The visit assumes significance as the Prime Minister is coming to West Bengal, after his party has come to power for the first time in the state in the recently concluded state assembly elections.
Police arrested Regina Bibi, wife of Trinamool leader Jahangir Khan, in the Falta Police Station attack case. Investigators say she played a key role in planning the attempted rescue operation.
A swarm of 3,000 drones will light up the city’s night sky on Saturday, putting up a synchronised show on the banks of the Hooghly as part of the Vande Yogam and West Bengal Day celebrations.
Senior Trinamul Congress leader and Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh on Friday publicly questioned the use of party funds for chartered flights, triggering fresh political discussion over the travel arrangements of the party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.
Suvendu Adhikari emphasised that financial resources would not be a hurdle for projects aimed at protecting the hill districts and North Bengal.
Humayun Kabir, MLA from Bharatpur Assembly constituency in Murshidabad and founder of the newly floated Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), on Tuesday proposed a joint electoral understanding with the Congress to defeat the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) in the 2026 Assembly elections.
Siliguri Mayor Goutam Deb on Tuesday alleged that Railway officials are reluctant to hand over the road overbridge (ROB) to the state government before the Assembly elections.
In a bid to strengthen environmental stewardship, Eastern Coalfields Limited has deployed AI-driven drone monitoring as part of a comprehensive scientific reclamation and green cover assessment initiative with the objective of decreasing coal dust pollution.
Durgapur Police recovered the body of an aya (hospital maid) from an abandoned house on Tuesday.
Kashinath Ghosh, a farmer from Harinkhola under Asarpur 1 No. Gram Panchayat in Arambagh, performed a Krishak Puja in a traditional manner to honour fellow farmers who practise organic agriculture, on Tuesday.
