West Bengal Agriculture Minister Malay Ghatak on Saturday said he has received a letter threatening to kill him and his family unless he resigned from the Cabinet and quit Trinamool Congress.

Amid the uproar over investment fraud in West Bengal, an Inter-Ministerial Group will hold its first meeting this week to suggest ways to deal with such schemes against the backdrop of demands within a Parliamentary Committee for scrapping of chit fund schemes.

Rejecting the bail plea of Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his close aides, a local court in West Bengal on Saturday remanded them to judicial custody till May 31.

The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is likely to announce class12th results in the month of May.

Will Smith is expected to take a double duty in the reboot of Sam Peckinpah's 1969 film for Warner Bros. After starring in 1999's "Wild Wild West", Will is offered to be a leading man as well as a producer in untitled 'The Wild Bunch' remake, a new take of Sam Peckinpah's classic film in 1969 from Warner Bros, reported a website.

Five persons, including four children, died after being hit by lightning during a thunder shower at Chancold in Malda district, the police said on Monday.

Noting there has been a 30 percent increase in revenue generation in West Bengal, state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday vowed to free the state from the crippling debt burden which had been passed on from by previous government.

Aided by raging cyclone Mahasen, south west monsoon, the lifeline for millions of farmers in India, is all set to bring showers over the Andaman Sea in the next two to three days.

Roy Hodgson was set to be named as England's next football manager on Tuesday after holding talks with FA chiefs about taking over the vacant post.

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) supremo Pradip Bhattacharya on Sunday alleged that the state government wants to delay the rural polls by challenging the Calcutta High Court order in a division bench.