Hasan took the ride from Madarihat to Rajabhatkhawa and appeared enthralled after the travel through the forests with Bhutan hills forming the backdrop Alipurduar: Toufique Hasan, the deputy... Read more
Civil society members seek caste enumeration in forthcoming census Arkamoy Datta Majumdar, Calcutta: Prominent civil society members in Bengal have written to Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerj... Read more
Over 100 residents have become homeless within a few hours and were shifted to safer places Soumya De Sarkar, Malda: Around 35 houses, a metalled road and a mosque were gobbled by the Ganga... Read more
Since Aug 30, water supply was disrupted at a number of areas in the city Siliguri: Around 10 lakh residents of Siliguri, the largest urban hub in north Bengal, are facing acute shortage in... Read more
The state had not joined the programme initially as the CM was reluctant to share biometric details of the beneficiaries with the Centre in the backdrop of CAA Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The... Read more
A number of rivers, including the Teesta, Mahananda, Atrayee and the Punarbhaba, enters Bangladesh from north Bengal Our Correspondent, Siliguri: The BSF has deployed boats in riparian stret... Read more
The CM was in Panagarh to lay the foundation stone of a Rs 1,250-crore polyester film manufacturing factory of the Calcutta-based Dhunseri Group Abhijeet Chatterjee, Panagarh: Chief minister... Read more
In Englishbazar, at least five wards have been flooded by the river that spilled over its right bank Malda/Jalpaiguri: The swollen Mahananda river flooded a number of wards in the twin munic... Read more
The state now has 2.36 per cent of the national total of active cases, and occupies the seventh spot among states with the most active cases Calcutta: West Bengal on Tuesday recorded 72 cons... Read more
Hidco, which builds and looks after infrastructure in the township, has built three such parks — one in each action area SNEHAL SENGUPTA, Kolkata: Small vacant plots in New Town where garbag... Read more
The state now has 9,070 active cases, while 15,20,055 people have been cured of the disease so far, including 683 in the last 24 hours PTI: West Bengal’s Covid-19 tally rose to 15,47,5... Read more
UNB, New delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for “unleashing federal probe agencies against her fam... Read more
This weekend the destination recorded over 25,000 tourists, well over the average weekend footfall in a regular year Anshuman Phadikar, Digha: District authorities in East Midnapore’s Digha... Read more
Set up in 1879, the DHR is the sole heritage property of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) zone Bireswar Banerjee, Siliguri: The Centre’s plan to lease out the Darjeeling Himalayan Railwa... Read more
Sources at Nabanna and health department stressed on distribution and wearing of face masks Subhasish Chaudhuri, Calcutta: The Bengal government on Sunday announced new precautions aimed at... Read more
The initiative was taken after Mamata directed the department to build permanent dykes and criticised officials for spending money on repairing earthen embankments in the aftermath of Yaas S... Read more
The total number of active infections in the state fell by 62 to 9,653 on Thursday with a continuous slide for two months or 60 days on the trot Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal... Read more
The freedom fighter’s grandnephew, Surya Kumar Bose has made fresh appeal in a bid to end all speculations surrounding his ‘disappearance’ Calcutta: Seven decades have passed since Net... Read more
The message was sent to the districts after Nabanna came to know that some persons from the state were stuck and desperately awaiting evacuation following the country’s takeover by Taliban P... Read more
Vigil heightened in Red Road area of Calcutta as well as in districts sharing international borders and inter-state boundaries PTI, Calcutta: Security arrangements have been beefed up across... Read more
