West Bengal

Kolkata: A CBI court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in connection with the recruitment irregularities in state schools, and extended his judicial remand till February 16. The…

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the Vande Bharat express connecting Howrah and New Jalpaiguri on Friday. He also virtually flagged off metro services on the Joka-Taratala route in Kolkata. Speaking at the…

Ranchi: Jharkhand-based actor Isha Alya was allegedly shot dead on National Highway 16 at Howrah in West Bengal early on Wednesday morning. According to reports, the incident happened when the actress was heading to Kolkata with her…

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be attending the Eastern Zonal Council meeting scheduled to be held in Kolkata on Saturday, a senior state government official said. Shah is scheduled to arrive in the city for the meeting on…

Kolkata: The West Bengal cabinet has decided to allow people from the transgender community to apply for government jobs under the general category, an official said. A bill in this regard will be introduced during the next budget session,…

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the people to turn 2024 into a "rejection election" to unseat the BJP at the Centre. "Break the shackles of the BJP and its monumental incompetence. Install a pro-people…

Kolkata: Voting for elections to municipal corporations of Bidhannagar, Asansol, Siliguri and Chandannagar in West Bengal began at 7 am on Saturday. Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the police in all the four municipal…

Kolkata: West Bengal became the first region in the country where the Covid-19 wave, or average daily cases, has surpassed the peak of the brutal second wave, as nearly 265,000 new cases were detected in India on Thursday, the most in a day…

Kolkata: The recently announced restrictions by the West Bengal government limiting the number of domestic flights from Delhi and Mumbai will come into force from Wednesday (January 5) onwards. Flights from the two metros will be…

Haldia: As many as three persons were killed and 44 others injured after a major fire broke out in the Haldia Refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district on Tuesday afternoon. In a statement, the IOC…