West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee referred to protesters as “Left, ultra-Left friends and communal forces” and said she did not mind if they asked her questions Protesters disrupted ...

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Kellogg College, Oxford University. As the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was confronted by student protesters during her speech at ...

The fear of a fresh tiger attack has gripped Deulbari village in Kultali, South 24-Parganas, since Saturday evening after villagers spotted pugmarks along the banks of the Matla and Nakdi rivers.

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The Bengal Chapter, shared his admiration for Jeet, calling him the "Shah Rukh Khan of Bengal." He recalled fumbling during ...

The 166-year-old Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, one of the oldest in the country, is working overtime to shield its pelted and feathered residents from the sweltering summer’s worst effects. Situated ...

Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) has decided to widen its footprint in West Bengal ahead of next year's assembly election. The party has launched a phone number to ...

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Beyond the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata, another Bengal zoo, the one located in Burdwan town, is set to house a Royal Bengal tiger and a hippopotamus, senior forest officials have stated. The Central ...