West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday named six new cubs - two snow leopards and four red pandas - born at the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, a centre for breeding endangered Himalayan species.
Three coaches of the Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express derailed near Howrah in West Bengal early this morning. The special train that runs weekly between Howrah and Hyderabad derailed in Nalpur, about 40 km from Kolkata, around 5:30 am.
BJP MP from Darjeeling Raju Bista has announced that National Highway 10 has been handed over to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL). Earlier this road was maintained by the PWD West Bengal.
Hearing a petition by West Bengal's Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on an alleged attack by "radicals" during a Kali Puja procession in Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to file a report.
The West Bengal police have registered a First Information Report against actor-turned-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty for allegedly delivering a provocative speech during a BJP programme in Kolkata's Salt Lake area on October 27.
The West Bengal police have registered a First Information Report against actor-turned-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty for allegedly delivering a provocative speech during a BJP programme in Kolkata's Salt Lake area on October 27.
Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command of the Army, urged more participation from local Microm Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from West Bengal in indigenous defence production.
Sanjay Roy, the prime suspect in the rape-murder of a Kolkata doctor, has claimed that he is innocent that that he is being framed by the government.
A 40-year-old man accused of raping and killing a minor was lynched by an angry mob in north Bengal's Falakata. Mona Roy was tied to a tree and thrashed by villagers. He died by the time the cops rescued him and took him to the hospital.
Trinamool Congress MLA Usharani Mondal and her husband were allegedly attacked on Thursday night while on their way home from a Kali Puja event.
Tension erupted in a part of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district over lists of beneficiaries in the state's housing scheme. The Trinamool Congress government has announced that it would build new homes.
A week after India announced that a patrolling agreement had been reached with China for the Demchok and Depsang regions of Eastern Ladakh, the Chinese ambassador to the country has said that "many important understandings" have been arrived at.
ZebPay has completed ten years of operations in India’s crypto market. Looking ahead, the exchange plans to introduce new features and services aimed at family offices, high-net-worth individuals (HNIs), and institutional investors.
The wife of a murdered Congress councillor in West Bengal died due to poisoning, according to the autopsy report. Purnima Kandu, the wife of Tapan Kandu, was elected a municipal councillor in Bengal's Jhalda after he was murdered in March 2022.
Taking steps to resolve the impasse with protesting doctors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to them over the phone on Saturday and urged them to withdraw their fast-unto-death, saying most of their demands had been met.
The 'mass resignations' of senior doctors in support of their junior colleagues are generic letters and have no legal value, the West Bengal government said on Saturday.
The CBI chargesheet filed in the RG Kar rape and murder case has detailed the circumstances, nature of injuries, cause of death and evidence available against the accused.
The man who has been accused of kidnapping and murder of a schoolgirl in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district was seen inside a shop before he committed the crime on Friday, CCTV footage showed.
A girl who had left home to attend a coaching class has allegedly been kidnapped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, sparking anger and protests. A police camp has also been vandalised and set on fire.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a Trinamool Congress leader and a house-staff attached to R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Asish Pande, said to be a close confidant of Sandip Ghosh.
Junior doctors in West Bengal, demanding better security at state hospitals after the rape and murder of a colleague at a medical college in Kolkata, have resumed their 'total cease-work'.
Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress, caught on the backfoot over the RG Kar rape-murder case, hit back today with a video that purportedly showed pro-separatist slogans at a protest rally.
The CBI, which is probing the RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case, has told a local court in Kolkata that "some false records, pertaining to the case, were created at the Tala Police Station".
A hairstylist working in the Bengali film industry has attempted death by suicide, allegedly after she was denied work on the instructions of an association of hairstylists working in Bengali cinema.
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