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Kolkata gears up for Durga Puja 2023: A spectacular celebration in the making

As Kolkata prepares for its biggest festival, Durga Puja, the entire city has decked itself up in hues of all colours with fairylights glimmering all along. The calls of the shankh and the curled tenor of the Ululudhvani are only awaiting us for a couple of days, when the yellow taxis will start hobnobbing towards […]

WATCH | Food for thought: Viral noodle video leaves foodies cringing

The process of making noodles is meant to make you retch at the thought that such can be the truth of India’s favourite Chinese Noodles are a common staple in the daily street food culture of many Indians. Nevertheless, concerns about their hygiene and potential health impacts have resurfaced following the viral spread of an […]

TMC delegation postpones Manipur visit

Decision comes following request from the Manipur government

2021 once again: Ahead of election, Mamata suffers injuries

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suffers hip and knee injuries while getting down from helicopter following an emergency landing

Calcutta HC demands requisition of over 82,000 Central Forces

HC slams West Bengal State Election Commission for inadequate Central Forces deployment for upcoming panchayat election

Balasore tragedy: Nervous father unsure of sending son back to work on ill-fated train

Binoy Mandal, father of Subir Mandal, who was on the ill-fated Coromandel Express, broke down when confronted with the prospect of his son returning to Chennai for work.

Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee to hold crucial meeting today on AAP-Centre dispute

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is set to visit Kolkata on Tuesday to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The main agenda of the meeting is to garner support from like-minded opposition parties against the center’s ordinance regarding the transfer and posting of officers serving the Delhi government. The discussion is also […]

Mamata to stage dharna in Kolkata for non payment of MGNREGA funds

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will stage a sit-in demonstration in Kolkata on March 29, and 30 to protest the Modi government’s alleged discrimination against West Bengal in allocation of funds and its alleged attempt to malign the image of the TMC government, said TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien during a press conference in the […]

Yadav in Didi’s land: Third Front taking shape?

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav meets Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee as talks of Third Front gain ground

Centre to probe MGNREGA irregularities in West Bengal

Ministry of Rural Development will conduct an enquiry into allegations of misappropriation of funds under MGNREGA in Murshidabad