– According to family members, Bidhan and Gayatri were killed in the stampede early Wednesday morning, while Amiya died from suffocation after being trapped in the crowd, soon after th... Read more
– Sources in the BSF said along with the bunker, they also stopped construction of a house that was coming up within the 150 yards space from the zero line on the Bangladesh side that... Read more
– The Mamata Banerjee government will spend ₹1,700 crore in villages after the Centre has held back grants in the past three years under several rural schemes, which are used to ensure... Read more
Bamboo poles bolster for barbed wire fencing to prevent illegal activities at Indo-Bangladesh border
– Personnel of Border Guard Bangladesh walked up to Zero Line and objected to move, but villagers did not budge GBT News: Residents of Andaran-Kharkharia village located in the Mekhlig... Read more
West Bengal News Desk: Trinamool Congress has demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Parliament on situation in neighbouring Bangladesh. The issue was raised in the Rajya Sabha in... Read more
– ‘There has been a drastic drop in footfall of patients from Bangladesh, impacting both outpatient and inpatient departments. The drop is close to 90%,’ said Peerless Hosp... Read more
– A publisher revealed that Bangladeshi authors like Hasan Azizul Huq, Jasimuddin, Badruddin Umar, Humayun Ahmed and Sadat Hossain remain hot favourites among Indian readers PTI, Calcu... Read more
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose’s visit to Farakka in Murshidabad district in a BSF helicopter was also cancelled due to poor visibility, Director of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Internat... Read more
– On Monday, two outfits — a faction of the Greater Cooch Behar Peoples’ Association (GCPA) and the Kamtapur State Demand Council (KSDC) — organised a march in Cooch Behar town Cooch B... Read more
West Bengal News Desk: A demonstration that seemed to lack fizz on Wednesday looked like it was regaining steam on Thursday. There was a steady stream of people headed to the protest site fr... Read more
West Bengal News Desk: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has blamed the Union government for the flood-like situation in certain pockets in the state, especially in South Bengal. Th... Read more
West Bengal News Desk: Indian State of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal will be removed from his post. She on Monday mad... Read more
– Bihar’s relative position has stabilized in the last two decades, it remains significantly behind other states and requires much faster growth to catch up, notes the paper. GBT... Read more
Bose had filed a defamation suit against Banerjee, two newly-elected TMC MLAs Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar and party leader Kunal Ghosh PTI/GBT: The Calcutta High Court on Tue... Read more
The government also aims to complete the process before the commencement of the monsoon session of the Assembly on July 22, which is a day after the Trinamul Congress’s annual “M... Read more
The task force must consider the varying qualities of vegetables. Higher-quality produce naturally commands a premium price due to higher procurement costs, argues a vendor PTI/GBT: Members... Read more
– Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra says while addressing a press conference on Saturday West Bengal News Desk: A new passenger train service will be launched on the Rajshahi to Ko... Read more
– The four-member team inspected the area and collected necessary samples for investigation. They will soon submit a report based on their findings, said officials of the Government Ra... Read more
The chief minister’s reprimand came during a video conference from Nabanna with mayors or the heads of the board of administrators of seven municipal corporations in Calcutta, Howrah, Bidhan... Read more
Study also points out clear correlation between increase in built-up area and decline in green cover with the rise in the City of Joy’s heat stress West Bengal News Desk: Kolkata’s summer-ti... Read more