Niti Aayog along with the ministry of women and child development, has undertaken a detailed analysis of each indicator and sub-indicator under SDG Goal 5, a senior government official told ET.

The West Bengal Department of Health and Family Welfare has issued a notification to ban 137 medicines that did not meet the drug quality standard on Saturday (May 24, 2025). It has also issued a ...

Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is likely over West Bengal till May 31, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds reaching 40–50 kmph. The India Meteorological Department ...

Tucked deep in the delta where the Ganges meets the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans in West Bengal—home to the elusive Royal Bengal Tiger and the world’s largest mangrove forest—has closed its ...

Sharmishtha Panoli was arrested from Haryana’s Gurugram by the West Bengal Police on Friday, May 30, over her contentious post. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to ...

In West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police arrested a man after he was found walking with his sister-in-law's severed head. Local residents alerted the authorities upon spotting him in ...

The West Bengal government's reference to the temple in Digha as "Jagannath Dham", a term historically and scripturally reserved for the 12th-century temple in Puri, has met with strong objections ...

West Bengal’s growth story has a complex history, but certain current indicators are cause for alarm. For example, the state’s real gross state domestic product grew at an average rate of 4.3 ...

NEW DELHI: A fire broke out in a passenger train's engine near Gasal Railway Station in Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal on Tuesday. The authorities rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under ...

The patients with breathing-related issues have been undergoing treatment at state-run and private hospitals, he said, adding that most of these cases were reported from Kolkata and its ...

Ghosh had met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the inauguration of the newly built Jagannath Temple in Purba Medinipur's Digha, which triggered a major row as several BJP leaders ...