West Bengal

Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned whether she will have to touch the feet of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get the dues of the state government on account of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural…

Kolkata : On the occasion of Children's Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday advised school students to use their brains in differentiating between genuine and fake news.She made the remarks at a function here to…

Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, flayed the Centre and BJP on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) issue, and termed it a "ploy" to mislead the Matua community in West Bengal who are already Indian…

Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking exemption on the 20 per cent excise duty levied on the special rice variety 'Gobindobhog'.According to the letter, "without…

West Bengal : At least five people, including a child, were killed on Friday after a car collided with a truck in West Bengal's Nadia district.The accident took place near the toll plaza over National Highway 34 at Nakashipara. According…

Kolkata : On a sunny afternoon just two days before Durga Puja in 2008, then Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata had announced to pull out the ambitious Nano small car project from Singur in West Bengal's Hooghly district, holding Trinamool…

Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of those killed in the Mal river flash flood in Jalpaiguri during idol immersion of Goddess Durga. A sum of Rs…

Kolkata : The death toll in the flash flood in the Mal river at Malbazar in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district has risen to eight.Several are still feared missing.According to sources, the flash flood hit when thousands of villagers…

Kolkata : Seven persons have been killed and several others are feared missing following a flash flood in Mal river at Malbazar in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district while local Durga Puja organisers assembled at the river bank for immersion…

Kolkata : The setting up of three new airports in West Bengal is being delayed for an indefinite period as the Centre is not giving permission, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Thursday."Three new airports are proposed to be set up…