Kolkata weather update (March 21): IMD warns of rainfall, storms, lightning and 50 kmph winds this weekend in 'City of Joy'. Check full forecastKolkata weather today: 'The City of Joy' is likely to experience rainfall, thunderstorms with strong and gusty winds upto speed of 40-50 km...
21 Mar, 2026, 07.42 AM IST
Kolkata weather today: Will it rain in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly today? Here's what IMD has predicted for south Bengal districtsKolkata weather: Kolkata and its adjoining areas are likely to receive light rain with thunderstorms on Tuesday, according to the India Met...
24 Feb, 2026, 08.13 AM IST
Durga Puja 2025 Dashami weather warning: IMD forecasts heavy rain across Kolkata and South BengalKolkata is bracing for heavy to very heavy rainfall today, October 2, 2025, which is expected to severely disrupt Dashami celebrations and ...
02 Oct, 2025, 09.29 AM IST
Election Commission transfer list reflects political temperatureBefore West Bengal heads to Phase 2 of its election, 14 high profile transfers have been effected in the state even as the Mamata Banerjee ...
02 Apr, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
View: The last few years have been witness to a great push to improve internal securityNaxalism, meanwhile, has seen a steady decline over the past decade. In 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had stated that the Maoist move...
16 Nov, 2020, 11.29 PM IST
19 districts of Odisha, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Kolkata to be hit by 'extremely severe' cyclone FaniAround 900 cyclone shelters have been made ready to house evacuees while troops of the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and 78 teams of the ...
01 May, 2019, 10.18 PM IST
Bengal never believed in discrimination: Mamata Banerjee"Bengal does not allow politics of communalism and riots. It will not be tolerated," she cautioned while addressing a rally after an admini...
03 Nov, 2016, 07.46 PM IST
How heritage projects in locations like Jhargram Palace are boosting tourism in West BengalThe heritage project at the Jhargram Palace that threw open its gates in November last year has been a huge hit.
02 Mar, 2016, 12.51 PM IST
- Human, elephant conflict takes a new dimension
The eerie silence at Bankura's Borjora forest is broken by the sound of a forest jeep being brought to a sudden stop.Forest guard Ganesh Sa...
25 Jan, 2014, 05.14 AM IST
Deserted elephant calves being sent to JaldaparaTwo elephant calves who were deserted by their herd near Jhargram in West Bengal two months ago were on their way on Sunday to Jaldapara Wi...
31 Mar, 2013, 10.39 PM IST
- Netai and Lalgarh went to the state assembly polls with a vengeance
CPM-hit Netai and Maoist-afflicted Jangalmahal went to the polls in the sixth and final phase of elections, amid stifling security bandobas...
11 May, 2011, 12.56 AM IST
- Railway seeks pvt help to develop 93 stations
The Indian Railways has invited bids from private developers for creating multi-functional complexes (MFCs) in 93 railway stations across i...
14 Aug, 2010, 03.24 AM IST
- Maoists kill 5 near Lalgarh
Four CPM supporters and a party worker were shot dead by Maoists after they suspected them to be police informers and their bodies dumped o...
15 May, 2010, 03.34 AM IST
- Maoists kill four security personnel in W Midnapore district
In a surprise attack by the Maoists, four security personnel were killed and their arms looted in Jhargram sub-division of Naxal affected W...
08 Nov, 2009, 07.42 PM IST
- Maoists blast forces' plan, arrest march
Severe gunbattle rages as Maoists' assault takes forces by surprise.
20 Jun, 2009, 07.06 AM IST
- Naxals call for a vote boycott in Lalgarh
Tension ran high in Lalgarh under the Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday, 24 hours before Lok Sabha polls after the CPI (Maoist) ...
29 Apr, 2009, 07.59 PM IST
- Trinamool-Congress seat-sharing deal fixed at 28:14
Mamata implores regional parties in league with the third front not to join CPM, which ‘has created Nandigram and killed innocents’ .
13 Mar, 2009, 04.20 AM IST