Hooghly, West Bengal: At least 114 children were hospitalised in Hooghly district after they were mistakenly given Hepatitis B vaccine orally instead of pulse polio drops.Six persons were suspended for the the lapse that triggered
Kolkata: Angry protestors - mostly parents and guardians - laid siege of a West Bengal school Thursday forcing its principal to resign for the death of a minor girl student after being "ragged".The Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: The West Bengal Congress will adopt a “wait and watch policy” on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's observation that an electoral alliance with TMC in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is not ruled out.Party leader
Kolkata: The principal of a primary school in West Bengal's Malda district has been arrested for allegedly molesting minor girls, police said on Thursday.The middle-aged principal of a primary school in Bamangola in the district,
Kolkata: The West Bengal Government is keen on restoration of major city roads well before the Durga Puja festival if there was no rains further, state's Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said here today. “We
Rampurhat, Bengal: West Bengal minister Nure Alam Chowdhury was today seriously injured by a mob which took him hostage following a dispute over a piece of land owned by a college in Rampurhat of Birbhum
Kolkata: Students stopped from copying in an examination or irate over a college principal intervening in their fight, went on a rampage with two separate cases of teachers being assaulted reported from West Bengal on
Kolkata: An explosive device along with timers was Thursday recovered from West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, just days after seven people were injured in a blast, police said.The explosive device kept on a cycle was recovered
Kolkata: Two people were killed and two others injured when they were attacked by an elephant in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, an official said Wednesday."In the last 72 hours two persons have been killed
Kolkata: At least seven people were injured Sunday when a bomb went off in a bus in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, police said.The incident happened in Barobhisa town in the district, some eight km from
Kolkata: Claiming that historically Darjeeling was never a part of Bengal, GJM supremo Bimal Gurung today said that those opposed to the Gorkhaland movement and were dubbing Gorkhas as ‘foreigners' were only strengthening the statehood
Kolkata: Security has been tightened in Kolkata and bordering districts of West Bengal today on the eve of Independence day, police said. “As per standard rules, we have received a note from the central government.
Kolkata:An woman agent of a collective investment scheme company allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself yesterday in West Bengal, months after the state was rocked by its biggest financial scam.Manorama Haldar, 32, was found hanging
Darjeeling, Aug 5: Cracking down on the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the West Bengal government Monday arrested a close associate of its chief Bimal Gurung, even as normal life remained paralysed for the third day in
Darjeeling, Aug 5: As the party-sponsored bandh entered the third day today, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading the movement for a separate Gorkhaland state, warned the West Bengal government that it would be
Mumbai, Aug 2: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday met top industrialists, including RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani and Tata Consultancy Services chairman N Chandrasekaran, here and said the state was more investment friendly now
Kolkata, July 25: Two people died while an average 70 percent voters exercised their democratic rights amid reports of sporadic violence during the fifth and final phase of the West Bengal panchayat polls Thursday.An old
Kolkata, July 15: In one of the major drug seizures along Indo-Bangladesh border in recent times, security agencies recovered 2.3 tonnes of 'Ganja' suspected to be a consignment for smuggling.The incident occurred yesterday afternoon when
Kolkata, July 10: A one-day session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly would be convened on July 27 to pass the state budget, state parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee said here today."The session will be
Kolkata, July 4: Observing that setting up one hydel project after another without much thought would hinder the natural river flow, the West Bengal government has taken up the issue with the Centre for consulting
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