years back. Why...
India9 months ago

Ex-Bengal CM hospitalised with acute respiratory distress

Kolkata, Sep 7 Former West Bengal Chief Minister and CPI-M stalwart Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital here...
Politics9 months ago

Mamata’s ‘Didi Ke Bolo’ hits over 10 lakh responses

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress’ mass outreach programme, “Didi Ke Bolo” has received over 10 lakh responses in a month, party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...
India9 months ago

Indo-Bangla border : BSF action reduces cattle smuggling

New Delhi, Aug 28 Unprecedented vigil and action against “unscrupulous” personnel of Border Security Force (BSF) deployed along the Indo-Bangla border resulted in a “96 per...
India9 months ago

We have right to know about Netaji’s disappearance: Mamata

Kolkata, Aug 18 Recalling the mysterious disappearance of great Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...
India10 months ago

Modi government’s agenda now ‘only politics’, not economy: Mamata

Kolkata, Aug 11 Stressing West Bengal’s growth rate – at 12.58 per cent – was the highest in India, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday criticised...
Cities10 months ago

Trinamool leader found dead in Bengal, party alleges murder

Islampur (West Bengal), Aug 9 Body of a Trinamool Congress leader from West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district was on Friday found hanging from a bamboo structure...
India10 months ago

Adhir calls for Congress-Left unity to preserve India’s secular character

Kolkata, Aug 3 Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday gave a call for unity among the Congress and the Left to...
Business10 months ago

Wipro, Microsoft to invest in Bengal: Mamata

Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said IT majors Wipro and Microsoft have agreed to invest in the state. Banerjee...
India10 months ago

Raj Thackeray invites Mamata to anti-EVM campaign

Kolkata, July 31 : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and invited her to his party’s...
India10 months ago

Man lynched in Bengal’s Nadia district

Kolkata, July 29 A man was lynched by irate villagers in West Bengal’s Nadia district after he allegedly harassed them constantly with his accomplices, police said...
Cities10 months ago

Court adjourns hearing in alleged Fake Degree Row against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee

New Delhi, July 25 : A Special Court has adjourned the hearing for 13th August as Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has sought time to appear...
Cities10 months ago

Fire in Salt Lake BSNL exchange, services disrupted in 10 states

Due to the fire and burning of the vital transmission equipment, the mobile and data services of the BSNL continue to disrupt in the eight northeastern...
India10 months ago

Mamata flays Centre, BJP over I-T notice to Durga Puja committees in Bengal

"They talk about Hinduism before the elections and after the election is over, they ask for income tax from the biggest Hindu festival here (Bengal). It...
India10 months ago

TMC Martyrs’ Day rally: Mamata slams BJP; says it’s ‘high on power’, indulging in horse-trading

Kolkata, July 21: Addressing the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) annual Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee said that she would initiate a state-wide protest on July...
India10 months ago

More areas flooded in Malda and S Dinajpur districts

Kolkata, July 17 With several rivers flowing above danger levels, more areas were inundated in the Malda and South Dinajpur districts of West Bengal on Wednesday....
India10 months ago

Violence erupts in West Bengal’s Kakinara, train services disrupted

Kolkata, July 15 : Violence broke out in West Bengal’s Kakinara of North 24 Parganas district on Monday following which the locals disrupted train services in...
Cities11 months ago

Passenger dies as Kolkata metro starts moving with his hand stuck between doors

Kolkata, July 13 A passenger on the Kolkata Metro railway died a horrific death after the train started moving with his hand stuck between the doors...
Politics11 months ago

9 more Kanchrapara councillors return to TMC from BJP

The development comes two days after five Kanchrapara councillors returned to the Trinamool fold, taking the party's tally to 19 in the 24-seat municipality.
India11 months ago

Mamata marches on Kolkata streets to spread awareness about water conservation

Kolkata, July 12 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday marched on the streets of Kolkata with her Cabinet colleagues, school students, civil society representatives...
India11 months ago

BJP leader Bharati Ghosh seeks transfer of cases against her

New Delhi, July 12 Former IPS officer and BJP leader Bharati Ghosh on Friday requested the Supreme Court to transfer all the cases registered against her...
India11 months ago

