The Bengal government on World Environment Day launched a restorative plantation drive to cover around 1,200sqkm Subhasish Chaudhuri, Hingalganj: Members of the Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha,... Read more
The state again reported a dip in the recovery rate on a day Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said another ‘high level’ central team would be despatched to Bengal Meghdeep Bhattacharyya,... Read more
Their business dented severely by the Covid-19 pandemic, owners of hotels, restaurants and other tourist-centric establishments operating in central Kolkata’s New Market, Sudder Street... Read more
The cabinet also decided to bring down the cost of RT-PCR test to Rs 1,500 from Rs 2,250 at private establishments Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to add... Read more
In the wake of the nationwide lockdown in March, around 23,000 migrant workers came back to Jalpaiguri in phases and several of them are jobless Jalpaiguri: Some 200 migrant workers, jobless... Read more
West Bengal stares at the prospect of a ‘Tsunami of Covid-19 infections’ after the Durga puja festival leading coronavirus- affected patients with moderate and severe symptoms to... Read more
Kolkata: Around 50 members of Sikh community have taken out a protest rally in the city condemning the alleged assault of a Sikh man and pulling off his turban by police during a BJP march t... Read more
The state on Friday also reported 62 deaths and 3,573 new patients, yet another record single-day jump Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal on Friday achieved a landmark of 2.5 lakh... Read more
Hardships for former Bangla enclave residents Main Uddin Chisti, Cooch Behar: Hundreds of people residing in former Bangladeshi enclaves, which are now Indian villages in Cooch Behar distric... Read more
Jhargram in Jungle Mahal was one of the five Lok Sabha seats won by the BJP last year Snehamoy Chakraborty, Anshuman Phadikar, Jhargram (West Midnapore): Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday told ad... Read more
The state also reported 63 deaths and 2,970 recoveries on Thursday Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal logged more than 3,500 new Covid-19 cases for the first time on Thursday as 3... Read more
Option of handing over memorandum to the government thwarted Arkamoy Datta Majumdar, Calcutta: The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to shut Nabanna for sanitisation for two days from T... Read more
Banerjee also said that there was no clear idea yet over the modes of virus transmission, and it was necessary to conduct “forensic tests” on truck tyres to ensure they were not infected. Sh... Read more
A delegation of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) met Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday and demanded the creation of a separate state of Gorkhaland comprising Darje... Read more
Kolkata: The Raj Bhavan and the TMC government Tuesday crossed swords over statistics of rapes and kidnappings in West Bengal with the state home department questioning the authenticity of t... Read more
The move is likely to settle the citizenship problem of lakhs of people who crossed over to Bengal from neighbouring Bangladesh Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The Mamata Banerjee government has s... Read more
A corrigendum issued by the union ministry states Wednesday meeting will entail issues related to ‘Gorkhaland Territorial Administration’ and not ‘Gorkhaland’ Vivek C... Read more
Engine to run from Haldibari to Chilahati Bireswar Banerjee, Siliguri: The Indian Railway will conduct a trial run between Haldibari of Cooch Behar and Chilahati in the Nilfamari district of... Read more
West Bengal CM says journalists being killed for asking the right questions Devadeep Purohit, Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the BJP-led government at the Centr... Read more
Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar: Two residents of the Kumlai tea estate of Malbazar in Jalpaiguri were injured in an elephant attack on Saturday morning. Injured Ram Kishan Tirkey and Christopher Top... Read more
