The Latest Breaking News from West Bengal

KOLKATA: In a first since last year's state elections, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday held a "courtesy meeting" with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari at her chamber in the state assembly, raising eyebrows in political circles.

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the chief ministers' meeting in New Delhi on December 5, an official said on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: The Congress has trolled Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the collapse of a hanging bridge in Morbi in election-bound Gujarat even though its leader Rahul Gandhi refused to “politicise” the issue.

Chhath Puja is a Hindu festival predominantly observed in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand. On this day Sun God is worshiped with prayers and religious rituals.

BHATPARA(WEST BENGAL): A seven-year-old boy was killed and two others injured as a bomb exploded on a railway track in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, police said. The incident happened around 8.30 am on the railway tracks at Bhatpara between Kakinara and Jagaddal stations, about 30 km…

KOLKATA: The Met department on Monday warned of heavy rain in coastal Bengal and northeastern states, dampening festive spirits on Diwali and Kali Puja as cyclone 'Sitrang' moved north-northeastwards and lay 260 km southeast of Sagar island.

KOLKATA: A major fire broke out at a godown of Bantala Leather Complex in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday, an official said. No one was injured in the blaze, which was reported around 2 pm, he said.

SILIGURI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that it was not her but the CPM which drove away Tata Motors from Singur.

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