Kolkata, Sept. 4 -- The West Bengal government has begun collecting blood samples from immediate family members of people missing in Nepal after the August 26 flash flood, with DNA profiles to be matc... Read More
Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- Leaders of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) on Wednesday hinted at forming a coalition with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming municipal electio... Read More
Kolkata, Aug. 29 -- A bus driver's split-second decision to turn back may have saved the lives of a retired West Bengal schoolteacher and his wife, who were on their way to Tibet when flash floods str... Read More
Kolkata, Aug. 29 -- A bus driver's split-second decision to turn back may have saved the lives of a retired West Bengal schoolteacher and his wife, who were on their way to Tibet when flash floods str... Read More
Kolkata, Aug. 14 -- Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Nagendra Ray, a BJP Rajya Sabha member popularly known as Anant Maharaj, for his alleged derogatory comments against... Read More
Kolkata, July 30 -- West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has urged chief minister Suvendu Adhikari to bid for a Rs.1,500 crore grant under the Centre's newly launched BHAVYA Rasayan Scheme to ... Read More
Kolkata, July 23 -- A Chennai man was arrested by the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department on Wednesday after at least 707 Red-eared Slider turtles were seized from him at the Netaji ... Read More
Kolkata, July 22 -- Three more dead bodies were retrieved from the under-construction tunnel of the Teesta Stage-VI Hydel Project at Samardung in South Sikkim on Wednesday, where a methane explosion t... Read More
Kolkata, July 22 -- The death toll in the methane explosion inside the under-construction tunnel of the Teesta Stage-VI Hydel Project in Bengal's south Sikkim rose to 13 on Wednesday after another bod... Read More
Kolkata, July 10 -- The new anti-crime law passed by the West Bengal legislative assembly will be enforced from July 13, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday. "The Governor has given his as... Read More