Kolkata

Shimon Sharif said he has been thinking about organising a shooting league for many years but never thought he could do it from home.

The accused persons were booked for damaging government property during the violent agitation on July 19, police said.

She accused the central government of taking advantage of the crisis and tweaking laws and rules to keep on with their "dictator-like attitude".

East Bengal have to declare their ownership change in 10 days to AIFF or face I-League exit.

Besides the bank's normal refinance schemes, this is a special liquidity support measure as the pandemic and the lockdown have severely affected the rural economy, a NABARD official said.

Hitting out at the Yogi Adityanath-led government in UP, Moitra said that it is the job of the courts to deliver justice. It is the job of the police to deliver the accused.

Roy Chowdhury said that India must be prepared since China is militarily much stronger than Pakistan, which India has handled successfully. He added that China's sudden aggression can be linked to India not being with it on various international issues

Amidst the rumblings, BJP leader Mukul Roy, once the number two in the Trinamool Congress and who is now the saffron party's key man in bringing the "disgruntled" leaders and elected representatives of the TMC to the party, claimed that "several top TMC l...

The state government has shared an assessment of damages of Rs 1,02,442 with the central team, according to a statement.

This is the fourth death from coronavirus in the about 1.62 lakh personnel strong force and the second from this unit of GRSEL, a defence PSU located in Kolkata.

The number of active patients in the state thus rose to 2,240, while the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases stands at 4,009, state Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay said.

With a shortage of manpower to clear uprooted trees and restore power supply amid protests by people staying without electricity or water for more than five days, civic authorities in several affected areas have employed the labourers and electricians for...

Officials said 10 new teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are being rushed to Bengal in order to speed up the relief and rescue operations.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Cyclone Amphan hit South 24 Parganas district on Saturday and take stock of the situation.

At a meeting of the Joint Council of Bus Syndicates, it was decided that fares will have to go up by Rs 5 for every consecutive stage in order to meet the cost of running the vehicles, its secretary Tapan Banerjee said on Thursday.

BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels sighting the pink ball is easier than its traditional red avatar.