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  Bengal: No issue if I'm booked, says Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury after riding bike without helmet I WATCH

  October 15, 2023 14:57 IST

  West Bengal: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was seen riding a bike at full speed without a helmet in Murshidabad in a viral video. He was leading a bike march and the senior Congress leader was also seen doing a stunt by leaving the handles of the bike while riding it.

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  Israel-Hamas war: Bengal govt sets up control rooms in Delhi, Kolkata for returnees under Op Ajay

  October 13, 2023 16:15 IST

  The Government of India has launched 'Operation Ajay' to facilitate the return of Indians who are stranded in war-torn Israel.

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  West Bengal: Kolkata Metro introduces paper-based QR Code ticketing system

  October 12, 2023 19:38 IST

  Kolkata Metro has introduced a paper-based QR Code ticketing system. The trial run of this system began at Sealdah Metro station on the East-West Corridor.

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  Bengal Gov meets TMC delegation, assures to take up MGNREGA issue with Centre, withdraws protest

  October 09, 2023 21:36 IST

  A group of TMC leaders led by Abhishek Banerjee has been on a sit-in for the last five days outside Raj Bhavan, Kolkata demanding the release of MGNREGA funds by the Centre.

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  MGNREGA fund row: Bengal Governor may meet protesting TMC leaders to end their sit-in at Raj Bhavan

  October 09, 2023 10:31 IST

  A group of TMC leaders led by Abhishek Banerjee has been on a sit-in for the last five days outside Raj Bhavan, Kolkata demanding the release of MGNREGA funds by the Centre. The Centre stopped the release of the fund because of the state's alleged non-compliance with directives.

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  Bengal civic body recruitment scam: CBI searches residences of Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, TMC MLA

  October 08, 2023 14:58 IST

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s searches at the residences of West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim and TMC MLA Madan Mitra came amid Mamata Banjeree-led party's protest at Raj Bhawan demanding fund for Bengal from the Centre.

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  Centre never deprived West Bengal of MGNREGA dues: Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

  October 07, 2023 22:37 IST

  Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said that she never had any objection to meeting the common people but wanted to meet Trinamool Congress delegation first.

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  West Bengal: Body of NEET aspirant found stuffed in suitcase in Kolkata

  October 06, 2023 17:41 IST

  The NEET aspirant was reported missing before being found dead today in Kolkata's New Town area. The student's parents had received a ransom call a few days ago.

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  Bengal Municipalities' recruitment scam: ED raids 12 premises linked to TMC minister Rathin Ghosh

  October 05, 2023 11:00 IST

  Bengal Municipalities' recruitment scam: ED's raids on premises linked to TMC minister Rathin Ghosh are likely to intensify the political slugfest between the TMC and the BJP. Mamata Banerjee-led TMC keeps accusing the BJP of misusing Central probe agencies against its leaders.

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  Delhi Police acting as BJP's strong-arm, says Mamata after dramatic detention of TMC leaders

  October 04, 2023 10:10 IST

  Abhishek Banerjee, Derek O'Brien, Mahua Moitra along with other TMC leaders were protesting inside Krishi Bhavan demanding funds for West Bengal when Delhi Police personnel removed them from the building. A dramatic video of Moitra surfaced in which she is seen being removed by the police.

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  TMC leaders hold sit-in at Rajghat to protest Centre on MGNREGA and housing scheme

  October 02, 2023 13:42 IST

  Mamata Banerjee-led TMC accused the Centre of denying MGNREGA and housing scheme funds to the Bengal government.

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  Bus carrying TMC workers to Delhi protest meets with accident, returns to West Bengal

  October 01, 2023 17:24 IST

  Several Trinamool Congress workers were injured when one of the 49 buses taking them from West Bengal to Delhi to take part in a protest programme met with an accident in Jharkhand.

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  Abhishek Banerjee to participate in TMC's protest in Delhi on Oct 3, likely to skip ED summons

  September 29, 2023 12:53 IST

  Abhishek Banerjee is likely to skip the ED summons on October 3 and participate in the TMC protest programme in the national capital on the same date.

