Union Minister and BJP leader V Muraleedharan's car attacked in Bengal
May 06, 2021, at 07:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a continuation of the post-poll violence, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader V Muralidharan was attacked in West Bengal on Thursday.
Centre sends 4-member team to Bengal over post-poll violence
May 06, 2021, at 07:29 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday rushed a four-member probe committee to West Bengal to assess the ground realities amid the post-poll violence, a source in the government said here.
Bengal announces partial lockdown: Malls, cinema halls, restaurants to remain closed
May 01, 2021, at 01:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As the eight-phased assembly election concluded in Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee government on Friday announced a partial lockdown in the state amid a massive spike in the Covid-19 cases.
Bengal polls: BJP Malda candidate Gopal Chandra Saha shot at, hospitalized
Apr 19, 2021, at 04:06 am
Malda/West Bengal/IBNS: BJP candidate in Malda assembly seat, Gopal Chandra Saha, was shot at by unidentified miscreants in Old Malda's Sahapur area on Sunday late evening, reports said.
Bengal CID takes over probe into Apr 10 Sitalkuchi firing case
Apr 16, 2021, at 07:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday took over a probe into the Sitalkuchi firing case in Cooch Behar that left four people dead on Apr 10, officials said.
Election Commission removes 3 senoir police officials ahead of 3rd phase of Bengal polls on Apr 6
Apr 04, 2021, at 08:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Ahead of the 3rd phase of polling on April 6, the Election Commission has removed three senior police officers (IPS), including one from Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas with immediate effect and they have been barred from doing any poll related duty.
Bengal polls: BJP candidate Deepak Haldar allegedly attacked by TMC, hospitalised
Apr 02, 2021, at 06:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Days before the third phase of West Bengal assembly polls, BJP candidate in Diamond Harbour, Deepak Haldar, was allegedly attacked and assaulted by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during an election campaign in Parulia's Haridevpur area on Friday morning, reports said.
Change is coming, says BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty after first phase of Bengal polls
Mar 28, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Bishnupur/UNI: The turnout in the first of the eight-phase West Bengal Assembly election indicates that 'poriborton' (change) is imminent, said veteran Bollywood actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty.
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya thanks EC for conducting peaceful polls in Bengal
Mar 27, 2021, at 11:19 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal on Saturday witnessed the first phase poll to 30 seats in five Jangalmahal districts - Medinipur East and West, Purulia, Jhargram and Purulia where nearly 55 per cent polled was recorded upto 1 pm.
Around 70.17 pc electorate cast votes in West Bengal till 1600 hours
Mar 27, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Amidst sporadic violence, an estimated 70.17 per cent electorate cast their votes in Bengal till 1600 hours on Saturday, an Election Commission (EC) official here said.
Didi defaming Nandigram people with false allegation of attack: Modi targets Mamata in Kanthi
Mar 24, 2021, at 06:05 pm
Kanthi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "falsely accusing" people of Nandigram of conspiring an attack on her in the Midnapore district.
Mamata cannot stop BJP from embarking on development in Bengal: Amit Shah
Mar 23, 2021, at 08:36 pm
Gosaba/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Mamata Banerjee cannot stop BJP from embarking on development in Bengal.
Bengal: Sisir Adhikari joins BJP in Amit Shah's rally
Mar 21, 2021, at 07:44 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Nandigram candidate Suvendu Adhikari's father, Sisir Adhikari, on Sunday joined the saffron camp in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Mamata Banerjee's emotional card will not work in Bengal: Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Mar 17, 2021, at 09:39 pm
Etawah/UNI: Exuding confidence of the party's victory in the West Bengal elections, BJP MP and former Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi said here on Wednesday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's emotional card will not work in the Assembly elections this time.
Bengal CID makes first arrest in illegal coal mining case
Mar 13, 2021, at 06:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday night nabbed a businessman in connection with its ongoing probe into an illegal coal mining scam, officials said on Saturday.
Feb 14, 2021, at 04:50 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress-turned-BJP leader, Firoz Kamal Gazi aka Babu Master, and his driver have suffered multiple splinter injuries as his vehicle was reportedly attacked and bombed by unidentified miscreants on Basanti Highway under Minakhan Police Station limits in North 24 Parganas district of poll bound West Bengal on Saturday night.
