West Bengal

The Bengal government is planning to set up a separate wing at the Beliaghata ID hospital here for  treatment of all Omicron positive cases, if found, in the state. During a meeting at Nabanna on...

Bengal on Friday reported 608 new Covid19 infections, 615 recoveries and 13 deaths, resulting in a drop by 20 in its active cases to 7,670. A minister said new infections reported on Friday meant tho...

Police in Alipurduar intercepted a truck that entered Bengal from Assam on Thursday night and seized around 500 kilos of cannabis worth around Rs 80 lakh concealed inside the vehicle’s cabin. P...

Politics took the centre stage at the reopening of the Balason river bridge on northwest Siliguri on Friday as rival Trinamul and BJP leaders and supporters sought credit for the installation of the B...

 A Himalayan black bear that strayed into a tea estate on the outskirts of Alipurduar town was tranquillised and rescued by foresters on Friday morning. In the past 10 days, this is the third tim...

The state health department has begun collecting two swab samples each from people who are entering India from Bangladesh through the Petrapole and Ghojadanga land ports to track the possible carriers...

Opposition parties, including a few social organisations, have started arriving in Birbhum’s Deocha-Pachami to reach out to the villagers and read their pulse on the coal mine project. To count...

Trinamul Congress dissident Ratan Malakar on Friday withdrew his nomination as an Independent candidate from ward 73 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation, where Mamata Banerjee’s sister-in-law ...

It triggered sharp response from Trinamul leaders in the state, especially in north Bengal, which is fast emerging as the new battleground between the BJP and Trinamul. The Trinamul line of argument ...

The state fisheries department has directed officials in coastal districts to ensure that no fisherman stays overnight on boats anchored to river banks, in a bid to avoid accidents during the upcoming...