West Bengal

State in Eastern India

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India along the Bay of Bengal. With over 91 million inhabitants, it is India's fourth-most populous state. West Bengal is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 88,752 km² (34,267 sq mi). Part of the ethno-linguistic Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata (Calcutta) the seventh-largest city in India, and center of the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, and the coastal Sundarbans. The main ethnic group is the Bengalis, with Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.

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CAB expected to set the tone for 2021 Bengal polls

The contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is all set to determine the course of West Bengal politics in the days to come with the state bracing for a deeper..

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West Bengal universities calls off guv event after rule tweak

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We don't divide people in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said unity in diversity is the ethos of the state and people here are not divided on the basis of caste,..

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West Bengal trims guv’s powers, cuts direct access to universities

Tuesday’s gazette notification — putting the state government between the chancellor’s office and vice-chancellors — caps three months of back and forth..

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West Bengal assembly winter session adjourned amidst TMC's acrimony with governor

The winter session of the West Bengal assembly was abruptly adjourned on Tuesday amidst ruling TMC's charges that the governor was wilfully withholding his..

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Maharashtra has most employable talent, followed by TN, UP: Study

Maharashtra moved up from 9th position and Tamil Nadu was up from 10th position of last year as they improved their ranking this year to emerge as the most..

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Not a single citizen will be allowed to turn a refugee due to NRC, CAB: Mamata Banerjee

Giving assurances that NRC and CAB will be never allowed in Bengal as long as the TMC is in power, Banerjee said NRC and CAB are both two sides of a coin. "There..

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TMC government revived handicrafts sector in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

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Bengal governor Dhankhar shown black flags

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Will support CAB if citizenship given to all communities: Mamata Banerjee

Slamming the Centre over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and its proposal for a pan-India NRC, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that..

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CAB, NRC against basic principles of Constitution: Mamata

Slamming the Centre over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, expected to be tabled on December 9, and its proposal for a pan India NRC, West Bengal chief minister..

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Smriti Irani slams opposition for politicising rape

Speaking in the LS, the Smriti Irani said that "people who used rape as political weapon in West Bengal panchayat polls are giving sermons," adding "this is not..