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The Saudi Health Ministry says traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among young people in the kingdom.

Accident victim in Howra lies on road for 4 hours, dies

Dhiren Nayak was hit by a truck and lay on the road bleeding for about four hours as no one came to his rescue on...

26 Aug 2016 12:49 PM IST

BJP national president Amit Shah. (Photo: PTI)

Amit Shah asks Bengal BJP unit to prepare road map for 2019 polls

BJP had put up a spirited show in the West Bengal assembly polls earlier this year.

25 Aug 2016 5:23 PM IST

BJP chief Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

Shah asks BJP WB unit to prepare road map for 2019 LS polls

BJP had put up a spirited show in the West Bengal assembly polls this year and played spoilsport for the opposition Left...

25 Aug 2016 3:53 PM IST

Child swept away in water, 29 villages flooded in West Bengals Malda

Child swept away in water, 29 villages flooded in West Bengal's Malda

Several gram panchayat areas in the district including Manikchak, Birnagar, Krishnapur were partially under water.

25 Aug 2016 2:23 PM IST

Villagers carry their belongings as they wade through the flooded area in Birbhum in West Bengal on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI/ Representational Image)

135 houses swept away, 20 villages submerged by Ganga in Malda

The badly affected areas are Kalichak Block number 3, Manikchak and Ratua Block number 1.

24 Aug 2016 1:46 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: PTI)

BSF aiding militia in West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

The TMC said this was an attempt by the BJP-led Centre to spread unrest in the region for political gains.

24 Aug 2016 2:01 AM IST

The BSF patrol party had been sent to apprehend the smugglers who were trying to smuggle cattle from Leusipakuri border outpost and had seized 34 cows though they could not apprehend anyone. (Photo: Representational Image)

BSF submits proposal for fencing on Indo-Bangladesh border

BSF has submitted a proposal to the WB govt on the amount of land for setting up of fences in a sensitive 81.7 km area...

21 Aug 2016 1:49 PM IST

The man fell unconscious after the train left Tatanagar railway station and his body was removed at the next station, Kharagpur. (Photo: Twitter)

Rs. 99 lakh, gold biscuits found from dead passenger's bag

An officer said the 55 year-old deceased, who was travelling from Raipur to Howrah, probably died due to a heart attack

20 Aug 2016 6:07 PM IST

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Cong red-faced as Bengal unit tweets Rajiv's infamous 1984 riots...

'When a big tree falls, the earth shakes,' the WBPCC tweeted, but soon deleted the tweet following outrage.

20 Aug 2016 2:52 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: PTI/File)

Special session of West Bengal Assembly to take up GST bill

The GST bill will now have to be ratified by at least 15 of the 29 state Assemblies.

19 Aug 2016 8:18 AM IST

Anjali Mental Health Rights NGO posted the photos on Twitter of the thin patients living in what appear to be appalling conditions at the health facility in Baharampur. (Photo: Twitter)

West Bengal: Mentally disabled found naked, filthy at govt hospital

A mental health rights NGO workers, during a visit to Berhampore Mental Hospital, found the patients naked and sleeping...

18 Aug 2016 7:39 PM IST

Quitting smoking can result in lower consumption of alcohol (Photo: File Photo)

Smoking banned in Darjeeling

Sale of tobacco products to minors in also banned failing of which would draw a fine of Rs 200.

17 Aug 2016 10:43 AM IST