BJP Leaders Appointed to Governing Bodies of 247 Colleges in West Bengal

MP, August 23, 2026: The state government has appointed its MPs, MLAs and other prominent party leaders as presidents of governing bodies in...

Doctors’ Transfers From Kolkata Medical Colleges Trigger Protests and Concerns

MP, Kolkata, August 22, 2026: The transfer of around 100 doctors from Kolkata-based medical colleges to districts, despite several yet to co...

Amit Shah Says Permanent Political Solution for Gorkha Issue Will Be Within Constitution and Without Dividing Bengal

Amit Shah Affirms Constitutional Solution for Darjeeling Without Bifurcating Bengal; Centre Forms High-Level Drafting Panel Amid Broad Suppo...

National Gandhi Museum Appeals for Preservation of Gandhi Letters and Manuscripts

PTI, August 22, 2026, New Delhi: :  Days after a number of letters, manuscripts and personal artefacts of Mahatma Gandhi were sold in an auc...

Centre Forms Panel to Work Towards a Permanent Political Solution for Gorkha Issues

PTI, August 22, 2026, Siliguri: :  The Centre on Saturday constituted a committee to draft an agreement and finalise modalities for a "...

Suvendu Adhikari Says West Bengal Residents Should Sing 'Vande Mataram'

PTI, August 22, 2026, Kolkata: : Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said anyone living in West Bengal would have to sing 'Vande...

Amit Shah Reviews Security Along Siliguri Corridor, Focuses on Triangular Security Grid

PTI, August 22, 2026, Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday held a meeting with senior officials of West Bengal and Central fo...

West Bengal to Observe 'Annapurna Diwas' on PM Modi's Birthday, Says Suvendu Adhikari

PTI, August 22, 2026, Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced that West Bengal will observe 'Annapurna Diwas'...

CJI Surya Kant Calls for 'Nyaya-nomics' to Support Economic Growth Through Consistent Adjudication

PTI, August 22, 2026, New Delhi:   Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday said enormous growth that nations are expected to sustain c...

Gorkha Community in Israel Holds Candlelight Prayer for Indian National Killed in Jerusalem

PTI, August 22, 2026, Tel Aviv: Members of the Gorkha community in Israel on Friday held a candlelight prayer in Tel Aviv for an Indian nati...

Myanmar Military Airstrike on Buddhist Monastery Kills 14, Opposition Group Says

AP, August 22, 2026, Bangkok : An airstrike on Friday by Myanmar's military on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar's central Sagaing reg...

Parents try to stop son from committing suicide; all 3 fall to death in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

  Three Members of Family Die After Fatal Fall from Hilltop in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar PTI, August 22, 2026, Chhatrapati Sam...

Protests Over Annapurna Bhandar Payments Reported Across North Bengal

MP, August 22, 2026, Alipurduar/Jalpaiguri/Malda: Protests over alleged non-payment and exclusion from the Annapurna scheme intensified acro...

HC Seeks West Bengal Government's Stand on DA for Retired College Staff

MP, August 22, 2026, Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the West Bengal government to disclose its stand on a plea seeking ...

Fire Safety Drive: 11 Hotels and Guest Houses Ordered to Shut, 17 Served Show-Cause Notices

MP, August 22, 2026, Kolkata: In a major development in the ongoing fire safety audit by a special team comprising officials from the Kolka...

Shah Announces Security Grid for Siliguri Corridor; Suvendu Says 242 Km of Land Given to BSF

Sanchita Aich Bag, MP, August 22, 2026, Siliguri: The Union Home Ministry is tightening the security net around the strategically vital Sili...

Manipur: Public Transport Services Resume on NH-2 After Three Years

PTI, August 21, 2026, Imphal: Public transport services along National Highway 2 in Manipur resumed on Friday after a gap of three years, w...

India Won't Be Safe Till Its Borders Are Secure: Amit Shah

PTI, August 21, 2026, Siliguri: Asserting that neither West Bengal nor India will be safe until its frontiers are secured, Union Home Minist...

Amit Shah Says Previous Bengal Government Delayed Implementation of New Criminal Laws

PTI, August 21, 2026, Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday alleged the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress governme...

Govt Rejects Ethanol Link to Sugar Price Rise, Says Duty-Free Imports Allowed to Contain Prices

PTI, August 21, 2026, New Delhi: The government on Friday rejected claims that diversion of sugar for ethanol production was driving a sharp...