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Will do everything needed to facilitate free, fair polls: Bengal governor

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Sunday that he would do everything possible to ensure state elections are held peacefully

Saradha scam: Salaries were paid from CM relief fund, says CBI

In a development which may further increase the political heat in West Bengal where Assembly polls are slated early next year

West Bengal coronavirus update: 31 Covid-19 deaths, 1,541 cases reported

The COVID-19 toll in West Bengal rose to 9,536 on Friday with 31 more people succumbing to the disease, a bulletin released by the state Health Department said

Modi government is trying to mislead farmers of West Bengal: TMC

Modi had blamed the state government for depriving farmers in Bengal of cash benefits under the 'PM Kisan Nidhi Samman' scheme

Wrote to Mamata govt to avail PM Kisan benefits for Bengal's farmers: Tomar

Tomar also asked the agitating farmers to stop the protest and come to the discussion table

Modi alleges Mamata govt is blocking central benefits to Bengal farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal

Congress announces alliance with Left parties for Bengal elections

It is not clear how many seats the Congress will contest

Once a Maoist bastion, West Bengal's Jhargram district is now a tourist hub

Back in 2010-11, this region was a hotbed of political turbulence and a stronghold of the militant group, Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Bengal thrives on merit, cannot allow it to turn into Gujarat: CM Mamata

The national anthem, the national song and the 'Jai Hind' slogan were all given to the world from West Bengal, she said at an event her

Class 10, 12 board exams to be held in June: Bengal education minister

Board examinations for class 10 and 12 will be held in June one after another, West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said

Two West Bengal highway projects first to start on new BOT model

NHAI may consider floating another set of contracts in the next fiscal year

Attempts being made to create false narrative about Bengal: TMC

The TMC rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah's accusation that West Bengal had fared abysmally on development indices under the present dispensation

'Garbage of lies': Mamata hits out at Amit Shah over Bengal''s development

The chief minister said, "I will only speak on two things today, he said we are a zero in industry, we are number one in MSME."

Amit Shah blasts Mamata Banerjee govt over attack on Nadda's convoy

He alleged Banerjee had failed to control the law and order situation in the state, which was rapidly falling on all development indices

West Bengal tops the list of states where politics a motive for violence

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been complaining that many of its cadres are victims of political violence in Bengal, because the police simply looks the other way when its workers are attacked

Shah blasts Mamata Banerjee govt over attack on Nadda's convoy

Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday slammed the Mamata Banerjee government

Mamata thanks 4 CMs, Stalin for support on IPS officers' transfer issue

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that the Centre is interfering with her government by transferring three IPS officers

BJP focusing on social, religious bodies to breach Mamata's Bengal bastion

The organisations are believed to have great influence among Hindu voters in Bengal

Centre seeks 3 Bengal IPS officers, Mamata says move unconstitutional

The Centre Thursday shot off a fresh letter to the West Bengal government to immediately relieve its three IPS officers for central deputation

Over 40% women were married before they turned 18 in Bihar, WB and Tripura

High prevalence of child marriages was found in Bihar, West Bengal and Tripura according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS)