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Sarsuna: Man opens fire after argument over Kali Puja, held

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- Panic gripped the Rakhit Para area of Sarsuna in the wee hours of Monday after a local resident opened fire near a Kali Puja pandal, disrupting the festive atmosphere and sending re... Read More


Rain and thunderstorms likely across Bengal on 'Bhai Phonta'

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- After a pleasant spell of weather during Kali Puja, Bengal is set to witness a change in weather conditions, with the weather department forecasting rain and thunderstorms across se... Read More


Section of Tolly fraternity calls out Diwali cracker menace

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- While several Tollywood celebrities celebrated the festival of lights by offering puja, visiting pandals, another section of the Bengali film fraternity took to social media to flag... Read More


19 Indian seafarers stranded in Yemen evacuated, embassy says

Dubai, Nov. 9 -- Nineteen Indian seafarers stranded in Yemen's Hodeidah and Sana'a for the past two weeks have been evacuated, with all of them safe and on their way back to their country, the Indian ... Read More


CM vows to push back infiltrators, promises 71-km Ichhamati fencing

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, while spending Diwali afternoon with Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in North 24-Parganas' Hingalganj, said his government would send back inf... Read More


Bengal sets timelines to cut red tape & fast-track investments

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- The Suvendu Adhikari government is planning to eliminate bureaucratic delays at the administrative level to attract more investment to West Bengal. To curb unnecessary delays caused... Read More


Kalighat clashes: Three arrested; Abhishek accuses police of 'reverse policing'

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- Three persons have been arrested in connection with the clashes outside MAITC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's Kalighat residence during his birthday celebrations on N... Read More


Rubio says Trump's war against Iran not 'necessarily popular' but needed to stop a nuclear threat

Florida, Nov. 9 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran, even if it was not "necessarily popular", to safeguard the world from the co... Read More


Delhi Police serves notice on Mamata in 2013 protest case

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- A team from Delhi Police visited former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence on Monday to serve her a notice in connection with a 13-year-old criminal cas... Read More


Minor 'raped during Kali Puja' in East Burdwan; Abhishek cries 'jungle raj'

Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- Amid growing concerns over crimes against women and police encounters, another rape case came to light during Kali Puja at Bhatar in East Burdwan. An eight-year-old girl was allege... Read More