West Bengal

New Delhi: Tensions flared within the INDIA bloc in West Bengal as Congress clashed with Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mamata Banerjee over seat allocation, exposing the underlying rift between the opposition parties. West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury dismissed Banerjee’s offer of two out of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, asserting their ability to […]

NEW DELHI: As the annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau was released on Wednesday, a startling revelation emerged: West Bengal has experienced a surge of 23.91 per cent in attempted murders related to dowry since 2021. As per the NCRB report, the state has witnessed 322 attempted murders with the primary motive being […]

KOLKATA:  Home Minister Amit Shah will be addressing a mega rally in Kolkata for the “deprived people” of West Bengal on Wednesday, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. This will mark his first rally on Mamata Banerjee’s turf after the 2021 state assembly election.    BJP sources told The New Indian, “Shah will be […]

KOLKATA: A heated controversy and political strife have erupted at Visva Bharati University due to the omission of India’s first Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore’s name from temporary plaques erected on the campus. The cause of the turmoil is a temporary marble plaque at Visva Bharati, displaying the UNESCO emblem at the top, labelled as a “World […]

KOLKATA: In a dramatic turn of events, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested West Bengal Minister Jyotipriya Mallick in the early hours of Friday from his residence in Salt Lake, as part of the ongoing investigation into a multi-crore ration distribution scam. This marks the first instance of a minister’s arrest in connection with a ration distribution […]

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 […]

WB Governor orders release of 71 term prisoners during upcoming Durga Puja

The approval comes after Bangladesh lifted its ban on hilsa fish exports to India.

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Former Trinamool Congress Dhugpuri MLA Mitali Roy, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, two days before the by-poll in Dhugpuri in West Bengal. Her joining was overseen by the BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar in Kolkata. Roy’s truck with the BJP comes at a time when the Dhugpuri seat goes to the […]

"I urge imams and muezzins to maintain peace and discourage any instigations."