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Materials and supply chain park coming up in West Bengal

Oct 20, 2019, at 11:29 pm

Kolkata, Oct 20 (UNI) Encouraged by the sales in the affordable housing segment in Bengal, the West Bengal Government is ready to allocate 100 acres in Panagarh, Paschim Bardhaman for an exclusive industrial park for construction materials and supply chain.

Murder of RSS worker, wife in Bengal barbaric: BJP

Oct 10, 2019, at 08:50 pm

New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law & Justice and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday condemned the murder of a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh worker, his pregnant wife and eight-year-old child in Bengal.

Three kids drown in Malda and youth missing during immersion of Durga idol in Bengal

Oct 09, 2019, at 02:17 pm

Kolkata, Oct 9 (UNI) Three kids were drowned and a youth went missing during the immersion of Durga idol in two districts of West Bengal, police confirmed on Wednesday.

Jagdeep Dhankar takes oath as the Bengal Governor

Jul 30, 2019, at 05:44 pm

Kolkata, Jul 30 (UNI) Supreme Court former lawyer and ex-MP Jagdeep Dhankar was today sworn-in as the Governor of West Bengal in presence of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her cabinet colleagues, army and civil officials at a simple function at Raj Bhawan here.

Mamata Banerjee is trying to bring equality among all religion: Nusrat Jahan

Jul 13, 2019, at 06:44 pm

New Delhi, Jul 13 (UNI) Countering the BJP charges that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was indulging in appeasement of Muslims, Trinamool Congress MPs Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty have said ‘Mamata Didi’ was trying to bring equality among all religions. 

Jai Shree Ram not associated with Bengali culture: Amartya Sen

Jul 06, 2019, at 03:36 pm

Kolkata, July 6 (IBNS): Weeks after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had objected to the "Jai Shree Ram" chant by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen said the slogan is not associated with the Bengali culture, media reports said.

Computer education from Class I in all schools in Bengal

Jul 04, 2019, at 01:11 pm

Kolkata, July 4 (UNI): The Bengal government has decided to start compulsory computer education classes from Class I in all government and government-sponsored schools.

Bengal Police seized huge cache of arms, 5 arrested

Jul 01, 2019, at 05:23 pm

Kolkata, July 1 (UNI) West Bengal Police has arrested five ruffians under arms act and seized firearms, including six guns and many live bullets during a raid into a hideout in Midnapore district, official sources said today.

Woman critically injured in bomb explosion in Bengal's Hooghly

Jun 25, 2019, at 08:56 pm

Kolkata, Jun 25 (UNI): A vegetable vendor was today seriously injured when a socket bomb, packed in a container, went off after she picked it up from a road at Bandel in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said today.

Bengal clashes: BJP forms 3-member committee to enquire deaths in Bhatpara

Jun 21, 2019, at 07:27 pm

New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS): As post poll result violence continued to roil West Bengal in a turf war between the ruling TMC and the rising BJP, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has expressed his grief over the deaths of two persons in Bhatpara near Kolkata in alleged "police firing".

Remarkable development in Bengal, but some sections trying to defame the state: Mamata

Jun 11, 2019, at 09:09 pm

Kolkata, Jun 11 (UNI): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said in the last eight years the state has seen remarkable growth and development, which has resulted in 228 per cent rise in the number of domestic tourists and 34 per cent rise in the number of foreign tourists to the state.

Mamata visits Naihati, vows to give reply to BJP's violence

May 30, 2019, at 11:01 pm

Kolkata, May 30 (UNI/IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met the families of her supporters in Naihati, who were on a dharna, and said the Trinamool Congress will give a "proper reply to all the violence being brought on by the BJP." On the same day some videos went viral in which she was seen losing her cool when some alleged BJP supporters changed "Jai Shri Ram" at her motorcade. 

After Lok Sabha debacle, Mamata's cabinet set for rejig

May 28, 2019, at 09:18 pm

Kolkata, May 28 (UNI): A cabinet reshuffle in the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government is expected shortly where veteran politician Subrata Mukherjee may be reinstated to the panchayat department, some new faces to be inducted and some minsters to be sacked, sources having knowledge on the development said.

Mild quake felt in some parts of Bengal and Jharkhand

May 26, 2019, at 12:39 pm

Kolkata, May 26 (UNI): A mild tremor with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter Scale hit some parts of Jharkhand and West Bengal on Sunday.

