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    Bengal News

    Why do Bengali women wear white sarees with red borders during sindoor khela?

    Here's why Bengali women wear white sarees with red borders.
    Lifestyle
    Published 10 days ago

    'Buy biryani from Hindu shops’ posters in Bengal spark row ahead of Durga Puja

    The posters were spotted in Siliguri district of West Bengal ahead of Durga Puja.
    India News
    Updated 11 days ago

    Pakistan-made fairness creams find growing market in border areas of Bihar, Bangal

    The creams were allegedly being smuggled into India through Nepal, exposing gaps in efforts to prevent prohibited goods from entering domestic markets.
    India News
    Published 12 days ago

    New liquor shops in urban Bengal to keep 500-metre gap from schools, religious sites; 1 km elsewhere

    Under the previous framework, the minimum distance requirement was 1,000 feet, or around 300 metres. (Photo for representation)
    India News
    Updated 22 days ago

    Cong's Nandigram bypoll candidate in judicial custody till Oct 3; can't campaign

    Senior Congress leaders of the state including the state Congress president were present in the court when Pradhan was produced. (File Photo)
    India News
    Updated 34 days ago

    Assalamalaikum, then ‘routine’ transfer: WB IPS officer's transfer sparks row

    Bushara Bano is a 2021-batch IPS officer
    India News
    Updated 37 days ago

    Bengal govt orders close of 252 madrassas, sends show-cause notice to 100

    The exercise was initiated following directions from Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to ascertain the number of authorised and unauthorised madrassas in different districts, Tudu said.
    India News
    Published 40 days ago

    Bad weather prevents West Bengal CM's helicopter from landing in Kalimpong

    West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari told the meeting that the pilot made repeated attempts to land.
    India News
    Published 45 days ago

    Bars, liquor shops to remain shut on Maha Ashtami in Bengal, DJ also banned

    The chief minister clarified that theme-based pujo pandals can be set up, however, he stressed that themes of the pandals should be selected carefully.
    India News
    Updated 46 days ago

    Jeet on student protests across India: Revolution kabhi khatam nahin hota

    Jeet
    Htcity
    Published 68 days ago

    Ex-Bengal deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee found dead at TMC office in Birbhum

    TMC's Ashis Banerjee was found dead at TMC office in Birbhum
    India News
    Updated 69 days ago

    2 years since RG Kar case, WB govt medical institutions to observe 2-min silence

    According to a notice issued by the department on August 8, all establishments under the Health and Family Welfare Department will observe a two-minute silence from 11 am to 11:02 am on August 9.
    India News
    Published 76 days ago

    CBI arrests 2 BJP workers for murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath

    Rath was shot dead on May 6, days before Adhikari took the oath as the chief minister of West Bengal.
    India News
    Updated 84 days ago

    TMC MP Koel Mallick resigns from Rajya Sabha in fresh blow to Mamata Banerjee

    Koel Mallick is a politician and a Bengali actor.
    India News
    Updated 99 days ago

    Bengal education minister says VCs may land in jail over past graft

    Bengal education minister says VCs may land in jail over past graft
    Education
    Updated 101 days ago

    TMC's latest rebel has formula to reunite Mamata’s party: ‘Oust the nephew’

    Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee along with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
    India News
    Updated 101 days ago

    Hawkers deserve support, not brutal eviction drives

    A view of the Dum Dum station area after an eviction drive against hawkers, in Kolkata last month.
    Opinion
    Updated 119 days ago

    What is the political row over renaming Kolkata road after ‘Suhrawardy’

    Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari said that a historic wrong was corrected by renaming Suhrawardy Avenue to Gopal Mukherjee road.
    India News
    Updated 123 days ago

    Bengal Budget 2026: ₹36,000 cr allotted for women’s financial assistance scheme

    Every sub-division in Bengal to have women police station; each police station to have women help desk. (File Getty Images)
    Cities
    Updated 124 days ago

    Bengali women’s historic assertion and path to lasting empowerment

    Gender equality
    Ht Insight
    Published 125 days ago

    Kerala man in Bengal market loses way, beaten to death; 2 minors among 7 held

    Police said the man was rescued by police and paramilitary personnel, however he succumbed to injuries later at the Kultali rural hospital. (Photo for representation)
    India News
    Published 130 days ago

    19 MPs' signs, 20 serial numbers: Mystery over 20th TMC rebel as split looms

    19 MPs' signs, 20 serial numbers: Mystery over 20th TMC rebel as split looms
    India News
    Updated 133 days ago

    The faces behind the TMC revolt - and why Mamata Banerjee should worry

    Yusuf Pathan, Saayoni Ghosh, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Sukhendu Ray are among the leaders who have expressed displeasure with the TMC leadership.
    India News
    Updated 135 days ago

    Bengal Cabinet portfolios announced: CM Suvendu keeps home, land and power

    All the 41 ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal including chief minister Suvendyu Adhikari, were allocated their portfolios on Wednesday
    India News
    Updated 136 days ago

    TMC rebel Ritabrata Banerjee chosen Bengal LoP, says ‘Mamata our chief advisor’

    The rebel TMC leader urged party supremo Mamata Banerjee to continue guiding the legislature party.
    India News
    Updated 142 days ago

    Amid ‘signature’ rift, TMC writes to speaker with ‘request to recognise’ leader

    Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee raises hands during a protest rally at Esplanade, in Kolkata on Tuesday.
    India News
    Updated 143 days ago

    What is forged signature scandal rocking TMC, Mamata after Bengal poll defeat?

    TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee walks towards the residence of party MP Kalyan Banerjee, at Kalighat in Kolkata.
    India News
    Updated 144 days ago

    Free bus ride rolled out in Bengal, passengers seek increase in frequency

    West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari and state Minister Agnimitra Paul during the launch of 'Swachh' app. (PTI Photo)
    India News
    Updated 145 days ago

    The God that Indian liberalism has forgotten

    At its core, liberalism seeks to protect the individual against compulsion. But why should we care about the individual? A leading response was that individuals were entitled to freedom because God had endowed them with reason. (Wikimedia Commons)
    Opinion
    Published 147 days ago

    'Detect, delete and deport': Why migrants are gathering around Bangladesh border

    This marks the second major wave of Bangladeshis returning home, after a similar exodus in November 2025 when the SIR exercise began in Bengal.
    India News
    Updated 150 days ago
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