Several feared dead as major bridge collapses in Kolkata, rescue ops underway
Sep 04, 2018, at 05:52 pm
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IBNS): Several were feared dead as a portion of Majerhat bridge over a railway track and a canal collapsed in Kolkata's southwestern part on Tuesday evening, reports said.
West Bengal jetty collapse: Death toll rises to 5, police book 4
Apr 27, 2017, at 11:31 pm
Kolkata/Hooghly, Apr 27 (IBNS): Death toll in the West Bengal jetty crash has risen to five as rescue operators on Thursday morning recovered two more bodies from Hooghly river, officials said.
Assam police arrest Subodh Biswas and his associate from West Bengal-Bangladesh boder
Mar 22, 2017, at 07:55 pm
Guwahati, Mar 22 (IBNS) : After 16 days of the Silapathar incident, Assam police finally caught Subodh Biswas, the prime accused behind the All Assam Students Union (AASU) office attack, from a village in West Bengal, on Wednesday wee hours.
Minor allegedly gang-raped in West Bengal, 2 held
Dec 29, 2016, at 11:09 pm
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday midnight arrested two men for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl next door at Thakurbari area under Chandrakona Town Police Station limits in West Medinipur district of West Bengal, reports said.
Demonetisation: Mamata challenges Modi, says BJP will face music in polls
Nov 23, 2016, at 09:11 pm
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IBNS) : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his demonetisation policy saying that the people will shun them in the elections for the move to ban currencies of 500 and 1000 denominations as part of his ostensible move to curb black money menace.
West Bengal hospital fire claims infant, 2 others; CID probe ordered
Aug 28, 2016, at 06:23 am
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IBNS): At least three, including an infant, were killed and many injured when a fire broke out in a government hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Saturday, triggering panic reaction among patients and relatives as they jostled and stampeded to get out.
West Bengal: Trial begins in Burdwan blast case of 2014
Aug 21, 2016, at 06:05 am
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IBNS): Nearly two years after the blast at Khagragarh in West Bengal's Burdwan district that led to the unearthing of an Indo-Bangladesh terror module, hearing in the case commenced in a Kolkata court on Saturday.
Cops foil jail break attempt in West Bengal
Aug 18, 2016, at 12:36 am
Kolkata/Birbhum, Aug 17 (IBNS): Two policemen were injured during a clash with few prisoners on Wednesday while they were attempting a jailbreak at a correctional home in West Bengal's Birbhum district, officials said.
Union Minister launches clean cooking fuel scheme for BPL women in West Bengal
Aug 15, 2016, at 02:03 am
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IBNS) Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday here launched the Pradhan Mantri UjjwalaYojana (PMUY), which is a scheme to provide clean cooking fuel to the women belonging to the ‘Below Poverty Line’ (BPL) households across the country.
WB: Public bus falls into road-side canal in Howrah, 4 dead
Aug 11, 2016, at 05:11 am
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IBNS): At least four passengers were killed and as many as 27 others were injured when a bus, full of passengers, fell into a road-side canal at Penro area under Udaynarayanpur Police Station limits in West Bengal's Howrah district on Wednesday night, reports said.
IAF Hawk trainer crashes in West Bengal, pilots eject safely
Aug 04, 2016, at 07:45 pm
Kalaikunda, West Bengal, Aug 4 (IBNS) A Hawk advanced jet trainer of Indian Air Force on Thursday crashed in West Bengal's Kalaikunda after the take off from the defence airbase there, said reports.
West Bengal expects to build its third port in East Midnapore
Jun 18, 2016, at 07:17 pm
Kolkata, Jun 18 (IBNS): Government of West Bengal has identified an area between Shankarpur and Tajpur in East Midnapore to build a new port with private participation, the media reported on Saturday.
Criminals' future is bright in West Bengal, says Google
Jun 05, 2016, at 03:36 pm
Kolkata, Jun 5 (IBNS): According to the world's one of the most popular search engines- Google-future of criminals and frauds are very bright in West Bengal.
Surajit Kar Purakayastha to be the next Director General of West Bengal Police
May 31, 2016, at 04:11 am
Kolkata, May 30 (IBNS): Former Commissioner of Kolkata Police Surajit Kar Purakayastha, who is presently holding the post of DG and IGP of WB Criminal Investigation Department (CID), is going to be the Director General (DG) of West Bengal Police.
Mamata Banerjee holds first cabinet meeting, allocates departments
May 28, 2016, at 02:04 am
Kolkata, May 27 (IBNS): After holding the first cabinet meeting of the newly elected Trinamool Congress (TMC) government along with her 42 ministers in Bengal's main administrative seat Nabanna, WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the distribution of ministries, at a press conference here.
