West Bengal

Mithun Chakraborty questioned by Kolkata Police over “inciteful speech”

10:58 pm June 16, 2021

Kolkata: Actor-turned-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty was on Wednesday questioned by the Kolkata Police in connection with a complaint accusing him of inciting post- poll violence in West Bengal through his speeches. The interrogation, which was held virtually, began at 10.20 am and lasted for 45 minutes, a senior police officer said. Officers of the Manicktala police station in the […]

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh opens account on Koo

Three-day meeting of RSS functionaries from Thursday

11:45 pm June 2, 2021

New Delhi: Preparations for another Covid wave, post-poll violence in West Bengal and prevailing situation in the country are the issues expected to be discussed in a three-day ‘get together’ of top RSS functionaries starting from Thursday that will be chaired by Sangh head Mohan Bhagwat, sources said on Wednesday. The meeting assumes importance as […]

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

11:47 pm May 28, 2021

Patna: A total of seven persons were killed due to cyclone Yaas in Bihar, even as moderate to heavy rainfall was received in most parts of the state on Friday because of a low pressure area that has been formed across the state in the wake of the cyclonic storm. One person each died in […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Centre seeks services of West Bengal Chief Secretary, officer to report in Delhi on Monday

11:40 pm May 28, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday sought services of West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and asked the state government to relieve the officer immediately with a direction to him to report in Delhi on Monday. Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, was earlier due to retire on May 31 after completion of 60 […]

Cyclone Yaas weakens after pounding Odisha-Bengal coasts

9:05 pm May 26, 2021

Balasore/Digha/Ranchi: Yaas weakened into a severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday afternoon after pounding the beach towns in north Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal with a wind speed of 130-145 kmph, inundating the low-lying areas amid a storm surge even as the two eastern states battled the COVID crisis, officials said. Yaas, which was earlier classified […]