RS MP & former FS Shringla launches unique initiative to boost career opportunities for Darjeeling youthDarjeeling Welfare Society and Physics Wallah have launched DWS Utkarsh. This initiative offers free coaching for 16 competitive exams to o...
15 Jun, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
West Bengal handed over 142.8 acres to BSF for fencing India-Bangladesh border: CM SuvenduWest Bengal has transferred 142.79 acres to the Border Security Force. This land will be used for new outposts and barbed-wire fencing alon...
29 May, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
TMC failed to open account in nine of 23 districts of West BengalThe Bharatiya Janata Party secured a landslide victory in West Bengal, winning 206 seats and ending the Trinamool Congress's 15-year reign....
05 May, 2026, 12.39 PM IST
All 143 Bengal BLOs report for duty after EC ultimatum; WB CEO site logs one crore hits, adds features to manage surge in SIR loadAll 143 block-level officers have resumed their duties. SIR-related camps are now underway in Jalpaiguri, Coochbehar, and Darjeeling. The W...
31 Oct, 2025, 12.49 AM IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges Aadhaar drive in Jalpaiguri, flags NRC concerns ahead of ECI meetingWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, addressing concerns over potential NRC implementation, has instructed officials to facilitate A...
10 Sep, 2025, 09.51 PM IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah assures assistance as severe storm claims 5 lives in West BengalA severe storm in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, and Coochbehar districts led to five deaths, multiple injuries, and widespread prop...
01 Apr, 2024, 11.01 PM IST
West Bengal storm: Death toll rises to 5, Mamata Banerjee meets families of victimsAmong the most affected areas in the district were Rajarhat, Barnish, Bakali, Jorpakdi, Madhabdanga and Saptibari, officials said, adding t...
01 Apr, 2024, 12.27 PM IST
Sudden storm kills four, injures 100 others in Bengal's Jalpaiguri; Guv, CM to visit affected areasSeveral hutments and houses were damaged, trees uprooted and electric poles came crushing down as strong winds accompanied by hail struck m...
01 Apr, 2024, 10.33 AM IST
Ten pilgrims dead, 16 others injured from electrocution in West BengalThe pilgrims were from Cooch Behar and were heading toward Jalpesh Shiva temple when the incident took place around 12 midnight on Sunday.
01 Aug, 2022, 07.40 PM IST
Normal life affected as heavy rain inundates low-lying areas of 3 north Bengal districtsThe barrage has released 1802.82 cumec water at 1 pm on Saturday, the Assistant Engineer of the Irrigation Department, in Jalpaiguri, Tanai...
25 Jun, 2022, 06.14 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
Flood situation worsens in West Bengal, trains cancelledCM Mamata Banerjee expressed concern over the flood situation in north Bengal and said the administration has been monitoring the relief an...
14 Aug, 2017, 09.22 PM IST
Red alert sounded in unprotected embankment areasDistrict administration officials said the red alert was sounded following rising of the river water due to incessant rains for the past fe...
30 Aug, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
400 people affected by flood in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri districtThe affected areas are under Rajganj block of the district and people's houses have inundated since last night, the block's BDO T N Sherpa ...
01 Jul, 2015, 01.32 PM IST
Jalpaiguri district to be bifurcated from June 25: Chief Minister Mamata BanerjeeIn a statement made at the Assembly, Banerjee said that the division of the state was a long-standing demand of people of the district.
20 Jun, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
- Mamata Banerjee convenes all party-meet, discusses rechristening West Bengal
An all-party meeting convened by Mamata Banerjee discussed the issue of rechristening West Bengal but could not finalise a new name.
03 Aug, 2011, 08.32 PM IST
- Bandh in plains opposing tripartite agreement on Darjeeling
With the tripartite agreement to be signed today for setting up of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, a 48-hour bandh is being obse...
18 Jul, 2011, 11.53 AM IST