Around 250 ineligible beneficiaries in South 24-Parganas have refunded the Bengal government Cyclone Amphan compensation of about Rs 50 lakh. The quantum of refunds prompted administrative officials ...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday her government would talk to the railways for partial resumption of Metro for essential service providers, hours before the Union home ministry issued gui...

Over the past few weeks the state government had cajoled the owners of about 1,900 buses into rolling out their vehicles. On Monday, the count came down to 900. More and more private bus operators ar...

The public works department (PWD) put its restructuring plan on hold till August 31 following intervention by the Bengal government’s top brass amid questions on the need for this exercise at a ...

The West Bengal government has decided to install CCTV cameras in containments zones under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police to keep a watch whether the residents of the area are strictly following t...

The inter-ministerial central team (IMCT) held a meeting with top state government officials at Nabanna on Saturday afternoon to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan.The meeting came in the wake...

The Bengal government on Saturday green-lighted the resumption of bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh via the Petrapole integrated checkpost (ICP) and put standard operating procedures in pla...

Chief minister Ma­­mata Banerjee said on Thursday that Cyclone Am­­phan had resulted in at least 72 deaths before announcing that the state go­vernment would give Rs 2.5 lakh to the family of eac...

Amphan weakens into extremely severe cyclonic storm Super cyclone Amphan weakened into an extremely severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal on Tuesday afternoon as it rolled tow...

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday spoke to chief ministers of West Bengal and Odisha, Mamata Banerjee and Navin Patnaik, respectively, and assured them of all possible help to deal with the sit...