West Bengal

05:08 PM
Mamata not to attend tomorrow's all-party meeting convened by PM Modi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend tomorrow's meeting of leaders of political parties convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

12:36 PM
Healthcare services in Delhi to take a hit as doctors go on strike

Healthcare services at government and private hospitals in the national capital will be hit on Monday as scores of doctors, including those at AIIMS, have decided to boycott work for a day in support of their striking colleagues in West Bengal.

11:23 AM
WB: Bomb hurled at TMC workers' house, 2 dead

Two TMC workers, named Khairuddin Sheikh and Sohel Rana died after a bomb was hurled at their residence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.

10:14 AM
Delhi: Doctors at AIIMS issues 48-hour ultimatum to WB government; threatens indefinite strike

The resident doctors of Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to accept the demands of the agitating junior medicos failing which they will be goin

03:23 PM
HC refuses to pass interim order on doctors' strike

The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order on the strike by junior doctors at state-run hospitals in protest against the attack on two of their colleagues by family members of a patient.

01:10 PM
Harsh Vardhan on doctors' protest: Appeal to Mamata to not make this a prestige issue

Taking note of the ongoing nationwide strike over violence against doctors in West Bengal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday appealed to the Chief Minister of the state, Mamata Banerjee, to not make this an issue of prestige. He also assu

11:58 AM
Kolkata: TMC leader shot dead by unidentified miscreants

TMC leader Nirmal Kundu was shot dead last night by three bike-borne assailants in North Kolkata's Dum Dum area.

03:40 PM
Rajeev Kumar skips CBI summons, sends letter seeking more time

Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar skipped a meeting with the CBI officials on Monday despite being summoned by the agency for questioning in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.

11:27 AM
WB: BJP worker shot dead in North 24 Parganas

A BJP worker was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Sunday late night in Bhatapara of North 24 Parganas district.

06:25 PM
Mamata Banerjee offers to quit as CM, party rejects

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday offered to quit as chief minister of West Bengal following her party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls but the TMC rejected it.

04:00 PM
TMC wins 22 LS seats, BJP makes deep inroads in Bengal

The ruling TMC has won 22 out of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.

12:32 PM
LS polls: BJP storming back to power comfortably, makes good gains in WB

The ruling BJP appeared to be storming back to power with a comfortable majority on its own for the second consecutive time and is set to cross the 300-mark along with its allies in the Lok Sabha.

09:23 AM
BJP accuses WB police of colluding with anti-social elements

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya accused West Bengal police of working hand in glove with the anti-social elements in spreading violence in the state.

12:58 PM
Mamata Banerjee thanks opposition leaders for backing her

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday thanked the leaders of opposition parties, who came out in her support as she protested against the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaign duration in the state.

12:49 PM
BJP's Priyanka Sharma released, SC censures WB government over delay

BJP youth wing member Priyanka Sharma was freed by West Bengal authorities on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court ordered her immediate release.

12:43 PM
SC grants conditional bail to Bengal BJP youth wing functionary Priyanka Sharma

Supreme Court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to West Bengal BJP functionary Priyanka Sharma who was arrested on May 10 for allegedly posting a morphed picture of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook.

11:22 AM
LS Polls phase 6: Voter turnout highest in West Bengal till 10 am

As polling began in 59 parliamentary constituencies across the nation for the penultimate and sixth phase of general elections, West Bengal saw the highest voter turnout in the initial hours of voting despite instances of violence, while Delhi and Ha

09:02 AM
LS Polls: Three BJP workers attacked in West Bengal

Ahead of the commencement of polling in the state, three BJP workers were attacked in separate incidents in the state, officials confirmed.

07:32 AM
Ahead of sixth phase of LS polls, BJP worker Raman Singh found dead in West Bengal's Jhargram

BJP worker Raman Singh was found dead last night in Gopiballabpur, Jhargram.

05:40 PM
BJP looking at Bengal for votes after poor show in other

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said that BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are looking at the state for votes as the party has fared badly in the last five phases of Lok Sabha polls.

09:42 AM
'You BJP babu, you say 'Jai Sri Ram' but have you built even one Ram temple? Mamata asks PM Modi

Snapping back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned him as to why he has not built even one Ram temple but is busy chanting "Jai Shri Ram".

04:29 PM
BJP demands repoll in Bengal's Barrackpore constituency

Accusing the ruling TMC in West Bengal of unleashing "violence" on its voters, the BJP Monday demanded a repoll in Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency.

05:11 PM
Bongaon BJP candidate injured in accident

BJP candidate Shantunu Thakur Saturday met with an accident at Hanskhali in Nadia district, police said.

01:51 PM
IMD: Cyclone Fani to 'weaken further' in next 6 hours, lay centred over Bangladesh

The cyclonic storm 'Fani' that wreak havoc in Odisha on Friday and West Bengal on Saturday, has now weakened into a deep depression and lay centred over Bangladesh and expected to weaken further into a depression.