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Four of six Bengal tiger cubs born at Delhi zoo undergoing treatment

NEW DELHI, Aug. 21 -- Four of six Bengal tiger cubs born at Delhi zoo on August 4 are undergoing treatment after developing complications, officials said on Thursday. The cubs were born to seven-year-... Read More


Two 'gang members' held after encounter

NEW DELHI, Aug. 21 -- Two suspected members of the Rohit Godara gang were arrested after an encounter in Gurugram's Sector 10 early Thursday, police said. The accused, Nitin (28) and Yashpal (23) from... Read More


Minister: Bengal to host Swami Vivekananda Cup from Sept 11

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- Sports minister Aroop Biswas on Thursday announced that his department, along with IFA, will organise 'Swami Vivekananda Cup Zilla Club Football Championship', an inter-district to... Read More


E-commerce, retail support hub: Min opens 1K-seat delivery centre in Siliguri

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- State Information Technology and Electronics (IT&E) minister Babul Supriyo inaugurated a new 1000-seat (3000 shift seats), 54000 square feet delivery centre of Fusion CX at Siligur... Read More


Chandannagar: Youth 'jumps to death' from 7th-floor flat

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- Under mysterious circumstances, a youth committed suicide by jumping from the seventh-floor flat on Thursday morning in Chandannagar of Hooghly. According to sources, Soumen Dey (... Read More


HC: Preserve CCTV footage in lawyer 'assault' case

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the deputy commissioner of police, Bidhannagar East, to preserve CCTV footage of the site where a lawyer and his son, a law student, we... Read More


State Cinema Screening panel backs Bengali films for Puja season

KOLKATA, Aug. 21 -- Just a week after the West Bengal government made it mandatory for every theatre, including multiplexes, to screen at least one Bengali film in a prime-time slot (between 3pm and 9... Read More


IHCL, Kolkata Port join hands to redevelop historic 'Chotelal Ki Ghat'

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India's largest hospitality company, has announced a collaboration with Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, for the redevelopment of the historic Ch... Read More


TMC protests outside Parl, says Bengal 'won't tolerate humiliation'

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- Asserting that they would continue to fight for Bengal's dignity and the rights of the people, Trinamool Congress MPs on Thursday staged a protest outside Parliament, saying that B... Read More


Shramashree: Post CM's directive, state begins groundwork

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- The Labour Department, designated as the nodal agency for implementing the newly announced Shramashree scheme, began groundwork for the programme on Thursday. "It will take a few ... Read More