A BSF trooper was allegedly kidnapped by Bangladeshi nationals and taken across the international border in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, before being released a few hours later, officials said on Wednesday.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to produce the case diary in connection with the arrest of law student Sharmistha Panoli on June 5, when her interim bail prayer will be heard again.

A 45-year-old woman died after being run over by a bus while trying to get down from the vehicle in Kolkata's Behala area on Monday, police said.

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday dismissed speculations over his removal from the gubernatorial post, asserting that he will move forward with renewed vigour in his quest to restore the state's "lost reputation".

The West Bengal government on Sunday criticised the BCCI's decision to relocate the playoff and final matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) from Kolkata to Gujarat, claiming that it was influenced by political considerations.

Actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Sunday urged for the release of 22-year-old influencer Sharmishta Panoli, who was remanded to judicial custody by a court in Kolkata, a day after West Bengal Police arrested her from her Gurugram in Haryana.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a blistering attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of "opposing" Operation Sindoor and the Waqf Amendment Act to appease the Muslim vote bank.

A man killed his sister-in-law by beheading her with a sharp weapon, and roamed the streets carrying the severed head and the bloodied weapon.

BJP state president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar has stirred controversy on Thursday by invoking a new political campaign dubbed 'Operation West Bengal', aimed at ousting the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) from power.

Ramping up the political temperature with less than a year to go for the Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in West Bengal's Alipurduar and launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool government.

A man allegedly murdered his parents in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district and hours later stabbed four people at an orphanage run by a madrasa in another district, over 120 km away, a senior police officer said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the golden jubilee celebrations marking 50 years of Sikkim's statehood at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a two-day tour of Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh on May 29 and 30.

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Minister Udayan Guha has sparked a row by taking a veiled dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 'Operation Sindoor'.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited a private hospital in Kolkata this morning to congratulate RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on becoming a father.

Odisha is engaged in an ongoing dispute with West Bengal over the naming of a new temple as "Jagannath Dham".

Vowing not to sit for fresh recruitment tests, the protesting teachers on Monday announced plans to take their agitation beyond West Bengal to the national capital.

Assembly bypolls are scheduled to be held in Gujarat, Kerala, West Bengal and Punjab.

Having battled renal failure for over a year, 12-year-old Umang Galada from Kolkata finally got a kidney transplant earlier this month, but suffered a cardiac arrest hours after the surgery, which led to brain death.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated three redeveloped railway stations in West Bengal under the Centre's Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, officials said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday paid tributes to social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy on his birth anniversary and described him as a pioneer figure of Indian modernity.

An explosion was reported in the multi-storey residential building on Monday. According to police, the incident was reported at around 7 am.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the Centre, which named her party's MP in the all-party delegations to tour different countries to campaign against terrorism, cannot decide the member's name on its own.

This is the first time in the history of the state's only zoo, which was set up in 1972, that tiger cubs have been born here