West Bengal

A 44-year-old trader from Howrah’s Shibpur, who used to deal in tarpaulins in Calcutta’s Burrabazar, was allegedly killed by unidentified persons in his ancestral home in East Burdwan&rsqu...

Diesel prices broke the psychological barrier of Rs 100 a litre in at least six Bengal districts, the hike triggering panic among farmers, traders and tour operators who demanded central intervention ...

Bengal on Saturday came close to reporting 1,000 new Covid-19 infections in the 24-hour cycle, clocking the highest such figure in over three months at 974 cases. Calcutta and neighbouring North 24-P...

Trinamul chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday took to Twitter to formally announce her maiden trip to Goa later this month and called upon “individuals, organisations and political parties” t...

The Bailey bridge installed at Majerhat in Calcutta after the old one collapsed in 2018 will now be installed over the damaged bridge on Balason river at the northwest end of Siliguri on NH31, officia...

The Bengal government has decided to emphasise on setting up containment zones again as Covid-19 cases have shown a spurt in some districts after Durga Puja. Chief secretary H.K. Dwivedi on Saturday ...

Besides cash, free electricity is another incentive for the organisers, though they have to submit a security deposit. The state had this year raised Rs 9.36 crore as a security deposit. “If th...

“Kolkata property market has remained resilient during the pandemic. There had been a major revival in sales of residential real estate projects in the 2nd quarter of 2020-21 riding on the back&...

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday slammed the BJP for "thrusting by-election" on two of the four assembly seats in the state that will go to polls on October 30. ...

The special operation group (SOG) of the Siliguri Metropolitan Police and a team of Bhaktinagar police, arrested five persons with  narcotics in two separate raids in Siliguri on Wednesday night....