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Arms recovered, 4 held from Sandeshkhali linked to TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan

Kolkata, June 6 -- The Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police on Saturday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition and arrested one more person from Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's Nort... Read More


TMC leader Firhad Hakim resigns as Kolkata Municipal Corporation mayor

Kolkata, June 5 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim resigned as the Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday. "Firhad Hakim is no one. It is the chair which calls for respec... Read More


Seven people killed as lightning, thunderstorms hit south Bengal districts

Kolkata, May 29 -- At least seven people were killed and several others injured as lightning and thunderstorms hit south Bengal districts on Friday afternoon, with the India Meteorological Department ... Read More


Bengal: TMC councillors' resignation spree triggers civic crisis ahead of monsoon

Kolkata, May 28 -- The resignation of over 100 Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillors and borough heads within three weeks of the party's loss in the assembly polls has triggered a growing crisis in the... Read More


Three million fake Lakshmir Bhandar beneficiaries in Bengal: CM Suvendu Adhikari

Kolkata, May 27 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that around 3 million beneficiaries of the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme under the previous All India Trinamool Congress (TMC... Read More


CBI nabs 10 people in Sandeshkhali killings of BJP workers after 2019 Bengal polls

Kolkata, May 27 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested 10 people in connection with the murder of three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali are... Read More


Bengal to bring fresh recruitment policy to curb hiring irregularities: CM Adhikari

Kolkata, May 23 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said the state government will introduce a fresh recruitment policy in the next budget session to curb irregularities in publ... Read More


Bengal's iconic Writers' Buildings set to return as a secretariat

Kolkata, May 9 -- Sitting across a vintage wooden table with a glass top in a spacious office on the second floor of the Writers' Buildings, a state public works department (PWD) officer reminisced ab... Read More


Bengal gets its first BJP CM as Suvendu Adhikari takes oath at Brigade Parade Ground

Kolkata, May 9 -- Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister of West Bengal in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Sha... Read More


Adhikari's PA shot dead in West Bengal; 1,500 held over post-poll violence

Kolkata, May 7 -- Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas, late on Wednesday night - the most se... Read More