Sonam Tshering Lepcha, who had been awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to folk music, died peacefully at his home at Bongbusty in Kalimpong on Friday morning. He was 92.  Fondly ca...

Bengal on Thursday saw 46 deaths reported till 9am, the highest so far in a day since the pandemic struck, raising the toll to 1,536. Sixteen of the deaths were in Calcutta. On the brighter side, the...

Mitra passed away around 1.30am following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said, adding that he had tested negative for Covid-19. He is survived by his wife and son. A three-time president of the C...

The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to turn the battle for Bengal into one over development and asked district authorities to prepare a booklet for each of the 294 Assembly segments with detail...

Schools and colleges in Bengal will remain closed at least until August 31 and, “if the situation improves in August”, the state government might reopen them on alternate days in September...

Schools and colleges in the state will remain closed at least until August 31 and, “if the situation improves in August”, the state government hopes to reopen the institutions on alternate...

The Mamata Banerjee government has engaged five senior IAS officers to monitor the government’s initiatives to contain the spread of Covid-19 in five districts where the number of infections is ...

Total active Covid-19 cases in Bengal fell for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, by nine this time to 19,493, as the state reported 2,134 new infections and 2,105 more recoveries. The total infe...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday that the lockdown in the containment zones of the state will continue till August 31 as also the biweekly restrictions in place to check...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday seized the opportunity of a virtual event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and televised live to place before the Centre several demands of Bengal to c...