Tag: West Bengal

New Delhi: Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said. A new report ‘Factsheet Child Marriages 2019′ released by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency […]

Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s statement that Odisha CM and BJD president Naveen Patnaik is not ready to join the grand alliance due to ‘CBI fear’ has set tongues wagging in political circles with Congress accusing Naveen of playing an opportunist game. During a media briefing at the Press Club of India on […]

Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will be sworn-in as West Bengal Chief Minister for a third straight term on Wednesday, after she spearheaded her party to a ramarkable victory in…

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today said the regional parties in their respective States still enjoy a political clout which is quite clear from the just announced Bengal poll…

Kolkata: Several people were injured as clashes broke out in various parts of West Bengal on Sunday when police sought to stop BJP activists from holding the ‘Vijay Sankalp’ bike rallies. Launched by Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Friday, the bike rallies are part of the party’s nationwide outreach campaign ahead of the […]

Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday declared its list of Lok Sabha poll candidates, dropping 10 sitting MPs, nominating some turncoats and giving 41 per cent representation to women, including a number of Bengali screen celebrities like Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan. Announcing the candidates, Trinamool supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said […]

New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee rode the BJP challenge to take her Trinamool Congress to triumph for a third consecutive term in West Bengal on Sunday while the BJP was set…

Kolkata: A family of four including two minor girls were charred to death in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, police said on Friday. The exact cause of the fire could not be ascertained. “The incident took place on Thursday. Surat Ali(42), his wife Rajina Bibi (36), daughters Arfin Yasmin (13) and Asiyana Khatun (6) were burnt […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 20 lakh on the West Bengal government for shadow banning Bangla film “Bhobishyoter Bhoot” based on political satire. It also directed the state government to pay damages to theatre owners who were restrained from screening director Anik Dutta’s “Bhobishyoter Bhoot” (Ghost of the Future) […]

Buniadpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked the voters in West Bengal to put brakes on “Speed-breaker Didi” Mamata Banerjee’s rule and end the “politics of threat, loot and corruption”. “Don’t you want this politics of threat, loot and corruption to end? Then come out from every household in every village, town, nook and […]

Murshidabad (WB): A 55-year-old daily wage labourer, claimed to be a Congress activist, was hacked to death outside a polling booth in Murshidabad Lok Sabha seat, a senior official at the Election Commission said. The Congress alleged that it was the handiwork of the Trinamool Congress but the ruling party denied the charge. Three other […]

Kolkata: Amid widespread violence, including the attack on a Union Minister, clashes outside polling booths, hurling of bombs and EVM snags, over 76 per cent of the electorate voted till 5 p.m. in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Monday. Long queues of men and women were seen outside the […]

Bhubaneswar: Its seems the temple town of Puri is all set to bear the fury of Extremely Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (EVCS) Fani. The likely place of landfall has now been forecast as Puri, one of the char dhams in India, at early morning of 5:30 AM. But post making landfall, as the system will […]

Bhubaneswar: Now, it seems pretty clear that the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani will make landfall in the Puri district on Friday (May 3). However, the guessing game on the particular place and time of landfall is still on. While the latest Indian National Centre of Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) model predict the land fall […]

Bhubaneswar: With packing severity the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani is when a mere 340 km away from Puri, the haze over landfall place and time is seemingly getting clearer now. Both top forecasters have almost predicted the same fact. While the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) in its latest model predict […]