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Food safety officials raided hotels, restaurants and food outlets across West Bengal, finding mouldy meat, flies in milk, unsafe food colouring and expired pastries.

Continuous rain is pushing up DVC reservoir levels, increasing releases from Maithon and Panchet and raising flood concerns in the lower Damodar basin. A fresh subsidence incident has also triggered panic near a mining settlement in Pandabeswar.

Heavy rain continues across South Bengal, with orange alert conditions in Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah and South 24 Parganas.

Bihar authorities have advised residents not to buy, sell or consume unfamiliar fish caught from floodwaters following floods in Nepal.

The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at 14 locations across seven regions, including Kolkata, in a money-laundering probe into alleged fraudulent toll collection at National Highway toll plazas.

At least eight people have died in Uttarakhand after relentless monsoon rain triggered landslides, house collapses and flash floods, while land subsidence damaged homes, roads and farmland in Rudraprayag.

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien appeared at Shakespeare Sarani Police Station on Wednesday after a second notice in the Camac Street unrest case involving Abhishek Banerjee’s office.

West Bengal has launched Arjun Vahini, a 200-member special disaster response squad modelled on the NDRF, with future recruitment of Agniveers planned.

A relative of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was found dead at her family home in Birbhum on Tuesday, prompting a police investigation into an unnatural death. The deceased has been identified as Bristy Mukherjee, daughter of Nihar Ranjan Mukherjee, a maternal cousin of Mamata Banerjee. Her body was recovered from a room on the second floor of the family home in Kusumba village, in the Rampurhat area of Birbhum. Family members said Bristy had been facing pe

Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee appeared at Shakespeare Sarani police station in connection with the incident reported from Kolkata's Camac Street area. His appearance at the police station comes in the wake of the Camac Street incident, which has drawn attention in Kolkata and prompted police proceedings. Abhishek Banerjee at Shakespeare Sarani police station Banerjee's presence at the Shakespeare Sarani police station marks the latest development in the matter.

CJP calls off September 5 Delhi march after Centre assurances The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has withdrawn its planned September 5 march in Delhi after the Centre moved in the Supreme Court on issues surrounding cases against student protesters and compensation for families of students who died by suicide. Why the march was planned CJP had announced the September 5 mobilisation after alleging that commitments made when its earlier student agitation was withdrawn had not bee

Flood fears are rising across Bihar as persistent rain in Nepal and eastern India swells the Gandak, Kosi, Burhi Gandak and Ganga, pushing several gauges above danger or warning levels.

Satellite images reveal how a massive ice-and-rock collapse in the Himalayas triggered the catastrophic Nepal floods, sending debris and water down the Lhende–Trishuli river system.

Nepal's devastating floods have killed hundreds and left thousands missing as India and China join specialist tunnel rescue efforts and morgues struggle with the rising number of bodies.

Three smartphones, Wi-Fi equipment, storage devices and Rs 31,000 in cash were recovered from Aftab Ansari's cell at Kolkata's Presidency Correctional Home, raising fresh questions over prison security and his alleged network.

Ottawa's new countermeasures take effect September 8 after trade talks with Washington collapsed — even as Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to India to widen Canada's trade options beyond the US.

Patna witnessed fresh tension on Tuesday as students protesting over the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination marched towards the Raj Bhavan and later faced police action. The agitation has been building since 18 August over examination rules, alleged irregularities and demands raised by candidates. Why are students protesting? The immediate dispute centres on the recruitment process announced by the BPSC for thousands of school-teacher vacancies. Students have

Sita Devi, at the centre of the Park Street pavement milk controversy, met Suvendu Adhikari at the Janatar Darbar as the political row widened and KMC moved towards arranging accommodation.

The West Bengal government has issued a notification appointing elected legislators as presidents of governing bodies of government and government-aided colleges. The decision has prompted questions about the role of political representatives in higher education administration. What the notification says The notification names elected legislators to head governing bodies of a number of government and government-aided colleges. Some of the appointments involve representatives