![]() | At least six Palestinians killed in latest fighting with Israel, Palestinian health officials sayThe deadly violence between Israel and the Palestinians over the last year and a half has surged to levels unseen in the West Bank in some two decades. |
![]() | CPI(M) will strengthen INDIA bloc nationally, fight TMC, BJP in Bengal: Senior leaderChakraborty said the CPI(M) will not soften its fight against the TMC, which is "singed by corruption, allegedly depriving teaching jobs to thousands of youths". |
![]() | Dhupguri sub-division: Days after TMC wins bypoll, Didi keeps promiseThe Jalpaiguri district administration has readied a map for the proposed sub-division and sent to Nabanna, the state secretariat, along with other details. |
![]() | Choose between us and CPI(M) in Bengal: TMC to send feelers to 'INDIA' ally CongressIt is speculated that the TMC leadership has also decided not to go for any discussion with the Left Parties at any point in time on the seat-sharing formula. |
![]() | Mamata clips wings of BJP turncoat Babul Supriyo in West Bengal cabinet reshuffleThe West Bengal Chief Minister made changes to the portfolios of several ministries before she left for Spain aiming to bring investments to Bengal. |
![]() | Boy dies after being run over by goods vehicle in West Bengal's JalpaiguriUpset by the boy's death, locals set the goods vehicle on fire and held a massive protest, demanding stringent action against the accused. |
![]() | Amateur radio club helps find Bengal woman, presumed dead for over a decade, in RajasthanNajmunar Khatun was a teenager when she reportedly got lost, and is now around 27 years old and is married to a Hindu man and they have three children. |
![]() | Bengal Assembly passes resolution to observe Pashimbanga DiwasEarlier this year, the Centre announced that June 20 be observed as West Bengal Foundation Day and the Bengal government, instead, preferred the first day of Bengali New Year. |
![]() | 'Will continue to fight to make state universities free of corruption, violence': Bengal GovernorHis comment comes at the time when state government and the Raj Bhavan are embroiled in a war of words over the appointments of interim vice-chancellors of some state universities by the governor. |
![]() | Amid row with CM, Bengal Governor appoints officiating VC of another varsityThe governor on Tuesday night announced the name of Professor Kajal De as the officiating VC of the newly established Kanyashree University. |
![]() | Bengal: Elderly man arrested for raping Class 5 student repeatedly, used to give her Rs 10 afterwardsThe incidents, which took place in Panishali gram panchayat in the Khoribari area, came to light after the class 5 student told her mother. |
![]() | Bengal Governor appoints officiating VC of another varsity amid rowNoting that VCs must be picked from the names suggested by the five-member search committee, Mamata alleged that Bose was appointing people at his will with no regard to the suggestions of the panel. |
![]() | Bengal CM Mamata, Governor Ananda Bose spar over university appointmentsMamata also threatened to stage a sit-in demonstration in front of Raj Bhavan if he continued to act against the federal structure and disregard the state government. |
![]() | Bypolls in seven seats across six states peacefulOpposition INDIA alliance’s first electoral test Results may have a bearing on 2024 Lok Sabha elections |
![]() | Assembly bypolls: High voter turnout in Kerala, Tripura, W Bengal seats; moderate in UP, U'khandIn Dhupguri in West Bengal and Puthuppally in Kerala, where the INDIA bloc constituents were up against each other, the voting was around 76 per cent and nearly 73 per cent respectively. |
![]() | Face-off between Bengal Governor, CM hits new low; Mamata threatens to block funds to varsitiesMamata upped the ante against Bose over his recent move appointing interim vice-chancellors in seven universities and initiating the process in nine other institutions. |
![]() | Voting begins for bypolls across seven Assembly seats in six statesThe outcome of these bypolls will be important as it could be an indicator of what is in store for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. |
![]() | Dhupguri Assembly bypoll in West Bengal a litmus test for BJP ahead of Lok Sabha electionsThe Dhupguri Assembly seat fell vacant on July 25 with the demise of incumbent BJP MLA Bishnupada Roy. The result of the by-election to the seat will be announced on September 8. |
![]() | 'Raj Bhavan acting in dictatorial manner': West Bengal minister on Guv appointing interim VCsA group of educationists, including former vice-chancellors of state universities, described the action by the governor to appoint interim VCs in several varsities as "adventurous and illegal". |
![]() | Push to set up green crackers units to continue in Bengal despite Duttapukur blast, says officialEnvironmentalist SM Ghosh said the illegal Duttapukur unit was actually making "peto" and "lal sada" crude bombs. |
