North 24 Parganas

Crude bomb explodes on school roof in Bengal district

There was no casualty in the incident as students and teachers were in rooms located on the first two floors of the three-storied building

Kolkata: 21-year-old model found hanging from ceiling fan in rented flat, third such incident in three months

The model, identified as Puja Sarkar, was a first year student in Gobardanga College in North 24 Parganas district and lived in a rented flat in Bansdroni area of south Kolkata

Why Matuas, BJP's most important voter base in Bengal, are scared with delay in implementing CAA

The Matua community which is considered the Dalits of Bengal mostly reside on the Bangladesh border in the districts including Nadia and North 24 Parganas

Eight dead in West Bengal as thunderstorms, heavy rains batter southern districts

The rainfall led to waterlogging in several areas across Kolkata while crop damage was reported from Chanchal, Gajole, Habibpur and Bamangola areas of Malda district

COVID continues to rage in poll-bound Bengal with 7,713 new cases, 34 deaths; Kolkata, North 24 Parganas worst-hit

Kolkata on Saturday also accounted for its highest one-day spike of 1,998 new cases along with 10 more casualties. Neighbouring North 24 Parganas registered 1.639 cases and eight deaths

West Bengal elections 2021: Vulnerable voters fear political violence, religious persecution

Political observers in the state unanimously agreed that religious polarisation was the fallout of the vendetta politics that ensued after 2011, when the Left Front government was overthrown after 34 long years. Violence between Trinamool and Left members crippled towns and villages with fear

How the shrinking island of Mousuni in the Sundarbans underlines the region's growing concerns about rapid land loss

In the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, a small island lying on the border of the Sundarbans tells the tale of the ecological and economic damage sustained by the mangrove forests guarding the east coast of the country.

With Suvendu Adhikari's departure from Trinamool, Bengal politics is more roiled than ever

Suvendu Adhikari's departure from TMC does not mean that everything is cut and dried. It’s possible that in the coming weeks, more Suvendu ‘loyalists’ will join BJP. But until that happens, what kind of traction he will have in his new home is debatable

West Bengal CID arrests two in connection with killing of BJP leader Manish Shukla

The BJP leader was shot dead on Sunday by two bike-borne assailants near Titagarh Police station in Barrackpore subdivision of 24 North Parganas district

BJP leader shot dead in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas; Kailash Vijayvargiya demands CBI inquiry

The BJP leadership blamed the Trinamool Congress for the killing, but the ruling party has rubbished the accusation