West Bengal

State Environment Minister Manas Ranjan Bhunia confirmed the explosion and condoled the death of the victims of the blast. He said that the government would take steps to give succor to people affected.

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the West Bengal government over its decision to ban 'The Kerala Story' in the state.The court also sought to know about the security provided to theatres screening the movie in Tamil Nadu.

Manipur violence:Despite thousands of people queuing outside the airport, airlines flying between Imphal and Kolkata declared that all of their flights to Kolkata were filled. One-way plane ticket prices have nearly doubled, with a ticket from Imphal to West Bengal's capital city now costing between Rs 22,000 and Rs 30,000.

Siddhant was among the five Army jawans killed in an explosion triggered by terrorists in the thickly forested Kandi area in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir during an operation to flush them out on Friday. A major was injured in the incident.

The Buland Bharat exercise validated plans for bringing down integrated firepower by orchestrating synchronised firing by artillery guns and fire support components of the Infantry. It was aimed toward the destruction of designated targets.

On Thursday, the Calcutta High Court sought a detailed report of the investigation conducted by Mekhilygunge Police in a case pertaining to the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Kaliaganj in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district.

The Calcutta High Court has ordered a probe by central agency NIA into Ram Navami violence in West Bengal. Violence had rocked West Bengal's Howrah during Ram Navami celebrations last month.

Heat wave conditions subsided over Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha owing to a western disturbance and a cyclonic circulation over Uttar Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. Check the latest weather forecast here.

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and MLA Mukul Roy is 'missing' since Monday evening, claimed his family members.The former railway minister's son Subhragshu told PTI that his father was "untraceable" and "missing" since late Monday evening.

It also stayed the direction of a single judge bench of the high court that TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and Kuntal Ghosh, an accused in the case, can be questioned by the ED and the CBI and such "interrogation should be made soon."