Union budget actionless, directionless: Trinamool

Kolkata, July 5 West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday dubbed the Union Budget as “faceless”, “baseless”, “actionless” and “directionless”, and said it has completely disappointed...
Cities11 months ago

Bengal: Asansol turns violent, police resorts to lathi-charge

Kolkata, July 5 After a BJP-called a rally to submit deputation on the cut-money issue before the Asansol Municipal Corporation in West Bengal turned violent on...
India11 months ago

JMB militant involved in 2018 Bodh Gaya blast arrested

Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police has arrested a member of banned terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from West...
India11 months ago

TMC calls 12-hour bandh after worker shot dead in West Bengal

kolkata, June 29 : A Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead on the railway tracks at Bandel station in Hooghly district, West Bengal and two TMC...
Cities11 months ago

Trinamool leader shot dead in Bengal’s Hoogly

The state's ruling party has accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) backed miscreants for the murder and called for a 24-hour bandh in the district's Chinsurah city.
India11 months ago

Clashes erupt again in Bengal’s Bhatpara as BJP leaders raised slogans against Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, June 23: Clashes erupted yet again in Bhatpara area in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Saturday and bombs were hurled at the...
Cities11 months ago

Nurse arrested for beating ailing woman in Kolkata

Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) A nurse, who was attending an ailing 85-year-old woman for the last four months, was arrested for allegedly beating the woman, police...
Cities11 months ago

BJP delegation to visit Bhatpara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas

Kolkata, June 22: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation will be visiting Bhatpara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Saturday to review the situation...
Cities11 months ago

Crude bomb hurled, gun shots fired in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district

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India11 months ago

7 sent to police custody for attacking former Miss India Universe

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Politics11 months ago

Congress names Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury its leader in Lok Sabha

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Cities11 months ago

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Cities11 months ago

Striking doctors ready to meet Mamata – in media’s presence

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Cities11 months ago

Trinamool worker killed in Bengal, 3 held

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Cities11 months ago

Mamata appeals to doctors again, says ESMA won’t be invoked

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Cities12 months ago

Doctors at Delhi’s AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital call off strike

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India12 months ago

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New Delhi, June 15: Resident Doctors Association of AIIMS have issued an ultimatum of 48 hours to West Bengal Government to meet demands of the striking...
India12 months ago

Over 300 doctors resign in West Bengal

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Health12 months ago

Doctors across India protest Bengal assault, patients seek solution

Several resident doctors also held a protest at the Jantar Mantar.
India12 months ago

Doctors’ strike: Kolkata Mayor’s daughter ‘ashamed’ at Mamata’s inaction

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India12 months ago

Mamata gives 4-hour ultimatum to doctors to resume work

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Cities12 months ago

Mamata Banerjee unveils Iswarchandra Vidyasagar’s bust in Kolkata’s Hare School

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Cities12 months ago

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Cities12 months ago

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India12 months ago

Threat Letter offers Rs 1 crore to Kill West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

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Cities12 months ago

BJP workers shot at in Bengal’s Cooch Behar

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India12 months ago

8 dead in BJP-Trinamool clash: Bengal MP Nusrat appeals for peace

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Election12 months ago

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India12 months ago

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India12 months ago

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India12 months ago

Political violence, threats continue in Bengal

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India12 months ago

Efforts to impose Hindi will meet with protests: Bengal academics, writers

June 2 : Academicians and writers in West Bengal on Sunday opposed the draft National Education Policy that recommends making teaching of Hindi compulsory up to...
Election12 months ago

Mamata accuses BJP of manipulating EVMs, proposes mass movement

Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday held her party Trinamool Congress’ core committee meeting where she accused the BJP of...
India12 months ago

Pratap Sarangi: From spiritual seeker to Union Minister

Bhubaneswar, May 31 (IANS) Once he wanted to be a monk at the Ramakrishna Mission in West Bengal. Now he is winning millions of hearts with...
Cities12 months ago

BJP worker stabbed to death in Bengal

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Politics12 months ago

BJP trying to trip opposition governments: Gehlot

Jaipur, May 30 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday accused the BJP of trying to dismantle the opposition parties governments in West Bengal, Karnataka...
Politics12 months ago

