At least three people were charred to death in a fire that broke out after a collision between a truck and an oil tanker in West Bengal's Asansol.
Three tiger cubs have completed 10 months at an enclosure in Bengal Safari Park near Siliguri on June 12.
As the monsoon season has approached Mumbai, demand of umbrellas and rain coats is soaring. However, small umbrella manufacturing units are bearing the brunt of COVID-19.
State president of West Bengal BJP Dilip Ghosh took a jibe at Mukul Roy for joining TMC and said, "For those who had come from a party where cut money and syndicate works, for them it is difficult to be in BJP.
With the Trinamool Congress registering an emphatic victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections 2021, the party's 'Khela Hobe' (game on) poll slogan seemed to have lived up to the expectations of TMC policy makers. After over a month of announcement of poll results, Bengal continues to witness political 'khela(s)' courtesy Mamata Banerjee. In the run up to the Assembly elections, TMC workers and leaders ditched the party in hoards to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Since May 2 (when the poll results were announced), the tide is appearing to be turning back with several leaders contemplating a 'gharwapsi'.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has intercepted a Chinese national in West Bengal's Malda district, news agency ANI reported. It said that the man is being interrogated by officials.
Punjab's dreaded gangster Jaipal Bhullar and his aide Jassi Kharar were killed in an ecounter with the police in Kolkata's New Town area on Wednesday. According to reports, the joint operation was carried out by the Punjab Police and the Special Task Force (STF).
In a major update, two Punjab-based most-wanted criminals were on Wednesday (June 9 ) gunned down amidst a shootout at a residential complex in New Town in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait meets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on issues related to agriculture and local farmers.
Raising several questions over the appointment of Governor's OSD in West Bengal, TMC Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra hit out at West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and said that the Governor should clarify how these 6 people entered in Raj Bhavan.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 31 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that her government cannot release Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay who has been asked to report to the Centre in what she called a "unilateral order".
The Centre has allocated vaccine quotas to states for June to bring clarity on how many doses they will get. According to the information big states such as Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal will get at least 40 million doses in June.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit cyclone-ravaged West Bengal and Odisha today. He will conduct an aerial survey to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Yaas.
Light showers, accompanied by cool breeze and thunderstorms, lashed Kolkata on May 27.
fire broke out at factory in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said one crore people were affected in the state due to the cyclone.
Cyclone Yaas crossed the north Odisha coast about 20 km south of Balasore between 10.30 and 11 am, with 130-140 km per hour winds and 150 km per hour gusts. At 1.30 pm it was over north coastal Odisha, about 15 km southwest of Balasore.
Very severe cyclonic storm Yaas is now about 30km south-southeast of Balasore. The landfall process started around 9am. It will take around 2 hours to complete. Over 11.5 lakh people were evacuated from vulnerable places in West Bengal ahead of the cyclone.
Cyclone Yaas intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm on Tuesday evening, India Meteorological Department Director General M Mohapatra said, even as the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand aggressively evacuated over 12 lakh people to storm shelters by late evening. The IMD also issued a red-coded warning alert to the Odisha and West Bengal coasts.
Cyclone Yaas is nearing the country's east coast, days after deadly cyclone, Tauktae, hit its west coast.
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