Don't take Bangladeshi infiltrators to courts, send them to BSF instead: Suvendu to Bengal policeWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has introduced a new policy. Detained Bangladeshi infiltrators will now be directly handed over...
21 May, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
Jute industry seeks new Bengal govt's intervention to tide over raw material crisisWest Bengal’s jute industry is staring at a major crisis as raw jute shortages and soaring prices disrupt operations across mills in the Ho...
18 May, 2026, 12.29 PM IST
Bengal secretariat moving back to Writers' Buildings: Small traders hope for revival of businessesSmall traders in Kolkata's BBD Bag area are hopeful as the West Bengal government returns to the Writers' Buildings. The move, after 13 yea...
11 May, 2026, 11.40 AM IST
West Bengal New Govt: Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as CM; Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul others take oath of office ending Mamata's TMC eraWest Bengal has a new Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari. The BJP secured a historic win in the 2026 elections, ending fifteen years of Trina...
09 May, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
Post-poll violence fears rise in Bengal as Suvendu aide’s killing sparks concernWest Bengal faces a politically charged situation following the murder of a senior BJP leader's close aide. This incident fuels post-poll v...
07 May, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
West Bengal Election Result 2026: BJP has finally cracked the Bengal code. Now comes the real testWest Bengal Election results analysis: Election trends in West Bengal suggest a major political shift, with BJP emerging ahead of the Trina...
05 May, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
TMC invites PM Modi to have meal for Rs 5 at Bengal government-run Maa CanteenThe Trinamool Congress has thrown down the gauntlet by inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to experience a nourishing Rs 5 meal at a loca...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.44 PM IST
Mamata jabs Modi, says PM can boat on Hooghly, not YamunaWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee highlighted the Hooghly river's cleanliness. She contrasted it with the Yamuna river in Delhi. B...
24 Apr, 2026, 11.47 PM IST
Election Commission transfers 83 BDOs, AROs across 18 districts of BengalThe Election Commission has transferred 83 officials in West Bengal. These block development officers and assistant returning officers were...
29 Mar, 2026, 07.22 PM IST
14 dead, 2.5 lakh displaced as heavy rain, water discharged from dams flood BengalThe state government has set up shelter homes for those displaced, as relief operations, which began sometime last week, continue in the fl...
03 Aug, 2021, 02.14 PM IST
West Bengal government embraces digital medium for administrative work to reduce usage of paperThe project has already been running at the state secretariat, Nabanna, for some time now. Now it is being replicated in the districts of D...
06 Jan, 2020, 02.26 PM IST
Bengal CPIM to gherao Nabanna, state administrative headquarters with help from NaxalitesThe protest was the idea of CPIM's peasant wing, which later got the support of the CPIM and its constituents in the opposition Left Front.
23 Jul, 2015, 11.51 PM IST
- Trinamool's strategy to disrupt opposition's rally in West Bengal
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has adopted a twin policy to frustrate opposition CPIM's meetings in Kolkata and elsewhere in ...
10 Sep, 2012, 07.09 PM IST
- All is not well in Jangalmahal belt, officials tell EC
Officials from Maoist-dominated West Midnapore and Purulia have told an Election Commission team that they were not in complete control of ...
19 Jan, 2011, 05.38 AM IST
- Tata Steel merges its subsidiary with itself
Tata Steel has decided to merge its wholly owned subsidiary, Hooghly Metcoke Ltd, with itself. The boards of Tata Steel and Hooghly Metcoke...
29 Jul, 2009, 11.18 PM IST
- Alert in Bengal district for Chikungunya
An alert has been sounded in three blocks of Hooghly district in West Bengal where virus of the dreaded Chikunguya disease has been detecte...
27 Oct, 2008, 01.51 PM IST
- Bird flu scare: Almost half of Bengal hit
Bird flu has spread to almost half of West Bengal with Cooch Behar and Hooghly being added to the list of districts affected by the disease.
23 Jan, 2008, 07.49 PM IST