Devotees cared little for social distancing norms at Gangasagar Mela and at entry points to the fair as they arrived in large numbers to board vessels and buses to reach Sagar Island in South 24-Parga...

Bengal administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine to over one lakh minors from  age 15 and above, touching 102,829 at 8pm on Monday, the first day of the drive. The number of jabs achieved ...

Bengal on Sunday reported 6,153 new infections — above 6,000 in a 24-hour period for the first time since June 6, 2021, 210 days ago — including 3,194 or nearly 52 per cent of the state&rs...

On Friday morning, the villagers heard the roar of the animal and around 3pm the presence of the tiger was detected after a group of forest officials found it inside a bush. Dhirendranath Mondal, a vi...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her concern over the fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in the state and said her government might again shut down schools and colleges for “some...

A Royal Bengal tiger, which strayed into a locality in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, was captured on Tuesday after nearly a week-long chase, in a relief to the locals, officials said. ...

A royal Bengal tiger evaded traps set up by the forest department and remained elusive till Monday evening, at least four days after straying into a human habitat on the banks of the Piyali river at K...

The royal Bengal Tiger that strayed into human habitat on the banks of the interconnected Piyali and Matla rivers in South 24-Parganas’ Kultali three days ago stayed elusive on Sunday, but attac...

Several groups of Christmas picnickers had to be evacuated from the banks of the interconnected Piyali and Matla rivers at Kultali in South 24-Parganas on Saturday morning after they claimed to have h...

Bengal on Tuesday reported 440 new Covid-19 infections, 451 recoveries and 12 deaths, causing a drop in the total of active cases by 23, to 7,451. Calcutta reported 177 new infections, the only one o...