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  Kolkata: CBI conducts searches at 6 locations in teachers' appointment scam

  September 26, 2023 22:47 IST

  The Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) was held on October 11, 2015, in which alleged ineligible candidates were appointed.

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  BJP stages protest in West Bengal over dengue outbreak, accuses TMC of 'eyewash' response

  September 26, 2023 18:02 IST

  A heated exchange ensued between BJP members and the police, leading to BJP MLAs chanting slogans against the state government, accusing it of failing to control the dengue outbreak.

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  West Bengal govt directs districts to ensure cleanliness amid rise in dengue cases

  September 25, 2023 20:44 IST

  Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi chaired a meeting with all district magistrates, the commissioner of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and chief medical officers of health (CMOHs), on the direction of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, over the rise in dengue cases.

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  West Bengal: Fire breaks out at commercial building in Kolkata | WATCH

  September 24, 2023 23:55 IST

  West Bengal: The incident took place at Kolkata’s Central Avenue on the third floor of the commercial building.

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  West Bengal: 12-year-old girl tests positive for dengue in Kolkata, dies in hospital

  September 24, 2023 9:43 IST

  Kolkata dengue cases: The girl, identified as Dona Das, a class VII student, was suffering from a high fever for the last seven days, and was taken to the MR Bangur Hospital this morning, an official said.

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  'Tour very successful': Mamata Banerjee on return from visit to Spain, UAE

  September 23, 2023 21:56 IST

  Banerjee along with Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi and other senior officials, industrialists and representatives of three major football clubs had left for the tour of Spain and Dubai on September 12.

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  Calcutta High Court grants relief to TMC's Abhishek Banerjee, directs ED not to take coercive steps

  September 22, 2023 13:50 IST

  The Calcutta HC has provided a relief to TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and asked the ED not to take any coercive steps in connection with its probe into the school jobs scam in West Bengal.

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  Bengal govt keen to create food hub in Kolkata: Mayor Firhad Hakim

  September 21, 2023 23:58 IST

  The mayor urged representatives of the restaurant industry and heads of major food brands to help in the creation of such a hub in Kolkata.

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  West Bengal: Suspected Nipah virus case admitted in Kolkata hospital after Kerala visit

  September 20, 2023 16:28 IST

  The man, in his mid-20s, had been working as a migrant laborer in Kerala and had initially sought medical attention at a hospital in Ernakulam after complaining of high fever.

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  West Bengal: BSF seizes 23 kg of gold from smuggler at India-Bangladesh border

  September 19, 2023 23:35 IST

  The operation was carried out by vigilant jawans from Ranaghat border outpost in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

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  Cattle smuggling case: Supreme Court seeks CBI response on Anubrata Mondal's bail plea

  September 18, 2023 16:05 IST

  The bench, comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi, has issued a notice to the CBI, requesting its reply to Mondal's plea.

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  Ganesh Chaturthi: Pandal on theme of Chandrayaan-3 built in Kolkata | Watch Video

  September 18, 2023 8:14 IST

  The pandal has been prepared in Kolkata as the city is gearing up to celebrate the Ganesh Chaturthi.

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  Netaji's brother wanted 'united Bengal' in India: Sugata Bose

  September 17, 2023 18:58 IST

  The Congress, which had won most of the general seats and some of the special interest seats, had 87 MLAs, while the Muslim League had 115 and the Hindu Mahasabha had a lone MLA representing the University of Calcutta.

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  West Bengal: BSF arrests 45 people, mostly Bangladeshis, for illegally crossing international border

  September 15, 2023 14:27 IST

  Among those arrested were 32 Bangladeshis who tried to cross the border to India and 13 Indians who tried to go to the neighbouring country illegally.

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  West Bengal: Ex-VCs demand apology and compensation from Governor over defamation

  September 15, 2023 0:05 IST

  The former vice-chancellors are demanding that Bose withdraw his statement that they had to resign as per the order of the Supreme Court because their appointments were not as per norms.