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Day 9: Oil, water in war's crosshairs - Israel suffers first troop losses | Saudi Arabia reports 2 deaths

DUBAI, March 8 -- The US and Israel continue to strike Iran, hitting oil storage depots and refining facilities in Tehran for the first time on Sunday. An Iranian drone attack caused material damage t... Read More


BJP misusing 'Vanish Commission' to erase legitimate voters from electoral rolls, alleges Mamata

Kolkata, March 8 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's sit-in against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR voter list entered the third day on Sunday, with the TMC supremo accusing th... Read More


ER seeks traffic block to replace Banaras, Chandmari Road

Kolkata, March 8 -- Eastern Railway (ER) has sought the immediate intervention of the state government to grant a road traffic block to replace the Banaras and Chandmari Road Over Bridges near Howrah ... Read More


Four houses robbed in Kamarhati, burglars spray chemical to loot

Kolkata, March 8 -- Tension gripped ward 28 of Kamarhati Municipality after burglars sprayed some kind of chemical and robbed four houses in a row. The incident occurred during the night between Frid... Read More


Bengal govt revises pension benefits for SBSTC retirees

Kolkata, March 8 -- The West Bengal transport department has issued four memoranda revising pension, family pension and other retirement benefits for former employees of the South Bengal State Transpo... Read More


Iman Chakraborty to return to social media after CM's advice

Kolkata, March 8 -- A few days ago, National Award-winning singer Iman Chakraborty had decided to step away from social media after netizens targeted her late mother in the wake of receiving the prest... Read More


St. Xavier's College launches project UDAAN to empower rural women

Kolkata, March 8 -- On the occasion of International Women's Day (8 March 2026), the Centre of Gender Studies at the Raghabpur Campus of St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata, in collaboration wi... Read More


Mamata cooks on stove at dharna, leads LPG price hike protest

Kolkata, March 8 -- Alleging that the rising cost of cooking gas has become a major burden for ordinary households, Mamata Banerjee from her sit-in protest announced a rally on International Women's D... Read More


Police suspect promoting behind Paikpara blast, none arrested so far

Kolkata, March 8 -- A day after the high-intensity explosion that created panic among residents of Gangulypara in the Paikpara area, police have intensified their probe into a suspected angle of "prom... Read More


EC full bench arrives in Bengal to review poll readiness

Kolkata, March 8 -- The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, reached the state on a three-day visit on Sunday evening to review elect... Read More