Monideepa Banerjie Ndtv

At the end of the first phase of elections in West Bengal today, a new front opened up between the BJP and Trinamool Congress - a tit-for-tat war of leaked phone conversations. NDTV cannot verify the authenticity of the tapes.

Panic has struck the crew and passengers of the luxury cruiseliner that has been quarantined off a port in Japan since February 5. An Indian crew member on-board Diamond Princess told NDTV that the captain of the ship announced today that 66 people have been tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Abhijit Banerjee, the India-born economist who was today declared joint winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in "fighting poverty", might be on top of the academic world but the 58-year-old could be in trouble back home for not having told his mother the wonderful news

A 26-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller who was beaten up in West Bengal's Nadia district on Monday and the video of whose thrashing has gone viral, has told NDTV from an undisclosed location that he just wants to go back home.

Encounters are a necessary tool of governance used by all governments to save society, the BJP's top leader in West Bengal has controversially said. "For the sake of peace, whenever it is necessary, it is the government's responsibility to hold encounters," Dilip Ghosh told NDTV to explain his recent encounter threat to Trinamool Congress leaders.

The West Bengal's Director of Health Services Dr Ajay K Chakraborty has dismissed reports about suspected Nipah virus cases in the state. "There are no cases of suspected Nipah virus at the Beleghata Infectious Diseases Hospital," he told NDTV today

Kolkata's busy Howrah Railway station has adopted a novel approach to drive home the message of 'Swachh Bharat'. Gone are the rather dour looking 'Do Not Litter' signs. Instead, the station's walls are now dotted with posters depicting famous scenes from Bollywood hits. Even the 'Keep Clean' messages come with a filmy twist.

You men on the show kept talking about the Bengal tiger. I wanted to say, you are in the land of the Royal Bengal Tigress, so beware.

Sheena Bora's biological father has told NDTV that if his ex Indrani Mukerjea killed their daughter, "I want her hanged." Siddharth Das, who lives in Kolkata, has also denied reports that three months ago, he placed an anonymous call to the Mumbai police to warn that Ms Bora had been murdered in 2012.

After 16 years as a top leader of the Trinamool Congress, Dinesh Trivedi has developed new loyalties. Amid reports that his entry into the BJP is imminent, Mr Trivedi, 64, told NDTV, "I won't predict anything but I want to change the DNA of Indian politics - and for that, I will do whatever it takes."

The pilot of a plane that was headed from Muscat to Dhaka told NDTV today that a mid-air collision with another plane was averted while he was flying through the Kolkata airspace.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has told NDTV that the initial post-mortem report does not indicate rape.

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, former Indian skipper calls Mahendra Singh Dhoni 'Captain Fantastic' and feels Sachin Tendulkar deserves to get the Bharat Ratna.

The chit fund controversy continues to snowball in West Bengal. A confidential note accessed by NDTV shows how market regulator SEBI had raised the issue with the Union Finance Ministry last year which in turn wrote to the state government to take "strict action against unregulated entities raising money from public with a view to defraud people."

The brick kiln worker whose eye was severely damaged after he was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters on Thursday has spoken to NDTV about the incident from his hospital bed.

At the end of the first phase of elections in West Bengal today, a new front opened up between the BJP and Trinamool Congress - a tit-for-tat war of leaked phone conversations. NDTV cannot verify the authenticity of the tapes.

Panic has struck the crew and passengers of the luxury cruiseliner that has been quarantined off a port in Japan since February 5. An Indian crew member on-board Diamond Princess told NDTV that the captain of the ship announced today that 66 people have been tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Abhijit Banerjee, the India-born economist who was today declared joint winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in "fighting poverty", might be on top of the academic world but the 58-year-old could be in trouble back home for not having told his mother the wonderful news

A 26-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller who was beaten up in West Bengal's Nadia district on Monday and the video of whose thrashing has gone viral, has told NDTV from an undisclosed location that he just wants to go back home.

Encounters are a necessary tool of governance used by all governments to save society, the BJP's top leader in West Bengal has controversially said. "For the sake of peace, whenever it is necessary, it is the government's responsibility to hold encounters," Dilip Ghosh told NDTV to explain his recent encounter threat to Trinamool Congress leaders.

The West Bengal's Director of Health Services Dr Ajay K Chakraborty has dismissed reports about suspected Nipah virus cases in the state. "There are no cases of suspected Nipah virus at the Beleghata Infectious Diseases Hospital," he told NDTV today

Kolkata's busy Howrah Railway station has adopted a novel approach to drive home the message of 'Swachh Bharat'. Gone are the rather dour looking 'Do Not Litter' signs. Instead, the station's walls are now dotted with posters depicting famous scenes from Bollywood hits. Even the 'Keep Clean' messages come with a filmy twist.

You men on the show kept talking about the Bengal tiger. I wanted to say, you are in the land of the Royal Bengal Tigress, so beware.

Sheena Bora's biological father has told NDTV that if his ex Indrani Mukerjea killed their daughter, "I want her hanged." Siddharth Das, who lives in Kolkata, has also denied reports that three months ago, he placed an anonymous call to the Mumbai police to warn that Ms Bora had been murdered in 2012.

After 16 years as a top leader of the Trinamool Congress, Dinesh Trivedi has developed new loyalties. Amid reports that his entry into the BJP is imminent, Mr Trivedi, 64, told NDTV, "I won't predict anything but I want to change the DNA of Indian politics - and for that, I will do whatever it takes."

The pilot of a plane that was headed from Muscat to Dhaka told NDTV today that a mid-air collision with another plane was averted while he was flying through the Kolkata airspace.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has told NDTV that the initial post-mortem report does not indicate rape.

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, former Indian skipper calls Mahendra Singh Dhoni 'Captain Fantastic' and feels Sachin Tendulkar deserves to get the Bharat Ratna.

The chit fund controversy continues to snowball in West Bengal. A confidential note accessed by NDTV shows how market regulator SEBI had raised the issue with the Union Finance Ministry last year which in turn wrote to the state government to take "strict action against unregulated entities raising money from public with a view to defraud people."

The brick kiln worker whose eye was severely damaged after he was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters on Thursday has spoken to NDTV about the incident from his hospital bed.