Bengal: Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar resigns as TMC Barasat District President after party's failure in Assembly polls

May 24, 2026

Of the seven Assembly seats in the Barasat Lok Sabha constituency, TMC won only two seats while the BJP swept five. TMC's Sabyasachi Dutta...

West Bengal: Woman sentenced to life imprisonment in husband's murder case

Sep 16, 2020

Barasat (West Bengal) [India], September 16 : Anindita Pal Dey, an accused in the murder case of her husband Rajat Dey, has been sentenced...

West Bengal Governor visits explosion site of illegal firecracker factory in Duttapukur

Aug 27, 2023

The Governor is also slated to visit the Barasat district hospital where the injured were brought in following the blast.

Tripura CM virtually attends PM Modi's Nari Shakti Vandan Abhinandan program held in Barasat

Mar 06, 2024

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday virtually attended the Shakti Vandan Abhinandan function of Prime Minister Narendra Modi held in Barasat.

West Bengal: DIG Barasat gets transferred amid Sandeshkhali unrest

Feb 17, 2024

Kumar has now been posted as the DIG in charge of Security for the state, the order from the Home and Hill Department read.

Fire breaks out at godown in West Bengal's Barasat

Jun 21, 2025

Visuals from the spot showed massive flames and thick plumes of smoke billowing from the godown.