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The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors.
In Bengal, PM reminds Bangla of Pakistan's 'torture' amid warming Dhaka-Islamabad ties The PM faced similar charges on Thursday from chief minister Mamata Banerjee who, speaking in Calcutta, accused ...
This year, a system on the Bay intensified into a deep depression and landed near Raidighi in South 24-Parganas’ Mathurapur on Thursday afternoon. It then drifted towards Bangladesh, sparing Calcutta ...
West Bengal Education minister Bratya Basu on Sunday urged the agitating teachers to have faith in the state government "which is taking every step to end the impasse" following the invalidation of ...
A remnant lay 40 km south-west of Canning (West Bengal); 130 km west-south-west of Mongla (Bangladesh); and 190 km west of Khepupara (Bangladesh), India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal crossed the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast on Thursday (May 29, 2025), prompting alerts across coastal regions and warnings to fisherfolk to avoid venturing ...
West Bengal's Kolkata recorded 2.4 mm of rainfall from 8:30 am on Monday, the spokesperson said, adding that the Met department forecast light to moderate rains in the city and its adjoining areas ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal and said the state “needs freedom from politics of violence, appeasement, riots and corruption ...
It lay centred at 0530 hours IST on 29th May 2025 over the northwest Bay of Bengal off the West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh coasts near latitude 20.8°N and longitude 88.4°E—about 100 km ...
Calcutta High Court urges West Bengal government to recruit more police personnel due to shortage impacting law and order.
In its latest bulletin on the tropical cyclone, the IMD said, “Most of the models are indicating northwards movement of the system and crossing over Bangladesh-West Bengal coasts during 0600 ...