West Bengal

BJP a party of outsiders, has no place in Bengal: Mamata

7:37 pm November 26, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that the BJP is a party of outsiders which has no place in the state. The Trinamool Congress supremo also said she will never allow Bengal to be turned into a “riot-torn Gujarat”. Wondering why Union Home Minister Amit Shah is so busy with elections […]

PM Modi led ‘Trends’ across social media, BJP topped engagement in Aug-Oct: Report

8:46 pm November 23, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to be the most popular politician on the social media in the country as he led the highest number of trends on platforms like Twitter, Google Search and YouTube during August to October period, according to a report by Checkbrand. Checkbrand, an online sentiment analysis company, analysed online sentiment for top 95 […]

People pray to Sun god at dawn; Chhat puja celebration concludes

6:30 pm November 21, 2020

Kolkata: Beneath an overcast sky, devotees paid obeisance to the Sun god on early Saturday morning at large water containers at home, nearby ponds, rivers, and other water bodies, marking the culmination of the Chhat puja. As on Friday afternoon, they also performed the puja rituals at artificial pools prepared by civic authorities but did not play […]

Suspected smuggler arrested with 6.29 kg gold at New Delhi railway station

11:43 pm November 20, 2020

New Delhi: A suspected gold smuggler was arrested from New Delhi railway station with 6.29 kg gold bars worth Rs 3.25 crore, police said on Friday. The accused, Pravin Kumar (37), had received the consignment from his accomplice in Kolkata. He had boarded a train from Asansol in West Bengal and was on his way […]

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

BSF commandant held in cattle smuggling case: CBI source

11:34 pm November 17, 2020

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a BSF commandant for his alleged involvement in a cattle smuggling racket operating at the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, a source in the investigating agency said. Satish Kumar, the BSF commandant who is now posted at Raipur in Chhattisgarh, was summoned to Kolkata for […]