West Bengal

Jan- 2022 -

5 January

27th Kolkata International Film Festival called off amid surge in Covid cases

Kolkata: The 27th Kolkata International Film Festival, which was scheduled to be held between January 7-14, has been called…
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2 January

State government impose restrictions on flights from Delhi, Mumbai

Kolkata: West Bengal state government has imposed restrictions on domestic flights coming from Delhi and Mumbai. The state government reduced…
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2 January

Omicron scare: Schools and colleges closed in West Bengal

Kolkata: Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi announced today that all schools, colleges and other educational institutions in West Bengal will…
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1 January

Massive fire breaks out in Kolkata at paint godown

Kolkata: A massive fire broke out at a godown in Kaikhali area, near Kolkata Airport on Saturday. Paint, thinner and…
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1 January

Overcrowding in prisons, due to ganja seizures

Malkangiri, the southernmost district of Odisha, is overflowing with prisoners due to arrests of those involved in large-scale cultivation and…
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Dec- 2021 -

30 December

State government suspends all direct flights from UK

Kolkata: The West Bengal government temporarily suspended all direct flights from the United Kingdom to Kolkata. The suspension will come…
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29 December

Mamata going unconstitutional? ‘Hurtful ‘says Bengal Guv on remark from Goa

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar termed on Wednesday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remark in Goa as ‘hurtful’…
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28 December

India approves Merck’s Covid-19 pill and two more vaccines for emergency use

Health Minister announced on Twitter that Merck’s COVID-19 tablet molnupiravir, as well as Serum Institute’s Covovax and Biological E’s Corbevax…
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27 December

‘All bank accounts of Missionaries of Charity frozen’: Mamata Banerjee accuses Centre

Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed shock at reports that bank accounts operated by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of…
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25 December

Former GJM leader Binay Tamang joins TMC

Kolkata: Former leader of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Binay Tamang joined the ruling Trinamool Congress. He had quit the GJM…
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23 December

KMC election: mayor to be finalised today, says Mamata

The ruling party of West Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC), which won the recent Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections, is expected to…
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21 December

Fire break out at IOC refinery in Bengal; 3 killed, over 40 injured

Kolkota: At least three people were killed and 44 injured after a massive fire broke out at the Indian…
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21 December

Kolkata Municipal Corporation: Trinamool Congress secures landslide victory

Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) secured a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election on Tuesday. TCM…
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20 December

Changing a road’s name: history, process, and growing demand

Ashok Singhal, a leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), has been formally honored with the renaming of the Ghatiya…
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19 December

Winter-Platter: Cozy up with delicacies from the nation’s kitchens

The country looks forward to the winter season eagerly as it brings little pleasures of life along with it. From…
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18 December

Bengal: Class 9 student gangraped, 1 accused arrested

Bardhaman: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. The incident took place near…
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16 December

‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ declared an ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ by UNESCO

Durga Puja in Kolkata has been inscribed on the representative list of ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ by UNESCO. In…
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15 December

‘Sunset on BJP has started from Goa, UP, Punjab’: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) will defeat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in…
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15 December

State government extends Covid-19 restrictions till January 15

Kolkata: The West Bengal government extended the Covid restrictions imposed in the state till January 15. The government took this…
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15 December

Proud moment: Durga Puja inscribed on UNESCO Intangible Heritage list

Kolkata: The UNESCO on Wednesday accorded heritage status to the Durga puja festival of West Bengal, a move that…
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12 December

Bangladesh man arrested by UP Anti-terrorism Squad in Kolkata

Kolkata: Uttar Pradesh Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a Bangladeshi national from West Chowbaga area in Kolkata, on Sunday. The…
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12 December

‘Mahua Moitra will have to join the BJP after two years’: Predicts BJP MP

Kolkata: BJP MP Saumitra Khan claimed that Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra will not get party ticket in the next…
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10 December

Police bust fake arms licence racket, 6 arrested

Kolkata: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal police busted a fake arms licence racket and arrested six people…
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10 December

‘West Bengal has set an example of human rights violations’: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar launched severe criticism against the Mamata Banerjee led government in the state. He while…
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10 December

Mahua Moitra gets slammed by Mamata Banerjee in party meeting; Video tops trending

New Delhi: A video of a Trinamool Congress meeting where the party chief Mamata Banerjee appears to sternly address…
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9 December

Police seize 223 kilograms ganja

Kolkata: The West Bengal Police Crime Investigation Department (CID) seized 233 kilograms of ganja worth Rs 23 lakh. Three people…
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7 December

India’s Covid-19 vaccination reaches near 130 crore

New Delhi: The overall Covid-19 vaccination tally in India has reached near 130 crore. As per the data released by…
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7 December

TMC leader lands herself in a controversy after posing with gun inside Govt office; Picture goes viral

Malda: Mrinalini Mandal Maity, chairman of the Old Malda Panchayat Samiti and a senior leader of TMC’s Mahila Mandal…
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6 December

Fatal fall! Man jumps into river during video call

Jalpaiguri: A 29-year-old man jumped into a river from a bridge during a video call in Jalpaiguri district in…
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5 December

Omicron: Here is the full list of state-wise entry rules and quarantine rules

New Delhi: Several states in the country had issued revised entry rules and quarantine rules due to the concerns over…
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5 December

Shiv Sena slams Mamata for not considering a political foray into Maharashtra

Sanjay Raut, a Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha (RS) MP, has remarked that Mamata Banerjee, the president of the All India…
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5 December

Bengal woman distributes leftover food from brother’s wedding to needy, wins hearts

Wedding season is here. Among the sparkle and glam, though, a woman delivering leftover food from a wedding celebration to…
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4 December

Cyclone Jawad: Indian Railways cancels 75 trains

New Delhi: The Indian Railways cancelled around 75 trains due to Cyclone Jawad. The Railways cancelled 36 trains that were…
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4 December

Omicron: State government issues new entry rules

Kolkata: West Bengal state government issued revised entry rules. The government also instructed all authorities to keep strict vigil on…
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3 December

2 drug traffickers arrested in Kolkota; Narcotics worth Rs 10 crore seized

Kolkata: Two suspected drug traffickers having links to international rackets were arrested in Kolkata’s Tangra area and narcotics worth…
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