West Bengal: News
28 Jul 2018
Gujarat#MonsoonAlert: 465 dead in 5 states due to rains, floods
As many as 465 people have lost their lives due to floods and rains in five states during the current monsoon season so far.
28 Jul 2018
MurderWest Bengal: Local BJP leader killed by unidentified miscreants
A local BJP leader in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Mandir Bazar area.
27 Jul 2018
Mamata BanerjeeFour new varsities to come up in West Bengal
The West Bengal cabinet today gave its nod for setting up four new universities in the state, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said.
26 Jul 2018
Ministry Of Home AffairsWest Bengal to be now called 'Bangla', Assembly passes resolution
The West Bengal Assembly today approved a resolution to rename the state to 'Bangla,' but the change will only go through once the Centre clears it.
24 Jul 2018
EducationIIT-KGP offers new awards, scholarships for UG-students for academics, research
The IIT Kharagpur has instituted several new awards and scholarships for its undergraduate students for academics and research following donations by many alumni and corporates, an IIT KGP press statement said today.
24 Jul 2018
Lok SabhaMamata to visit Delhi to invite opposition-leaders for federal-front rally
In a bid to take on the BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha election, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will visit Delhi for three days from July 31 to personally invite opposition leaders to the "federal front" rally she plans to hold in January in Kolkata.
23 Jul 2018
Mamata BanerjeeWB: Expert panel to look into 'pass-fail' reintroduction in govt-schools
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee today said the state government has formed an expert committee to look into the possibility of reintroducing the pass-fail system in the state-run schools.
22 Jul 2018
OdishaOdisha Police launches drive to bust pangolin smuggling racket
With the help of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), a special unit of the Odisha Police has launched a drive to bust an international syndicate that peddles "endangered" pangolin, one of the world's most illegally traded mammals, Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) RP Sharma said.
21 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshDidi believes TMC will win all Lok-Sabha seats in WB
Claiming that the TMC would win all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the next general elections, WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at a Kolkata rally, said the party would oust the BJP to save the country.
21 Jul 2018
Trinamool CongressFormer BJP strongman Chandan Mitra, four Congress MLAs join TMC
Former BJP MP Chandan Mitra, editor of The Pioneer, joined the Trinamool Congress today in presence of WB CM Mamata Banerjee.
19 Jul 2018
MurderWest Bengal: Parents kill newborn fearing mockery by family members
A 47-year-old daily wage laborer and his wife allegedly killed their newborn baby girl in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district over the fear of being taunted by their children and grandchildren, Inspector-in-Charge of Maynaguri police station, Nandakumar Dutta said.
18 Jul 2018
India1,006 deaths in India in May-June due to thunderstorms, floods
Over 1,000 people lost their lives in May and June due to natural calamities like thunderstorms and floods in India, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said today.
18 Jul 2018
IndiaEx-Rajya Sabha MP, Chandan Mitra resigns from BJP
Former Rajya Sabha MP and current editor of The Pioneer, Chandan Mitra, has resigned from the BJP and is slated to join the Trinamool Congress when West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee holds her annual mega rally on Saturday.
17 Jul 2018
EducationDeadline to fill vacant seats in Calcutta University colleges extended
The last date of admission in some Calcutta University-affiliated colleges has been extended to August 20 from July 10 to fill up the vacant seats, West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said today.
17 Jul 2018
Narendra ModiModi rally tent-collapse: Human factors involved, non-bailable charges slapped
A day after 90 people were injured at a tent-collapse in PM Narendra Modi's Midnapore rally, officials have flagged "multiple reasons."
17 Jul 2018
Mental HealthWest Bengal: Mentally disturbed woman beaten up on 'child-lifter' charges
A mentally deranged woman has been beaten up in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on suspicion of being child-lifter, police said today.
16 Jul 2018
Narendra ModiOver 20 injured as tent collapses during Modi's Midnapore rally
More than 20 people were injured when a makeshift tent collapsed amid rains during PM Narendra Modi's Midnapore rally today.
16 Jul 2018
FacebookTMC MP Anupam Hazra deletes Facebook account after controversies
TMC MP Anupam Hazra, who earned the ire of his party on several occasions for controversial Facebook posts, has deleted his account.
15 Jul 2018
AssamTripura government planning to set up tea auction center
In an effort to boost the century-old tea industry in the state, the Tripura Tea Development Corporation (TTDC) is contemplating setting up its own auction center at Dharmanagar.
15 Jul 2018
NoidaGreater Noida horror: 3-year-old allegedly raped inside school, lifeguard held
A lifeguard was held on Saturday for allegedly raping a three-and-half-year-old girl in the premises of a private school in Greater Noida.
