A Trinamool Congress MLA has called for greater scrutiny of government officials, arguing that administrative hurdles often impede the succ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari declared a zero-tolerance policy on corruption following a warehouse roof collapse in Taratala ...

West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul on Thursday said that all new construction sites under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) limits w...

A devastating under-construction godown collapse in Kolkata's Taratala area has claimed nine lives and injured 20. Rescue operations are un...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the families of eight deceased in Kolkata's Taratala godown shed c...

Police have arrested three individuals from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath. Rath was an aide to West Benga...

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah expressed confidence in the party's performance in the West Bengal Assembly elections. He stated th...

AIIMS Bhubaneswar also opened a DNA testing centre on Monday for DNA tests of family members of the deceased so that the bodies of the vict...

The duo intends to provide ration kits such as rice, dal, oil, salt, toothpaste, soaps, and other essentials to the affected families. Each...

Two more bodies were extricated from underneath the pile of debris and iron girdles of the collapsed under-construction flyover in central ...

The death toll in floods in West Bengal rose to 97 today even as the situation improved with the water level receding slowly.

Nepal's Consul General in Kolkata Chandra Kumar Ghimire today feared the death toll in the devastating earthquake could go up to 5,000.

A release said that during Vardhan's visit he might meet the chief minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss about various health projects.

Flood situation in West Bengal's six districts remain unchanged, even as the death toll rose to 17 with reports of eight more deaths.

"Three deaths were reported from South 24 Parganas, followed by two each in West Midnapore and Howrah and one in Burdwan districts."

The casualties have occurred mostly in the North District and in towns and villages like Rangpo, Dikchu, Singtam and Chungthang located alo...