Stone quarry collapse in Bengal’s Birbhum kills six labourers, injures manyA stone quarry collapsed in West Bengal's Birbhum district. The incident occurred in Bahadurpur village. At least six labourers died and se...
12 Sep, 2025, 09.44 PM IST
Railways created world record in derailments: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the Indian Railways for frequent derailments, claiming it has set a world record. Her...
24 Sep, 2024, 07.31 PM IST
Mahua Moitra gets organisational responsibilities in TMC in clear message of party backingMoitra, who previously served as the district president in Krishnanagar before being removed in a previous reshuffle, has now been reinstat...
13 Nov, 2023, 05.42 PM IST
Santiniketan recommended for inclusion in UNESCO world heritage list: Culture Minister G Kishan ReddySantiniketan -- the abode of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore -- has been recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Lis...
10 May, 2023, 02.04 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee makes organizational reshuffle, takes charge of Birbhum districtBanerjee, at a high-level meeting at her residence in Kalighat on Friday, has also appointed senior leaders in-charge of various districts....
18 Mar, 2023, 10.45 PM IST
Cyclone Amphan considered even more destructive than Cyclone Aila: UNCyclone Amphan, the strongest to hit the region in nearly two decades, made landfall on Wednesday evening.It has battered several parts of ...
22 May, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
India's might acknowleged globally because of my foreign trips: Narendra ModiTaking a dig at the opposition, Modi said, anybody whose party is contesting even 20-25 seats, wants to become the prime minister.
24 Apr, 2019, 04.44 PM IST
BJP puts on hold Amit Shah's Rath Yatra, rally till HC order; says will obey court orderParty general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said that BJP is a "responsible political party" and it will obey the court order.
06 Dec, 2018, 08.24 PM IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee orders police to track social media rumoursApart from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal has also witnessed instances of mob-lynching in Malda and East Midnapore districts.
16 Jul, 2018, 09.32 AM IST
Second phase Assembly poll in West Bengal tomorrowIn Birbhum, 7 constituencies of Dubrajpur, Suri, Nalhati, Rampurhat, Sainthia, Hansan, and Murarai have been classified as left-wing extrem...
16 Apr, 2016, 04.47 PM IST
BJP rebels get the boot as unrest rises"We have already expelled three of our workers who held demonstration in front of our party office and indulged in unruly behaviour," Sinha...
26 Mar, 2015, 10.47 AM IST
Election result 2014: Stars which shone and some which blinked out in West Bengal pollsOne of the biggest upsets was the defeat of nine-time MP Basudeb Acharia of CPI(M) from the Bankura constituency at the hands of rookie Moo...
18 May, 2014, 12.56 PM IST
- Mamata Banerjee says had suggested one/two-phase poll to check violence
Mamata said her government's suggestion for one or two-phase poll to check the likelihood of violence went unheeded by the State EC.
21 Jul, 2013, 05.34 PM IST
Trinamool cadres accused of preventing Congress and CPM candidates from filing nomination papersCPM has alleged that Soren was kidnapped by miscreants owing allegiance to the ruling Trinamool Congress.
04 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Clash in Bengal moves to the streets of DelhiThe internecine clash in Bengal moved to the streets of Delhi when Mamata Banerjee faced protests from SFI activists over the death of Sudi...
10 Apr, 2013, 05.01 AM IST
- Casualties feared as two trains collide in West Bengal
Around 50 people reportedly died in a train collision at Sainthia station in India's eastern state of West Bengal early Monday.
19 Jul, 2010, 05.35 AM IST
- Violence over public distribution puts Bengal on back foot
Spectre of starvation deaths returns to haunt Left Front govt as mob fury kills five.
10 Oct, 2007, 01.59 AM IST