The mystery around the complex case of triple murders and alleged attempted suicides that sent shockwaves across the city last month may have been unravelled.
Amidst rumours of a rift with his aunt and party supremo Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress's National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee cleared the air on where his loyalties lie.
Will Abhishek Banerjee - the nephew of Trinamool boss and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and her right-hand man - join the BJP months before the 2026 Assembly election? Not even if "they slit my throat", he said.
A class 8 student was allegedly sexually assaulted and strangled to death in Kolkata's new town area.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made some big-ticket announcements at the inaugural session of the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025. One of the biggest was on coal extraction from the Deucha Pachami block.
West Bengal has been allocated Rs 13,955 crore for railways infrastructure in the Union Budget this year, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said yesterday.
Several videos purportedly showing a professor getting married to a college student inside the classroom in West Bengal have gone viral, complete with wedding rituals like 'haldi' and the exchange of garlands.
A probe into actor Saif Ali Khan's stabbing has led Mumbai Police to question a woman in West Bengal for allegedly providing a SIM card to the Bangladeshi national who entered the country illegally and has been arrested for the attack.
Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has attacked the Congress and its senior figure, Rahul Gandhi, for mentioning a date of death in his tribute Thursday for Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
The Mamata Banerjee government has challenged the trial court's life imprisonment order against the convict in RG Kar rape-murder case, demanding that he be given the death penalty.
The Kolkata court, which sentenced RG Kar rape-murder case convict Sanjoy Roy to life imprisonment, has made strong remarks on the response of the hospital authority and police after a 34-year-old doctor was found raped and murdered in a seminar room
Kolkata Police would have ensured death penalty for the convict in RG Kar rape and murder case, but the probe was taken away and handed over to the CBI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today
RG Kar Hospital Rape-Murder Convict Sanjay Roy Gets Life Sentence
Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted in the rape-murder case of a 34-year-old doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, reiterated in court this afternoon that he was innocent and had been framed in the chilling case
Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the gruesome rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar hospital, has been found guilty by a local court in Kolkata.
In an interview with NDTV, spiritual orator and motivational speaker Jaya Kishori urged youth to attend Maha Kumbh for a positive and enriching experience.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's comment about RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement - that consecration of Ayodhya's Ram Temple last year was "the true independence of Bharat" - drew an immediate response from the government.
A TMC councillor was shot by two unidentified men in West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday morning, police said.
Mamata Banerjee has claimed that the Border Security Force (BSF) is "letting infiltrators enter West Bengal" from Bangladesh.
A Bangladesh court has again rejected the Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das' bail petition in a sedition case.
West Bengal's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was in Sandeshkhali today, a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid the obscure riverine island a visit
The Forest Department in West Bengal has finally tranquilised a tigress that was on the move across three states for 21 days.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had only a 'happy new year' response to questions about the increasingly acrimonious feud between allies Aam Aadmi Party and Congress.
The parents of the 31-year-old doctor, who was raped and murdered on duty at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, have approached Calcutta High Court, flagging concerns in the CBI's investigation and seeking the court's intervention
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a total lockdown in India from midnight for 21 days to fight the spread of coronavirus.
India must also straight away allow internationally-recognized testing kits to be used here - these are already in use in the USA and Europe (do not delay by waiting for Indian clearance).
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Hopefully, you are following social distancing and not mingling, especially with large groups or in crowded places. Can wearing a mask help? Here's what doctors say:
People across the world are worried about the rising cases of COVID-19, a highly contagious disease caused by the Novel Coronavirus that was first detected in China's Wuhan in December last year. What should you do if you're feeling any little ill, flu-ish and you are worried that you have symptoms of coronavirus?
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With some 400 positive cases within a population of 1.3 billion, the burning question in the minds of many is whether India is under-reporting. Until a couple of days ago, there were strict, conservative criteria for COVID 19 testing.
Soap and water is still the best way to clean your hands. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Wash hands with warm or cold water. Lather soap to get it on the backs of hands, between fingers and under finger nails before rinsing off. According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the time spent should be 20 seconds (or the time taken to sing the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice).
If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer with at least 60 per cent alcohol.
The hand sanitizer should be applied to one palm before rubbing the hands together. While rubbing, the gel should be spread all over the hands and fingers, covering all surfaces until completely dry.
Cleansers and wipes are effective in cleaning and disinfecting objects and surfaces that are frequently touched.
Alcohol is effective at killing different types of microbes, including both viruses and bacteria. Coronavirus is the type of virus with an outer wrapping, called an envelope, which alcohol can kills.
Despite many DIY sites and programmes suggesting it, vodka doesn’t have enough alcohol content to effectively kill microbes.
India Coming Together Against COVID-19 campaign, an RB and NDTV initiative, aims to provide a platform to highlight the works of the unsung heroes, NGOs and community leaders at the frontline of the hygiene battle against COVID-19.
It is a small effort to keep Indians well informed with medical facts and the news that matters the most in their daily lives during the current lock-down. A campaign of hope despite of all of us being isolated.
The campaign will recognise and acknowledge the unsung heroes who are at the forefront of this battle against the coronavirus – doctors, the police, community kitchens, the suppliers of essential commodities. Pan-India stories on the effort being made to combat the virus – narrated by the administrators, the police and government bodies. We will also showcase how hygiene and handwashing are critical in this fight against Novel Coronavirus.