The Latest Breaking News from West Bengal

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sought an increase in the number of phases, over which the panchayat polls will be held on July 8, from one to at least six.

In a major collision, eight wagons of a goods train overturned after it derailed and collided with a maintenance train at Ondagram railway station in Bankura district of West Bengal on June 25. 

Several MLAs of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal have come out openly in support of the independent candidates in the State’s panchayat polls, prompting questions about factionalism in the ruling party.

Political violence relating to the panchayat election continued in West Bengal even as Central forces started arriving in the State on Friday as per the directions of the Calcutta High Court.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on June 23 said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was working to fulfil Syama Prasad Mukherjee’s “dream of Akhand Bharat”. Addressing a programme on the death anniversary of Mukherjee, Mr. Saha claimed that West Bengal, which he helped create, was turning into “mini Pakistan”.

ED on June 23, 2023 issued a summons to West Bengal Law minister Moloy Ghatak asking him to appear before its officers in New Delhi on June 28 in connection with its probe into the coal pilferage case in the State

It had barely been a month since Palash Adhikary, a resident of Burdwan district of West Bengal, had resettled on the outskirts of Bengaluru along with his wife and two-year-old son when police officers came knocking on his door in July 2022. Having lived in Burdwan all his life, Palash,…

Last week, Additional General Manager of South Eastern Railway Atulya Misra was shifted out and posted as Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, West Bengal.

In West Bengal, a truly independent election watchdog and a sense of responsibility among all political parties are necessary to preserve the purity of the election process.