CPI-M reclaims, reopens 200 closed party offices in Bengal

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Politics12 months ago

Another Trinamool MLA joins BJP, Mamata’s party says not concerned

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India12 months ago

Nitish, Mamata to reach Delhi Wednesday for Modi’s swearing-in

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Politics12 months ago

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Blog12 months ago

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India12 months ago

West Bengal: BJP worker shot dead in North 24 Parganas’s Bhatapara

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India1 year ago

Will attend Iftar 100 times: Mamata to appeasement allegations

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India1 year ago

Mamata offers to quit as CM, party doesn’t endorse

Kolkata, May 25 Two days after her party suffered serious setbacks in the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday offered to...
Cities1 year ago

Clashes across West Bengal, BJP man shot

Amid widespread clashes between Trinamool Congress and BJP workers across West Bengal even after the Lok Sabha elections results were declared, a man said to be...
India1 year ago

Protection from Arrest: SC grants relief to BJP leader, but not to ex-Kolkata CP

New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Two different benches of the Supreme Court on Friday made parallel observations on a common issue concerning non-functioning of courts in...
India1 year ago

SC refuses to hear ex-Kolkata top cop’s plea

New Delhi, May 24: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the plea of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, seeking protection from arrest in...
Election1 year ago

Bengal verdict: BJP wins 13, Trinamool 15 seats

Kolkata, May 24: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress has won 15 Lok Sabha constituencies and is leading in seven while the BJP has bagged 13 seats...
India1 year ago

BJP Barrackpore candidate gets protection from arrest till May 28

New Delhi, May 22: The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave five days protection from arrest to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Barrackpore constituency Arjun Singh...
Election1 year ago

Re-poll in one Bengal polling booth: Election Commission

Kolkata, May 21: The Election Commission has announced re-polling in one polling station under Kolkata North parliamentary constituency on Wednesday, as per the notification. The Lok...
Election1 year ago

West Bengal: Several injured in post-poll violence

Kolkata, May 20: Several persons were injured in post-poll clashes between political parties in two districts of West Bengal, police said on Monday. Many polling agents...
Cities1 year ago

BJP-Trinamool clash in Kankinara, hurl bombs

Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The by-polls in West Bengal’s Bhatpara Assembly constituency was marred by severe violence and bombings on Sunday, amidst clashes between workers of...
Election1 year ago

Trinamool, BJP have common hidden agenda to crush Congress: Mannan

Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Describing Trinamool Congress as the B team of the Bharatiya Janata Party, senior Congress functionary and leader of opposition in the West...
Election1 year ago

BJP leader Mukul Roy to stay away in the last phase

Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) With Trinamool Congress pointing out that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukul Roy being an ‘outsider’ should stay away from the areas where...
Blog1 year ago

Will Jadavpur choose political novice or seasoned player?

Kolkata (West Bengal), May 18 (IANS) The talk of the town is whether the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal — which had earlier sent...
Election1 year ago

Bengal LS polls: Mamata’s nephew, Netaji’s kin, actresses contest in final phase

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Election1 year ago

The roots of violence in Bengal

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BJP activist among four held, Rs 24.12 lakh cash seized in Bengal

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EC takes special measures as Sunderbans goes to polls

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Modi accused of holding rally on scamster’s ground

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EC’s integrity at stake, says Chandrababu Naidu

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BJP forced EC to ban poll campaigning in West Bengal: Mayawati

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New Delhi, May 16: Congress on Thursday quesstioned the Election Commission’s decision to impose a campaign ban in West Bengal. “Election Commission has completely abdicated its...
India1 year ago

Relieved WB ADG CID fails to report to duty at MHA

New Delhi, May 16: IPS officer Rajeev Kumar missed his 10 a.m reporting time for new duty in the Home Ministry on Thursday as ordered by...
Election1 year ago

EC decision taken at BJP’s direction, says Mamata

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Election1 year ago

BJP out to destroy Bengal’s culture: Mamata

Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “champion liar” and accused the BJP of conspiring...
Election1 year ago

EC halts campaigning in Bengal after 10 p.m. Thursday

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) In an unprecedented decision, the Election Commission on Wednesday ordered that campaigning for the final round of the Lok Sabha polls...
Election1 year ago

Mamata condemns attacks on Vidyasagar College, CU students

Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Condemning alleged attacks on students of the Vidyasagar College and University of Calcutta after BJP President Amit Shah’s roadshow here, West Bengal...
Election1 year ago

