Bangladesh border barbed wire fencing: Key meeting coming up between Suvendu Adhikari, BSF DGWest Bengal government is set to transfer land for barbed fencing near the Bangladesh border. A high-level meeting is scheduled in Kolkata....
21 May, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Subrata Gupta, EC's special observer for SIR, appointed West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari's advisorWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has appointed retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta as his adviser. Gupta's extensive experience is...
09 May, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
BJP will form govt in Bengal with thumping majority: NabinBJP president Nitin Nabin expressed confidence in his party forming the government in West Bengal with a "thumping majority" as polling con...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.31 AM IST
EC flags 12,000 sensitive booths in West Bengal polls, orders official removalsThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified around 12,000 polling booths—nearly 30% of the total 40,000—as critical and vulnerabl...
28 Apr, 2026, 10.22 PM IST
- Bengal polls: Movement via Petrapole land port, other Bangladesh border routes restricted
Border movement is restricted in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. This curb is in place for the final phase of assembly elections....
28 Apr, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
West Bengal polls: ECI cracks down on musclemen, 199 arrested ahead of Phase 1 votingAs West Bengal braces for electoral battles, state officials are implementing rigorous security strategies. With more than 199 arrests made...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.58 AM IST
Law & order of poll-bound states under lens: EC suspends cops; NIA digs deeperThe Election Commission of India has suspended four police officials in West Bengal. This action follows alleged law and order failures dur...
04 Apr, 2026, 11.08 PM IST
Indian-origin man's car plows into crowd outside UK pub, remanded to custodyA man has been charged after a car struck pedestrians in Derby. Seven people were injured in the incident. The accused faces multiple charg...
01 Apr, 2026, 08.37 PM IST
Transgressionary state: Transgender Amendment Act is a step back on freedom, democracy and growthIndia's Transgender Act faces criticism for undermining individual rights and autonomy. This law's restrictions on self-determination and t...
31 Mar, 2026, 11.17 PM IST
EC eyes polling booths in large housing complexes in West BengalDeputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti met district election officers from eight West Bengal districts to review plans for setting up ...
30 Dec, 2025, 09.05 PM IST
Delhi to see big change: National capital to get two new districts and six sub-divisions. Here are detailsDelhi is set to undergo a significant administrative restructuring, increasing to 13 revenue districts and 39 sub-divisions. Chief Minister...
26 Sep, 2025, 03.11 PM IST
LG Najeeb Jung, Delhi government at variance over probe into Tihar jailbreakJung today ordered a magisterial inquiry by District Magistrate (South West) into the daring jail break incident at Tihar Jail even as the ...
29 Jun, 2015, 10.40 PM IST
Indo-Bangla joint border conference begins"The conference is aimed at improving relation at the grassroots level and issues like smuggling, trans-border crime, narcotics will be dis...
03 Feb, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
Indo-Bangla joint conference to begin on February 3The delegation includes six district magistrates bordering western and northern part of Tripura and the meeting is important.
01 Feb, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
Indian-American appointed US state judgeSunil R Kulkarni, a prominent Indian-American lawyer, has been appointed as a state judge in Northern California, becoming the first South ...
06 Sep, 2013, 03.09 PM IST
- Three endangered tortoises die in Tripura
Three endangered species of tortoises have died in the Kalyansagar lake of the famous Tripureswari temple here during the last fortnight, o...
17 Mar, 2009, 02.06 PM 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