At least seven people died and seven were critically injured in a blast incident at a firecracker factory incident in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur on Tuesday.
The accident took place when the SBSTC (South Bengal State Transport Corporation) bus which was on its way from Digha to Kolkata had stopped at a crossing near Ramtarak on the highway.
Hours ahead of Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee's public rally in Contai, a blast has occurred at the house of a .party booth president in the same district.
Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], September 20 (ANI): The BJP has slammed the TMC government after glaring facts came to the fore as activist Bishwanath Goswami in a right to information (RTI) application sought clarifications on farmer suicides in the Purba Medinipur region of West B
Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], June 12 (ANI): West Bengal Assembly's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday was stopped by the State Police in the Radhamani area in Purba Medinipur's Kolaghat when he was on the way to violence-hit Howrah.
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at two locations in West Bengal in relation with the Paschim Bhanganmari blast case.
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], May 8 (ANI): Farmers in West Bengal's East Midnapore district are bracing up for Cyclone 'Asani' as IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in West Bengal, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh.
Purba Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], April 29 (ANI): Delhi Police Special Branch on Thursday arrested a key accused in the Jahangirpuri violence case from Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal.
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): A key accused in the Jahangirpuri violence was arrested from West Bengal's East Medinipur, said the Delhi police on Thursday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 9 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested 11 people from East Medinipur in connection with incidents of violence following the West Bengal assembly elections earlier this year.
Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)/Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 22 (ANI): In a bid to spread awareness on environment conservation, people in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur and Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad tied rakhis to trees on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan today.