Elephants on rampage in West Bengal’s Doars region

DOARS - A herd of around 25 wild elephants has entered a tea garden in the Doars region of West Bengal.

India beefs up security at Nepal and Bangladesh borders to check arms smuggling

PANITANKI / SILIGURI/ FULBARI - India has stepped security along the ‘Chicken Neck area’, a narrow strip of land in West Bengal wedged between Nepal and Bangladesh, to keep a check on arms smuggling.

Railways not to acquire land forcibly: Mamata Banerjee

HOOGHLY - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said the railways will not forcibly acquire land for its projects.

Congress, Trinamool emerging victorious in by polls

KERALA/ WB/ SHIMLA/ RAJASTHAN/ LUCKNOW - Continuing with its impressive performance in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress led UDF retained all the three assembly seats in Kerala.

Counting on for by poll seats, Congress bags all three seats in Kerala

KERALA/ WB/ SHIMLA/ RAJASTHAN/ LUCKNOW - The counting of votes is on for the by polls to Firozabad Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and 31 assembly seats spread across seven states held on November 7. The entire process is expected to be completed by this evening.

Huge cache of arms recovered from Bankura in West Bengal

BANKURA - West Bengal police recovered a huge cache of arms and explosives from Bankura district.

A Royal Bengal tiger caught and released back in the forest

SUNDARBANS - A grown-up adult Royal Bengal tiger of the world famous Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal, while on prowl strayed into human habitations recently.

Truck drivers stage a protest along the Indo-Bangladesh border

North 24PARGANAS - truck drivers staged a protest here along the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal, blaming their Bangladesh counterparts of manhandling them at Benapole, a Bangladesh border town.

Sitaram Yechury appeals to Maoists to shun violence

HOOGHLY - Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury has appealed to the Maoists to leave the path of violence and leave it to the people to decide what was right for them.

Maoists step up violence in West Midnapore and Orissa

MIDNAPOR - Suspected Maoist rebels on Sunday killed a former village head in Bhutashole village of West Midnapore district.

Maoists blow up railway track in West Bengal

PURULIA - Maoists blew up a railway track on Saturday, causing suspension of train services in West Bengal’s Purulia district.

Chhatradhar Mahato remanded to police custody

LALGARH - Arrested tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato, was remanded to five day’s police custody on Sunday.

Maoists backed tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato arrested in Lalgarh

LALGARH - An elusive tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato, who has been spearheading an agitation since November last year against alleged police excesses in West Midnapore’s troubled Lalgarh area, was arrested here on Saturday.

Python rescued from fishing net in West Bengal

PURULIA - A 13-feet long python was found trapped in the fishing net in the pond of Panbazar village in Purulia district of West Bengal.

Elephant calf rescued in Jalpaiguri

JALPAIGURI - Forest authorities in West Bengal on Wednesday rescued an elephant calf, which had strayed away from the herd in Baikunthapur forest range.

Three newborn leopard cubs die in West Bengal

JALPAIGURI - Three of the four leopard cubs which were born in the Dooars region of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri District were found dead 24 hours after birth.

Leopard rescued in West Bengal

JALPAIGURI - Wildlife officials rescued a male leopard from a tea garden in Jalpaiguri of West Bengal.

Six prisoners flee from West Bengal jail

DURGAPUR - Six prisoners fled from the Durgapur sub-jail in West Bengal Burdwan district on Saturday.

Security stepped up along India-Bangladesh border ahead of Independence Day

MALDA - Security has been stepped up along the India-Bangladesh border ahead of Independence Day.

Mamata Banerjee proposes rail coach factory at Singur

SINGUR - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her ministry was ready to set up a rail coach factory at Singur, if the land earlier acquired by the Tatas to set up ‘Nano’ factory was made available.

Baby elephant rescued by forest rangers in Dooars region of W Bengal

TINJHORA - Forest rangers from Chapramari Reserve Forest in West Bengal rescued a calf elephant believed to be around 15 months, after it had got separated from the herd and strayed into Tinjhora village near Chapramari Reserve Forest in Dooars region of West Bengal.

West Bengal officials seize antiques worth millions

DINAJPUR - Customs officials here have seized antiques of Hindu Gods and Goddesses worth million of rupees.

A tigress released with animal tracking chip in Sundarbans

SUNDARBANS - Wildlife authorities released a tigress with animal tracking chip to keep an eye on the psychological behaviour of the big cat in Sundarbans forests in West Bengal.

Troops advance from Lalgarh toward Maoist-held villages

LALGARH - Personnel of the CRPF, BSF and West Bengal police on Sunday started moving from Lalgarh to Ramgarh in an operation aimed at sanitising the main road and other connecting routes and wresting control of the 17 villages.

Pineapple crop hit by scanty rainfall in West Bengal

JALPAIGURI - Absence of ample rainfall and in certain places no rains at all has affected the pineapple crop in Jalpaiguri region of West Bengal.

Leopard trapped in West Bengal

DOARS - Forest officials trapped and tranquilized a leopard in West Bengal on Thursday as their rising population is creating a menace in the region.

West Bengal tribals block national highway

MEDNIPUR - Tribals in Medinipur district of West Bengal gathered in large numbers at Lalgarh on Monday and blocked the National Highway 6, connecting the state capital Kolkata with Mumbai.

Cyclone-affected victims in WB to get UNICEF aid

South 24PARAGANAS - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), along with its partners, Ramakrishna Mission Lokshiksha Parishad, an NGO, is providing relief facilities for the cyclone-affected victims in South 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal.

CPI (M), Trinmool supporters clash in Nandigram

NANDIGRAM - At least 10 people were injured in firing after a clash erupted between the CPI-M and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Jadubari chowk in Nandigram today during a 12-hour shutdown called by the TMC to protest against the arrest of three of its activists following clashes during Thursday’s polling.

Ten injured in West Bengal clashes

BIRBHUM - At least ten persons were injured in clashes between workers of the Communist Part of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Congress in Birbhum, West Bengal on Friday.