West Bengal: News
01 Jun 2021
Narendra ModiRetired Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay appointed Mamata's chief advisor
Escalating a feud between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Alapan Bandyopadhyay was appointed as the formers' chief advisor.
31 May 2021
Narendra ModiWest Bengal Chief Secretary quits amid Mamata-Modi row
Alapan Bandyopadhyay has quit as West Bengal Chief Secretary and will now serve as Chief Adviser to the state government, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced today.
29 May 2021
Fire BrigadeFour charred bodies recovered from building after massive fire
The firefighters on Saturday morning recovered four unidentified charred bodies from a building in North 24 Parganas in New Barrackpore, West Bengal, where a devastating fire had broken out on early Thursday morning, in a vest manufacturing unit and other combustible item-filled godowns, including that of a medical retail chain.
29 May 2021
Narendra ModiPM Modi-Mamata Banerjee meet row: Centre recalls WB Chief Secretary
The Centre issued an order Friday to recall West Bengal's Chief Secretary, Alapan Bandyopadhyay, directing him to report to the central government's Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Monday.
27 May 2021
IndiaCyclone Yaas: PM Modi to visit West Bengal, Odisha tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Odisha and West Bengal tomorrow to review the impact of Cyclone Yaas in the two states.
26 May 2021
OdishaCyclone Yaas: Kolkata Airport shuts operations, over 1 million evacuated
The very severe cyclonic storm - Yaas - is centered around 50 km South-Southeast of Balasore in Odisha and its landfall process began around 9 am, the weather department has said.
25 May 2021
IndiaCyclone Yaas: IMD warns flooding, disruption in power supply
Officials at the India Meteorological Department have warned possible disruption in power supply and flooding in low-lying areas in the eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal, as Cyclone Yaas is set to make landfall near Dhamra Port early tomorrow morning.
25 May 2021
OdishaCyclone Yaas landfall likely in Balasore; Odisha rushes relief teams
The Odisha government on Monday rushed a rescue and relief team to the Balasore district ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Yaas.
21 May 2021
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Narada case: House arrest ordered for 2 Bengal Ministers, others
All four West Bengal politicians who were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) this week, will be put under house arrest, the Calcutta High Court ordered today.
20 May 2021
Cyclone TauktaeBrace for another cyclonic storm. 'Yass' will hit Odisha, Bengal
After severe cyclonic storm Tauktae on the west coast, another cyclone - Yass - is likely to hit the east coast on May 26-27, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.
17 May 2021
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Narada sting operation: TMC workers protest against arrest of ministers
Hundreds of TMC supporters gathered outside the CBI office in Kolkata on Monday to protest against the arrest of two senior West Bengal ministers and others in connection with the Narada sting operation case.
17 May 2021
COVID-19Television journalist Anjan Bandyopadhyay dies after battle with COVID-19
Eminent journalist and popular television anchor Anjan Bandyopadhyay, who tested positive for COVID-19 around a month ago, died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Sunday night, a health department official said. He was 56.
15 May 2021
Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's brother Ashim dies of COVID-19
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee's younger brother, Ashim Banerjee, passed away on Saturday morning due to COVID-19 related complications in Kolkata. He was 62 years old.
08 May 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaWest Bengal government moves SC against Centre's vaccine policy
The West Bengal government on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the central government's new vaccination policy.
06 May 2021
IndiaUnion Minister's convoy allegedly attacked in West Bengal
V Muraleedharan, the Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, today alleged that his convoy was attacked by some supporters of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress party (TMC) during his visit to the state.
06 May 2021
Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal post-poll violence: Centre forms 4-member fact-finding team
Amid reports of violence continuing to emerge from West Bengal, following the Trinamool Congress's (TMC) win in the recent state Assembly elections, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday rushed a four-member fact-finding team to Kolkata and asked it to submit a report within 48 hours.
06 May 2021
Union Home MinistryMHA forms four-member team to probe post-poll violence in WB
The Union Home Ministry has formed a four-member fact-finding team to look into the reasons for the post-poll violence in West Bengal and also assess the ground situation in the state, the officials said on Thursday.
06 May 2021
Trinamool CongressBJP leader's mother's body lies in morgue, family in hiding
Kakali Kshetrapal, a BJP leader's mother was killed in post-poll clashes in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman.
05 May 2021
IndiaMamata Banerjee takes oath as West Bengal Chief Minister
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term, after winning a bitterly-fought election held under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
05 May 2021
Trinamool CongressHindus in Bengal terrified, will use right of self-defense: VHP
Expressing anger over the post-poll violence in West Bengal, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), on Tuesday, said the Hindu society in the state is terrified by the unabated political attacks and has the full right of self-defense.
