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The National Health Agency (NHA) is the apex body for implementation of the insurance scheme.

West Bengal signs MoU with NHA for health scheme

The National Health Agency (NHA) is the apex body for implementation of the insurance scheme.

21 July 2018 1:26 AM GMT

A group of fishermen had sailed into the sea from Frazerganj in South 24 Parganas earlier this week. (Representational Image)

Missing fishermen: Another body found

A group of fishermen had sailed into the sea from Frazerganj in South 24 Parganas earlier this week.

21 July 2018 1:04 AM GMT

President Ram Nath Kovind with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during the 64th Annual Convocation of IIT Kharagpur in West Midnapore district on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

No. of female students in IITs distressingly low'

The President observed, This cannot go on. We need to do something about these numbers.

21 July 2018 12:59 AM GMT

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks with ICC president Shashwat Goenka during ICC annual session and 90th annual general meeting in Kolkata on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Wrong to project terrorism as Christianity-Islam clash'

The former British prime minister said: Terrorism did not surface only in the Middle East.

20 July 2018 1:29 AM GMT

Robbery suspect Aniket Kothale was allegedly killed in police custody in Sangli recently.

Couple fears mockery by family, kills newborn

The police said that the couple strangulated their baby and threw the body in a pond near their relative's house on...

20 July 2018 1:24 AM GMT

In a span of twenty days, Indian coast guard units on patrol intercepted two suspicious foreign flag vessels off the Gujarat coast. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Bodies of 8 missing fishermen recovered

Six bodies were recovered on Thursday, while two were found on Wednesday, he added.

20 July 2018 1:19 AM GMT

The winning translator will receive 1,000 pounds and a selection of Harvill Secker books.

Bengali named the language for Harvill Secker Prize

The winning translator will receive 1,000 pounds and a selection of Harvill Secker books.

19 July 2018 1:02 AM GMT

On interrogation, it was found that Md. Arif got the gold biscuits from a passenger named Jafar, who had come from Dubai. (Photo: ANI)

Rs 1crore worth foreign currency seized at airport

6 cardboard boxes had been carried in by them as checked-in baggage.

19 July 2018 12:54 AM GMT

Mamata Banerjee

Metro to deploy extra security for Trinamul rally

Who were allegedly killed in police firing in 1993, when the Left Front government was in power.

19 July 2018 12:47 AM GMT

The scene after the makeshift tent collapsed during Prime Minister Narendra Modis rally in Midnapore on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Central team in Midnapore to probe rally tent collapse

The Centre had on Tuesday sought a report from the West Bengal government on the incident.

19 July 2018 12:41 AM GMT

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee flags off Bangla Shree Express service outside Nabanna in Kolkata on Wednesday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Mamata makes safe drive' stickers must for vehicles

CM inaugurates 20 state-run Volvo buses, 21 trauma-care ambulances and 13 wrecker vans.

19 July 2018 12:31 AM GMT

Fishermen pull their boat during high tide in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai on Tuesday. The weather office has issued a rain and thundershower warning for Mumbai and suburbs beginning on Monday night in view of Cyclone Ockhi. (Photo: AP)

19 fishermen go missing after trawler capsizes

During the time of sinking, some fishermen tried to escape from the trawler by jumping into water.

18 July 2018 1:04 AM GMT