jhargram district

Kolkata, April 11 – Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday warned the people of Jhargram to remain vigilant, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would try to bring in outsiders from neighboring Jharkhand to influence the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.Addressing an...

Kolkata, April 11 Amid the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal later this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address three campaign rallies each in the state on Saturday. On the other hand, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will also be...

Kolkata, April 5 Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan alleged on Sunday that West Bengal is gradually moving out of constitutional control and claimed that the state is no longer safe under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, citing the Malda incident as an example.The remarks came amid...

Kolkata, April 5 The IMD on Sunday forecast thunderstorms in some districts of West Bengal until April 9, which would bring down maximum temperatures by a few degrees.Favorable wind patterns and strong moisture from the Bay of Bengal are likely to bring light to moderate rain over most...

Kolkata, March 27 Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee said on Friday that there is a strong possibility that the BJP-led central government will increase the prices of cooking gas and transport fuel after the assembly elections are over on April 29.Addressing an election...

Kolkata, March 26 – Kolendranath Mandi, a member of the Purulia Zilla Parishad belonging to the Trinamool Congress, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday.He formally joined the opposition at the state Bharatiya Janata Party's office in Salt Lake, Kolkata, in the presence of the party's...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 The BJP's Odisha unit will handle election management work in 36 assembly segments in neighboring West Bengal, which will vote in two phases on April 23 and 29, a senior party leader said.Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal, who was recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, said...

Kolkata, March 8: Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, targeted the Mamata Banerjee government on Sunday for violating norms after a district administration assigned the handling of postal ballots to the West Bengal Police Welfare Organisation.Using his X handle...

Kolkata, February 26 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Thursday the details of the 240 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel that will be deployed in the first phase on March 1, amidst preparations for the state assembly elections in West Bengal.Notably...

Kolkata, February 23 A honey badger (Mellivora capensis), a thick-skinned, solitary mammal considered rare in India, has been spotted in the forests of Jhargram district in West Bengal, a senior forest official said on Monday.The animal's image was captured in a camera trap installed by the...

Kolkata, February 22 – The Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata said on Sunday that light to moderate rainfall is likely in some parts of West Bengal over the next two days due to a depression in the Bay of Bengal.According to the forecast, there is a possibility of light rain with...