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ICICI Bank eyes retail expansion, to open 450 new branches this fiscal

With 385 new branches opened so far this fiscal, ICICI Bank now has a wide retail network of nearly 5260 branches across the country, the bank said on Tuesday.

BJP to raise NRC pitch after data reveals W Bengal has Bangladeshi convicts

According to the NCRB data of 2017, West Bengal has the highest number of foreign prisoners among all the states.

BJP stages protest against killing of its eight party workers in Bengal

The saffron party claimed eight of its party workers were killed in Bengal in the last one week excluding the triple murder in Murshidabad district.

WBJEE 2020 exam date may be advanced to February 2, before Class 12 exams

The WBJEE board forwards state education minister's proposal to advance the WBJEE 2020 exam to February 2, 2020, ten weeks earlier than the present date

Slowdown hits Durga Puja budget, sponsorships for large pandals down 20-50%

Smaller clubs forced to curtail budgets, scale down celebrations

Haldia Petrochemicals shuts down plant after fire leaves 15 injured

The fire broke out at the company's Haldia plant in West Bengal on Friday, leaving at least 15 people injured

Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar fails to appear before CBI

Rajeev Kumar's anticipatory bail application is likely to come up before a special CBI court

West Bengal won't enforce new traffic rules, fines too harsh: Mamata

In a federal structure it is the prerogative of a state to decide on issues like enforcing the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, she said

West Bengal passes bill against mob assault and incidents of lynching

The West Bengal (Prevention of Lynching) Bill, 2019, tabled in the House on Friday, was supported by the opposition Congress and CPI(M)

Bercow "shocked"; his options limited

The offender is Her Majesty herself even though everyone knows she is obliged to do the bidding of the prime minister she has appointed

Tea prices shoot up at auctions after rains hit Assam, West Bengal

Estates in central Assam recorded between 4.50-6.50 inches of rainfall as against a normal rainfall of 1-1.50 inches in July.

A sweet end: After WB, Odisha gets GI tag for its version of Rasgulla

Both states staked their claim on the syrupy dessert. In 2017, West Bengal secured the GI tag for its 'Banglar Rasogolla'

Centre has right to ask Mamata to stop political killings in Bengal: Shah

Shah said the Home Ministry had not issued an advisory to West Bengal over any law and order problem but for the killing of political party workers

Identity politics: Rename West Bengal to 'Bangla', says Trinamool MP

This comes at a time when Mamata Banerjee has raised the issue of Bengali identity as a means to counter the BJP's increasing influence in the state

WB doctors' strike: Mamata to meet 2 representatives from each medical college

As doctors' strike enteres the seventh day in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet two representatives from each medical college of the state in Nabanna later on Monday.Banerjee on Saturday had extended an olive branch to the agitating doctors by promising not to invoke the stringent Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and appealed to them to resume work immediately.She also said that the state government would bear all medical expenses for the treatment of the two junior doctors, who were assaulted in a Kolkata hospital that triggered the strike.Meanwhile, while attacking the TMC supremo, BJP leader and Union Minister Babul Supriyo said, "Doctors are unwilling to speak to Mamata Banerjee. They think that they made be threatened by her inside a closed room. This shows a lack of trust the people have on Mamata Banerjee."Both the junior and senior doctors are on strike from the past five days after two of their colleagues were attacked and seriously injured over ..

BJP gets first Zilla Parishad in Bengal as TMC members switch sides

A number of TMC leaders have joined the BJP after it emerged as a strong challenger to the state's ruling party by winning 18 Lok Sabha seats of the total 42 there

W Bengal governor calls TMC, BJP, others for talks on law and order problem

The call comes in the wake of fresh violence in the state, with four killings in this week alone

Bengal violence: At least two killed, three injured in North 24 Parganas

The TMC claimed that the victims were supporters of the party and were targeted by miscreants hired by the BJP, a charge denied by the saffron party

Violence 'planted game' to topple my govt: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

BJP took out rallies in Kolkata and elsewhere on Monday, as they observed a "Black Day" to protest against the killing of its workers and the alleged "deteriorating" law-and-order situation

BJP marks 'Black Day' with protest rallies across Bengal, bandh in Basirhat

The BJP took out protest rallies in the district subdivision, demanding immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the killings of its workers