Nadda assures local traders in West Bengal of right market for their products
BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday assured all the local traders in West Bengal that the Central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
No visitors allowed inside Durga Puja pandals this year: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed all Durga Puja pandals (marquees) in West Bengal to be made no-entry zones for the public.
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Mamata holds meeting to prepare crowd management blueprint
After the Calcutta High Court on Monday directed all Durga Puja pandals (marquees) in West Bengal to be turned into no-entry zones in the interests of the public, Chief Minister M...
TMC govt has employed divide and rule policy in Bengal: JP Nadda
Hitting out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday said that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal has employed d...
Durga Puja pandals in WB to be no-entry zones for visitors: Calcutta High Court
In view of the COVID-19 situation in the state and to contain the spread of the virus, the Calcutta High Court on Monday said Durga Puja pandals would be no-entry zones for the vi...
JP Nadda visits Siliguri's Anandamoyee Kalibari Temple on day-long trip to West Bengal
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda offered prayers and sought blessings at Anandamoyee Kalibari Temple here in Siliguri on Monday....
Amid pandemic, Kolkata restaurant provides masks with zips to customers
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a restraunt in Kolkata is providing its customers with masks that have zips attached to them....
COVID-19 impact: Business has not picked up before Durga Puja in West Bengal
Unlike every year, Mintu Pal, a famous 53-year-old idol maker in West Bengal has experienced a 60 per cent loss in his business ahead of Durga Puja while Vinay Ganguram, owner of ...
Hasina sends gifts to Mamata for Durga Puja
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the occasion of Durga Puja, and also sent her some gifts.
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Kolkata Ma Durga idol as migrant worker impresses B'wood stars, fans
Every year, Durga Puja committees in the city compete with each other in an attempt to surprise patrons with new and unique themes in pandal and idol concepts. The Covid scare has...
Bengal: With onset of Durga Puja, two police personnel succumb to Covid
As West Bengal gears up for its biggest festival, the Durga Puja, which starts next week, the spectre of Covid-19 pandemic looms large in the state amid reports of the deaths of t...
Kali temple visit, community outreach on Nadda's to-do list in Bengal
After successfully organising "Nabanno Chalo" followed by mass agitations by the BJP in Kolkata, party president J.P. Nadda will be on a day-long visit to the state on Monday wher...
West Bengal Governor writes to Mamata over custodial death
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday wrote to state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the custodial death of one Madan Ghorai....
On plea seeking independent probe into BJP worker's murder, Calcutta HC asks both parties to file affidavit-in-reply
On a plea seeking a probe by an independent agency into the murder of BJP worker Manish Shukla, the division bench of High Court at Calcutta on Friday directed both the parties to...
Minor among two dead in fire at Kolkata's residential building
Two deaths have occured in the fire which broke out in a residential building in Kolkata's Ganesh Chandra Avenue late last night....
Fire breaks out in multi-storey residential building in Kolkata
A fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in Kolkata's Ganesh Chandra Avenue on Friday night, fire services department sources said.
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Most of the residents evacuated from building where fire broke out: Minister
A fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in Kolkata's Ganesh Chandra Avenue on Friday night, fire services department sources said.
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WB BJP president Dilip Ghosh tested Covid-19 positive
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh was tested positive for Covid-19 on late Friday night, sources said. He was admitted to a private hospital in the sa...
Mamata Banerje extends Pujo gift to professionals working with Webel, WTL, agency-engaged IT staff
Information Technology (IT) professionals working in Webel, WTL, agency-engaged IT staff will now be directly engaged as contractual staff of the West Bengal government, along wit...
Durga Puja grant to be used for improving police-public bonding, procuring mask, sanitizers: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued an interim order directing that the money donated by the West Bengal government to the Durga Puja Clubs should be used for improving polic...
BJP booth vice president died in police custody: BJP West Bengal unit
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) booth vice president Madan Ghodai allegedly died in police custody, claimed BJP West Bengal unit on Friday adding that he was beaten mercilessly in cu...
Actor Soumitra Chatterjee's condition improves
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee's condition improved on Friday as he was responding well to treatment. Chatterjee was battling Covid-19 and was admitted to Kolkata's Bel...
