Kolkata

BJP MPs John Barla and Saumitra Khan are now demanding that the areas of North Bengal and Jangalmahal be carved out of the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee condoled the demise of Naskar.

The TMC has prepared a roaster for all senior leaders who will have to visit the party office to work towards its development.

Without naming the governor or BJP leaders, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said ‘they should look at UP, MP and Gujarat where dead bodies are floating on the river’.

TMC's Sougata Ray said Dhankhar didn't take the state government into confidence over various recent decisions and wondered why was he meeting Union ministers in Delhi.

She was 47 and is survived by her husband Alik Chakraborty, who had spearheaded the movement.

State minister Partha Chatterjee said duo discussed matters related to coordination between the administration and party during the closed-door meeting.

TMC MLA Madan Mitra also sought forgiveness from God for any "unknowingly done mistake" and insisted that he was ready for penance.

The 77-year-old politician is presently conscious, alert and talking, the hospital authorities said.

The judge also questioned the manner in which the division bench stayed the bail granted by the special court to the accused on May 17.

Unlike cyclone Amphan, people being evacuated from coastal districts of West Bengal cannot be cooped up inside camps due to fear of infection.

A statement issued by the nonprofit organisation, 'Gandarpan', also said that Bose is the second person from West Bengal after its founder Brojo Roy, to have got a pathological autopsy conducted on her body at a staterun hospital here, following death due...

State Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay and DGP Virendra called on the governor at Raj Bhavan on Saturday evening being asked by him over the law and order situation in West Bengal.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said daily consumption of oxygen in her state has gone up to 470 MT in the last 24 hours and is expected to increase to 550 MT per day in about a week.

Gouri Sankar Dutta (70), who had recently joined the BJP after being denied a poll ticket by the party, had tested positive for the contagion 10 days back.

Noted Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977 for his book 'Babarer Prarthana'. His works have been translated into several languages, including English and Hindi.