One in every 5 missing children in India is from West Bengal, data reveals
May 25, 2016, at 05:05 am
Kolkata, May 24 (IBNS) : West Bengal is not as safe for children as it is often thought to be, particularly for minor girls, if one were to go by the recent data. Going by the data shared by the Ministry of Home Affairs during the parliamentary session, West Bengal was among the 4 states which together accounted for more than 60% of the missing children in the country.
CBI raids university office in Shantiniketan in West Bengal
May 24, 2016, at 08:18 pm
Kolkata/Bolpur, May 24 (IBNS) CBI raided the office of Viswa Bharati, the university located in Shantiniketan in West Bengal, according to media reports.
Road over-bridge near Asansol to ease traffic congestion
May 23, 2016, at 09:08 pm
Kolkata, May 23 (IBNS) An over-bridge (flyover) over the railway level crossing -- near Kumarpur in Asansol, West Bengal -- on GT Road will be constructed by the Eastern Railways and SAIL-ISP on shared cost basis.
No failure is permanent, stick to your principles: Sonia tells party workers
May 22, 2016, at 03:57 pm
New Delhi, May 22 (IBNS): Following the debacle in recently concluded Assembly Elections, Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi, in an attempt to boost up the morale of her party workers, has said that no failure is permanent and everyone should stick to their basic principles.
Cyclone Roanu to touch Bengal's coastal areas tonight
May 21, 2016, at 05:33 am
Kolkata, May 20 (IBNS): The Kolkata regional centre of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday confirmed that cyclonic storm Roanu, which has been created due to a depression on the Bay of Bengal, is moving at a speed of 40 km/hour towards the coastal areas of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Calcutta HC dismisses all civic police appointments in WB
May 21, 2016, at 03:38 am
Kolkata, May 20 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the West Bengal government to cancel all appointments of civic volunteers in the state by Dec 31, 2016.
Left experiences nightmare in Bengal, struggles with baffling figures
May 20, 2016, at 07:16 pm
Kolkata, May 20 (IBNS) The electoral arithmetic that the Left Front calculated by joining hands with the Congress in West Bengal, has terribly gone awry leaving it to face a nightmare result.
Assembly polls: TMC sweeps Bengal, BJP captures Assam
May 19, 2016, at 08:30 pm
Kolkata/Chennai, May 19 (IBNS) Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress stormed back to power in the West Bengal Assembly polls while the BJP snatched from Congress the state of Assam as counting for the Assembly seats in four states-West Bengal, Tamil Nadu ,Kerala, Assam- and the Union Territory of Puducherry, continues on Thursday. In south, the LDF is winning in Kerala while AIADMK is set to return in Tamil Nadu.
Assembly Results: Mamata's TMC leading in Bengal, BJP ahead in Assam
May 19, 2016, at 03:11 pm
Kolkata/Chennai, May 19 (IBNS): Counting of votes is currently underway for the Assembly seats in four states-West Bengal, Tamil Nadu ,Kerala, Assam- and the Union Territory of Puducherry with early trends showing that Mamata Banerjee and her TMC is leading in Bengal and the LDF ahead in Kerala while the BJP is overtaking the ruling Congress in Assam.
TMC ahead in West Bengal as counting progresses
May 19, 2016, at 02:19 pm
Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS) The ruling TMC is ahead in 30 seats in West Bengal as per the early trends while the alliance of Left and Congress is ahead in 17 seats as counting is underway for 294 assembly seats that went to polls.
Heavy security for counting of votes in West Bengal
May 19, 2016, at 01:41 pm
Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS) A three tier security arrangement has been made in all 90 counting centres across West Bengal on Thursday as the stated waited with bated breath to know the outcome of the assembly polls in 294 seats.
Woman lynched in West Bengal again after being branded as witch
May 18, 2016, at 05:02 am
Kolkata/West Midnapore, May 17 (IBNS): Few hours after a local court in West Bengal's West Midnapore district awarded death sentences to seven persons for killing three women after branding them as witches, another woman was allegedly lynched on Monday night in the same district, after being branded as witch, reports said.
Boat capsizes in West Bengal, villagers protest
May 16, 2016, at 01:41 am
Burdwan, May 15 (IBNS): At least five people went missing after a boat carrying more than 100 people capsized in Bhagirathi River in West Bengal's Burdwan district on Saturday, reports said.
103-year-old man casts his maiden vote in Bengal election
May 05, 2016, at 06:25 pm
Cooch Behar, West Bengal, May 5 (IBNS) Frail and wobbling, but a visibly happy Asgar Ali cast his maiden vote in Cooch Behar, perhaps creating a record in the country, in the sixth and final phase of the West Bengal Assembly election on Thursday, reports said.
Action will be taken against ponzi scheme offenders: Arun Jaitley informs RS
May 04, 2016, at 01:34 am
New Delhi, May 3 (IBNS): Arun Jaitley, Minister of Corporate Affairs, on Tuesday made it clear to the Rajya Sabha that the government is committed to tackle the menace of unregulated ponzi deposit-taking schemes and take action against the offenders.