9 killed after car, truck collide heads-on in West Bengal’s Purulia According to police sources, the victims were returning from a wedding ceremony. They were travelling from Adabana village ...

Nine people were killed in a tragic head-on collision between an SUV and a speeding truck in Purulia, West Bengal, while returning from a wedding.

Nine people were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a trailer truck on the national highway in Balarampur, Purulia (Getty Images/iStockphoto) (HT_PRINT) ...

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West Bengal received Rs 7,507.8 crore in the financial year 2021-’22 under MGNREGS but has received no funds in the following three financial years, the Hindustan Times reported.

West Bengal reported over 100 new Covid cases, according to official data available on Thursday morning. As per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 106 new Covid cases were detected in ...

In a State celebrated for its rich literary heritage, poetry in West Bengal has become a site of contention, with poets voicing concern over the non-holding of the State-run Kabita Utsav this year.

Jute, a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre, has been cultivated in India for centuries, particularly in the Eastern regions. It once held immense economic and strategic importance during British ...

After Operation Sindoor, West Bengal has emerged as a new political center as the state prepares for its 2026 assembly elections. Before that, Bihar will hold its assembly elections at the end of ...

Kolkata: A man was arrested in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday after he was found walking around holding a severed head of a woman, police said.

The incident reportedly took place in Basanti town, located in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district. A video of the man, walking with the severed head has surfaced.

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 ...