Clashes break out at Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata

Kolkata, May 14: A massive clashes broke out between in a roadshow of BJP President Amit Shah in Kolkata after sticks were hurled at Shah’s truck...
India1 year ago

Supreme Court to hear plea of BJP’s Priyanka Sharma tomorrow

Kolkata, May 13: The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing worker Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested for sharing a...
India1 year ago

West Bengal: 2 held from Asansol railway station with Rs 1 Crore

Kolkata, May 13: The West Bengal police nabbed two persons at Asansol railway station and recovered Rs 1 crore from them, which, one of the arrested...
Election1 year ago

Bengal polls ‘peaceful’, says EC; FIRs against two BJP candidates

Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Amid “sporadic violence” that left 26 people injured, firing by central forces at five places, and lodging of FIRs against two BJP...
Election1 year ago

6th phase Lok Sabha polls: Nearly 80% polling in Bengal amid violence

Kolkata, May 12 : From a BJP worker getting killed in Jhargram to party workers sustaining bullet injuries and candidates getting heckled — widespread violence again...
Election1 year ago

BJP leaders with Z plus security distributing cash boxes, says Mamata

Kolkata, May 11 : Pointing to the episode of a mysterious black trunk unloaded from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chopper during a rally in Chitraguda, Bengal...
Election1 year ago

EC to hold high-level meeting in Bengal next week

Kolkata, May 9 : Amid reports of widespread violence across districts in West Bengal in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, Deputy Election Commissioner Sudip Jain would...
Politics1 year ago

Mamata dares Modi to prove allegations of coal mafia links

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday challenged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prove his allegations of links between the Trinamool Congress and the...
India1 year ago

Narendra Modi drenched in blood: Mamata ‘s reply to PM

May 7 : Mamata Banerjee, the fiery leader and west Bengal chief minister, responded to PM Marendra Modi’s attack on her and former Prime Minister Rajiv...
India1 year ago

‘Will kill you Like Dogs’: BJP Candidate Bharati Ghosh warns TMC men

Kolkata, May 5 : BJP candidate from West Bengal’s Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency, Bharati Ghosh courted controversy as she threatened Trinamool supporters, saying, she would bring...
Disaster1 year ago

Cyclone Fani: Storm weakens, likely to enter Bangladesh around noon

Kolkata, May 4: Cyclone Fani, has weakened into a ” storm leaving no more major threat” for West Bengal on Saturday. At present, the cyclone, which...
Cities1 year ago

Operations resume in Kolkata Airport as Fani passes

Kolkata, May 4: After hours of closure due to severe cyclonic storm Fani, operations at Kolkata airport resumed on Saturday morning, an official said. “Air India...
Cities1 year ago

Scared after ‘Aila’, thousands in Sundarbans take shelters ahead of Fani

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Business1 year ago

Cyclone Fani: 10 trains cancelled from Bengaluru

Bengaluru, May 2 (IANS) The railways cancelled at least 10 express/mail trains for Thursday night between Bengaluru/Mysuru in Karnataka and Puri and Bhubaneswar in Odisha, Howrah...
India1 year ago

Left parties file complaint against TMC for ‘vote loot’

Kolkata, May 2 The Left parties on Wednesday lodged a complaint before the Election Commission (EC) against Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleging “vote loot” in booths of...
Politics1 year ago

Will complain to EC about ‘horse trading’ by Modi: Derek O’Brien

Kolkata, April 29: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him, Senior Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Monday said...
Election1 year ago

PM Modi claims 40 TMC MLAs in touch with him

Sreerampur, April 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday warned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that her MLAs will abandon her after the results of...
Cities1 year ago

Babul Supriyo’s car vandalised in Bengal’s Asansol

Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Babul Supriyo’s car was vandalised on Monday in West Bengal’s Asansol, but the leader...
Election1 year ago

West Bengal: Clashes in Asansol, Babul Supriyo’s car vandalised

Kolkata, April 29: Clashes broke out between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers at Jemua in West Bengal on Monday. The voilence took...
India1 year ago

ISIS poster warns of Sri Lanka-like attacks in West Bengal and Bangladesh

The Islamic State is planning to carry out a major attacks in either Bangladesh or West Bengal. The poster which was released in Bengali on Thursday...
India1 year ago

