PM Narendra Modi visits north Bengal, targets Mamata Banerjee over her 'dharna'
Feb 08, 2019, at 04:29 pm
Jalpaiguri, Feb 8 (IBNS):At a time when state CM Mamata Banerjee recently sat on a dharna (sit-in protest) to demonstrate against CBI's actions against Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday came down to West Bengal to attack the TMC-led government and also highlighted his Centre's developmental works in the past five years.
BSF seizes 4 gold biscuits while being smuggled into India in Nadia
Aug 28, 2018, at 06:27 pm
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IBNS): The personnel of Border Security Force (BSF) seized four gold biscuits weighing approximately 460 grams and having market value of Rs. 13, 80, 598 while being smuggled into India from Bangladesh on Tuesday.
Twin nor'westers hit Kolkata and parts of Bengal, at least 12 killed
Apr 18, 2018, at 05:09 am
Kolkata, Apr 17 (IBNS): At least five people were killed in Kolkata, five persons died in adjacent Howrah city and two more deaths were reported from West Bengal's Hooghly and Bankura districts after two thunderstorms with very heavy downpour hit several districts of the state including its capital Kolkata on Tuesday late evening.
36 killed in Bengal bus mishap, underwater search ops underway
Jan 30, 2018, at 01:53 am
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IBNS): Death toll in West Bengal bus mishap touched 36 after rescue workers recovered 31 more bodies from the drowned state government-run bus on Monday, officials said.
Road accidents have reduced in West Bengal: Mamata
Dec 04, 2017, at 11:36 pm
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said road accidents in state have reduced in the state by 16.06 percent due to continuous monitoring and campaign.
Nov 29, 2017, at 12:37 am
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IBNS): President of India Ram Nath Kovind addressed the scientific community of Kolkata at a Vigyan Chintan event organised at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata on Tuesday.
Bengal businessman commits suicide, blames it on GST
Jul 26, 2017, at 12:05 am
Kolkata, Jul 25 (IBNS): Writing in his suicide note that newly implemented Goods and Service Tax (GST) is responsible for his death, a trader committed suicide inside his shop in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Monday, reports said.
BJP holds ‘Save Bengal’ campaign in Mumbai, Delhi after Basirhat riots
Jul 10, 2017, at 12:20 am
Mumbai, July 9 (IBNS): ‘Save Bengal’ is a campaign that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been running since last year when they staged protest against the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in Kolkata. In the wake of communal clashes, has decided to repeat the exercise in major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru et al.
Basirhat violence: Local police station's IC transferred
Jul 08, 2017, at 03:33 am
Kolkata, July 7 (IBNS): Days after a communal violence rocked several areas in Basirhat sub-division in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, Inspector-in-Charge (IC) of Basirhat Police Station was transferred from his post on Friday, reports said.
Basirhat riots: BJP to hold protest rally in Kolkata tomorrow
Jul 08, 2017, at 01:46 am
Kolkata, July 7 (IBNS): After its delegation was barred by police from entering communal-violence hit Basirhat, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a protest march in Kolkata on Saturday.
Ex-Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif opposes communal violence in Basirhat
Jul 07, 2017, at 10:15 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, July 7 (IBNS): Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif opposed communal violence incident which hit West Bengal's Basirhat area said damaging property worth crores are against the teachings of Prophet Mohammad.
I have been threatened and disrespected by Governor: Mamata after Bengal riots
Jul 04, 2017, at 11:46 pm
Kolkata, July 4 (IBNS) After communal riots singed a region of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday over an “objectionable†post on Facebook, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday blasted the state's governor for what she called a "threat issued to her over phone on law and order situation."
Challenge accepted, will capture Delhi: Mamata Banerjee
Apr 28, 2017, at 03:55 am
Kolkata, Apr 27 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accepted the challenge thrown by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah and claimed that she would capture Delhi.
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay produced in Odisha court, party members protest in Bengal
Jan 04, 2017, at 11:30 pm
Kolkata/Bhubaneswar, Jan 4 (IBNS): A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with Rose Valley financial scam, leader-activists of West Bengal's ruling party on Wednesday staged demonstration across the state, reports said.
Dhulagarh communal clash: SP of Howrah (Rural) transferred
Dec 22, 2016, at 02:39 pm
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IBNS): A week after a village in West Bengal's Dhulagarh, barely 28 km from state capital Kolkata, was hit by a communal clash over a religious procession, leaving at least 25 injured, the SP of Howrah rural division, Sabyasachi Raman Mishra, has been replaced by IPS officer Sumit Kumar, who was the the DC (Traffic) of Howrah Police Commissionerate, on Wednesday, according to reports.
Bengal court announces verdict on a minor rape case in just 13 days
Dec 21, 2016, at 11:46 pm
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): Only 13 days after an eight-year-old girl was raped by a middle-aged man, a West Bengal court on Tuesday found the accused guilty and sentenced him to 10 years in prison, reports said.
Centre deploys army in Bengal toll plazas without information: Mamata Banerjee
Dec 02, 2016, at 01:21 am
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Indian Army personnel had been deployed at two toll plazas on a national highway in the state limits, without informing the state government.
West Bengal to be renamed as Bengal soon
Aug 03, 2016, at 12:59 am
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IBNS): West Bengal cabinet on Tuesday adopted a proposal to convert state's name into Bengal.
Threatening revenge on Opposition has no place in democracy: Amit Mitra
Apr 28, 2016, at 03:17 am
Kolkata, Apr 27 (IBNS): Trinamool leader and outgoing Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday said that threatening revenge on Opposition political workers has no place in a democracy and that he would personally ensure that nothing of that sort happens in his constituency after the Assembly poll results are announced on May 19.