Kolkata

State minister Firhad Hakim has been sent to Malda to take stock of the situation. The state government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh for the kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for each injured person.

The Bangladesh Home Ministry has taken a strong note of the incident in which a man has threatened to kill Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan for ‘inaugurating’ a Kali Puja pandal last week in Kolkata.

Insiders say there are differences of opinion among party leaders in the state. Therefore, it was decided to appoint central leaders to get the actual status of the party in West Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee's nephew and TMC MP Abhishek was on Sunday night seen participating in the yagna -- a ritual in front of the sacred fire -- at her home in the city's Kalighat area.

The governor, who is visiting neighbouring Cooch Behar district, said that an atmosphere of political violence and vendetta is prevailing in the state.

Adhikary's comments in Nandigram on Tuesday, coming in the backdrop of speculation of whether he is planning to quit TMC to join the BJP ahead of the 2021 state polls, added to the buzz.

At least six fire tenders were pressed into service to control the blaze, which was first spotted around 3.30pm, he said.

"In the view of the seriousness of the matter, I would urge the Central Government to urgently step in to control hoarding, to increase supply and to bring down the rising prices of essential commodities, as public is facing acute crisis. Otherwise, the p...

The Bengal BJP would convey its grievances over the recent "political killings" in the state "politicisation and criminalisation" of some police officers, Vijayvargiya said.

Imran travels seven to eight hours every day on his bicycle to sell the sweets in Kolkata.

This will be Nadda’s second visit to Bengal in less than a month. Earlier, he visited the state on October 19 and held a series of meetings in Siliguri.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar also uploaded photos of his meeting with the CPI(M) leader on the social media, in which former chief minister is seen lying on a bed.

The organisers said that they hope the state government would issue a fresh advisory, following the court order, making the situation clearer.

Kaur, who had threatened to stage a sit-in protest with her son outside state secretariat Nabanna from Saturday to seek Singh's release, thanked the media and the administration in West Bengal for the 'positive developments'.

The trouble started after TMC leader Sheikh Shahabuddin, his wife Mansura Bibi, who's a gram panchayat pradhan, and two other powerful leaders were officially suspended for their alleged role in malpractices while distributing Cyclone Amphan relief materi...

he Left and the Congress have hit the roads together over the last one year on several issues, opposing the TMC government in the state and the BJP-led government at the Centre.