Voting across the three politically sensitive districts of West Bengal ~ West Midnapore, East Midnapore, and Jhargram ~ concluded on Thursday with a largely peaceful tenor, punctuated by sporadic allegations of violence and administrative friction even as voter enthusiasm pushed turnout figures close to record levels under tight security arrangements.
Gandhiji spent nearly 4 months in Bengal from 1 May 1925 to 31 August 1925. Except for a couple of very short visits made to Patna and Jamshedpur during this long phase he visited several parts of Bengal travelling from Midnapore to Chittagong and again from Darjeeling to Chandpur for multiple purposes.
More than 150 people fell sick after eating prasad during a puja in the Daspur area of West Bengal's West Midnapore district, the police said on Sunday.
Days after the visit of chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the flood-affected Ghatal in West Midnapore, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday led a scathing political charge against the ruling Trinamul Congress, accusing it of weaponising the long-pending Ghatal Master Plan as a mere electoral bait while abandoning the flood-prone region year after year.
Where the Kangsabati once nourished fields and sustained generations, it now advances like a predator—gnawing away land, homes, and entire villages in Midnapore Sadar Block.
Central BJP leaders are aiming to restructure the saffron party’s organisation at the state and district level ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections in view of the party's poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
Nandigram in East Midnapore was on the boil on Thursday, just days before the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election.
Four people were killed when the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a bus at Marishda in East Midnapore on Thursday, police said.
This weekend, at many places of south Bengal, could be blistering. The weather office has issued a forecast of the mercury soaring up to seven degrees Celsius above normal, for three days during 19-21 April at many places over districts of south Bengal.
A total of 1,02,535 Duare Sarkar camps had been organised to disburse the facilities entailed under the state government’s various beneficiary schemes till 31 December, with a total of 80,04,440 visitors registered at these camps.
