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Kolkata, April 3 The IMD on Friday forecast thunderstorms in some districts of West Bengal starting from April 5, which is likely to provide relief to citizens from the prevailing hot and humid weather.Hot and humid weather is expected to continue in some southern districts of Bengal until...

New Delhi, April 2, Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) requesting it to conduct an inquiry into the recent incident in West Bengal’s Malda district, where judicial officers deputed for...

In Sitalkuchi, West Bengal, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee criticized the Union government over the increase in commercial LPG prices, claiming that while the Mamata Banerjee administration was providing relief to people, the Narendra Modi-led Centre was "taking from them."Addressing an election...

Sitalkuchi (WB), April 1 Criticizing the Union government over the increase in commercial LPG prices, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee claimed that while the Mamata Banerjee administration was providing relief to people, the Narendra Modi-led Centre was "taking from them."Addressing an election...

Kolkata, March 30 The Election Commission has transferred officers-in-charge and inspectors-in-charge of 173 police stations across West Bengal, including 31 under the Kolkata Police, as part of measures to ensure free and fair Assembly polls, officials said.Officers posted in key...

Kolkata, March 24 Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress leader and former MLA Arghya Roy Pradhan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.Rajbanshi leader Banshibadan Barman, associated with the Greater Cooch Behar People's Association (GCPA) faction and one of...

Kolkata, March 20 The IMD has forecast rain and hailstorms with strong winds in several districts of West Bengal on Friday and Saturday.Day temperatures are likely to fall by two to three degrees Celsius across most districts over the next couple of days, it said.Lightning, thunderstorms...

Kolkata, March 16 – The prospects of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party in West Bengal, to strengthen its position in the state assembly largely depend on the results from the 152 constituencies across 16 districts that will vote on April 23 in the first phase of the...

Kolkata, March 14 – The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata's Alipore on Saturday predicted rain accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds across several districts of South Bengal, including Kolkata, for the next few days.The impact of the rainfall is expected to be relatively...

Kolkata, March 12 Heavy thunderstorms accompanied by intense rainfall hit Kolkata and neighboring districts on Thursday evening, as the Met Department forecast similar weather conditions in parts of West Bengal over the next seven days.Heavy rainfall in Kolkata and the adjoining Salt Lake area...

Puri, March 10 A woman from Puri, Odisha, appealed to the state and central governments on Tuesday to rescue her daughter, alleging that she was kidnapped five years ago and has been held captive in Bangladesh since then.The woman claimed that her daughter had fled to the neighbouring country...

Kolkata, March 8 – The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Alipore, Kolkata, has forecast the possibility of thunderstorms and rain across the state, including Kolkata, starting from Sunday evening.The Met Office stated that despite the thunderstorms, the temperature will remain relatively...

Kochi, March 2 Two individuals were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of a migrant worker at Kottachira near Kuruppampady, police said.The arrested individuals are identified as Pranjal Boruah (29) from Sibsagar, Assam, and Babul Bharali (26) from Lakhimpur, Assam.According to...

Kolkata, March 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will launch different segments of the BJP's 'Poriborton Yatra' (Change Campaign) in West Bengal on Monday afternoon, as the party intensifies its campaign ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.Shah is scheduled to...

In a coordinated political offensive launched a day after the publication of West Bengal's post-SIR electoral rolls, the BJP on Sunday sought to use the deletion of names as a central political platform, alleging that "over 50 lakh infiltrators" had been removed and declaring that "the time has...

Garbeta (WB), March 1 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Sunday that the BJP's "Poriborton Yatra" (Change March) will lead to the overthrow of the Mamata Banerjee regime in West Bengal and bring the "double-engine" BJP government to accelerate development in the state.Before launching...

Kolkata, March 1 The BJP will launch the 'Paribartan Yatra' across West Bengal on Sunday in an attempt to intensify opposition against the TMC and test its grassroots machinery ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.The program will begin a day after the publication of revised electoral...

Siliguri, February 27 – A Special CBI Court in Siliguri convicted and sentenced a former Central Excise department official to four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) with a fine of Rs 40,000 for accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 over 10 years ago, an official said.Achintya Kumar Pramanik, then...

Multiple Passport Seva Kendras located at post offices in West Bengal received threatening emails today, informing them of the presence of bombs. Passport Seva Kendras in Cooch Behar, Bankura, and other districts received similar emails today. The relevant office premises have been secured, and...

Lucknow, February 25 The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of two accused in the alleged illegal stocking and transportation of Phensedyl cough syrup case.Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the Lucknow bench passed the order on separate bail applications filed by the two...