West Bengal
- Aug- 2021 -21 August
India Meteorological Department predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall in these states till August 25
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in several states in the country. IMD…
Read More » - 20 August
Diesel prices drops for third day in a row
New Delhi: The public sector oil companies reduced the price of diesel for third day in a row. On Friday,…
Read More » - 20 August
Security forces seizes foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 6.5 crore
Aizawl: Assam Rifles seized foreign-origin cigarettes worth over Rs 6.52 crore in Mizoram’s Champhai district. After getting an input, the…
Read More » - 20 August
‘There is an attempt to rule Talibani style in Bengal’, says Union Minister Nisith Pramanik
Kolkata: Union Minister Nisith Pramanik hit out at West Bengal government led by Trinamool Congress and said that there was…
Read More » - 20 August
IMD predicts rainfall in these states for next two days
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted rainfall in northwest India, central and north Peninsular India during the next…
Read More » - 19 August
Boat capsizes in river Ganga, 3 drown
Malda: An official said three brothers drowned when a small country boat capsized in West Bengal’s Malda district on Thursday.…
Read More » - 19 August
India crosses 50 crore Covid-19 testing
New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research [ICMR] said that the country has conducted 50 crore Covid-19 tests. ‘With an…
Read More » - 19 August
Post-poll Violence: high Court orders court-monitored CBI probe
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has ordered a court-monitored CBI probe in post-poll violence in West Bengal. A bench led…
Read More » - 19 August
‘We are going to win in Tripura’, claims Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that Trinamool Congress will defeat BJP in Tripura. ‘The people who are…
Read More » - 19 August
‘State government is using all its powers to disrupt yatra of union ministers’: BJP
Kolkata: BJP West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh accused that state government is using all its powers to disrupt the…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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 …
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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.…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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.…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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.…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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…
Read More » - 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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