West Bengal

Girl dies by suicide after ‘edited’ photos circulated on social media

11:56 pm November 16, 2020

Kolkata: A 15-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Monday after her photographs, superimposed on an adult film star, was circulated on social media, police said. The girl, a class 9 student, was found hanging at her home at Shyamnagar in Jagatdal police station limits, leading to tension […]

Bengal bids tearful farewell to Soumitra Chatterjee

11:40 pm November 15, 2020

Kolkata: Bengal bade a tearful adieu to iconic actor Soumitra Chatterjee as thousands of people walked a few kilometres following a hearse which carried his body to a crematorium where his mortal remains were consigned to flames with full state honours here on Sunday evening. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with her ministerial colleagues and a host of film […]

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

Bengal registers record recovery of 4,283 COVID patients

8:45 pm November 6, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal on Friday reported the highest single-day recovery of 4,283 COVID-19 patients, taking the total number of cured people to 3,54,732, the health department said in a bulletin. The death toll mounted to 7,177 after 55 more people succumbed to the disease. The bulletin said that 3,942 people tested positive for the infection […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

CAA to be implemented soon: Nadda

8:29 pm October 19, 2020

Siliguri (WB): BJP national president J P Nadda Monday said the execution of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act has been delayed due to the pandemic and asserted that the law will be implemented soon. Nadda, who was speaking at a meeting of social groups of north Bengal, accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of […]

COVID UPDATE: India sustains trend of consistently low active cases

2:01 pm October 19, 2020

New Delhi: India has crossed another milestone in its fight against COVID-19. The national cumulative Positivity Rate has fallen under 8%. This trend has been sustained without a break for four days. The cumulative Positivity Rate is 7.94% now and is on a continuous decline. This has been brought about by high level of comprehensive […]