Over three lakh people in East and West Midnapore had become homeless till Thursday as vast areas of the two districts were flooded amid heavy rain in the past two days. Two persons also died on Thur...

A tourist from Sodepur died and at least 10 persons suffered injuries in two separate accidents that took place amid heavy showers in East Midnapore’s Digha and adjoining areas. Around 11pm on ...

The assistant director of factories in East Midnapore has this week issued notices to 31 industrial units in Haldia with directives to upgrade their fire-safety systems, the move attributed to the fir...

The continued closure of schools amid the pandemic-induced lockdown has resulted in dropouts and at least 500 instances of underage girls being married off in the twin Midnapores this year. Reports o...

Two undertrials escaped from police custody in East Midnapore’s Tamluk on Tuesday morning while they were being shifted from a West Midnapore prison to the court here. The incident occurred aro...

Local sources and employees said the fire occurred around 3pm while contractual labourers were carrying out maintenance work. “In any case, production is halted at the moment. Roughly 1,000 tem...

The Digha-Sankarpur Hoteliers’ Association has set up two camps in association with local polyclinics in the East Midnapore seaside town to provide rapid antigen test (RAT) facilities to tourist...

The inspector in charge of East Midnapore’s Tamluk police station on Tuesday evening filed a suo motu case against the BJP’s Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari and 14 others, for a “mali...

A 26-year-old youth was murdered with a sharp instrument in East Midnapore’s Chandipur early on Sunday by his younger brother after he had reportedly refused the latter’s demand for money ...

Officials in East Midnapore have since Friday set up barriers on the outskirts of the district’s sea resorts and are checking vehicles and hotels to turn away tourists without up-to-date Covid n...