02 May 2021
Tamil NaduTMC retains West Bengal; DMK unseats AIADMK; Left wins Kerala
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections of four states and one Union Territory is currently underway and the figures from West Bengal have dominated headlines.
02 May 2021
Tamil NaduElection Commission wants all victory celebrations to stop
The Election Commission on Sunday asked the Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure that no victory celebrations take place.
30 Apr 2021
CoronavirusCoronavirus: Partial lockdown in West Bengal with immediate effect
The West Bengal government on Friday announced fresh restrictions with immediate effect to limit the spread of COVID-19. The restrictions will remain in force until further orders.
29 Apr 2021
KolkataWest Bengal: Polling for last phase begins amid raging pandemic
Voting for the eighth and final phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal started this morning at 7 am, at a time when the state is struggling to stem the spread of coronavirus.
28 Apr 2021
Trinamool CongressAfter TMC candidate's COVID-19 death, wife files complaint against EC
The wife of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Kajal Sinha, who died of COVID-19, has filed a complaint against officials of the Election Commission.
26 Apr 2021
Mamata BanerjeeSeventh phase of West Bengal polls underway amid coronavirus spike
At a time when a raging COVID-19 wave is ripping India apart, the seventh phase of Assembly polls in West Bengal started today.
20 Apr 2021
Eastern RailwayWB: 90 suburban train drivers, guards contract coronavirus, services hit
Eastern Railway on Tuesday said that it has so far canceled 56 local trains in the Sealdah Division after around 90 drivers and guards tested positive for COVID-19.
17 Apr 2021
Election Commission of India (ECI)West Bengal: Amid coronavirus surge, fifth phase of polls begins
As India finds itself unprepared to tackle a raging second wave of coronavirus, the fifth phase of West Bengal polls started today.
16 Apr 2021
West Bengal ElectionsFive poll contestants test COVID-19 positive in West Bengal
At least five candidates of different parties contesting the ongoing Assembly election in West Bengal have tested positive for COVID-19, a health department official said on Friday.
14 Apr 2021
Mamata BanerjeeBJP will not get even 70 seats in WB: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the BJP will not be able to win even 70 seats in the ongoing state assembly elections which many expect to be a cliff-hanger.
12 Apr 2021
Mamata BanerjeeBengal election: Mamata Banerjee banned from campaigning for 24 hours
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Monday banned for 24 hours from campaigning for the ongoing state Assembly polls.
10 Apr 2021
IndiaIn poll-bound Bengal, daily COVID-19 cases rise by 15 times
As the country grapples with a dreadful second wave of the coronavirus, West Bengal has seen its daily number of cases increasing by as much as 15 times in the last 30 days.
10 Apr 2021
Narendra Modi'Modi is hugely popular,' admits Prashant Kishor in viral clips
On Saturday, just as the fourth phase of Assembly elections started in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Amit Malviya shared clips of Prashant Kishor, the election strategist for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, wherein he admitted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is highly popular.
10 Apr 2021
IndiaViolence erupts in Bengal, 4 shot dead; EC seeks report
Four people were reportedly shot dead on Saturday when security personnel opened fire after being attacked in Sitalkuchi in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district as the state went to polls in its fourth phase of the ongoing Assembly elections.
09 Apr 2021
Mamata BanerjeeShah campaigns for actor Rudranil in Mamata's backyard
On a door-to-door electioneering drive, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday went around Kolkata's Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, considered to be a backyard of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
02 Apr 2021
Election Commission of India (ECI)Assembly elections: Polling not disrupted in Nandigram, says Election Commission
The two observers of the Election Commission, deployed to report on the situation in West Bengal during the second phase of Assembly polls yesterday, made no mention of the chaos in Nandigram's Boyal.
01 Apr 2021
Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal election: Stuck between TMC-BJP ruckus, Mamata dials Governor
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday dialed Governor Jagdeep Dhankar after supporters of her Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed at a polling booth in Nandigram.
01 Apr 2021
AssamAssembly elections: Nandigram among 30 West Bengal constituencies voting today
A total of 69 Assembly constituencies, spread across West Bengal and Assam, went to polls today morning.
31 Mar 2021
Mamata BanerjeeEC imposes prohibitory orders in Nandigram ahead of polling
Ahead of the high-stake elections in Nandigram, the Election Commission on Wednesday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in Nandigram assembly constituency in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur District, a senior official said.
