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Elephant falls sick in severe heat

Elephant falls sick in severe heat


An adult female elephant today fell sick near Barjora forest of Bankura district due to the intense ...

Three West Bengal mountaineers traced in Nepal


Three mountaineers from West Bengal, missing for the last two days during an expedition to Mount Dha...

Chit fund scam: `Takeover of TV channels a ploy`


West Bengal government has announced taking over two TV channels run by scam-tainted Saradha group.

Mamata visits state CID headquarters


West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today visited CID heaquaters at Bhavani Bhavan and review...

Three more infants die at West Bengal hospital


Three more infants died at the Malda Medical College Hospital, taking the total number of crib death...

Three die in crude bomb blasts in Malda


Three persons were killed when a few crude bombs exploded at Old 16 Mile in Malda district.

Labourer injured near Kolkata


A labourer was on Friday injured as a hydraulic drilling machine he was operating overturned.

Two die in accident in Malda


Two persons were killed and 20 others injured on Friday when the bus they were travelling fell in a ...

Left asks Mamata to come clean on graft charges


The CPI(M) on Thursday asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to respond to allegations ma...

Eight crib deaths in West Bengal hospital


Crib deaths are back to haunt West Bengal hospitals with at least eight infants dying at the Malda M...

West Bengal to pay back duped chit fund investors:


The West Bengal government is committed to compensate the losses suffered by chit fund investors in ...
WB govt decides to take over 2 TV channels of Saradha Group

WB govt decides to take over 2 TV channels of Saradha Group


The West Bengal government on Thursday decided to take over two television channels of scam-tainted ...

Four dacoits lynched in West Bengal village


Four dacoits, who had terrorised people in Naipur village of East Midnapore district of West Bengal,...

Two held in Kolkata with fake currency


Two people have been arrested and fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of nearly Rs 4...

Mamata violated model code, Congress tells poll panel


Congress in WB met Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath to lodge a complaint against Chief Ministe...

West Bengal govt plans to ban online lottery


West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday that the government would ban online...

Trinamool destroying development, democratic systems: Left Front


West Bengal`s Left Front charged Trinamool Congress government with destroying the process of devel...

Mamata announces separate tribal affairs department


To ensure added importance to tribals in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tu...

Mamata announces ban of `online lotto`


The West Bengal government today banned "Online Lotto", an online lottery, in the state.

Bengal govt should stop interfering in SEC: CPI(M)


The West Bengal government should stop interfering in the matters of the State Election Commission a...

CPI(M) denied permission to hold rally in Kolkata


The CPI(M) Tuesday accused the city police of denying permission to former chief minister Buddhadeb ...

Monsoon to reach Kerala on time: IMD


The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that Southwest Monsoon will hit Kerala on ...

Bengal suggests alternative panchayat poll date


After SEC raised objection over the choice of July 10 as the date for third phase of Panchayat polls...

Two years not adequate to evaluate my govt: Mamata


Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said two years was not an adequate time to evaluate the performance of her...

Hit by chit fund scam Mamata faces biggest challenge in 2 yrs


With the Trinamool Congress government stepping into the third year of its rule, it is facing its bi...

Saradha boss, aide sent to police custody in new case


A West Bengal court on Sunday sent Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and a close aide to 10 days` p...

West Bengal minister receives threat letter


West Bengal Agriculture Minister Malay Ghatak on Saturday said he had received a letter threatening ...

WB panchayat poll: SEC asks for a change in date


The West Bengal State Election Commission on Saturday asked the West Bengal government to change the...

Woman from Bengal climbs Mt Everest


Woman mountaineer Chanda Gayen has successfully scaled the Mt Everest on 18 May becoming the third w...

West Bengal govt announces draft industrial policy


The West Bengal government announced its draft industrial policy to attract investment, two days ahe...

West Bengal minister Humayun Kabir resigns


West Bengal Minister Humayan Kabir, who was continuing in the Mamata Banerjee government even after ...

Woman mountaineer from Bengal climbs Mt Everest


Woman mountaineer Chanda Gayen has successfully scaled the Mt Everest on Saturday, becoming the thir...

WB panchayat polls: SEC holds meet with DMs, SPs


The West Bengal State Election Commission on Saturday held a meeting with the district magistrates a...

Teacher who killed child sent to judicial custody


A lady teacher who was arrested for allegedly banging a class III student`s head against a wall as p...

West Bengal hurtling towards devastation: Congress


With Mamata Banerjee government completing two years in office in West Bengal, the Congress on Satur...

Chit fund scam: Sudipta Sen sent to judicial custody


Sudipta Sen, the chairman of Saradha Group which allegedly defrauded thousands of small investors, w...

WB govt gives three dates for panchayat poll to SEC


The West Bengal government Friday sent the State Election Commission three dates July 2, 6 and 10 fo...

West Bengal SEC seeks deletion of `consent` in HC order on panchayat polls


West Bengal State Election Commission filed an application before the Calcutta HC claiming that the ...

Monsoon makes debut over Andaman Sea


South-west monsoon on Friday made a debut in the Andaman Sea and parts of Bay of Bengal.

Class III student dies after teacher smashes his head on wall


A nine-year-old student, whose teacher had dashed his head on wall for not doing his lessons, has di...

Saradha scam: Suicides, political spats continue


The stream of suicides in the wake of the Saradha chit fund scam - the biggest financial racket to h...

Presidency violence: Cops were not cooperative says probe panel


A probe panel set up by the West Bengal Human Rights Commission to inquire into the vandalism at Pre...

Mamata govt delaying Saradha investigation: CPI(M)


The CPI(M) on Thursday accused the Mamata Banerjee government of exerting political pressure to infl...

Sister Nivedita`s house in Darjeeling handed over to WB govt


Gorkhaland Territorial Administration handed over Sister Nivedita`s house to West Bengal govt for be...

Stage has not come yet to decide CBI inquiry into chit fund scam: Court


The Calcutta HC directed that prayer for an interim order for investigation by any central agency in...

Rural chit fund owner dies, toll climbs to 14


The owner of a rural chit fund firm, active in two south Bengal districts, died on Thursday in Hoogh...

Differences over panchayat poll dates at govt-SEC meeting


There were differences at a meeting on Thursday between the State Election Commission and the West B...

Stray cheetah attacks five in Jalapaiguri


Five persons, including a forest officer, were attacked by a cheetah in Luksan Bazar area of Jalpaig...

`Mahasen` cyclonic storm moves eastwards


Cyclonic storm `Mahasen,` which lay over west-central Bay of Bengal, has moved eastwards and is now ...

Chit fund: Sudipta Sen denies connection with CM


Saradha group chairman Sudipta Sen, who has been accused of cheating lakhs of investors of their mon...