We will see the end of Mamata Banerjee's government: BJP MP Arjun Singh

May 24, 2019, at 08:27 pm

Kolkata, May 24 (IBNS): The BJP sounded its war cry in Bengal saying it will beat Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress to form the government in the state. The BJP has this time won an unprecedented 18 seats of the 42 Lok Sabha seats from the state.

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are more peaceful than in Bengal: Narendra Modi

May 15, 2019, at 04:20 pm

New Delhi, May 15 (IBNS): At a time when Kolkata witnessed violence on Tuesday over the damaging of Vidyasagar's statue in the northern part of the city during a roadshow by BJP chief Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that elections in Jammu and Kashmir remain more peaceful than in West Bengal.

West Bengal politics: CPI(M) party office in Nandigram reopens after 12 years

May 10, 2019, at 03:46 pm

Nandigram May, 10 (UNI) The CPI(M) party office here which was torched and eventually closed in 2007 opened on April 7 after a lapse of 12 years.

Crime: CCB sleuths nab two pimps including a teenager from Tripura and rescue 2 girls from West Bengal

May 08, 2019, at 05:50 pm

Bengaluru, May 8 (UNI) CCB Police have nabbed a two member gang, including a teenager, who had indulged in human trafficking and rescued two girls from West Bengal from the clutches of pimps.

After Odisha, Cyclone Fani may hit Bengal by this evening

May 03, 2019, at 05:51 pm

Kolkata, May 3 (UNI/IBNS): After badly hitting normal life in Odisha, Cyclone Fani is likely to lash Bengal by this evening, according to a weather official.

Lok Sabha polls: BJP MP Babul Supriyo's car vandalised, violence reported from Asansol in Bengal

Apr 29, 2019, at 09:59 am

Asansol, Apr 29 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Minister Babul Supriyo's car has been vandalised in Asansol area of West Bengal on a day when several constituencies in the state are voting in the Lok Sabha polls.

Centre blocking projects for Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Apr 25, 2019, at 11:09 pm

Durgapur, Apr 25 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday charged the Centre with "blocking" projects for Bengal.

Riots won't be tolerated in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Apr 24, 2019, at 06:19 pm

Sreerampur, Apr 24 (UNI) Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday warned riots are not tolerated in Bengal.

Situation in Bengal is currently like what prevailed in Bihar 10 years ago: EC special observer Ajay Nayak

Apr 20, 2019, at 08:11 pm

Kolkata, Apr 20 (IBNS):  Describing the law and order condition of West Bengal, EC special observer Ajay V Nayak on Saturday said situation in Bengal is like what Bihar used to be 10 years ago and hence more central forces are deployed in the booths in the state during Lok Sabha polls this time.

West Bengal: Teenager shot in post-poll clashes at Chopra, CPI(M) and BJP seek re-polling

Apr 19, 2019, at 05:13 pm

Chopra/Kolkata, Apr 19 (UNI) In a post-poll violence, a teenager was hit by a bullet, when bloody clashes broke out between the supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP at Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur district, early on Friday.

Violence marks second-phase Lok Sabha polls in Bengal, CPM candidate Md Salim's car attacked

Apr 18, 2019, at 01:49 pm

Kolkata, Apr 18 (IBNS/UNI): Reports of violence are coming in from several places in Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal on the second phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections.

BJP members take out rallies across Bengal

Apr 13, 2019, at 06:23 pm

Kolkata, Apr 13 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday took out several rallies across the state on the occasion of Ram Navami.

Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee to kick start poll campaigns in Bengal today

Apr 03, 2019, at 08:44 am

New Delhi, Apr 3 (UNI/IBNS) Just days before the country is going to vote in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off his poll campaign in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal on Wednesday.

Narendra Modi, face of BJP's vote bank, to kickstart electioneering in Bengal from Wednesday

Apr 02, 2019, at 04:47 pm

Kolkata, Apr 2 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off BJP's electioeering for West Bengal on Wednesday with rallies at Siliguri and in Kolkata, of which polling will be held in the second and last of the 7-phase voting across the state.

Lok Sabha Poll: JMM to also field candidates in Odisha, Bihar and Bengal

Mar 30, 2019, at 06:03 pm

Ranchi, Mar 30(UNI) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha today said that apart from the four seats of Jharkhand the party would be also fielding its candidates in the Lok Sabha polls in the states of Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha.

Mamata goes all out to target 42 seats to her kitty from Bengal

Mar 13, 2019, at 01:10 pm

Kolkata, Mar 13 (UNI) Stormy petrel of West Bengal politics Mamata Banerjee hasvowed to make a clean sweep of all the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in her state going to polls in seven phases commencing April 11.