Khali holds US citizenship, should be barred from campaigning: TMC writes to EC against BJP

New Delhi, April 28 : West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress has written to the Election Commission of India against the Bharatiya Janata Party for roping wrestler Dalip...
Election1 year ago

Repoll in 3 polling stations in Bengal’s Raiganj

Kolkata, April 27: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal on Saturday announced a re-poll in three polling stations in Raiganj parliamentary constituency on April...
Politics1 year ago

Might send gifts but won’t give vote, says Mamata

Sreerampur (West Bengal), April 24: In an apparent reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s revelation that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sends him kurtas and...
Cities1 year ago

One killed in Bengal poll violence

Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) One person was killed on Tuesday during a clash between Trinamool Congress and Congress workers during the third phase of Lok Sabha...
India1 year ago

BJP candidate tried to divide Bengal, fled Darjeeling: Mamata

Dewandighi/Raina (West Bengal), April 22 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit out at Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from the state...
Election1 year ago

TMC means Terror Manufacturing Company: Amit Shah

Uluberia/Krishnanagar/Rampurhat (West Bengal), April 22 (IANS) In a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP President Amit Shah on Monday said her government...
India1 year ago

Mamata must stop seeking proof of air strike: Modi

Buniadpur (West Bengal), April 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to stop asking for evidence of the Balakot air strike...
India1 year ago

Bengal BJP member’s son found hanging; murder alleged

Kolkata, April 18 The son of a Bharatiya Janata Party gram panchayat member was on Thursday found hanging from a tree in West Bengal’s Purulia district,...
Election1 year ago

Millions vote in second round of Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Millions voted across 95 Lok Sabha seats in 12 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry on Thursday in the second...
Election1 year ago

BJP will get ‘Vidai certificate’ post polls: Mamata

Malda (West Bengal), April 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday vowed to stop the BJP from implementing the National Register of Citizens...
Election1 year ago

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 2: Polling ends in West Bengal

Siliguri, April 18: The polling was concluded at 6 pm in the three northern West Bengal constituencies in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections...
Politics1 year ago

West Bengal: CPI-M MP Salim’s car vandalised in Raiganj

Islampur (West Bengal), April 18: The car of CPI-M leader and Raiganj sitting MP Mohammad Salim was allegedly attacked by Trinamool Congress activists in North Dinajpur...
India1 year ago

Infighting may affect Trinamool marginally in ongoing polls

Kolkata, April 14 Infighting over spoils of office, control of the lucrative construction material businesses and factional feuds between the old guard and new members may...
Election1 year ago

Rahul’s Bengal rally off after no chopper landing permit

Kolkata, April 14 : A scheduled election meeting of Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday has been cancelled in northern West Bengal after the Darjeeling district...
India1 year ago

Swords in hand, Hindutva groups march on Ram Navami in Bengal

Kolkata, April 13: Waving saffron flags, displaying traditional weapons like swords and mace and shouting “Jai Sri Ram” at high pitch, right wing Hindu outfits on...
Politics1 year ago

Mamata slams BJP for armed rallies on Ram Navmi

"I do not visit any temple, church or mosque wearing the party badge to obey the model code of conduct. We are for all. Some political...
Election1 year ago

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 1: Polling ends in Bengal

Kolkata, April 11: Amid sporadic incidents of violence, EVM glitches and allegations and counter-allegations of electoral malpractices, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar constituencies in West Bengal polling...
Election1 year ago

Mamata frustrated, petrified in face of defeat: Modi

Cooch Behar, April 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee venting her anger on the Election Commission, on her officials, and on him, showed...
India1 year ago

West Bengal: Body found hanging at BJP booth office in Siliguri

Siliguri, April 4: Body of a 42-year-old man was found hanging at the booth office of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in West Bengal’s Siliguri on Thursday...
Politics1 year ago

Sanctity of RBI must be maintained: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, April 1: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the dignity of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has “diminished” as on its...
Election1 year ago

EC’s special police observers for Tripura, Mizoram, Bengal, Jharkhand

Agartala, March 27: The Election Commission has appointed Special Central Police Observers for Tripura, Mizoram, West Bengal and Jharkhand, an official said here on Wednesday. An...
Politics1 year ago

