West Bengal

Potato traders call off strike after talks with West Bengal minister

July 24, 2024 9:24 pm

Traders had called for the strike on Sunday to protest against the government pausing potato exports to other states

Mamata Banerjee names award-winning filmmaker Goutam Ghose as chairman of 30th Kolkata International Film Festival

July 24, 2024 8:04 pm

The Chief Minister said that “the Bengali film industry's pride”, actor-producer Prosenjit Chatterjee, would be the co-chairman

West Bengal govt raises allowance for Durga Puja committees to Rs 85,000

July 23, 2024 9:10 pm

While committees have been asking for Rs 1 lakh, Banerjee says it isn’t possible because ‘the state is poor’.

‘If you need tiffin money, I’ll give’: Mamata slams Governor for imposing Rs 500/day fine on 2 TMC MLAs

July 24, 2024 7:41 am

Speaker administers oath to four more newly elected TMC MLAs in the Assembly, CM backs the decision

Month after being sworn in by Speaker, Governor tells TMC MLAs: Oath invalid, pay fine of Rs 500 daily

July 23, 2024 10:02 am

The two TMC MLAs - Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar - were sworn in after almost a month-long impasse.

Migrant worker found living in dog kennel in Kerala to ‘save on rent’

July 23, 2024 7:18 am

Shyam Sunder, who has been in Kerala for the last four years, had earlier lived in a nearby rented house.

West Bengal: Four newly elected TMC MLAs likely to be sworn-in by Speaker on Tuesday

July 22, 2024 7:55 pm

This comes after the legislative assembly witnessed a month-long impasse between Governor C V Ananda Bose and the ruling Trinamool Congress over the oath-taking ceremony. 

Students’ protest in Bangladesh: Will give shelter to those who knock at our door, says Mamata; BJP fumes

July 22, 2024 12:20 am

Mamata Banerjee said the West Bengal government was ready to help evacuate Indians stuck in Bangladesh in the wake of the ongoing protests against job quotas.

Signals Mamata is expected to send at TMC’s Martyrs’ Day event today

July 21, 2024 11:16 am

Akhilesh Yadav expected to attend event in Kolkata, hold meeting with Bengal CM, Abhishek Banerjee about Opposition strategy for Budget Session

Akhilesh Yadav to be present, leaders from Sena UBT likely to attend TMC’s ‘Martyrs’ Day’ mega rally in Kolkata tomorrow

July 20, 2024 8:01 pm

Mamata Banerjee said, “We informed the railway more than one month ago. I was the railway minister; I know how the railway works. They should have increased the frequency of trains to disperse the crowd smoothly but they didn’t.”

Several feared dead after explosion at 'illegal' firecracker factory in Bengal

August 27, 2023 8:49 pm

Several people are feared dead in an explosion at a house allegedly used illegally as a firework factory in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.

President Murmu launches indigenously built warship Vindhyagiri

August 17, 2023 10:18 pm

West Bengal Panchayat Election 2023: Voting kicks off under shadow of violence

July 08, 2023 1:29 pm

In a mornign tweet, the ruling party, Trinamool Congress, claimed three of its workers have been murdered in Rejinagar, Tufanganj and Khargram and two have been left wounded with gunshots in Domkol.

When four artists from West Bengal came together to showcase works based on neorealism and neo-romanticism

April 13, 2023 12:39 pm

The exhibit was curated by Suneet Chopra who promised an "artistic splendour of the state that boasts of traditional art and culture painted in the modern light"

CBI probe on, school job aspirants hold protest in Kolkata

December 19, 2022 10:56 pm

Nine organisations of agitating job seekers and would-be-teachers in government schools organised a joint rally in Kolkata on Monday to assert their demands amidst CBI probe in school jobs scam.

Indian fans celebrate Argentina's long walk to World Cup victory

December 19, 2022 12:53 pm

Indian fans celebrate Argentina's win at the FIFA World Cup 2022, held in Qatar.

FIFA World Cup 2022: Kolkata rediscovers its love for football

November 24, 2022 2:19 pm

Deaths, floods as cyclone Sitrang hits Bangladesh; rain dampens Bengal festivities

October 25, 2022 1:00 pm

Cyclone Sitrang hit Bangladesh on Monday, resulting in at least nine deaths and heavy flooding. The cyclone, however, spared West Bengal, which witnessed heavy rainfall.

