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WB accident: PM Modi announces Rs 200,000 ex gratia for kin of deceased

Fourteen members, including four children, of a marriage party were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a stone-laden truck and their three vehicles

In fight for Bengal's vote, debate on state's economy goes beyond Singur

With Assembly elections looming, the Trinamool Congress is highlighting its industry-friendly tag as the Bharatiya Janata Party vows to transform the state into an investment paradise

Bengal govt makes key poll appointments ahead of Election Commission visit

The full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, will arrive in the state on Wednesday night on a two-day visit

Lower taxes, opening of channels to aid volume recovery at United Breweries

Falling input prices, cost cuts to improve margins

Mamata to contest from 'lucky place' Nandigram as she takes BJP head on

Might contest from both, East Medinipur in Nandigram and Bhowanipore, in bid to achieve twin purposes of snubbing saffron outfit and showing solidarity with farmers

EC team in Assam to review poll preparations, to visit Bengal on Wed

An Election Commission (EC) team headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora arrived in Guwahati on Monday

Mamata's decision to contest from Nandigram due to fear of defeat: BJP

The West Bengal elections are around the corner

Mamata Banerjee to contest from Nandigram in West Bengal Assembly polls

The state election that is due in just a few months

Shiv Sena to contest Assembly elections in West Bengal: Sanjay Raut

The Shiv Sena has decided to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, party MP Sanjay Raut said on Sunday

TMC leaders in Bengal got Covid vaccine shots meant for health workers: BJP

The BJP on Sunday alleged that several TMC leaders in West Bengal were administered Covid-19 vaccines meant for healthcare personnel and frontline workers

Kolkata allocated highest number of coronavirus vaccines in Bengal

Kolkata has been allocated the highest number of coronavirus vaccines in West Bengal, at 93,500, for the first phase of the vaccination drive scheduled to begin on January 16

BJP will win over 200 seats in West Bengal Assembly polls: Prahlad Patel

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel claimed the people of West Bengal are angry with the Mamata Banerjee government and the BJP will win over 200 of 294 seats in the state assembly elections

Govt asks 4 states, which account for 59% of active cases, to check surge

Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal have been asked to take prompt steps o curb recent spike in Covid-19 cases

World Bank commits $105 million loan to improve West Bengal waterways

The Government of India, the Government of West Bengal and the World Bank on Tuesday signed a $105 million project to improve the inland water transport infrastructure in Kolkata, West Bengal

WB, Telangana, Gujarat top 3 states buying 'unclean' coal-based power: CSE

West Bengal gets 84 percent of its thermal power from coal-based plants that are yet to comply with sulphur dioxide emission norms notified by the Environment Ministry, CSE said

Bengal to hold assembly session to pass resolution against farm laws

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said arrangements would soon be made to convene an assembly session to pass a resolution against Centre's farm laws

If a Union minister is outsider, who is insider in Bengal: Anurag Thakur

"If a minister of the Indian government coming to West Bengal is termed as an outsider, then I want to ask that people from which place are considered as insiders," he said

Owaisi visits Bengal, discusses assembly polls with Muslim cleric

AIMIM supremo Owaisi arrived at Futura Sharif in Bengal's Hooghly district and held discussions on the state's political scenario and upcoming assembly polls with Muslim leader Abbas Siddiqui

TMC celebrates foundation day, Mamata vows to continue her fight for people

The Trinamool Congress on Friday celebrated its 23rd Foundation Day across West Bengal with Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee asserting that she will fight and work for the people

2020: A year of political turbulence, pandemic, natural calamity for Bengal

West Bengal's political cauldron was on the boil through 2020