Early monsoon hits Kerala, onset in Bengal uncertain
The southwest monsoons arrived in Kerala eight days ahead of schedule, but its early onset over Bengal remains uncertain, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
The southwest monsoons arrived in Kerala eight days ahead of schedule, but its early onset over Bengal remains uncertain, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
Fresh security concerns have emerged in Bengal, following multiple reports of drone sightings — now near the India-Bangladesh border in North 24-Parganas last night just a few days after seven drones were spotted over key areas of the city.
Struggling to run hi-tech machines at health centres due to shortage of manpower, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is now considering recruiting technicians at public-private-partnership model to address the problem.
A group of ‘qualified and jobless’ teachers have expressed their intent to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his upcoming visit to Alipurduar on 29 May, in a desperate plea for justice following a Supreme Court verdict that cost them their jobs.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Saturday visited the newly-constructed Loop Bridge on national highway 717A—popularly known as the ‘Snake Bridge’—near Bagrakote in Kalimpong district to inspect reported structural damages.
Three COVID-19 positive cases including a 20-year-old woman and an adolescent boy have been reported in West Bengal at a time when India has recorded a slight spike in the number of cases in nine states over the past week.
The BSF jawan, who was detained by Pakistan Rangers and later released and handed over to India through the Attari border, finally returned home, nearly after a month.
In the wake of the recent seizures of huge quantities of spurious drugs in Howrah, North 24-Parganas and Kolkata
With an eye on the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ramping up its political engagement in the state, as party insiders reveal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah are expected to visit Bengal alternatively once every month until the polls.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is considering a proposal to bifurcate its organisation in Birbhum district to curb internal conflicts among its top leadership. However, the party’s senior leadership is yet to approve the move.
