Bengal

Internet services will remain suspended for three and a half hours in about 50 community blocks in nine districts on exam days to stop leak of question papers for the state secondary board’s class 10 Madhyamik examination . The exams which began today will end on February 27. read more

The quarter-finals will see Saurashtra taking on Andhra in Ongole, Karnataka playing Jammu and Kashmir in Jammu, Bengal facing Odisha in Cuttack and Gujarat fighting it out against Goa in Valsad. read more

The former legislator, who was elected to the Lower House from Krishnanagar constituency in 2009 and 2014, suffered a heart attack on February 2 and had been admitted in the hospital since then. read more

The accused, Imran Sheikh, happens to be the brother of Omar Sheikh, a local Trinamool Congress leader. read more

The victim was identified as Chanchal Dhibar, a resident of Andal in West Burdwan district. The live video spanning over 63 seconds was posted on his Facebook account. read more

The police said that a mini-truck, carrying 15 passengers, turned on its side after falling into a pothole on the road near Diamond Harbour, around 60 km south of Kolkata. read more

Two other children, aged four and six years, have been admitted at the Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH). Their condition was stated to be stable by doctors. read more

Details of Shah’s schedule is yet to be decided but efforts are being made to organize a public meeting on March 1, BJP state general secretary Sayantan Basu said on Saturday evening. read more

North Indians over-praise their own biryanis and rarely give due credit to the South Indian tradition read more

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee contacted the hospital authorities to enquire about the condition of the victims and the treatment being carried out. The two children-- Rishabh Singh and Dibyanshu Bhakat are aged around five and six years. read more

Parents of the children, all of them daily wagers, have said that sorcery practices were performed on the four boys and girls after they fell unconscious upon their return from a nearby jungle on Friday evening. read more

The IIT team found in some of the water samples the levels of pesticides such as atrazine and malathion were at least 46 times higher than the permissible limits prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is 0.9 mg per litre of water. read more

Bengal and Karnataka scripted contrasting wins respectively to qualify for the quarter-finals on Friday. Punjab, needing 190 runs for victory, fluffed their run chase to be bowled out for 141, handing Bengal a 48-run victory. read more

Haque claimed that the kidnapping of his sons was attempted because he stood against corruption in road construction carried out by contractors employed by the TMC MLA. read more

Invoking his power as the chancellor of all state-run universities, Dhankhar wrote to Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, the VC of Panchanan Barma University in Cooch Behar district, that he has initiated the process of removing him from the post. read more