West Bengal

Mamata’s ‘bhaipo’ only single window in industry scarce Bengal, Bengal in BJP’s DNA: Modi

4:52 pm March 20, 2021

Kharagpur (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday launched a frontal attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging her lawmaker nephew Abhishek was the only “single window” in the state without crossing which no work gets done. Addressing his second rally in three days in West Bengal, the prime minister said industries were closing […]

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After spending 40 yrs in jail as undertrial, Nepali man released by high court

11:16 pm March 17, 2021

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Nepali citizen who has been incarcerated for over 40 years in a correctional home here as an undertrial prisoner in connection with a murder case in Darjeeling. Dipak Jaishi, who is now 70, has been languishing in Dum Dum Central Correctional Home since his arrest in Darjeeling district of West Bengal for […]

Ram worshipped Devi Durga as she is superior to him: Mamata at poll rally

10:00 pm March 17, 2021

Lalgarh: Claiming that the BJP will not allow people to chant ”Jai Siya Ram” (Glory to Sita and Ram), Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that Lord Ram worshipped Goddess Durga as she is much superior to him. Addressing the people of Jhargram and Binpur constituencies at a poll rally here in Jhargram district which has a sizeable Adivasi population, she claimed that the BJP will not […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

11:54 pm March 16, 2021

Kotulpur: In a major outreach to the Hindu backward communities of the state, BJP national President Jagat Prakash Nadda Tuesday promised to include all the ‘left out’ Hindu castes in the OBC list if voted to power in West Bengal. Mocking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Nadda said that after practising politics of appeasement for years, the TMC supremo has started reciting Sanskrit slokas to assert her Hindu identity. […]

Bengal logs 225 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths

11:20 pm March 16, 2021

Kolkata: Two more people died of COVID-19 in West Bengal on Tuesday, raising the toll to 10,297, the state health department said in its bulletin. Both of them — one in North 24 Parganas and the other in Howrah — died due to comorbidities, where COVID-19 was incidental, the department said. At least 255 new […]