People holding umbrellas cross the road amid light showers of rain, in Kolkata on Thursday (July 24, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a bulletin on July 25, 2025, forecasted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall till July 31 in several regions in West Bengal owing to a depression over coastal … Read more
The Hyderabad City Police held two interaction and coordination meetings on July 17 and 18 at the DCP West Zone office with owners and managements of pubs, bars, restaurants, cafés, and coffee shops to discuss various safety and security measures. The meetings were chaired by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Zone, S. M. Vijay … Read more
This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan allegedly shot dead his senior following an argument at a camp in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, officials said Sunday (June 15, 2025). The incident took place around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday (June 14, 2025) at the … Read more
Kolkata, West Bengal, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari on June 6, 2025, accused the West Bengal government of keeping its State Covid portal defunct. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri Leader of Opposition of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Suvendu Adhikari on Friday … Read more
Healthcare staff will start encouraging patients to enjoy nature and the outdoors in a new scheme in the West Midlands. More than 40 health organisations have received training and free booklets to share with people they support in the hope of boosting their well-being as part of the scheme from the RSPB and the West … Read more
West Nile virus has been detected in UK mosquitoes for the first time, UK health officials say. The risk to the general public is “very low” and although the virus can make people seriously ill in rare cases, there is no evidence the virus is spreading in mosquitoes in the UK, the UK Health Security … Read more
Joanne Writtle Health correspondent, BBC Midlands BBC Paramedic Jacob Hoy said he believed many attacks on ambulance workers went unreported Last summer, as people watched England in the Euro 2024 final, paramedic Jacob Hoy was on a night shift. He was called to a football fan in Birmingham, reportedly in cardiac arrest – but the … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh during the inauguration of Jagannath temple, at Digha in East Medinipur on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Former West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Digha Jagannath temple, … Read more
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP Bengal president Suvendu Adhikari addresses a protest rally following an alleged attack on his convoy, in South 24 Parganas on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari visited Thakurnagar, the headquarters of the Matua order during the sect’s annual festival, on … Read more
Ben Godfrey BBC Midlands Today West Midlands Police Brian Pitts ran the operation with the help of his former partner, Katie Harlow, from a villa in Thailand A gang leader who co-ordinated a £4m fake Xanax drug-making operation in sheds and garages across the West Midlands has been jailed for eight years. Up to 11 … Read more