Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives......
India reported 94,052 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 2,91,83,121, while the death toll climbed to 3,59,676 with 6,148 fatalities being recorded in a day, the highest since the......
A large voter turnout of more than 80 per cent despite sporadic incidents of violence and allegations of vote fraud on Thursday marked the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls. IMAGE: Voters......
The Election Commission of India has issued a notice on Friday prohibiting the conduct and publishing of results of any exit polls between the period 7 am on March 27 and 7.30 pm on April 29, 2021......
With a surge in COVID-19 cases in Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha, the Union health ministry has asked these states to make renewed efforts to suppress transmission of the virus and keep case......
It's official now. The Left Front government won't acquire any land for industry any more. Finance minister Asim Dasgupta formally announced this inWest Bengalassembly on Thursday. Later, land and......
After the Centre's announcement that Maharashtra will get a French-built nuclear power plant, West Bengal could be the next in line for this central gift. But there is a problem: The plant is......
E-kiosks for services like bill payment and job queries are mushrooming all over rural India. Pradipta Mukherjee visits one such centre in a Bengal village.Gorachand Banerjee runs a common service......
Faced with violent protests over land acquisition for industry in West Bengal, the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government has now another problem on hand as a survey has found that very little......
The West Bengal governmentsigned an agreement with New Kolkata International Development Pvt Limitedon Monday to develop infrastructure in the state, including health, education, industrial and......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy AFI/X Asian Championships silver medallist Abha Khatua set national record en route a gold in women's shot put with a massive throw of 18.41m during the second day of the......