The city got persistent rain on Saturday in several short spells. None of the spells lasted beyond a few minutes. But the frequency, intensity and spread of the showers were more than what the c...

Hilsa fishermen in East Midnapore and South 24-Parganas finally saw an end to a two-year drought this week when they returned from deep seas with catch of over 100 tonnes. As many as 3,000 trawlers f...

Several villages around East Midnapore’s seaside tourist towns of Tajpur and Mandarmani were flooded early on Wednesday following a full moon tide that showed signs of rough waters starting on T...

Calcutta: Bengal on Friday reported 1,739 new Covid-19 infections, 456 recoveries and no death, with the case positivity rate rising to 14.72 per cent. There are 8,277 active cases in the state: 7,95...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will visit East Midnapore in mid-July and is set to inaugurate a slew of development projects in the coastal belt of the district that had been devastated by cyclones Am...

The operator of the trawler that had capsized in the Bay of Bengal on June 10 passed away at Tamluk Subdivisional Hospital on Saturday, taking the toll in the accident to nine. The ninth victim is Sh...

More than 250 Indian flapshell turtles protected under the Wildlife Protection Act were found dead in the Balageria–Hatiari canal near Alua village of East Midnapore on June&...

Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed an advocate to move a case against the Mamata Banerjee government over the arrest of state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar and restricting the movement of Oppositi...

The driver of the trawler that capsized early on Friday in the Bay of Bengal off East Midnapore’s Petuaghat was rescued on Saturday afternoon. Sheikh Iqbal Hossain, 32, was semi-conscious and c...

The state government will start a special drive to vaccinate against Covid-19 all residents of three Bengal districts chosen by the Centre — East Burdwan, and East and West Midnapores — wi...