09 Jul 2018
Trinamool CongressJadavpur University: Students continue hunger-strike, professors support them
In West Bengal's Jadavpur University, students, on a hunger strike for more than 48 hours, have found support from the professors, who have opted out of the admission process.
08 Jul 2018
CelebrityKolkata: TV actor arrested for threatening female co-star
TV actor Sanjay Mukherjee, popular in Kolkata industry as Joy Mukherjee, has been arrested by police from Tollygunge police station area yesterday after actress Sayantika Banerjee lodged a complaint alleging that she was threatened by the actor and her car was stopped in the middle of the road.
08 Jul 2018
IndiaDRI seizes 10kgs gold worth Rs. 3.18cr smuggled from Bhutan
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 10kgs of gold, which was smuggled into India from Bhutan, in West Bengal's Siliguri.
04 Jul 2018
IndiaHumsafar Superfast Express train, connecting Jammu to Sealdah, flagged off
Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain yesterday flagged off a new weekly Humsafar Superfast Express Train from the Jammu railway station.
04 Jul 2018
IndiaGovt asks WhatsApp to stop the propagation of fake news
The government has asked WhatsApp "in no uncertain terms" to ensure that the platform is not misused for the propagation of fake news.
03 Jul 2018
Trinamool CongressWest Bengal: BJP worker's body found with hands, legs tied
On Monday, the body of a BJP worker was discovered floating in a lake in Murshidabad district, West Bengal with his hands and feet tied with a rope.
01 Jul 2018
IndiaDoctors' Day: Meet doctors who treat poor free of cost
From running street clinics to giving free-of-cost treatment to the poor, many doctors in old Delhi's Chandni Chowk are going beyond their line-of-duty to serve people.
01 Jul 2018
Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal: Congress divided over alliance with ruling TMC
Fissures seem to have appeared in Congress's West Bengal unit over the issue of forging an alliance with the ruling Trinamool Congress for the crucial 2019 polls, with a section of leaders keen on the tie-up and the state leadership rejecting the idea.
01 Jul 2018
Priyanka Chopra JonasPermission denied for shooting of film on young Tagore's 'love-life'
Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal's Santiniketan has refused to grant permission for on-campus shooting of "Nalini" - a Priyanka Chopra production on the "relationship" between teenaged Rabindranath Tagore and a Marathi girl, university sources said.
30 Jun 2018
Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal: After meeting Amit Shah, four families join TMC
In what is sure to leave Bharatiya Janata Party red-faced, four families who reportedly met party president Amit Shah have joined Trinamool Congress on Friday.
30 Jun 2018
Mamata BanerjeeBabul Supriyo refuses facilities provided by TMC government in protest
A day after he got into an altercation with the District Magistrate of West Bengal's Purulia while visiting the public rally of BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday, Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Babul Supriyo, has decided not to accept any facility provided by Mamata administration in protest.
29 Jun 2018
TelanganaGujarat's Dahod tops NITI's Delta rankings on 'aspirational districts'
Gujarat's Dahod district topped the first Delta ranking released today by NITI Aayog that captures incremental improvements of aspirational districts on health, education and other development parameters.
24 Jun 2018
Kolkata47 new colleges in West Bengal since 2011: Partha Chatterjee
Forty-seven new colleges have come up in West Bengal during the Trinamool Congress rule, West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee has said.
24 Jun 2018
Lok Sabha2019 battle: WB BJP exceeds Shah's expectations, targets 26 seats
Buoyed by its performance in rural polls, the West Bengal BJP unit is set to submit its Lok Sabha blueprint, targeting 26 seats, to party president Amit Shah during his two-day visit to the state from June 27.
24 Jun 2018
KolkataBengaluru-bound IndiGo flight returns to Kolkata after windshield cracks
A Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight returned to Kolkata today after developing a crack in the windshield, shortly after take-off.
24 Jun 2018
IndiaSwachh Survekshan 2018: Maharashtra ranked cleanest state, WB fares poorly
Jharkhand is the cleanest state in the country, followed by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, the latest Swachh Survekshan (cleanliness study) by the Government of India has found.
23 Jun 2018
ICSEWB: ICSE-affiliated schools decide to resume classes from Monday
The ICSE-affiliated schools in West Bengal have decided to resume classes from Monday following improvement in weather conditions.
23 Jun 2018
KolkataVeteran rock-climber and mountaineer Gautam Kanjilal dies of lung infection
Veteran mountaineer Gautam Kanjilal died of a lung infection at a hospital in Kolkata in West Bengal yesterday.
22 Jun 2018
KolkataDGCA probing altercation between AirAsia staff, passengers: Jayant Sinha
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has started a probe in an incident in which passengers of an AirAsia India flight from Kolkata to Bagdogra got into an altercation with the airline staff after the flight was delayed by over 4-hours.