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“The state government should not create an environment in which people can’t celebrate the occasion of Bhoomi Pujan,” Ghosh said.
"Next year Mamata Banerjee would be seen doing street meetings, not mass rallies. But our government will give her that permission. We will not stop her,"...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took on the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, saying it had deprived Bengal in every possible...
The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government said on Saturday that it has no plans to impose an immediate lockdown across the state to combat the coronavirus...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) Board Madhyamik Class 10 results for 2020 will...
Agartala, July 13 : Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday alleged that West Bengal legislator Debendra Nath Ray was killed because he joined the...
Banerjee said that the new app would help people to scan important documents and nothing will be saved on its server.
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold an all-party meet at the state secretariat Nabanna on Wednesday to review the Covid-19...
Kolkata, June 5 : Targeting the state assembly polls that is scheduled to be held within a year if not postponed by Covid-19 pandemic, West Bengal”s...
Low pressure, depression and deep depression are the first three levels used by the IMD to classify cyclones based on their intensity.
Both Odisha and West Bengal were affected by the super cyclone Amphan, which hit the West Bengal coast on May 20.
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...
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...
Presently, there are 271 ventilators available with the state health machinery only to deal with Covid-19 cases.
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...
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’,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
According to the central government, 546 persons were infected with coronavirus in the state.
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....
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...
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...
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,...
The verbal exchanges soon turned serious on Saturday and the old man claimed that he lost his cool and strangulated his son to death.
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...
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...
She asked the district magistrates to do a background check for ascertaining that the beneficiaries are bonafide residents of Bengal.
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...
"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...
The testing of samples for coronavirus is carried out at the Regional Virus Research Diagnostic Lab of NICED.
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...
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...
This sent alarm bells ringing, and the 79 personnel including 39 doctors were sent on quarantine for 14 days.
The association also requested that all mosques be kept closed on Friday for the Jumma namaz (prayers).
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...
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...
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...
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...
"Strict legal action will be taken in case of any violation. This order will remain in force till 31st March," the notification said.
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
"He had uncontrolled blood sugar and that could have caused his death, "
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...
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...
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,...
The Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), affiliate of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress, fared poorly in each of the three faculties.
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...
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...
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...
The PSA was slapped on Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on February 7.
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...
"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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"We have also passed a resolution against NRCA three months ago. We will pass a resolution against CAA also within three-four days,"
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,...
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...
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...
The students flew black balloons with "go back" slogan, obstructing traffic. They also wrote "No NRC, No CAA, No NPR" on the road.
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...
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,...
The collapse happened while repair works were on.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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,...
The duo were detained at Sukanta More soon after they started off for Harishchandrapur from Malda city.
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...
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...
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...
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)....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The deaths were caused by trawler capsize, house collapse, trees and electric poles falling on the victims as also electrocution.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thousands visited Kalighat and Dakshineswar Kali temples since morning.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
Kolkata, June 20 : A clash broke out between two groups of miscreants in the Bhatpara area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district ,in which...
Sengupta, the winner of Miss India Universe pageant on 2010, was attacked by a group of young bikers near south Kolkata's Exide crossing while coming back...
Chowdhury was named the leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha after party president Rahul Gandhi refused to take up the role.
Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday termed the meeting with the striking junior doctors as “positive and productive” while the...
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) The striking doctors in West Bengal on Sunday decided to hold talks with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to immediately end the impasse...
Kolkata, June 16 Three persons have been arrested for interrogation in connection with the killing of a local Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal’s Hooghly district,...
Kolkata, June 15 Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday again appealed to the agitating junior doctors in the state to end their strike, assuring them that...
New Delhi, June 15 : The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Saturday called off its...
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...
Over 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal today demanding better security at hospitals across India and expressing solidarity with their Bengal counterparts whose...
Several resident doctors also held a protest at the Jantar Mantar.
Kolkata, June 14 Kolkata Mayor and West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim’s daughter, a doctor, has come up with strong criticism of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s handling...
Kolkata, June 13 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has issued a four-hour ultimatum to West Bengal’s doctors who have been protesting against an attack...
Kolkata, June 11: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday unveiled the bust of noted Bengali reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the Hare School ground on...
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Iterating that the law and order situation was “under control”, West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee government has told the centre that “firm and...
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah amid the continuing...
Kolkata , June 9 : After the massive win of BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...
Cooch Behar (West Bengal), June 9 (IANS) A day after escalation of violence in West Bengal centering on a BJP-Trinamool Congress clash that killed at least...
Kolkata, June 9 A day after violent clashes erupted between the Trinamool Congress and BJP workers in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas in which at least...
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the recently-held Lok Sabha elections...
Kolkata, June 5 : Accusing Narendra Modi of capturing EVM’s during Lok sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “Muddai Lakh bura chahe to...
Kolkata June 5: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said that Mamata Banerjee is chief minister of West Bengal therefore, the TRP of Ram has gone down and...
Kolkata, June 4 Political violence in West Bengal has increased as two Trinamool Congress leaders were chased and threatened in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district while...
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...
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...
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...
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was on Thursday stabbed to death in West...
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...
The reclamation and reopening of the offices have happened in districts like West Midnapore, Bankura, Purulia, Coochbehar, Burdwan, Hooghly, North 24 Parganas and Howrah.
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday suffered another jolt as one of its prominent Muslim faces, MLA Monirul Islam, joined the...
New Delhi, May 28 A day ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the Narendra Modi government, a host of chief ministers will be reaching the national...
New Delhi, May 28: Three MLAs from West Bengal, including Trinamool Congress-turned-BJP leader Mukul Roy’s son Subhrangshu Roy, along with more than 50 councillors on Tuesday...
With backing from Vijayvargiya and BJP's central leadership, Roy played a pivotal role in strengthening the party in Bengal's grassroots, something he had already successfully done...
Kolkata, May 27: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was shot dead in Bhatapara area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district last night. Chandan Shaw,...
Kolkata, May 25 Showing scant regard for the BJP’s constant criticism that she was appeasing Muslims, Mamata Banerjee on Saturday indicated that she would continue to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Nine parliamentary constituencies -- Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata South and Kolkata North are up for grabs in the final phase
Forpeople who are generally known to be gentle, genteel, soft-spoken ‘bhadraloks’ with a liking for sweets like ‘sandesh’ and ‘rosogolla’ and Rabindrasangeet (Tagore’s songs), Bengalis are...
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) In an embarrassment to the BJP, four persons including two women and a local saffron party leader, were arrested for allegedly carrying...
Election officials in West Bengal are gearing up for an altogether different kind of battle with boats, HAM radios and power generating equipment as the world’s...
"The ground where PM Modi is holding his rally today belongs to Kapil Mondal, the owner of a microfinance company without license. Go and check. And...
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) With the Lok Sabha elections being in the last leg, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of West Bengal has sensed that...
Mau (Uttar Pradesh), May 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not recognize him as her...
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) While the opposition leaders expressed their solidarity with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s displeasure over the Election Commission’s (EC) unprecedented decision...
Amaravati, May 16 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has termed as ‘disturbing’ the Election Commission’s action cutting short the election campaign in West...
Lucknow, May 16: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi forced the Election Commission...
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...
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...
"In the morning, Shah held a press conference in Delhi, where he threatened the Election Commission.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kolkata, May 12 : From a BJP worker getting killed in Jhargram to party workers sustaining bullet injuries and candidates getting heckled — widespread violence again...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) With dreadful memories of cyclone, ‘Aila’ which wreaked havoc in Sundarbans about 10 years back, thousands of people along with their domestic...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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%...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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