West Bengal

Kolkata:  Amid an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the West Bengal state election commission to consider postponing the election in four Municipal Corporations by at least four to six weeks.…

Kolkata: With more than 73,000 new Covid-19 registered in the last seven days, speculations are rife that West Bengal, which has already announced formation of micro-containment zones, might impose a full lockdown curb the unprecedented…

Kolkata: After much deliberation, the Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed the state government to organise the Gangasagar Mela amid the fresh surge in Covid-19 cases. However, the court has imposed certain restrictions and asked the state…

Kolkata:  In wake of the sudden spike in Covid cases, West Bengal on Sunday announced certain restrictions on the movement of people and public transport from Monday onwards. Though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier said that…

Kolkata: Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed shock and dismay over the alleged freezing of the accounts of Missionaries of Charity, the organisation came out with a clarification, stating that its accounts were…

New Delhi: While the polling for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections on Sunday is underway, the BJP has alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) was 'misusing' every agency from the State…

Kolkata: Despite some sporadic incidents, the much-hyped Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections took off peacefully recording a slow 9.14 per cent voting in the first three hours of polling. According to the provisional data released by…

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has registered one more case against 25 persons in connection with the post-poll violence in West Bengal. A CBI official said that the agency lodged the case…

Kolkata: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) demanding CBI inquiry into the source of income of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's sister-in-law Kajari Banerjee has been filed at the Calcutta High Court. The case is likely to be…

New Delhi: A large number of Indians believe that people from West Bengal will never migrate to Bangladesh despite the country having a higher per capita income as compared to India, better human development indicators and good job…