Feel sad at how Advani treated by BJP: Mamata

Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she felt sad for veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani who was denied...
Politics1 year ago

Mamata provoking confrontation with Centre: BJP

BJP spokesperson Swapan Dasgupta questioned the state police's integrity in the incident and said an important implication of the episode relates to the police's role in...
Cities1 year ago

Rahul Gandhi to up ante against Modi in his Bengal visit

Chanchol (West Bengal), March 22 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi is likely to give a big push to his party’s Lok Sabha campaign when he addresses...
Election1 year ago

Collapse of LF-Cong seat adjustment in Bengal may bolster BJP’s chances – Dangal 2019

Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) The virtual collapse of seat adjustment talks between the Left Front and Congress ahead of the 2019 polls in Bengal may give...
India1 year ago

EC serves notice to Babul Supriyo for promoting BJP’s campaign song on internet

New Delhi, March 19 : The Election Commission has sent a show cause notice to Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo...
India1 year ago

Congress to contest all seats in West Bengal, Left Front still hopeful

Kolkata, March 18 : A day after the Congress declared it would contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal as seat-adjustment talks with the...
Election1 year ago

Lok Sabha elections: TMC releases list of 42 candidates

Kolkata, March 12: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday released list of 42 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced 40.5%...
India1 year ago

Vehicle with 1,000 kg explosives intercepted in Kolkata, 3 arrested

Kolkata, March 9 : A goods vehicle loaded with 1,000 kg of explosive material was intercepted here on Saturday and three persons have been arrested, police...
India1 year ago

Statue of Rabindranath Tagore vandalised in West Bengal

Kolkat, March 9: A statue of Rabindranath Tagore vandalised in Bidhannagar city of West bengal. “3 men vandalised the statue, we caught one of them while...
India1 year ago

BJP Mahila Morcha protests against atrocities on women in Bengal

Kolkata, March 8 The West Bengal BJP’s Mahila Morcha (women’s wing) on Friday took out a rally here on the occasion of International Women’s Day protesting...
India1 year ago

No mutual contest in LS seats held by Left and Congress: CPI-M

Kolkata, March 8 Amid the impasse over seat sharing between the Left and the Congress in West Bengal ahead of general elections, CPI-M state Secretary Surjya...
India1 year ago

Will not allow RSS to spread rumours to incite violence in Bengal: Mamata

Kolkata, Feb 22 : Slamming the central government for “making false promises”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the BJP and the RSS...
India1 year ago

We are fighting for united India, but BJP wants to divide country: Mamata

Kolkata, Feb 20 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the BJP is trying to “divide India” in the wake of Pulwama terror attack...
Politics1 year ago

Pulwama attack: Why no action despite inputs from intelligence, asks Mamata

Kolkata, Feb 18: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday questioned the central government for not taking actions despite inputs received from intelligence agencies warning...
Cities1 year ago

Social media rumours trigger mob violence in Bengal

Kolkata, Feb 13 : Mob violence was reported from different areas of the North 24 Parganas district West Bengal following the rumours regarding miscreants roaming around...
India1 year ago

Child marriages still prevalent in Bihar, Bengal, Rajasthan: Unicef

Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there...
Cities1 year ago

Supreme Court declines BJP’s plea for loudspeakers at its Bengal rallies

New Delhi, Feb 11 : In a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Supreme Court on Monday declined its plea challenging the state government order...
India1 year ago

TMC MLA’s murder: FIR against BJP leader Mukul Roy, Two arrested

Kolkata, Feb 10 : West Bengal police has named BJP leader Mukul Roy in the FIR and arrested two accused in connection with the murder of...
Cities1 year ago

Whatever happened to Saradha scam probe in Assam, asks Congress

"Is the CBI trying to protect the perpetrators of the chit fund scam in Assam? The agency has become a puppet in the hand of BJP,"...
Election1 year ago

We want peaceful, fair LS polls in Bengal: BJP

New Delhi, Feb 4: A BJP delegation met the Election Commission on Monday and requested it to conduct the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal...
India1 year ago

Stampede at Modi’s rally in Bengal’s Thakurnagar, several injured

Thakurnagar, Feb 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was forced to cut short his speech after a stampede broke out at the Thakurnagar rally in West Bengal’s...

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