The East Midnapore administration, which so far has found only 2,358 of 15,000 Amphan aid complaints filed at police stations in the district to be genuine, distributed the doles on Friday. A block o...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said it was not “possible” to conduct the final-year undergraduate and masters  examinations “now”, as recommended by the Univer...

Bengal is among 13 states or Union territories performing less than 140 coronavirus disease tests per day per million population, a threshold set by the World Health Organisation for “comprehens...

The ruling Trinamul made a key change in party leadership at Bharkata in Mohammedbazar block, Birbhum, ahead of the state government’s proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine project in the area after...

The sale of liquor has dropped drastically in Bengal ever since liquor stores were allowed to reopen in May first week after 40 days of the Covid-induced lockdown. Low sales have dragged excise reven...

The Bengal government has decided to tweak its plan to kick off the coal mining project in Birbhum’s Deocha-Panchami as it doesn’t want to take the risk of relocating more people ahead of ...

Bengal chief secretary Rajiva Sinha said on Thursday that the state government would start the “exploration work” at Deocha-Pachami coal block immediately after Durga Puja. After a meetin...

The Bengal government has decided to enforce complete lockdown in containment zones across the state from 5pm on July 9 (Thursday) to remind the people that they should not let their guard down at a t...

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 ...

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 ...