The son of a former Mayor in Burdwan district, who worked as a school contractor, was on Thursday shot dead by unidentified assailants this morning, police said.

Arpan Mukherjee, 50, was shot at poi

A man was arrested at Contai in Purba Medinipur district for posing as the brother of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, police sources said on Sunday.

The accused Anjan Bhattacharya had ca

A man was arrested at Contai in Purba Medinipur district for posing as the brother of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, police sources said on Sunday.

The accused Anjan Bhattacharya had cal

A three-year-old girl on Monday died at a hospital in Murshidabad district after being treated for fever, with the parents alleging medical negligence.

Tanuja Khatun was treated at the Aamtala Hospit

Building the pitch for next year's panchayat elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced several pro-farmer measures including expansion of Kisan Credit Card cover an

A young woman was burnt to death, apparently for giving birth to baby girls consecutively, at Khargram in Murshidabad district today.

Police said Rupali Bibi (25) was set ablaze, allegedly by her in

Two men have been sent to police custody by a local court in West Bengal's Howrah for allegedly raping a newly married woman in connivance with her own husband who is absconding, the police said on Friday.

A woman tied her minor daughter to her chest and allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train near Nabadwip Dham station in West Bengal's Nadia district early today.

The woman aged about 22

Enraged by the continuous bawling of his infant daughter, a man allegedly flung the two-month-old baby down a drain resulting in her death in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Monday.

A heroin manufacturing unit was busted in this district and drugs worth Rs.5 crore seized on Sunday, police said. Two people have been arrested.

The building, located in Lalgola area, was raided foll