West Bengal

Aug- 2021 -

19 August

High Court to pass judgement on Bengal post-poll violence today

Kolkata: Calcutta High Court is most likely to pass judgement today on the post-election violence that shook West Bengal. A…
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19 August

Local trains to resume services after 50% of rural population gets vaccinated, says CM

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee, while addressing the press at the state secretariat, Nabanna, on Wednesday (August 18, 2021), announced that local…
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19 August

Monsoon set to revive from today, says IMD

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the southwest monsoon may revive in north India from August…
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18 August

Assam Rifles seized Rs 1,600 crore illegally traded goods from Myanmar

Guwahati: Assam Rifles has seized over Rs 1,600 crore worth of illegally traded goods in the northeastern states in India …
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18 August

India crosses a landmark milestone in Covid vaccination

New Delhi: India has crossed a landmark milestone in Covid-19 vaccination. Till now more than 56 crore doses had been…
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17 August

India achieves highest single-day vaccination record

New Delhi: India has achieved the highest ever vaccination in a single day. As per the data released by the…
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16 August

Kabuliwalas of Kolkata are terrified of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

In the wake of the Taliban sweeping into Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabuliwalas (people of Kabul) in Kolkata are worried, having…
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16 August

Former Congress leader Sushmita Dev joins TMC

Kolkata: Sushmita Dev, who resigned from the Congress party this morning, joined the All India Trinamool Congress on Monday afternoon.…
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16 August

Security tightened as bomb found outside railway station

Kolkata: Police detected a suspected country-made bomb at the entrance of New Jalpaiguri Railway Station in West Bengal. ‘The bomb…
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16 August

‘Setback to Congress’: Women’s wing president of Congress resigned from party

Kolkata: Giving a shock to Congress, its women’s wing president and former MP Sushmita Dev has resigned from the party.…
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16 August

Calcutta University secures 2nd Rank in ARWU Rankings, Mamata congratulates teachers, staff, students

New Delhi: On Sunday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated all teachers, staff and students of Calcutta University for…
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16 August

India Meteorological Department predicts rainfall in these states

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in many states till 19th August. The…
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15 August

India’s freedom struggle and subsequent partition scenes are depicted as pictures on trams at the Kolkata

Kolkata: Firhad Hakim, West Bengal’s minister of transportation and housing, dedicated an iconic museum on wheels in the historic trams…
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15 August

Trinamool Congress leader shot dead, five arrested

Kolkata: Ranajoy Kumar Shrivastava, chief of the Hindi cell of ruling Trinamool Congress’ youth wing was shot dead by unidentified…
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15 August

‘BJP is the most dangerous threat to the idea of India’: Sitaram Yechury

Kolkata: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said that the party may join hands with Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the national…
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15 August

‘We are in favor of unity of non-BJP, democratic, secular parties in the interest of the country’: Trinamool Congress

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) has said that the party is in favour of a national-level alliance with the Congress. In…
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14 August

State government extends Covid restrictions till August 31

Kolkata: The West Bengal government extended the ongoing Covid-induced restrictions till August 31 with certain relaxations. The new guidelines will…
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14 August

West Bengal second highest consumer of alcohol

New Delhi: A study conducted by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), and a law consulting…
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14 August

BSF saves woman who was forced into prostitution

Kolkata: Border Security Force (BSF) busted a human trafficking racket and rescued a woman who was sent to Bangladesh for…
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13 August

‘You should allow your photo on death certificates too’: Mamata Banerjee attacks PM

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the photograph of PM on vaccination certificates.…
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13 August

India Meteorological Department predicts Weak rainfall for next five days in these states

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted weak rainfall for the next five days in several states in…
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13 August

State extends lockdown-like restriction, eases night curfew timings

Kolkata: In West Bengal, the government had extended lockdown-like Covid-19 restrictions until August 30. As per the Mamata Banerjee-led government’s…
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12 August

State government extends Covid-related restrictions

Kolkata: The West Bengal government has extended Covid-19 related restrictions in the state till August 30. The night curfew imposed…
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12 August

After Judge Nariman, who? Impasse continues between government and judiciary over appointment

New Delhi: Rohinton Fali Nariman, the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court, retires Thursday, adding to the vacancy…
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11 August

India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 51.90 Cr

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 51.90 Cr. Cumulatively, 51,90,80,524 vaccine doses have been administered through 59,57,616 sessions, as per…
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10 August

‘BJP workers may not be able to live peacefully’: TMC leader threatens BJP

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Udayan Guha had issued a threat to BJP workers that they may not be able to…
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10 August

IMD predicts widespread rains over many parts of north, northeast India

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday that fair to widespread rain is likely in many parts…
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9 August

For the first time in 75 years ,the Tricolor will be unfurled at the CPI(M) offices on I-Day

Kolkata: CPI (M) West Bengal announced on August 8 that the leadership would hoist the Indian national flag at its…
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9 August

IMD predicts heavy rain fall in these states

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that the intensity of rainfall over sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim may…
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9 August

BSF detains two Bangladeshi women near border

Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) detained two Bangladeshi women near the India-Bangladesh border in Jeetpur, West Bengal. The women…
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9 August

Congress leader requests Prime Minister to raise the vaccine quota

Kolkata: Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury requested Prime Minister to raise the vaccine quota…
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9 August

Snake Found Onboard IndiGo Flight at Kolkata Airport

Kolkata: After a snake was spotted onboard a Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight, panic broke out at the Kolkata Airport. According to reports,…
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8 August

BJP to launch torch rallies, sports events to boost the morale of cadres

Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going to launch several prgrammes to boost the morale of party workers in West…
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8 August

‘Trinamool is spreading the virus of political violence in peaceful Tripura’: BJP

Kolkata: BJP accused that the Trinamool Congress is spreading the virus of political violence in peaceful Tripura. ‘The TMC is…
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8 August

Man arrested for involvement in fake-visa racket

Kolkata: Delhi police and West Bengal police has arrested a man from Haridevpur area in Kolkata for his alleged involvement…
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