Bengal

Kolkata: In a significant legislative move, the West Bengal Assembly has passed the West Bengal Finance Bill 2025, which includes key amendments to the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, most notably lifting the prohibition on women working in bars,…

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Saturday announced the appointment of Manoj Pant as the new Chief Secretary of the state following the retirement of his predecessor Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika.Although the state government had…

New Delhi: As many as ten coaches of the Guwahati-Jammu Lohit Express reportedly got detached near the Bengal-Bihar border on Tuesday. No casualty or injury have been reported in this matter.At least 10 coaches of Lohit Express, heading…

Kolkata: Some areas in West Bengal's Howrah district on Thursday turned into mini battlefields after clashes broke out between two groups of people over a Ram Navami procession.An organisation, Anjani Putra Sena, took out a procession…

At least one person was killed and as many as 40 were inured in a road accident in Bengal. The accident took place when a bus carrying passengers, overturned on the road. The bus was heading to West Bengal's Burdwan, when the mishap took…

Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress legislator Tamonash Ghosh died on Wednesday, sources said. The South 24-Parganas district legislator was 60 years old.Ghosh was tested Covid-19 positive in May. He was admitted in a…

Kolkata: A 32-year-old Thailand national, suspected to be suffering from Coronavirus, died in a private hospital here on Monday.Hospital sources said the woman was admitted to the hospital at 11 p.m. on January 21 and transferred to the…

Kolkata: Millions of devotees from across India and abroad are expected to attend and take a holy dip in the confluence of river Ganga at the annual Gangasagar Fair in West Bengal on Makar Sankranti.Adequate security arrangements have…

Bhubaneswar: Makar Sankranti is one of the most famous harvest festivals celebrated in several parts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. It generally falls on the 14th or 15th January of every year.Makar Sankranti marks the day when the…

Kolkata: The BJP was ahead in Kaliaganj, ruling Trinamool Congress was leading in Karimpur, while the Congress was occupying the pole position in Kharagpur Sadar after the first round of counting on Thursday for the West Bengal Assembly…