'Double standards' charge: Nitin Nabin hits out at Bengal over puja curbsDuring a recent pilgrimage to Dakshineswar Kali Temple, BJP national president Nitin Nabin took the opportunity to address what he perceive...
26 Mar, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
Delhi AQI: City chokes after Diwali as air quality slips to ‘very poor’ categoryDelhi NCR AQI Today: Following the Diwali festivities, Delhi is grappling with 'very poor' and 'severe' air quality levels. Despite previou...
21 Oct, 2025, 09.18 AM IST
Bengal: Air quality deteriorates in Kolkata, Howrah on Kali Puja night due to firecracker burstingKolkata and Howrah's air quality significantly worsened on Kali Puja night as firecrackers were used beyond permitted hours, violating West...
21 Oct, 2025, 09.17 AM IST
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari calls for Hindu unity ahead of 2026 Bengal polls to dismantle TMC govtSuvendu Adhikari led a 'sanatani' solidarity rally in Haldia, supported by BJP activists, to unite Hindus and challenge Mamata Banerjee's T...
23 Mar, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Ahead of Durga Puja, Bangladesh govt allows export of nearly 4,000 metric tonnes of Hilsas to IndiaBangladesh Commerce Ministry gave its nod to 79 business organisations to export 3,950 metric tonnes of Hilsas to India. The exporters woul...
21 Sep, 2023, 07.18 AM IST
Heavy rain likely to pound West Bengal as cyclone threat looms largeIt is very likely to bring heavy to very heavy rain in coastal districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas, and heavy rainfall in ...
23 Oct, 2022, 12.59 PM IST
Calcutta HC allows conditional entry into pandals of Kali puja, othersHearing a PIL filed by an environmentalist, the division bench of Justice Rajasekhara Mantha and Justice Kesang Doma Bhutia directed that a...
03 Nov, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
Bengal extends Covid curbs till Oct 30; allows movement of people at night during Durga Puja"In continuation of the earlier order, restriction and relaxation measures as already in force stand extended up to October 30.... In view ...
30 Sep, 2021, 09.45 PM IST
Amit Shah slams Mamata's 'appeasement politics', says no curb to be imposed on festivals if BJP wins pollsShah, during a rally here in Purba Medinipur district, reaffirmed that the BJP will build 'sonar Bangla' (golden Bengal) over the next five...
19 Apr, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
‘People of West Bengal are fighting the polls, half of TMC has left the party’Some 120 km from Guwahati, Udalgudi was the venue of home minister Amit Shah’s poll rally where he sought another term for the BJP governme...
24 Mar, 2021, 11.14 AM IST
If voted to power in West Bengal, BJP will ensure Durga, Saraswati puja held without hindrance: Amit Shah"Under the TMC rule, school teachers in Bengal were beaten up for organising 'saraswati puja'. The court had to intervene to ensure Durga p...
21 Mar, 2021, 05.30 PM IST
Amit Shah slams Mamata's 'appeasement politics', says no curb to be imposed on festivals if BJP wins pollsShah, during a rally here in Purba Medinipur district, reaffirmed that the BJP will build 'sonar Bangla' (golden Bengal) over the next five...
21 Mar, 2021, 02.19 PM IST
PM free to visit poll-bound Bengal 20 times or more: TMCBasu was replying to a query whether eight-phase assembly polls in the state, beginning on March 27, would enable BJP heavyweights to addre...
03 Mar, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
SC refuses to interfere with Calcutta HC order banning crackers use, saleA vacation bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee said though festivals were important, but "life itself has been in imperil...
11 Nov, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
Calcutta High Court allows Durga idol immersion on all days, including MuharramA division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rakesh Tiwari and Justice Harish Tandon asked the state government to chalk out designated...
22 Sep, 2017, 08.39 AM IST
Potato crisis may spur price rise in West BengalThe Mamata Banerjee government's potato export ban to Odisha and Jharkhand has raised the spectre of a reciprocal action by the states.
11 Aug, 2014, 09.05 AM IST
- Activist voices concern for Ganga
Activist Subhas Datta will move the National Green Tribunal on Monday, urging that a committee be set up to find an eco-friendly alternativ...
17 Oct, 2013, 01.55 AM IST