Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that West Bengal is the most important state in Modi’s mission for eastern India.“Despite huge potential, eastern India has always remained

Kolkata, December 29 (IANS) The Central government has rejected the proposed tableau from the state government for the Republic Day Parade on January 26 next year at New Delhi.The theme of the tableau proposed

Kolkata, November 27 (IANS) West Bengal health department has decided to act tough on the rampant sale of antibiotic drugs in retail medicine shops in the state without proper prescription from any registered m

Kolkata, October 6 (IANS) The number of bodies recovered from the northern sector of West Bengal following the devastating flash-flood in adjacent hill-state of Sikkim has increased to 22 as of Friday, as per t

Kolkata, August 14 (IANS): Any threat to West Bengal or the state government will be countered by surprising achievements in the field of development, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.

Kolkata, August 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal over the 'bloodbath' in the recently-concluded panchayat polls in the state in wh

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) There can be no worse horror. What two women in Manipur underwent is shocking and unnerving. The entire episode raises serious questions on the fragility of the dignity of women in our

Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) In spite of 14 deaths reported in pre-poll violence over the July 8 panchayat elections in West Bengal during the past 26 days, state Director General of police Manoj Malviya dubbed the v

Kolkata, July 3 (IANS): West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose said on Monday that the ongoing political 'Holi' with human blood in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat polls must stop immediately.

Kohima, June 20 (MExN): West Bengal Foundation Day was observed at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on June 20. The occasion was attended by the Governor of Nagaland La Ganesan, Bengali communities from Kohima and Dimapur, o

New Delhi, May 2 (PTI): With the TMC's victory imminent in West Bengal, congratulations poured in for party president and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. According to trends available for 284 out of 292

Kolkata, February 26 (PTI): Questioning the eight-phase assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that she suspects that the dates were announced as per the suggestions of

New Delhi, February 26 (PTI): Voting for five assembly elections will begin on March 27, with West Bengal conducting the maximum eight phases continuing till April 29, and votes for the polls in the four s

New Delhi, February 18 (PTI): Hitting out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's 'Didi-Bhaipo' jibes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday challenged him to contest an election against

Kolkata, February 11 (IANS): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday came down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal for not allowing the chant of "Jai Shree Ram

Ranaghat (WB), January 11 (PTI): The country is staring at a food crisis because of the "adamant" approach of the BJP to the continued agitation by farmers for withdrawal of the three new farm laws, W

Kolkata, December 25 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to mislead the people with half-truth and distorted facts over the non-implementat

KOLKATA/MUMBAI, October 22 (Reuters): The Indian state of West Bengal reported its biggest daily tally of new COVID-19 infections as thousands of people thronged the streets for a major Hindu festival that

KOLKATA, SEPTEMBER 23 (IANS): Multiple landslides due to heavy rain have resulted in the closing of a stretch of a national highway that connects Sikkim with Darjeeling district of West Bengal, resulting in mas

RANCHI, JULY 28 (IANS): Jharkhand is witnessing an increase in the number of coronavirus cases due to neighbouring states of Bihar and West Bengal, a senior officer said on Tuesday. Health Secretary Nitin Ma