Midnapur

A bomb squad team on Wednesday conducted an investigation at the spot in West Bengal's East Midnapore district where nine people were killed and several others injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory on Tuesday.

Forest officials in West Bengal's Midnapur have rescued an elephant from a ditch "by applying Archimedes' principle". The operation showed how science and innovative thinking can help surmount challenges.

Somendu Adhikari, the brother of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was today reportedly attacked by alleged Trinamool Congress workers in Contai town of West Bengal's East Midnapur district. His car was targeted and his driver thrashed, according to Mr Adhikari. He accused the ruling party of attacking him for impeding its attempts to rig the ongoing po...

A forest range officer (FRO) of Pirakata Range under Midnapur division has created a beautiful garden using waste plastic bottles and rubber tyres.

A 21-year-old man was allegedly burnt alive by family members of the girl he loved, in West Bengal's East Midnapur district, police said Saturday.

In Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the state's biggest festival, the Durga Puja, to launch a sharp attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Prime Minister is on a day's visit to the state to speak about his government's initiative for farmers in terms of the recent rise in Minimum Support Price for selected summer crops. But it also ...

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress retained the Kanthi Dakshin assembly seat in East Midnapur district today. The BJP, which is trying to expand its footprint in the state, finished a distant second. Trinamool candidate and former Health Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya beat BJP's Sourindramohan Jana by over 42,000 votes.

At least six labourers were injured when a clash broke out between construction workers inside the IIT campus in Kharagpur in West Midnapur district today, police said.

He said as JSW Bengal has already invested Rs 700 crore into the project at Salboni, in West Midnapur, it was keen about the project but given the unclear situation about coal and iron-ore it was not practical to go ahead with the project.

After weeks of legal wrangling, the panchayat polls have finally begun in West Bengal. Today, polls were held in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapur districts, together known as Junglemahal which was a hotbed of Maoist terror till Maoist leader Kishanji was killed six months after Mamata Banerjee became chief minister.

In a shocking case of ragging, five boys from a school in West Midnapur in West Bengal allegedly used blades and sticks to torture a class VIII student.

It may be the season for fasts, but for these jawans, a hunger strike they say was their last resort. Posted in one of the most challenging and even hostile places in the country, the maoist dominated west Midnapore district of Bengal, they now say enough is enough.

A bomb squad team on Wednesday conducted an investigation at the spot in West Bengal's East Midnapore district where nine people were killed and several others injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory on Tuesday.

Forest officials in West Bengal's Midnapur have rescued an elephant from a ditch "by applying Archimedes' principle". The operation showed how science and innovative thinking can help surmount challenges.

Somendu Adhikari, the brother of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was today reportedly attacked by alleged Trinamool Congress workers in Contai town of West Bengal's East Midnapur district. His car was targeted and his driver thrashed, according to Mr Adhikari. He accused the ruling party of attacking him for impeding its attempts to rig the ongoing po...

A forest range officer (FRO) of Pirakata Range under Midnapur division has created a beautiful garden using waste plastic bottles and rubber tyres.

A 21-year-old man was allegedly burnt alive by family members of the girl he loved, in West Bengal's East Midnapur district, police said Saturday.

In Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the state's biggest festival, the Durga Puja, to launch a sharp attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Prime Minister is on a day's visit to the state to speak about his government's initiative for farmers in terms of the recent rise in Minimum Support Price for selected summer crops. But it also ...

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress retained the Kanthi Dakshin assembly seat in East Midnapur district today. The BJP, which is trying to expand its footprint in the state, finished a distant second. Trinamool candidate and former Health Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya beat BJP's Sourindramohan Jana by over 42,000 votes.

At least six labourers were injured when a clash broke out between construction workers inside the IIT campus in Kharagpur in West Midnapur district today, police said.

He said as JSW Bengal has already invested Rs 700 crore into the project at Salboni, in West Midnapur, it was keen about the project but given the unclear situation about coal and iron-ore it was not practical to go ahead with the project.

After weeks of legal wrangling, the panchayat polls have finally begun in West Bengal. Today, polls were held in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapur districts, together known as Junglemahal which was a hotbed of Maoist terror till Maoist leader Kishanji was killed six months after Mamata Banerjee became chief minister.

In a shocking case of ragging, five boys from a school in West Midnapur in West Bengal allegedly used blades and sticks to torture a class VIII student.

It may be the season for fasts, but for these jawans, a hunger strike they say was their last resort. Posted in one of the most challenging and even hostile places in the country, the maoist dominated west Midnapore district of Bengal, they now say enough is enough.