Bengal elections 2026: Polling underway for 152 assembly seats in 1st phase of Assembly pollsWest Bengal Assembly Elections: Voting is happening today in West Bengal's first phase elections. Over 3.60 crore voters are eligible acros...
23 Apr, 2026, 09.38 AM IST
West Bengal polls 2026: Murshidabad sees highest voter deletions in Bengal roll revision; tribal belt reports lowestWest Bengal's voter rolls saw significant deletions. Shamsherganj and Lalgola in Murshidabad district reported the most removals. Purulia a...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.21 PM IST
West Bengal polls first phase: BJP's north Bengal citadel, deleted names and battle for momentumWest Bengal votes in the first phase of assembly elections on Thursday, covering 152 of 294 seats, with over 3.6 crore voters and heavy sec...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.09 AM IST
West Bengal Dry Day 2026: EC announces liquor ban in view of polls, check district-wise dates and rulesThe Election Commission of India has declared dry days in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly elections. Liquor sales will be ...
20 Apr, 2026, 07.03 PM IST
EC transfers 173 police station heads across Bengal ahead of Assembly pollsThe Election Commission has transferred 173 police station officers across West Bengal. This move aims to ensure free and fair Assembly ele...
30 Mar, 2026, 06.48 AM 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
Alleged detention, deportation of Indian citizens snowball into major row in BengalThe Bengal government is concerned about the detention of its citizens. 227 migrant workers from Bengal are allegedly detained in Odisha. T...
09 Jul, 2025, 11.32 PM IST
West Bengal launches free crop insurance scheme for farmersThe crop insurance scheme would be free of cost for the farmers since the government will pay the full premium.
28 Jun, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
NIA files chargesheet against 21 people in Burdwan blast caseNIA today filed a charge sheet in a special court here against 21 people, including four Bangladeshis, in the Burdwan terror blast case.
30 Mar, 2015, 02.50 PM IST
NIA team visits Nadia in search of Burdwan blast case accusedNIA on March 21 had arrested Abdul Mazeed Momin in connection with blast from Sealdah area of Kolkata, taking the total number of those arr...
23 Mar, 2015, 08.11 PM IST
2 villagers found dead; 4th phase of Panchayat polls underwayThe deceased, identified as Jamir Seikh and Asim Bagdi, are believed to be CPI(M) supporters, but Dilip Ganguly, the district secretary of ...
22 Jul, 2013, 11.57 AM IST
- EC-State duel shifts from forces to formula in Bengal
The poll panel has no objection in the government’s notification over poll dates. But it is not ready to accept the government’s formula of...
18 May, 2013, 11.59 AM IST
- WB govt cuts chicken, eggs supply to Kolkata, Salt Lake
The West Bengal government has snapped the supply chain of chicken and eggs to Kolkata and Salt Lake from the 13 bird flu affected district...
29 Jan, 2008, 05.43 AM IST
- Purulia district declared birdflu affected
Purulia district on Friday became the tenth district in West Bengal to be declared affected by the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
25 Jan, 2008, 07.21 PM IST
- Rain hampers culling operations in bird flu hit districts
Rains in eight bird-flu hit districts of West Bengal hampered culling operations even as the Malda district administration is yet to begin ...
24 Jan, 2008, 11.31 AM 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
- Bird flu spreads to two more places in West Bengal
Bird flu spread to new blocks in Murshidabad and Nadia districts even as culling operations continued on a tardy pace in five other affecte...
23 Jan, 2008, 02.48 PM IST