West Bengal
- Kolkata
Bengal Raj Bhavan-State Secretariat row heading to court?
Kolkata: The Governor House-State Secretariat tiff in West Bengal is now probably heading for a legal encounter as the state education department is consulting its legal brains on how to counter the…
- India
Mamata Banerjee to skip Niti Aayog meeting on May 27
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to skip the Niti Aayog meeting slated to be held in New Delhi on May 27, a senior official at the state secretariat…
- India
MiG-29’s additional fuel tank dislodges during training, falls in forest
Kolkata: An additional fuel tank of a MiG-29 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) got dislodged during a training session on Monday, and fell in a forest area near the Kalaikunda…
- India
Bengal Guv miffed with state varsity VCs over non-submission of weekly report to Raj Bhavan
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Anand Bose has taken objection to the reluctance on the part of the vice-chancellors of different state universities in submitting weekly reports to the Raj Bhavan despite…
- India
After CBI questioning, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee resumes mass outreach programme
Bankura: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday resumed his mass outreach campaign from Bankura district in West Bengal, which was suspended for two days after he was summoned by CBI in…
- India
Theatres in Bengal continue to shun showing ‘The Kerala Story’
Kolkata: The ‘Kerala Story’ continued to remain absent from Bengal’s movie halls for a second day in a row on Saturday as theatre-owners remained aloof from screening the controversial film. The Supreme…
- India
Centre’s agency-raj makes our task challenging: Mamata
Kolkata: On a day when her nephew has been called in for questioning by the CBI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted that the centre’s “agency-raj” has made her task of…
- India
Add ‘no authentic data’ disclaimer to ‘The Kerala Story’: SC halts ban in WB
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the West Bengal government’s order banning the screening of the film “The Kerala Story” and asked Tamil Nadu to ensure the safety of moviegoers…
- India
Political slugfest begins in Bengal over SC decision on ‘The Kerala Story’
Kolkata: Political slugfest started in West Bengal soon after the Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the ban on screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state that was imposed by the Mamata…
- India
Bengal govt challenges Calcutta HC order on SIT probe of minor girl’s rape and murder
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday approached a division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the decision of the single-judge bench of for constitution of a three-member Special Investigation Team…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Girl who went missing from West Bengal traced in Narsingi
Hyderabad: A girl who went missing from West Bengal was rescued by the officials of Telangana Women Safety Wing on Tuesday from Narsingi police station limits. The units collaborated with the Anti-Human…
- India
‘The Kerala Story’ is based on manipulated facts: WB govt to SC
New Delhi: The West Bengal government has told the Supreme Court that the film ‘The Kerala Story’ is based on manipulated facts and contains hate speech that may hurt communal sentiments and…
- India
5 killed, 7 injured in massive explosion at illegal firecracker unit in WB
Kolkata: An explosion at an illegal firecracker unit located in Egra in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal killed five people and injured seven others on Tuesday, police said. State Environment Minister…
- Politics
Mamata Banerjee offers conditional support to Congress
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday offered to extend support to Congress in states where the latter is strong, provided her Trinamool Congress is reciprocated in the same manner…
- India
Unable to pay ambulance fare, man travels 200 km by bus with son’s body in bag
Kolkata: A man in West Bengal after being unable to pay high ambulance fare, was forced to carry his five-month-old son’s body wrapped in a bag by bus from Siliguri (Darjelling district)…
