• 

  West Bengal weather: Mercury dips across various places, Darjeeling coldest with 8.6 degree Celsius

  November 19, 2024 16:08 IST

  In terms of drop in temperature, Purulia recorded the maximum fall in temperature with a dip of 5 degrees Celsius followed by, 4.6 degrees Celsius in Jharbam, and 3.6 degrees Celsius in Kalimpong. The conditions will prevail for a few days given the dryness in the weather.

• 

  Heavy rainfall alert: IMD predicts week of heavy downpour in parts of West Bengal

  July 10, 2024 18:36 IST

  The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in north Bengal in the coming days. The region is already witnessing heavy downpours which have caused landslides in a hilly region and severe waterlogging in low-lying plains.

• 

  Election Commission advises Bengal Governor against visiting Cooch Behar on polling day | Here's why

  April 17, 2024 18:01 IST

  The people of 102 Lok Sabha constituencies across 21 states and union territories (UTs) will go to the poll in the first phase of voting on Friday (April 19).

• 

  TMC-BJP clash amid poll rallies led by Nisith Pramanik, state minister in Bengal's Dinhata | VIDEO

  March 20, 2024 11:55 IST

  West Bengal: MoS Nisith Pramanik claimed that when his convoy was leaving the area, stones were hurled from the venue of the TMC's rally.

• 

  Cooch Behar Lok Sabha election 2024: BJP's Nisith Pramanik to take on TMC's Jagadish Chandra Basunia

  April 18, 2024 12:52 IST

  Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The parliamentary seat of Cooch Behar was long held by the Lefts Forward Bloc, but the picture changed in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and Renuka Sinha of the Trinamool Congress won the seat.

• 

  Fresh clashes erupt in West Bengal; Guv says 'Supervising situation in Cooch Behar'

  July 02, 2023 14:00 IST

  Bose monitored the situation throughout the night from Cooch Behar circuit house, where he is staying, and issued instructions to State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, SP and District Magistrate, officials said.

• 

  West Bengal rural polls: BJP candidate's kin found dead in Cooch Behar amid clashes, party blames TM

  June 18, 2023 17:31 IST

  Union Minister of State (Home) Nisith Pramanik, who met the family of Das at his home on Sunday, said that the youth was killed by criminals who were protected by the Trinamool Congress.

• 

  West Bengal: Bombs explode during BJP protest rally in Cooch Behar, 2 party workers injured | VIDEO

  India | September 12, 2022 8:02 IST

  BJP workers injured: During the protest rally at Sitalkuchi, BJP was demanding the arrest of TMC leaders allegedly involved in various scams in the state.

• 

  West Bengal: 10 electrocuted due to wiring of DJ system inside pickup van in Cooch Behar

  India | August 01, 2022 6:40 IST

  West Bengal: The vehicle has been seized but the driver escaped. Further investigations are underway.

• 

  Two suspected Bangladeshi cattle smugglers killed in BSF firing near Cooch Behar border

  India | November 12, 2021 10:50 IST

  India shares around 4,000 km of its land border with Bangladesh. West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are the states which share the border with Bangladesh. West Bengal alone shares 2216 km of border.

• 

  'Destruction of democracy', says Bengal Governor as he visits violence-hit areas; TMC slams him

  India | May 13, 2021 22:54 IST

  Talking to reporters after a group of protesting people blocked the way of his cavalcade, Dhankhar targeted Mamata Banerjee-led state government over what he described as 'total collapse of rule of law'.

Advertisement
• 

  'Doing politics over dead bodies': PM Modi to CM Mamata on Cooch Behar killings

  News | April 17, 2021 17:47 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 17 slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on killing that took place in Cooch Behar. He said that doing politics on corpses is an old habit of CM Banerjee.

• 

  CM Mamata Banerjee meets families of Cooch Behar violence victims

  News | April 14, 2021 17:00 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 14 met families of victims who were killed in violence in Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi during 4th phase of assembly elections.

• 

  BJP leader Rahul Sinha barred from campaigning, Dilip Ghosh gets EC notice

  Elections | April 13, 2021 13:18 IST

  Bengal Polls 2021: Election Commission has banned BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning in any manner for next 48 hours.

• 

  EC bans politicians entry in violence-hit Cooch Behar for next 72 hours

  News | April 10, 2021 23:47 IST

  The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday gave a clean chit to the CISF for opening fire in Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district during the fourth phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal that left four persons dead, saying that opening fire "became necessary to save the lives of the voters" and it was made in "self-defence".

• 

  Bengal sees over 76% voter turnout in phase 4, 5 killed in Cooch Behar violence

  Elections | April 10, 2021 23:32 IST

  A voter turnout of 76.16 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly polls Saturday, amid incidents of violence that prompted the Election Commission to suspend voting at a booth in Sitalkuchi constituency of Cooch Behar.

• 

  CISF fired in self-defence, says EC, bans politicians entry in Cooch Behar for next 3 days

  Elections | April 10, 2021 23:07 IST

  The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday gave a clean chit to the CISF for opening fire in Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district during the fourth phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal that left four persons dead, saying that opening fire "became necessary to save the lives of the voters" and it was made in "self-defence".

• 

  'Shame on democracy': Mamata lashes out at BJP after Cooch Behar poll violence

  News | April 10, 2021 21:00 IST

  Following the death of five people in two separate incidents in Cooch Behar during polling for the fourth phase of assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the central government as she accused Home Minister Amit Shah of being the conspirator.

• 

  Chunav Dhamaka: PM Modi and Mamata Banerjee spar over death of 5 people in Cooch Behar

  Politics | April 10, 2021 20:09 IST

  Violence erupted in the fourth phase of elections in Bengal in which five people were killed in two separate incidents. Four persons were killed when central forces opened fire on an unruly mob in Sitalkuchi assembly constituency in Mathabhanga block in Cooch Behar district on Saturday.

• 

  Cooch Behar firing: Mamata questions self-defence version of central forces, orders CID probe

  Elections | April 10, 2021 18:21 IST

  Questioning the central forces' version of firing on voters in self-defence in Cooch Behar that killed four people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said her government will initiate a CID probe into the incident.