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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 ...

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...

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...

CPI(M) demands medical bulletin of key accused in Saradha scam

CPI(M) on Wednesday demanded the West Bengal government to issue medical reports of Sudipta Sen.

Minister slams SEC for listing poll booths as per sensitivity

West Bengal Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee on Wednesday questioned the authority the State Ele...

Darjeeling an inalienable part of Bengal: Mamata

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said in the presence of Bimal Gurung, GJM chief, that th...

Calcutta HC asks CBI to file affidavit on chit probe in other states

Calcutta High Court directed the CBI to file an affidavit stating whether the central investigating ...

BJP not to contest Howrah Lok Sabha by-poll

BJP on Tuesday decided not to fight the Howrah Lok Sabha by-election on the "advice" of party nation...

India`s first woman jawan found hanging

Shanti Tigga, the Territorial Army`s first woman jawan, was found hanging inside her cabin in a hosp...

WB govt, GJM have to maintain friendly ties for Darjeeling: Mamata Banerjee

Ahead of her meeting with the GTA, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government and...

Chit fund scam: Court allows ED probe into Saradha Group deals

Opening a new avenue in the raging Saradha Group chit fund scam probe, the Calcutta High Court Tuesd...

Passport seva project boosts passport issue in Bengal

The Passport Seva Project in West Bengal, the programme of the Ministry of External Affairs, has sho...

Mamata hails court verdict on panchayat poll

Welcoming the Calcutta High Court`s order on panchayat poll, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today sa...

HC order historic: WB panchayat minister

The West Bengal government today hailed the Calcutta High Court order on panchayat elections as "his...

Haldibari Express derails in Birbhum, West Bengal

Three bogies of train number 12363 Kolkata - Haldibari Triweekly InterCity Express derailed in Birbh...

1 killed, 59 injured as train rams into bus in WB

One person was killed while at least 59 others were injured when a train rammed into a minibus carry...

Congress rails at ineffective governance in Bengal

With the Calcutta High Court ordering a CBI investigation into the custodial death in Hooghly distri...

Court refuses to suspend ruling on Bengal panchayat polls

The Calcutta High Court, hearing the West Bengal government`s appeal over the panchayat polls issue,...

Chit fund scam: AT group chief held, sent to jail

Chief of controversial non- banking financial institution (NBFI) Artha Tatwa (AT) group Pradip Sethi...

Bengal chit fund agent commits suicide

An agent of a deposit firm committed suicide in North 24-Parganas district, police said Monday while...

Chit-fund duped farm labourer attempts suicide in WB

A daily wage farm labourer on Monday allegedly attempted to commit suicide after losing money in Sar...

Scientists propose hilsa sanctuaries to save prized fish

To prevent the rapid decline in numbers of hilsa in Indian waters, West Bengal scientists have propo...

Court orders CBI probe into Dhaniakhali custodial death

Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into the alleged custodial death of a yout...

Chit fund scam: Duped farm labourer attempts suicide

A daily wage farm labourer on Monday allegedly attempted to commit suicide after losing money in Sar...

Man claiming to be a `Maoist` detained near Mamata`s residence

A mentally retarded youth, who claimed himself to be a Maoist, was detained from an area close to Ch...

Two years on, Mamata `salutes` people for ousting Left

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday celebrated two years of her Trinamool Congress ...

Court orders CBI probe into Bengal custodial death

In a jolt to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court here on Monday ordered the CBI ...

Four children among 5 struck dead by lightning in Bengal

Five persons, including four children, died after being hit by lightning during a thundershower at C...

TMC govt trying to delay panchayat polls: WBPCC pr

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president Pradip Bhattacharya on Sunday alleged that ...

CPI-M sceptic over Mamata`s intention to hold panchayat polls

Expressing scepticism over Mamata Banerjee government`s intention to hold panchayat polls in West Be...

15-yr old boy found dead near border Indo-Bangladesh border

The body of a 15-year old boy was found near the Indo-Bangladesh border at Krishnaganj in Nadia dist...

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