West Bengal
- Jun- 2023 -6 June
NCB Claims Six Arrested in India’s Biggest-Ever LSD Bust
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) made a significant breakthrough in dismantling a pan-India drugs trafficking network operating on the dark…
Read More » - 3 June
Bengal government establishes 24-hour control room to oversee relief efforts after Odisha train accident
As a result of the horrible triple train tragedy that occurred on Friday night and left at least 288 people…
Read More » - 2 June
Parts of West Bengal reeling under scorching heat
Several sections of West Bengal are experiencing extreme heat, with the Met Department forecasting heatwave conditions in the state’s hill…
Read More » - 1 June
Police Arrest West Bengal Man in Kannur Train Coach Fire
The Railway police in Kannur have apprehended a man from West Bengal in connection with the fire that destroyed an…
Read More » - May- 2023 -30 May
Mamata Banerjee writes to Centre, seeking permission to visit violence-hit Manipur
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she has written to the Centre, seeking permission to…
Read More » - 29 May
Here is the timing, schedule of Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri first Vande Bharat Express
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged- off Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express train today via video-conferencing. This will be…
Read More » - 29 May
Bidi baron Bayron Biswas, only Bengal MLA for Congress, joins TMC
Bidi Baron, also known as Bayron Biswas, joined the West Bengal government’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday. He was the…
Read More » - 29 May
Kolkata-bound Bandhan Express catches fire, no casualties reported
The rear portion of one of the compartments aboard the Kolkata-bound Bandhan Express caught fire on Sunday, sending passengers into…
Read More » - 27 May
Lizard found in mid-day meal in West Bengal, 35 students fall ill
A lizard was found in a midday meal that up to 35 children consumed in the Bankura area of West…
Read More » - 24 May
IndiGo to operate flights to Bangkok from this Indian city
Kolkata: Low-budget air carrier based in India, IndiGo will operate flights between Kolkata and Bangkok. The airline will operate two…
Read More » - 24 May
‘The Kerala Story’ gets warm welcome in West Bengal
Kolkata: Bollywood film ‘The Kerala Story’ received warm welcome in West Bengal. Several theater and multiplex owners in the state…
Read More » - 23 May
‘Count us out’: MP Derek O’Brien reveals TMC’s stand on new Parliament building inauguration
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien said that his party will boycott the inauguration ceremony of the…
Read More » - 23 May
To rally opposition to Center’s ordinance, Arvind Kejriwal meets with Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met with his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon as part of…
Read More » - 20 May
Bengal teacher recruitment scam case; ED raids Sujay Krishna Bhadra’s residences
The home of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, also known as ‘Kalighat’er Kaku,’ was searched by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in relation…
Read More » - 19 May
‘BJP is after my party, family’: CM Mamata lashes out after CBI sends summons to nephew
Bankura: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the BJP on Friday, claiming the saffron party was…
Read More » - 19 May
Calcutta High Court stayed order resulted in dismissal of 32,000 school teachers
The Calcutta High Court granted an interim stay on an earlier order that had terminated the jobs of approximately 32,000…
Read More » - 19 May
BSF seizes smuggled gold worth Rs 86 lakh at Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal
Kolkata: Border Security Forces on Thursday seized gold worth Rs 86 lakh and Bangladeshi Taka worth Rs 6 lakh…
Read More » - 18 May
WB’s ‘The Kerala Story’ ban halted by SC; producer to include disclaimer on ‘conversions’ claim
The Supreme Court issued a stay on the West Bengal government’s order prohibiting the screening of the controversial film “The…
Read More » - 18 May
Today, PM will virtually inaugurate Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express
According to a South Eastern Railway official, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually open the Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express on…
Read More » - 17 May
Indian Railways to begin service of this intra-state Vande Bharat Express train from Saturday: Details
Kolkata: The Indian Railways will start the service of Howrah-Puri Vande Bharat Express train from May 20. This intra-state train…
Read More » - 15 May
Mamata extends support to Congress for 2024 LS polls, seeks regional parties’ backing
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee revealed that her party would lend support to the…
Read More » - 14 May
Bangladesh and Myanmar hit by Cyclone Mocha, West Bengal on high alert
Over the weekend, the super cyclone Mocha made landfall along the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar, intensifying into a category-five…
Read More » - 11 May
In response to China’s connectivity initiatives, India finances opening of Sittwe Port in Myanmar
On Wednesday, the Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Transport & Communications of Myanmar, Admiral Tin Aung San, and…
Read More » - 9 May
BSF seizes gold biscuits worth Rs 4.24 crore, 2 Bangladeshi arrested
Kolkata: Border Security Force foiled a gold smuggling bid in the India- Bangladesh International Border. BSF seized seized 52 gold…
Read More » - 9 May
‘We will fight’, The Kerala Story producer on film’s ban in West Bengal
Mumbai: producer of the Bollywood fim, ‘The Kerala Story’, Vipul Amrutlal Shah has said that he will fight legally against…
Read More » - 9 May
Sahitya Akademi Award winner passed away at 79
Samaresh Majumdar, an Akademi Award-winning Bengali literateur famed for portraying the turbulent Naxalaite period of the 1970s, died on Monday…
Read More » - 8 May
‘Defaming through narrative’: West Bengal Govt to ban ‘The Kerala Story’
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the state government will ban the screening of…
Read More » - 8 May
Protests sparked by Trinamool leader’s ‘Khalistani’ statement on Kurmi people in Bengal
West Bengal’s Kurmi community protested in the streets of the Purulia district after Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Ajit Maity compared…
Read More » - 6 May
To protest Amartya Sen’s eviction notice, Bengal’s intellectual elite took to streets
Numerous academics and members of civil society protested at Shantiniketan after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen received an eviction notice from…
Read More » - 6 May
Bengali man molested child, lured with chocolates, detained
In the Malda district of West Bengal, an 81-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of sexually assaulting a four-year-old…
Read More » - 6 May
Indian designer to dress Queen Camilla and a brooch for King Charles III
A lady fashion designer from West Bengal’s Hooghly region created a gown for British Queen Camilla and a brooch for…
Read More » - 5 May
Amartya Sen’s Shantiniketan land partially saved as Calcutta HC blocks seizure plan.
The Calcutta High Court has granted an interim stay against the move by Visva Bharati to seize a part of…
Read More » - 1 May
Union Govt notifies appointment of Justice TS Sivagnanam as new Chief Justice of Calcutta HC
New Delhi: The Centre Government on Monday notified the appointment of Justice TS Sivagnanam as the new Chief Justice…
Read More » - Apr- 2023 -28 April
14 people killed in lightning strikes in West Bengal
Kolkata: At least 14 people were killed in lightning strikes in five districts of West Bengal which witnessed moderate…
Read More » - 26 April
BJP carrying out ‘violence’, ‘hooliganism’: Slams CM Mamata Banerjee over minor girl’s death in Kaliaganj
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, over the…
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