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Anis Khan death case: SIT submits probe progress report to Calcutta HC

A West Bengal government-appointed special investigation team (SIT) submitted a progress report on its investigation into the alleged murder of student leader Anis Khan to the Calcutta High Court.

West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Assam saw over 8% March retail inflation

CPI inflation was more pronounced in rural areas from January in FY22

Non-BJP CMs may meet in Mumbai over political situation: Sena's Sanjay Raut

He said various issues including unemployment, inflation, the 'misuse' of Central probe agencies, attempts to create communal discord etc will be discussed in the upcoming meeting

Mamata's Trinamool, Congress, Lalu's party win bypolls as BJP draws a blank

In West Bengal, movie actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha of the TMC defeated BJP's Agnimitra Paul by 3,03,209 votes in Asansol

TMC eyes clean sweep in both by-polls, Shatrughan leads by over 200K votes

TMC is on its way to a clean sweep as it demolished rivals in the Asansol Lok Sabha seat where movie actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha is leading by an unassailable margin of nearly 230K votes

Trend till noon: Trinamool Congress set to win Bengal bypolls

If the trend continues, this will be the first ever victory for the Trinamool Congress on the Asansol seat.

West Bengal bypolls: Babul Supriyo, Shatrughan Sinha lead in early trends

From the Ballygunge constituency, TMC's Babul Supriyo is leading by 8109 votes.

WB: Counting underway for Asansol Lok Sabha, Ballygunge Assembly bypolls

The counting of votes, which began at 8 am, for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge Assembly seat bypolls is underway in West Bengal on Saturday.

Ukraine war impact: Bengal foundry units face heat as input prices soar

Many have been forced to drastically prune operations, taking a toll on workers' wages

Bengal govt to spend Rs 300 cr on skywalk near Kalighat Temple: Mamata

She said the hawkers would be moved to Hazra Park for the time being, and brought back to the Kalighat Temple area once construction is complete

Dhankhar seeks meeting with Mamata to discuss law & order issues

In the past, there have been several instances of feud between the Governor and the state government over the former's frequent Twitter messages criticising the Trinamool rule in Bengal

West Bengal accounts for 10.4% MFI loan portfolio, second in India: Report

As on September 2021, the total loan portfolio in entire eastern India stood at Rs 2,25,331 crore, a growth of 1.4 per cent year-on-year

Amit Shah likely to embark on 2-day West Bengal visit from April 16

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to embark on a two-day visit to West Bengal from April 16, which will be his first visit to the state after the last year's Assembly elections

Mumbai court grants CBI transit remand of 4 arrested for Birbhum killings

The four accused had fled to Mumbai soon after the killings, as per the investigators

A worm's eye view of conservation

With gentle, self-deprecating humour, Mr Sekhar describes all that the jungles of Buxa taught him to unlearn

Home Minister Amit Shah to be in West Bengal from April 16 to 17

This will be Shah's first-ever visit to the state since the disappointing performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the last year's West Bengal Assembly polls

Mamata pans Centre for hike in commodity prices, demands all-party meet

West Bengal CM Banerjee flayed the BJP-led central government for "skyrocketing" prices of commodities, and urged it to call an all-party meeting to find solutions to ongoing economic problems.

Will Asansol bypolls see Trinamool's first victory in the Lok Sabha seat?

The bypolls are scheduled on April 12 and the counting of votes will take place on April 16

Mamata may need to conjure up resources to woo big-ticket projects

Investor summits by any state are about intent, big numbers, and tall claims.

Birbhum toll rises to 9 as woman dies in hospital; suspensions in assembly

A woman who had suffered burns in the petrol bomb attack in Bogtui village in Birbhum district last week died in a hospital on Monday, raising the toll to nine, a police officer said.