BJP launches Nabanna Abhiyan in Kolkata, prominent leaders detained

September 13, 2022 5:07 pm

The West Bengal police action against BJP workers trying to reach Kolkata for Nabanna Abhiyan (march to secretariat), one of the party’s biggest campaigns since its 2021 poll defeat, continued on Tuesday morning, with thousands of party workers arrested or detained in several districts.

West Bengal Madhyamik Results 2022 declared: Websites to check Class 10 score

June 03, 2022 3:36 pm

2022 West Bengal Board 10th Result Today: Candidates who appeared for the class 10 exams can check their results on wbresults.nic.in

Why a leader is aligning with someone is more important that who aligns with who; Mamata Banerjee has a major role: Amit Mitra, Bengal Finance Minister

June 22, 2020 6:10 pm

Bengal FM Amit Mitra talks about demonetisation, the problems with GST, failing Centre-state relations, the need for protecting and building institutions such as the RBI and CBI, investments in the state, and what the BJP “doesn’t get about Bengal".

Somnath Chatterjee will be remembered for always being above party politics

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

The best example of his non-partisan behaviour is, of course, from 2008 during the Indo-US nuclear deal. Read more: https://bit.ly/2vES2Tu

The Mamata Banerjee Interview

June 22, 2020 6:56 pm

Class-3 student allegedly molested by teacher in Hooghly

February 26, 2016 10:07 am

Hooghly (WB), Feb 26 (ANI): A student of class 3 was allegedly molested by a teacher in Hooghly district of West Bengal. The family of the student created uproar outside the school. They broke a glass of a police van and injured two police officials. However, the situation was controlled by the Bhadreswar police.

Bike rally held to promote tourism in Siliguri

February 22, 2016 10:23 am

Siliguri, Feb 22 (ANI): A bike rally was organised by the Bengal Travel Mart in association with XKMPH and Indian Bikers Community in Siliguri. Around 120 bikers participated in the mega rally to promote West Bengal as a destination for bikers as well as adventure-loving people across the globe. The bike rally was organised to spread awareness among common people for safe driving.

Indo-Bangladesh Urs train arrives in Midnapur

February 18, 2016 5:51 am

Midnapur, Feb 18 (ANI): An Indo-Bangladesh special Urs train with 2,210 pilgrims on board arrived at Midnapur Railway station, West Bengal, from Rajbari in Bangladesh on Thursday morning. The Urs special train service was started in 1903. Every year, people of all faiths come to Midnapore Urs to seek blessings of Boro Huzur, a descendant of Boropir Abdul Qadir Jilani, who came to India from Iraq in the 19th century to preach Islam.

Two men arrested with leopard skin in Jalpaiguri

February 17, 2016 9:30 am

Jalpaiguri, Feb 17 (ANI): Two men carrying leopard skin were arrested by forest officials in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The forest officials formed a special team to catch the people involved in illegal wildlife trade. The leopard skin was to be sold to a party from Nepal and was found packed in a bag. Clouded leopards are rare in Bengal and are found mostly in Bhutan. Investigations were underway to crack down the smuggling racket. India’s leopards are under threat, with increasing numbers of the wild cats being poached for their body parts and villagers killing them for straying into human settlements.Wildlife experts say tiger and leopard parts are in great demand in China and other Asian countries.

JNU row: Jadavpur University students raise anti-national slogans

February 17, 2016 5:39 am

Kolkata, Feb 17 (ANI): Students of Jadavpur University in West Bengal took to streets expressing solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) demanding release of student leader booked on sedition charges. JNU Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested last week on sedition charges after a group of youngsters organised an event in protest of the execution of 2001 parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. Jadavpur University students shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Students and academics of the JNU continue to boycott classes to protest against government.

Child killed as truck rams into car in Kolkata

February 15, 2016 6:30 am

Kolkata, Feb 15 (ANI): Angry locals took to the streets on Monday after a truck ran over three children in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas area, killing a child and gravely injuring two other kids. Three students were travelling in a car when a truck rammed into them. The locals set two police vehicles on fire. According to sources, the police was pursuing the truck when it rammed into the car, angering the locals.

Newborn sold for Rs. 35,000 in WB

February 11, 2016 5:31 am

Jalpaiguri, Feb 11 (ANI): A newborn baby was allegedly sold for Rs 35,000 in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Thursday. Police have begun investigating into the matter. Mitu Basak, a woman staying in the Dinhata town of the Jalpaiguri district, is taking care of the baby. Cases as such have been reported earlier from the surrounding areas.