Veteran artiste Pradip Ghosh passes away after testing positive for Covid
Noted Bengali elocutionist Pradip Ghosh passed away on Friday morning at his Jodhpur Park residence, family sources said. He was 78.
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Locket Chatterjee writes to Amit Shah, seeks NIA probe into Beleghata explosion
West Bengal BJP MP Locket Chatterjee has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Beleghata explosion....
Arvind Menon moves HC to shift pending cases against BJP leaders to probe agency outside West Bengal
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Secretary Arvind Menon has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking directions to shift all 138 pending cases against their party leaders to an ...
Tribute to a corona warrior: Geeta Venkadakrishnan
Geeta Venkadakrishnan made herself available wherever there was a crisis and her help could alleviate anybody's pain. In the times of the COVID pandemic, right from the day of loc...
3,720 active cases take Bengal's Covid tally to 3,09,417
West Bengal recorded 3,720 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the state's cornavirus tally to 3,09,417, as per the medical bulletin issued by the state government.
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Calcutta HC questions govt's decision to give Rs 50K to clubs for Durga Puja
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government's decision to give Rs 50,000 monetary assistance to various clubs in the state for or...
Soumitra Chatterjee's health condition marginally improves
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee's health condition has marginally improved in the last 24-hours after the second Covid-19 test result came negative on Wednesday night, h...
Workers protest against sudden shutdown of jute mill in Titagarh
Workers began a protest against the sudden shutdown of a jute mill in Titagarh area of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal on Thursday....
Cinema halls reopen in Bengal with Covid restrictions
Almost seven months after a nationwide lockdown was imposed, movie theatres and multiplexes have reopened in West Bengal on Thursday with strict Covid-19 safety protocols for the ...
Bengalis favourite Durga Puja pandal-hopping goes virtual
The Durga Puja festival has always been the greatest crowd-puller in West Bengal. But this year, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has redefined the lives of millions.
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BJP MP writes to Shah on deteriorating law & order in Bengal
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Locket Chatterjee on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting him to look into the law and order situation in West ...
WB govt turning into principal violator of rights and tormentor: Dhankhar
A day after an explosion blew off the roof of a club in the Beliaghata area of the city, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday once again criticised the Trinamool Con...
COVID-19: Plea in Calcutta HC seeks to stop Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal
A plea has been filed in the Calcutta High Court seeking directions to stop the Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....
Chemical-laced water used against party protestors in West Bengal also had coronavirus, alleges BJP MP Saumitra Khan
Days after BJP leaders alleged that water sprayed by West Bengal Police on party protestors during 'Nabanna Chalo' protest was laced with chemicals, party MP Saumitra Khan made a ...
Mamata Banerjee virtually inaugurates Durga Puja pandals across West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday inaugurated Durga Puja pandals across the state through video conferencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Soumitra's daughter appeals netizens to abstain from rumour-mongering about her father's health
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee's daughter Poulomi Bose on Wednesday appealed to all netizens not to indulge in rumour-mongering about the health of her Covid-affected f...
Calcutta HC orders 20% tuition fee reduction in pvt schools
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a 20 per cent reduction in tuition fees in all non-government aided schools in West Bengal during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mamata unveils double-decker open-roof buses in Kolkata
In 2009, she had promised to transform Kolkata into London and she did mention that in the Trinamool Congress' 2009 Lok Sabha election manifesto. At the time, she was in the oppos...
Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee continues to remain 'critical'
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who is battling with Covid-19 at Belle Vue Hospital in Kolkata, continues to remain "critical" on Tuesday.
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate Manicktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja 2020
Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, will inaugurate the Manicktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja on 15 October 2020. Last year also the Chief Minister had chosen Ma...
Jagdeep Dhankhar asks Mamata Banerjee to withdraw case against Balvinder Singh
Asserting that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee needs to send human rights and Rule of Law friendly signals, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday asked her to withdraw t...
Powerful blast rocks Kolkata, blows off concrete roof
A powerful blast blew off a portion of a roof and wall of a club building in Kolkata's Beleghata area on Tuesday.
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Congress revamps its WB unit ahead of 2021 polls
In the run-up of 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls, Congress has revamped its state unit with the appointment of chairmen/conveners of various committees, office bearers, and electi...
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