16 teams to take part in Durand Cup, tournament from Sep 5 to Oct 3 across KolkataTraditionally organized by the Indian Army, the world's third oldest and Asia's oldest football tournament will this year also see the gove...
23 Aug, 2021, 03.59 PM IST
Number of Haj pilgrims from Bengal to be halved in 2021: Haj Committee MemberThe state Haj committee has received 1,100 applications since November 10 from people living in different districts of the state expressing...
18 Nov, 2020, 01.17 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 33: All eyes on PM Modi's crucial meet with CMs tomorrowWith the end of the nationwide lockdown drawing closer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to discuss with his Chief Ministers an easi...
26 Apr, 2020, 09.28 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh and Bengal finally get cracking on participantsMadhya Pradesh and West Bengal have begun tracking participants of the Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi and those who came in touch with them.
02 Apr, 2020, 09.59 AM IST
Sadvi Pragya in Surat, Aseemanand in West Bengal: changing templates of Hindutva polityOn Monday, speaking on the Kathua rape and murder case, she said it was only a murder, but was turned into a rape controversy to entangle H...
25 Apr, 2018, 10.35 AM IST
Swami Aseemanand seeks court's permission to go out of HyderabadAseemanand today appeared before the court of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge and filed a petition through his counsel, s...
13 Apr, 2017, 06.10 PM IST
Order may blow up prosecution case for Hyderabad, Samjhauta blastsThe acquittal of Swami Aseemanand in the Ajmer Dargah blast case could weaken the prosecution's case in two other episodes of "saffron terr...
09 Mar, 2017, 11.48 AM IST
Hazratbal Shrine, Goa’s Basilica and others on Swachh Bharat ListThe Centre announced a list of 10 places last month, for first phase of a special clean-up initiative focused on 100 iconic heritage and sp...
08 Jul, 2016, 02.40 AM IST
Death toll of Indians in Haj stampede rises to 45King Salman has ordered the formation of a committee to probe the deadly incident during the pilgrimage in which around two million people ...
28 Sep, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
Number of Indians dead in Mecca crane collapse goes up to 11Among the injured are three each from Maharashtra, Telangana, UP and MP, two each from Delhi and West Bengal, and one each from Punjab, Bih...
13 Sep, 2015, 11.29 PM IST
A woman from West Bengal among Mecca crane collapse victimsLiakat Hossain from West Midnapore and Hasem Ali from Malda have received injuries," the chief minister said in a Facebook post.
12 Sep, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
Rajinder Sachar committee report helps RSS connect with MuslimsThe Rashtriya Muslim Morcha boasts of a 32-member national-level committee, a 250-member national council and is spread across 22 states an...
03 May, 2014, 08.23 AM IST
- NIA likely to question Swami Asimanand for Samjhauta blast
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to question right wing Hindu group Abhinav Bharat member Swami Asimanand for his alleged ...
21 Dec, 2010, 10.34 PM IST
- India most afflicted by terrorism: US
The US has ranked India, where 2,300 people were killed by terrorists in 2007, among the `world’s most terror-afflicted countries’ with ter...
02 May, 2008, 04.10 AM IST
- Birlas, BSE among CSE stake buyers
The Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) has decided to offer about 4% stake to BK and KK Birla groups on the last day of the demutualisation sche...
29 Aug, 2007, 03.31 AM IST
- High alert sounded in West Bengal
A high alert was sounded in West Bengal in view of the bomb explosion at Mecca Mosque in Hyderabad on Friday in which five persons were kil...
18 May, 2007, 05.17 PM IST
- Delicious destinations: Find out the secret stories
If you have the appetite for travel, think about this: how come there are so many places in the world named after food?
31 Aug, 2006, 12.00 AM IST