West Bengal

PM Modi insulting women of Bengal by mockingly addressing Mamata: TMC

7:37 pm April 4, 2021

Kolkata: Three Trinamool Congresswomen leaders, including West Bengal minister Sashi Panja, on Sunday accused the prime minister of showing disrespect to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by way of his ”mocking tone” of addressing her at election rallies. Panja told reporters at Trinamool Bhavan here that Narendra Modi, through his sarcastic ”didi o didi” (listen elder sister) exclamations at […]

India records highest single-day vaccine coverage

3:04 pm April 2, 2021

New Delhi: More than 36.7 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day coverage till now, the Union Health ministry said on Friday. Of the 36,71,242 vaccine doses, 33,65,597 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 51,215 sessions for the first dose and 3,05,645 beneficiaries received the second dose of vaccine, the Health […]

Bengal polls: BJP candidate thrashed in Diamond Harbour, 2 arrested

2:46 pm April 2, 2021

Baruipur: A BJP candidate and his supporters were allegedly thrashed in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas during their election campaign on Friday morning, police said. BJP’s Diamond Harbour candidate Dipak Halder was campaigning in the Haridebpur area around 9.30 am when his supporters got engaged in a war of words with a few people, they said. Amid the verbal duel, Halder […]

BJP worker found dead in Nandigram

3:25 pm April 1, 2021

Nandigram (WB) A BJP worker was found hanging at his home in Nandigram in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district on Thursday, triggering tension in the area amid the high-profile election here, police said. Uday Dubey was found hanging at his home in the Bhekutia area of Nandigram in the morning, they said. Dubey was under […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

PM urges people to vote in large numbers

3:16 pm April 1, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to vote in large numbers in the second phase of assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal to strengthen the festival of democracy. Polling began at 7 am for 30 constituencies, including the high-profile Nandigram seat, in West Bengal and 39 seats in Assam amid […]