Left-Congress Bengal Bandh partially effects life in Murshidabad district
Feb 12, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Baharampur/UNI: The normal life in Murshidabad district was partially affected due to the 12 hour Bangla Bandh called by the Left and the Congress in protest against the crackdown on students and activists.
GAIL develops Dobhi-Durgapur pipeline in Bengal at cost of Rs. 2400
Feb 10, 2021, at 04:04 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Indian public sector natural gas processor GAIL has developed the 348 km Dobhi-Durgapur natural gas pipeline at a cost of about Rs. 2400 crore, which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Haldia recently.
BJP chief JP Nadda to visit Bengal on Jan 9
Jan 02, 2021, at 11:26 pm
bound Bengal on January 9 to boost the morale of party workers ahead of the ensuing Assembly elections.
Forward Bloc objects to Congress' initiative for alliance with Leftists
Nov 20, 2020, at 07:23 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The possibility of a 'Third Front' comprising the Congress and the Left Front eyeing the Bengal Assembly elections has received a jolt with the Forward Bloc (FB) objecting to forming any such alliance.
Covid-19: Bengal observing complete lockdown
Aug 31, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal is observing complete lockdown for the sixth day today this month as part of the bi-weekly lockdown imposed across the state since July 23 to break the Covid-19 pandemic chain even as the toll rose to 3176 with the death of 50 persons on Sunday, while the tally touched 1,59,785 with 3,019 new confirmed cases.
Fire engulfs multi-storey in Kolkata
Aug 11, 2020, at 02:39 am
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Plumes of smoke are billowing from all over a multi-storey building at Pollock Street near Poddar Court in downtown city this evening following a major fire.
West Bengal observing complete lockdown to break COVID-19 chain
Jul 29, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Bengal once again wore a deserted look on Wednesday following statewide complete lockdown as part of the State Government's decision to impose bi-weekly lockdown till August-end to break the Covid-19 pandemic chain.
Bengal: Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar dashes off letter to Mamata over meeting with VCs
Jul 16, 2020, at 07:18 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday dashed off a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, taking strong exception to the communication from the State Higher Education Department, which, he said, unfortunately overruled the invite sent by him.
Amid Covid-19, millions in India and Bangladesh now brace for super Cyclone Amphan
May 19, 2020, at 10:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, millions of people in India's West Bengal and Bangladesh are now holding their breaths for another calamity as super Cyclone Amphan is on its way to make landfall on Wednesday.
COVID-19 positive patients should be 'mandatorily' brought to hospitals: WB Govt clarifies
Apr 27, 2020, at 11:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after Mamata Banerjee on Monday purportedly said 'home quarantine' for Coronavirus patients is the ideal situation presently, the West Bengal Health Department has clarified in an order that COVID-19 positive cases have to be 'mandatorily' brought to designated hospitals while the primary and secondary contacts can be in home isolation.
Home quarantine is ideal model for COVID-19, govt has limited facilities: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 27, 2020, at 09:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said 'home quarantine' for COVID-19 patients is the ideal situation presently for those with space at home to isolate themselves, and the world is following the same 'model.' However, there is a confusion on whether she meant the Covid-19 positives or those in their families or in close contact in the same house. But later a Health department order said home quarintine is for the primary and secondary contacts of the Covid-19 positive person and not the patient himself.
Citizenship(Amendment) Act protesters continue to block road and rail in West Bengal
Dec 14, 2019, at 03:13 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Road and rail blockades continued in different parts of West Bengal on Saturday in protest against the amended Citizenship Act.
Uproar in Lok Sabha over para teachers' agitation in West Bengal
Nov 22, 2019, at 05:22 pm
New Delhi, Nov 22 (UNI) The Lok Sabha witnessed uproar on Friday during the Zero Hour after BJP MPs from West Bengal raised the issue of the death of a female teacher, one of the para teachers, who had been agitating for ten days over salary and service conditions in the State.
Oct 30, 2019, at 03:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her shock over the death of five labourers from the state by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.