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Review: The Phoenix Rises: Lockdown Chronicles edited by Amit Dasgupta

The horror of the corona virus.

Updated on Oct 23, 2020, 2:04 PM IST

2631 booked for not wearing masks in last 6 days in Kolkata as festive fervour grows

Huge mass of people can be seen shopping at the New Market area ahead of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.

Updated on Oct 21, 2020, 6:53 PM IST

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee stable but neurological problem recurs

In a bid to offer holistic treatment, doctors have urged Soumitra Chatterjee to listen to music and literature of his choice.

Updated on Oct 20, 2020, 10:19 PM IST

Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan turns up the heat in faux leather bralette and all black biker look

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan turns up the heat in faux leather bralette and all black biker look

Updated on Oct 19, 2020, 5:34 PM IST

Bengal launches campaign to prevent electrocution deaths of elephants

Eleven elephants have died in north Bengal so far this year, of which six due to electrocution

Published on Oct 18, 2020, 6:00 PM IST

Bengal woman lynched on suspicion of theft

The woman was declared dead on arrival at the hospital in Kolkata, said the officer

Published on Oct 18, 2020, 4:24 AM IST

In a narrow Kolkata bylane, a group of poor children play host to city’s smallest Durga Puja

The idol is being made by Mondol and her friends at Bhandarjhali village, while another group of children in Mathurapur village in south Bengal is busy making the decorations with

Updated on Oct 18, 2020, 1:06 AM IST

Woman lynched in south Bengal, four arrested

Later, Hossain lodged a complaint on the basis of which the accused were arrested.

Updated on Oct 17, 2020, 10:10 PM IST

Rains expected in Bengal during Durga Puja, says IMD

Light to moderate rains are expected till October over Kolkata and other parts of South Bengal till October 20.

Updated on Oct 21, 2020, 8:58 AM IST

Bengal Guv Dhankhar trolled after tweeting state govt order. Because...

File photo of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. (Videograb)

Updated on Oct 16, 2020, 12:56 AM IST

PM Modi likely to deliver message for Bengal on Durga Puja

PM Narendra Modi may address Bengal on October 22.

Updated on Oct 15, 2020, 10:09 AM IST

Tribal woman gang-raped in south Bengal village, one arrested

The victim could not identify any of the miscreants since their faces were covered with towels but the police later identified one youth and arrested him.

Updated on Oct 15, 2020, 12:21 AM IST

Iconic Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee’s health improves, he tests Covid-19 negative

One of the most celebrated actors in Bengal, Chatterjee has received many awards and honours including the Padma Bhushan, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, National Awards and Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna.

Updated on Oct 14, 2020, 11:16 PM IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Centre preparing to raise targets under MGNREGS and all the latest news

Eight big states including the most populous, Uttar Pradesh, have requested the Centre for more MGNREGS work allocation.

Published on Oct 12, 2020, 8:42 AM IST

Bengal CID trying to implicate BJP leaders in Shukla murder, party tells Governor

BJP’s national vice-president Mukul Roy led a delegation of party leaders to the Raj Bhawan to meet Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Published on Oct 11, 2020, 10:04 PM IST

Manish Shukla murder case: BJP MP Arjun Singh says Bengal CID plotting to frame him

BJP Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh (2L), and party activists march towards State Secretariat Nabanna during a protest.

Updated on Oct 11, 2020, 9:11 AM IST

Vijayvargiya, Menon among 24 BJP leaders booked in Bengal for agitation amid Covid-19 pandemic

File photo: BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

Updated on Oct 10, 2020, 12:18 AM IST

‘Inspect tyres’: Mamata Banerjee amid concerns trucks are Covid carriers

Even though studies have shown that the virus could spread readily in a closed, small setting like public transport, no study has been published yet hinting that the virus could be transmitted through tyres of moving vehicles.

Updated on Oct 8, 2020, 12:27 AM IST

Third man arrested in Bengal BJP leader’s murder case

This is the third arrest since the early hours of Tuesday after the BJP leader was killed on Sunday.

Updated on Oct 8, 2020, 12:26 AM IST

Ahead of BJP’s march to Nabanna, Bengal govt shuts secretariat; says it needs sanitisation

The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the party, has planned and organised the ‘Nabanna Chalo’ (March to Nabanna) programme with a seven-point agenda to highlight various issues ranging from lack from employment in Bengal to law and order problem.

Updated on Oct 7, 2020, 11:57 PM IST

Pandemic protocol should not be violated during Durga Puja, says Bengal CM

Banerjee said the cycle threshold (CT) value of an RT-PCR test which can give useful information to doctors treating a coronavirus patient, of the affected people should be noted to ascertain the degree of risk.

Published on Oct 7, 2020, 7:43 AM IST

BJP leader attacked in Bengal allegedly by TMC workers; phone, gold chain snatched

Samik Bhattacharya, a former legislator of the BJP is one of the oldest and most known faces of the present leadership.

Updated on Oct 7, 2020, 12:33 AM IST

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee in hospital with Covid-19

Soumitra Chatterjee is best known for his collaboration with Oscar-winner Satyajit Ray and the Feluda series. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 6, 2020, 2:59 PM IST

Darjeeling parties surprised as Centre changes Delhi meet’s agenda from Gorkhaland to GTA

Bimal Gurung, who had founded the GJM and clamped a 104-day shutdown in the Darjeeling hills in 2017 in demand for a separate state, is on the run ever since he was charged by the state under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967.

Published on Oct 6, 2020, 9:04 AM IST

BJP district leader shot dead in Bengal, Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar summons home secretary

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

Updated on Oct 5, 2020, 2:24 AM IST

Centre calls meeting on Gorkhaland at short notice; election move, says TMC

The meeting has been convened by G Kishan Reddy, Union minister of state for home affairs at the ministry’s North Block office. The state home secretary and district magistrate of Darjeeling have been asked to attend it.

Updated on Oct 4, 2020, 9:07 PM IST

Amit Shah to chart strategy, stem rumblings in Bengal unit at Delhi meet

Bengal leaders called to Delhi are state president Dilip Ghosh, national vice-president Mukul Roy and, quite significantly, Rahul Sinha, who expressed his grievance in public after being removed from the post of national secretary during the reshuffle on Saturday. (Photo @AmitShah)

Updated on Sep 30, 2020, 9:35 PM IST

Covid hospitals in Bengal to conduct rapid antigen tests on all patients in SARI wards

All Covid hospitals in West Bengal have been ordered to carry out Rapid Antigen Tests on all patients who show up with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI).

Updated on Sep 29, 2020, 10:51 AM IST

‘Funds cut, might serve only black tea’: Bengal Guv attacks Mamata Banerjee

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar spoke of the “alarming ground reality” and urged the chief minister to travel incognito to experience it first hand. (Photo @jdhankhar1)

Updated on Sep 28, 2020, 11:32 PM IST

4 Bangladeshi contract killers arrested from Santiniketan in south Bengal

The house in which the accused had gathered and were arrested from, is located less than three kilometres from Visva Bharati.

Published on Sep 28, 2020, 11:59 AM IST

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