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2.6MN aid forms rejected in W.B. after s.i.R check

Kolkata, July 2 -- The West Bengal government has rejected around 2.6 million applications for the newly launched Annapurna Yojana on citizenship-related grounds after scrutiny using Special Intensive... Read More


2.6MN aid forms rejected in W.B. after s.i.R check

Kolkata, July 2 -- The West Bengal government has rejected around 2.6 million applications for the newly launched Annapurna Yojana on citizenship-related grounds after scrutiny using Special Intensive... Read More


Massive fire breaks out in naphtha-carrying pipeline at refinery in Bengal's Haldia; 20 injured

India, June 30 -- A massive fire broke out at a naphtha-carrying pipeline at an oil refinery in West Bengal's Haldia district on Tuesday, injuring at least 20 people. The fire broke out early in the m... Read More


PM Modi to land in Bengal on June 20, lead Yoga Day event on Sunday

India, June 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the West Bengal state day (Paschimbanga Divas) and lead the International Day of Yoga celebrations in Kolkata during his two-day visi... Read More


'Won't tolerate Abhishek's arrogance': Kalyan Banerjee's ultimatum to Mamata amid MP exodus

India, June 11 -- Worsening the ongoing crisis within the Trinamool Congress, former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's staunch loyalist Kalyan Banerjee has criticised her nephew and party general secre... Read More


Ex-TMC MLA Saokat Molla arrested in NIA crackdown on pre-poll Bhangar blast case

India, June 5 -- Former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) late on Fright night in connection with a blast at Bhangar near Kolkata in Ma... Read More


'He repeatedly expressed desire to resign': TMC says Mamata Banerjee allowed Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim to step down

India, June 4 -- Senior Trinamool Congress leader Firhad Hakim is set to resign as the mayor of Kolkata after party chief Mamata Banerjee accepted his request to step down, party spokesperson Kunal Gh... Read More


Scores head to Bangladesh border amid Bengal's migrant crackdown

Kolkata, May 27 -- Scores of people identified by authorities as undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants gathered near the Border Security Force's (BSF) Hakimpur check post in West Bengal's North 24 Parga... Read More


Iconic Writers' Building set to return as a secretariat

Kolkata, May 9 -- Sitting across a vintage wooden table with a glass top in a spacious office on the second floor of the Writers' Building, a state public works department (PWD) officer reminisced abo... Read More


Iconic Writers' Buildings set to return as a secretariat

Kolkata, May 9 -- Sitting across a vintage wooden table with a glass top in a spacious office on the second floor of the Writers' Buildings, a state public works department (PWD) officer reminisced ab... Read More