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People attend the funeral ceremony of Matua community matriarch Binapani Devi, popularly known as Boroma, in Kolkata on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Boro Ma last rites held with full state honours

Mortal remains of Binapani Devi was taken to streets in a procession before it was consigned to flames at a crematorium...

8 March 2019 3:01 AM IST

Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government will take cognisance of UGCs suggestion to remove words such as Hindu and Muslim from BHU and AMU. (Photo: PTI | File)

Opposition asking for Balakot strike details untenable, says Prakash...

He said seeking proof of the operation in Balakot amounted to showing lack of confidence in the armed forces.

5 March 2019 1:49 AM IST

The police had recorded 238 extortion cases in 2014 and 233 in 2013. (Representational Image)

Bishnupur MP grilled for extorting money

The allegations included extorting money from job aspirants on false promises.

5 March 2019 1:47 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses the media in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

TMC forms a 12-member panel for poll campaign

While Abhishek Banerjee and O'Brien are Lok Sabha MPs, the other 10 members of the committee are ministers in the state...

4 March 2019 2:13 AM IST

Partha Chatterjee (Photo: Screen Grab)

Partha Chatterjee urges agitating SSC candidates to withdraw stir

Partha Chatterjee promised to look into the candidates' demands and facilitate a discussion with West Bengal School...

3 March 2019 2:02 AM IST

SC puts brakes on Haryana law allowing buildings in Aravallis

SC puts brakes on Haryana law allowing buildings in Aravallis

Bench questions motive behind amendment to 119-year-old green Act.

2 March 2019 2:38 AM IST

Youth paint a wall to depict IAFs strike on Jaish-e-Mohammeds biggest camp in Pakistan and pay tribute to the slain CRPF jawans of Pulwama terror attack in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

BJP to flaunt Modi's fight against terror

Meeting noted heightened patriotism, nationalistic fervour prevailing in West Bengal.

2 March 2019 2:30 AM IST

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses her party leaders during Trinamul Congresss extended core committee meet in Kolkata on Monday.(Photo: PTI )

Country wants to know what happened in Balakot, says Mamata Banerjee

Government officials had said on Tuesday that in a pre-dawn strike, the IAF bombed and destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammed's...

1 March 2019 1:46 AM IST

Intellectuals stand with anti-war placards at Meyo Road on Thursday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

CRPF man's widow pitches for peace, unfazed by trolls

Mita Santra's husband Bablu Santra was one of the 40 victims of the suicide attack on a CRPF convoy in Kashmir's Pulwama...

1 March 2019 1:36 AM IST

A Rallyist traverses near the river bed on Thursday.

Ajgar Ali, Musthafa take initial lead at Himalayan Drive 7

India's only international TSD rally started off from from Murti through Gorumara National Park via Phuentsholing to...

1 March 2019 1:07 AM IST

The exercise will involve tactical level operations in a counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism environment.

Indo-Bangla exercise to counter terrorism

The drill will be conducted at Tangail in Bangladesh from March 2 to 15.

28 Feb 2019 3:07 AM IST

A total of 8 lakh were seized and all four have been arrested, the district police chief said.

2 JMB operatives caught, cache of explosives seized

On October 2, 2014, a blast had occurred in a house at Khagragarh in Burdwan district, killing two persons.

28 Feb 2019 3:05 AM IST