A wild elephant that strayed into the plantation of a tea estate in western Dooars was found dead on Friday morning, with electrocution suspected as the cause. Though autopsy report is awaited, it se...

Two wedding guests were electrocuted to death while another was injured, when a group of invitees perched on top of a bus ferrying all the guests to the venue came in contact with a hanging high tensi...

V.K. Yadav, the chief wildlife warden of Bengal, said it was “extremely unfortunate” that the elephant died of electrocution. The forest department, he said, is going to set up a task for...

An adult makna or male wild elephant without tusks died of electrocution at Kherkata village under Nagrakata block of Jalpaiguri district on Friday night. Foresters visited the spot and filed a compl...

Three children who were taking part in a religious procession were electrocuted  and 15 were injured in Islampur on Friday. Sources said some residents were moving on a truck with flags atop lon...

An 11-year-old schoolgirl of Bagjaan in Maynaguri block died of electrocution while plucking flowers from the home of a Trinamul panchayat member on Monday, the incident sparking tension in the area. ...

Sixty-eight people were discharged on Tuesday from various Covid-19 treatment facilities in Dhanbad. Twenty people were discharged from Nirsa Polytechnic, 18 from the railway zonal training institute ...

An elephant died of electrocution in Ranchi’s Khalari block on Saturday morning after coming in contact with a high-tension wire placed by villagers at a farm to generate power for watering the ...

Calcutta High Court on Thursday started a suo motu case on killings of elephants, bison and birds in north Bengal forests. A division bench headed by Chief Justice T.B.N. Radhakrishnan observed that ...

The carcass of a wild elephant was recovered from a farmland in Banarhat, Jalpaiguri district, on Friday. Binnaguri Wildlife Squad officials suspect electrocution as they found live wires near the sp...