West Bengal

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Narendra Modi

Teesta treaty: Modi's liability or Mamata's?

Signing the Teesta treaty is still possible, in keeping with the Indian constitution and international laws. How to get West Bengal to agree, or to sign the treaty without their approval, is India's ...

Chief minister of India's West Bengal Mamata Banerjee with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Kolkata on 22 November, 2019

Centre did not allow me to meet Bangladesh PM Hasina: Mamata Banerjee

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, during the joint press statement at Hyderabad House, expressed hope that the issue of Teesta water sharing with India will be resolved soon

Vice President-elect Jagdeep Dhankhar being felicitated by India's central Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, at his residence, in New Delhi on 6 August 2022

Ex-West Bengal governor Dhankhar India’s new Vice President

With Dhankhar’s election as vice-president, the presiding officers of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will be from Rajasthan

West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee

West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee arrested over SSC scam

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested former West Bengal education minister, Partha Chatterjee in connection with the West Bengal School Service Commission and West Bengal Primary ...

PK Halder arrested by India's central intelligence agency

PK Halder and 5 others taken on judicial remand in West Bengal

Kolkata's metropolitan sessions court has ordered six persons including Prashanta Kumar Halder (PK Halder) to be taken on judicial remand

DCCI delegation visits Kolkata to explore new trade opportunities

DCCI delegation visits Kolkata to explore new trade opportunities

During the visit, the Dhaka Chamber delegation will join for several interactive business meetings with the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, Bengal Chamber of Commerce, ...

Shyam Benegal responds to criticism of ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’ trailer

Shyam Benegal responds to criticism of ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’ trailer

Notated Indian film director Shyam Benegal, who directed ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’, a biopic on Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has responded to the criticism on ...

PK Haldar

PK Halder placed on three-day remand

India’s central intelligence agency, the Enforcement Directorate, arrested PK Haldar from North 24 Parganas in West Bengal on Saturday

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a public rally, in Siliguri on 5 May 2022

Bangladesh-India border Amit Shah inaugurates 3 floating border posts in Sundarbans areas

The number of floating BOPs has been increased to enhance the surveillance in the inaccessible areas of Sunderbans of West Bengal

Tipu Munshi holds meeting with Mamata Banerjee

Tipu Munshi holds meeting with Mamata Banerjee

The Commerce Minister is leading the Bangladesh delegation to the two-day business event that will start on 20 April 2022

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier guards captured cattle from the unfenced India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, India, on 20 June 2015

Bangladesh-India border Advanced devices being used to stop cattle smuggling: BSF

Strategy is very clear that we do not allow any smuggling including cattle along the international border, said BSF DG Pankaj Kumar Singh

West Bengal to enforce partial shutdown from Monday

Covid-19 West Bengal to enforce partial shutdown from Monday

In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the West Bengal government on Sunday decided to shut down schools and other educational institutes, spas, salons, beauty parlours, zoos, and entertainment parks from ...

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel take position during the patrolling at Indian Pakistan international border outskirts, in Jammu on 27 July 2021

‘No legal significance of resolution passed by Bengal assembly against decision on BSF jurisdiction’

West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution against the Centre’s move to extend BSF’s jurisdiction to 50km from the international border in the state

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speaks during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on 10 August 2021

Congress MP writes Modi to open land port in Rajshahi, Murshidabad

Road connectivity over the river Padma between Jalangi and Rajshahi district of Bangladesh can herald a paradigm shift in the economic growth of both the countries, the Congress MP said

Tmc candidate and west bengal chief minister mamata banerjee shows three fingers symbolises the winning the seat for the three times.

Mamata secures chief minister's post winning Bhabanipur by-polls

Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee on Sunday secured her seat as West Bengal chief minister after leading the crucial Bhabanipur assembly constituency with a record margin of 58,832 votes

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