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People resorted to panic buying in several markets of West Bengal on Thursday disregarding social distancing norms. (PTI Photo)

Panic buying returns in Bengal markets ahead of fresh lockdown in...

Long queues were witnessed outside department stores as people bought commodities for storage during the lockdown period

9 July 2020 2:30 PM IST

The Kolkata police however brushed aside the allegation. Representational Image. (Photo: PTI)

Kolkata woman killed in moving taxi, body dumped in a canal; cabbie...

A driver of a mobile application-based taxi service has been arrested.

4 July 2020 5:58 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Senior Kolkata police officers come to blows

Protests happened by group of local people demanding restoration of power supply which has been snapped due to Cyclone...

25 May 2020 5:52 PM IST

Cyclone Amphan toll rises to 85 in Bengal; protests over electric, water supply. (PTI Photo)

Cyclone Amphan death toll rises to 85 in Bengal, residents protest...

People in various parts of Kolkata staged protests and blockades since Friday night demanding immediate resumption of...

23 May 2020 3:33 PM IST

WB asks Railways not to send Shramik Special trains to state till May 26 in view of Cyclone Amphan. (PTI Photo)

West Bengal asks Railways not to send 'Shramik Special' trains till...

With normal life thrown out of gear by the region's worst weather disaster, the authorities have been scrambling to...

23 May 2020 12:59 PM IST

Kolkata hospitals in a spot as nurses quit jobs. (PTI Photo)

Kolkata hospitals in a spot as nurses quit jobs, leave city amid...

A nurse, who left for Manipur earlier this week, said safety concerns and parental pressure were the two main reasons...

17 May 2020 9:01 PM IST

The Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata is a central government institution.

Bengal to turn two big hospitals into corona facilities

Together they will add 2300 beds to the war against corona

29 March 2020 9:38 PM IST

TMC workers stand in a queue as they show their IDs before the start of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjees address during the launch of her partys campaign Banglar Garbo Mamata (Bengals Pride Mamata) in Kolkata ahead of the municipal and 2021 state Assembly elections on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi violence state-sponsored planned genocide: Mamata

Mamata offers shelter to Delhi riot victims, launches new campaign for civic, states polls.

3 March 2020 4:39 AM IST

Jagdeep Dhankhar

Bengal polls: Gov to take update from top official

The BJP, however, accused the ruling Trinamul Congress of giving a short time to the Opposition parties for poll...

25 Feb 2020 2:55 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI )

WB BJP chief takes swipe at Mamata Banerjee

He alleged that the ruling party has been trying to go to the civic body polls without giving time to the BJP.

24 Feb 2020 2:37 AM IST

haratiya Janata Party president J.P. Nadda

JP Nadda meets Nitish Kumar, Bihar BJP workers

Nadda's meeting with Mr Kumar is being seen as crucial ahead of the Assembly elections slated to be held in November...

23 Feb 2020 3:59 AM IST

3-time MP, TMC leader Krishna Bose dies at 89

Trinamul supremo and chief minister Mamata Banerjee mourned her death.

23 Feb 2020 3:57 AM IST