West Bengal

Differences within Trinamul, particularly among the Youth Trinamul and the parent party, came to the fore in Cooch Behar again on Monday.

The Mamata Banerjee government's plan to introduce mandatory mutation at the time of land deals has been shelved as the authorities have realised that such a system cannot be introduced unless land records in the state are updated.

Muslim villagers in Murshidabad's Samserganj have raised money to rebuild the houses of six Hindu families gutted in a fire, after an appeal for assistance to an Id congregation at a local mosque.

Trinamul tea union leaders have accused the BJP of "double-speak" on tea wages by opposing interim wage hikes in Bengal while pushing it in Assam.

Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) president Mann Ghisingh on Sunday told cadres to start a campaign to secure Sixth Schedule status for the hills.

The first batch of pilgrims bound for Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet left here on Saturday for the Nathu-la border on way to the Himalayan peak considered holy by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists.

A bus carrying a group of tribals on their way to a meeting fell into a trench on a state highway near Chitka forest in the Lalgarh area, resulting in the death of seven and serious injuries to at least 40 others.

Mamata Banerjee virtually sounded the poll bugle for 2019 on Saturday, urging a gathering of around 2 lakh after Id prayers on Red Road to defeat "those" that seek to spread hatred, divisiveness and violence and disintegrate India.

The pressure of local politics has prompted the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to demand that tea garden workers should be given rights to the entire land under their possession.

The Bengal Safari Park has come up with an offer for animal lovers to adopt its animals and birds - for an annual fee.