The Bengal famine of 1943 killed more than three million people in eastern India. It was one of the worst losses of civilian life on the Allied side in World War Two. There is no memorial ...

West Bengal, once a dominant player in India's economy, has seen a consistent decline in both its share of India's GDP and its relative per capita income over the past six decades. In 1960-61 ...

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rushed to flood-hit areas in Hooghly and other parts of South Bengal today, which have been massively affected by the release of water from dams upstream in Jharkhand.

Name and code of railway stations in West Bengal is listed below. Important and main railway stations are in blue colour. For information about other train stations in West Bengal, use the search box ...

Agitating junior doctors launched their 'Droher Carnival' (carnival of protest) from Rani Rashmoni Road in the city's Esplanade area on Tuesday, shortly after the Calcutta High Court set aside ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday slammed BJP-led Central government for neglecting the state during the flood situation and claimed Bengal is the only state not to receive ...

Mamata Banerjee will need to recalibrate her politics to win back civil society which has turned against her after the Kolkata rape-murder The decision of junior doctors on strike in West Bengal ...

Kolkata: Despite the Calcutta High Court on Thursday declining to pass any interim order on the release of ‘The Diary of West Bengal’, no cinema hall in Bengal screened Sanoj Mishra’s film.

West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose announced he will socially boycott Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, refusing to share any stage or attend meetings with her. He expressed disappointment over the ...

KOLKATA: Several south Bengal districts are staring at a flood-like situation after the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released around 2.5 lakh cusec of water on Wednesday - the highest since 2009.

Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors on Thursday alleged that decorators were removing tents, bamboo shafts and pedestal fans from the protest site in front of Swasthya Bhawan after they were ...

New Delhi: As West Bengal'a capital Kolkata has been rocked by protests following the rape and murder of a postgraduate ...