Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from West Bengal

Odisha train accident | Ashwini Vaishnaw, Naveen Patnaik and Mamata Banerjee visit site

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited the spot to take stock of the situation

The Hindu

TMC demands Railway Minister's resignation over Odisha accident

The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Friday demanded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s resignation over the horrific triple train crash in neighbouring Odisha.

The Hindu

Migrant worker admits to setting train on fire, say police

A 40-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal has admitted to setting the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express on fire at the Kannur railway station

The Hindu

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Several parts of West Bengal reeling under heatwave conditions

Several parts of West Bengal reeling under heatwave conditions, Meteorological Department on June 2 forecast hot and humid weather in the State’s hill districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong for the next three to four days.

The Hindu

West Bengal govt moves Supreme Court challenging Calcutta HC order in municipality recruitment scam

NEW DELHI: In connection with the alleged municipality recruitment scam, the West Bengal government has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order which had refused to put a stay on the investigation conducted by the CBI and ED.

The Times of India

West Bengal parties use Sagardighi defection and NRC to reach out to Muslims

This was not the first time Mr. Adhikari has raised the issue of the NRC.

The Hindu

Will fight till protesting wrestlers get justice: Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday came out in support of protesting wrestlers who have been seeking arrest of WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh, stating that she will fight till they get justice.

The Times of India

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Former India footballer Mehtab joins Mamata Banerjee's protest march, extends support to wrestlers

KOLKATA: Showing solidarity with the aggrieved wrestlers, former India midfielder Mehtab Hossain on Wednesday joined a protest march in the city led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The Times of India

Bengal finally decides to implement NEP, but drops introduction of centralised admission

West Bengal finally announced that colleges run and aided by the State Government would implement the National Education Policy starting from academic year 2023-2024, a decision that has drawn mixed reaction from teachers.

The Hindu

West Bengal school job scam | ED arrests Sujay Krishna Bhadra

The arrest is one of the series of arrests in the recruitment scam that came to fore in July 2022 with the arrest of Partha Chatterjee and the recovery of huge cash from the residence of his aide

The Hindu

Mamata Banerjee seeks Centre's permission to visit violence-hit Manipur

KOLKATA: Expressing her wish to stand by the people of the violence-hit state of Manipur, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Centre seeking permission to visit the northeastern state, a senior official said on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Mamata seeks Central permission to visit Manipur

Ms. Banerjee, last week had accused the BJP of trying to create “Manipur-like conflicts” in West Bengal.

The Hindu

Such 'poaching' not designed to strengthen Opposition unity, serves BJP: Congress slams TMC after W.B MLA crosses over

A day after its lone MLA in West Bengal joined the TMC, the Congress on May 30 lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee-led party, saying such “poaching” is not designed to strengthen Opposition unity and only serves the BJP’s objectives.

The Hindu

Joint survey on river erosion to be undertaken at Farraka Barrage

The West Bengal Government and the Farakka Barrage Project Authority (FBPA) have decided to conduct a joint survey of chars (land) formed due to erosion along the river Ganga in the State.

The Hindu

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Decorated American officer’s last remains to head home from Darjeeling after 58 years

The mortal remains of Major General Harry Kleinbeck Pickett, one of America’s most decorated officers who fought in both World War I and World War II, are being returned home to the United States from West Bengal’s Darjeeling.

The Hindu

Four more arrested in West Bengal for attack on Abhishek Banerjee's convoy, Minister’s vehicle

Four more people from Kurmi Samaj were arrested in West Bengal for attacking Abhishek Banerjee’s convoy

The Times of India

4 more arrested in attack on Abhishek Banerjee's convoy, minister's vehicle in West Bengal

JHARGRAM(WB): Four more people were arrested from West Bengal's Jhargram district for their alleged involvement in the attack on senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's convoy and also on the vehicle of state minister Birbaha Hansda, police said on Sunday.

The Hindu

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee apologises to people for blast in illegal firecracker factory in Egra

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 27 apologised to the people of Egra area in Purba Medinipur district of the State for the blast at an illegal firecracker factory in which 12 people were killed and many injured.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Darjeeling to join the list of polluted cities of West Bengal, reveals study

A recent study by scientists has revealed that Darjeeling may become one of the most polluted cities of West Bengal.

The Hindu

No Bengal representative at Niti Aayog meeting on May 27

West Bengal will not have any representative at the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday as the TMC government’s request to send the state Finance Minister and the Chief Secretary was “turned down” by the Centre

The Hindu

Literacy project brings migrant workers closer to Malayalam

Malayalam examination was easy. I wrote it well.” Everyone congratulated and clapped, when Sufikul Islam Mandal of West Bengal said this in a chaste Malayalam.

The Hindu

Six months after death, IIT-Kharagpur student’s body exhumed in Assam

A West Bengal police team exhumed the body of a student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur from a burial ground in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Extending support to Kejriwal, Mamata urges Opposition to vote against Delhi ordinance in Rajya Sabha

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on May 23 as part of a nationwide tour to garner support for his fight against the Centre’s ordinance

The Hindu

Law and order in West Bengal ‘not good at all’: Union Minister Meghwal

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal claimed that the law and order situation in West Bengal was “not good at all”. The newly appointed Union Minister of State for Law and Justice was on an official visit to the city on Monday.

The Hindu

West Bengal Government sets up committee to check illegal firecracker units

After consecutive blasts at illegal cracker manufacturing units claimed at least 14 lives in the past one week, the West Bengal Government on May 22 set up a committee to look into such illegal units

1 … 37 38 39 40

People

Chandrima Bhattacharya

12 stories

Biswanath Chakraborty

10 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bharatiya Janata Party

the Trinamool Congress

89 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.