Kolkata weather: IMD issues yellow warning for March 17 amid expectations of thunderstorms; check detailsKolkata and West Bengal are on yellow alert for heavy rain, thunderstorms, and gusty winds starting March 17. Northern districts have alrea...
16 Mar, 2026, 09.54 PM IST
17 fatalities take COVID-19 death toll in Bengal to 432; 343 fresh cases10 Jun, 2020, 11.06 PM IST
Violence claims one life, 40 per cent votes polled in West BengalIn Domkal Assembly seat of Murshidabad, the body of a 35-year-old CPI(M) polling agent was found lying outside a polling booth at Shibapara...
21 Apr, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
Taste, cost and climate change prompt return of folk riceThe yield per hectare was lower in traditional varieties, but it was offset by the lower cost of production and the higher price it fetches...
08 Jul, 2015, 10.26 AM IST
West Bengal train blast: BJP hints at terror angle, seeks probeAt least 14 passengers were injured when an explosion took place inside a compartment of Sealdah-Krishnanagar local train early this mornin...
12 May, 2015, 07.30 PM IST
Mamata, UNICEF push defecation inside Nadia homesWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today declared Nadia as the first Open Defecation Free (ODF) district in the country.
30 Apr, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
West Bengal making highest progress in toilets: CM Mamata Banerjee"Nadia is now Open Defecation Free, the first in the country in the last two years," the chief minister announced on Facebook.
23 Apr, 2015, 08.02 PM IST
Burdwan blast: Jamat -ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorist held in JharkhandLal Mohammed alias Ibrahim Sheikh was wanted by NIA in connection with the October, 2014, bomb blast at Burdwan.
19 Apr, 2015, 08.55 PM 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
Burdwan blast case: NIA arrests one more suspect in MurshidabadThe person identified as Mufazzil Haque was arrested from Mokimnagar area of the district bordering Bangladesh last night, official sources...
04 Feb, 2015, 11.42 AM IST
Women played key role in running Burdwan terror moduleThe accidental blast at Burdwan's Khagragarh has revealed, perhaps for the first time in the country, a terror module where women schooled ...
08 Oct, 2014, 11.05 AM IST
Trinamool Congress wins civic pollsTrinamool Congress registered a resounding victory in civic polls by winning eight of 12 municipal bodies across the state.
24 Sep, 2013, 03.02 PM 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
- Now, CPM faces municipal poll test
After the CPM suffered a setback in the just-concluded panchayat polls in West Bengal, elections to the 13 municipalities in the state seem...
29 May, 2008, 01.48 AM IST
- Bird flu spreads in new area of affected Howrah district
With the detection of fresh cases of bird flu in another block of the affected Howrah district, steps are being taken to keep Kolkata insul...
27 Jan, 2008, 11.45 AM IST
- Bird Flu: Rains hamper culling operations in West Bengal
Inclement weather conditions on Saturday hampered culling in West Bengal with the operations yet to begin in Purulia and Howrah districts w...
26 Jan, 2008, 12.15 PM IST