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- Bengal firm on curbs on illegal quarries
Suri (Birbhum), July 31: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here today that no illegal stone quarry would be allowed in Birbhum district.
Stone quarries in the ar....
- One killed in police firing in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 29: One person was killed after police fired at a violent mob protesting over a land dispute in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district today, police said.
District Ad....
- West Bengal: Talks fail between government, transporters
Kolkata, July 28: A meeting between the West Bengal government and transport operators on a fare hike failed today with the operators indicating that they would now go for a strike over their d....
- Commonwealth Express arrives in West Midnapore
Kolkata, July 28: The Commonwealth Express, an exhibition train showcasing the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi in October, arrived in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Tue....
- West Bengal to provide subsidy on diesel, kerosene
Kolkata, July 26: West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta today announced that the state government would provide subsidy of Rs.110 crore on diesel and Rs.50 crore on kerosene.
Das....
- West Bengal has Rs 192,000 crore loan liability: Mamata
Kolkata, July 25: West Bengal's Left Front government is reeling under the burden of loans totaling Rs.192,000 crore, Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said here....
- ITC set to get land for food factory in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 23: ITC would soon get land for setting up production base in the city, a top company official said here today.
"We have not been able to get land to set up producti....
- Rs.15 lakh looted from Bengal bank
Kolkata, July 23: Six dacoits posing as customers looted Rs.15 lakh at gunpoint from the Anandapur branch of the Bank of Baroda in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district today.
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- West Bengal steel makers for ending power tariff hikes
Kolkata, July 23: Ferro-alloy and steel manufacturers in West Bengal on Thursday said the sector was on the verge of closure following repeated power tariff hikes by the state-run utilities and....
- Chinese held at Indo-Nepal border in Bengal
Siliguri (West Bengal), July 20: A Chinese national was arrested from the Indo-Nepal border here after she was found strolling suspiciously in the area, police said today.
The 48-year....
- Death toll in Sainthia railway accident 63
Sainthia (West Bengal), July 19: The death count in the Sainthia train tragedy in West Bengal went up to 63 with two more people succumbing to their injuries tonight, officials said.
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- Ramakrishna Mission chief's condition stable
Kolkata, July 19: The condition of Ramakrishna Mutt and Ramakrishna Mission president Swami Atwasthananda, admitted to a private hospital following stomach pain and urine infection, is now stab....
- Bengal announces Rs.3 lakh compensation for train victims
Kolkata, July 19: The West Bengal government has announced compensation of Rs.3 lakh each for the families of those killed in the railway accident at Sainthia in Birbhum district today.
- Rains hit Agra region, could salvage bajra crop
Agra, July 19: Rains lashed the Agra region of Uttar Pradesh today after a long dry spell, reviving hopes of a good bajra crop this kharif season.
Farmers in the region had gone in fo....
- 60 dead, 150 hurt in West Bengal train accident
Sainthia (West Bengal), July 19: 60 people were killed and 150 injured early today when the speeding Sealdah-bound Uttar Banga Express rammed into the stationary Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Expr....
- Cockroach in food in Duronto, passengers protest
Kolkata, July 19: Passengers of the Mumbai-Howrah Duronto Express on Sunday night staged protests at the Howrah station here after the discovery of a cockroach in a meal supplied on the train.
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- Police use force to end Visva-Bharati chief's confinement
Santiniketan (West Bengal), July 18: At least 20 people were reportedly injured when police used force to end a 14-hour "gherao" (confinement) of Visva Bharati University Vice Chancello....
- President of Ramkrishna Mission stable
Kolkata, July 18: Ramakrishna Mutt and Ramakrishna Mission president Swami Atwasthananda, admitted to a private hospital following stomach pain and urine infection, is now better and he is resp....
- Man drowns in river Ganga, no safety measure in place
Kolkata, July 18: Every rose comes with a thorn and a little carelessness is all you need to get yourself pricked. The same holds true for nature.
There had been instances in the pa....
- West Bengal rules out fare hike
Kolkata, July 17: West Bengal's ruling Left Front today ruled out any hike in public transport fares but said a meeting of state finance ministers on July 21 in New Delhi will deliberate on....
- Nuclear power plant to come up in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 16: A nuclear power plant is to come up in Haripur in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, despite some people being against the project, said Srikumar Banerjee, chairman of....
- West Bengal minister stable after swine flu
Kolkata, July 16: West Bengal Water Resources Minister Nandagopal Bhattacharjee, who tested positive for swine flu and was on ventilator after being admitted to a hospital around 10 days ago, i....
- Meghalaya chief minister to take legal action against truckers
Shillong July 16: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday said he will take legal action against a truckers' body for accusing him of abetting extortion along the national highway....
- Taxi strike from today midnight in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 14: The largest taxi operators' union in West Bengal will go on a 24-hour strike from today midnight demanding a hike in fares to cope with the recent increase in fuel prices.....
- JMM supporter shot dead in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 13: An activist of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was shot dead by unknown assailants in a Maoist-dominated area of West Bengal's Purulia district, police said today.
- 15 percent of Sunderbans may be submerged by 2020
Kolkata, July 13: At least 15 percent of the Sunderbans - the world's largest mangrove forests - will be submerged by 2020 and neglecting the area further can have global implications as it....
- West Bengal proposes joint venture capital fund with centre
Kolkata, July 13: West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta today.
proposed a joint venture capital fund with the centre to facilitate small and medium scale industries in the state....
- Anti-GJM parties hold public meeting in Darjeeling
Darjeeling, July 13: The Democratic Front (DF) - an umbrella organisation of anti-Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) parties - on Monday held a public meeting in Darjeeling town to pay tribute to sl....
- Should not have taken land for industry in Singur: Bardhan
Kolkata, July 12: A prominent Communist leader today said West Bengal's Left Front (LF) government should have refrained from taking land at Singur for Tata Motors' now defunct Nano pla....
- Three murdered in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 10: A woman, her daughter and her minor son were killed by unidentified assailants by slitting their throats in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said today. Three people....
- West Bengal got less agricultural credit than needed: Buddhadeb
Kolkata, July 10: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said today that the state received substantially less agricultural credit in the last fiscal (2009-10) compared to its actua....
- Twelve members of marriage party killed in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 9: Twelve members of a marriage party were killed and one person was seriously injured when their car collided head-on with a speeding lorry at Barjora in West Bengal's Bankur....
- Hundreds remember Jyoti Basu, want house converted to museum
Kolkata, July 8: Hundreds of people, including long-time comrade and former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, visited Indira Bhavan, the house where Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu spent his....
- High alert in West Bengal's Maoist-hit districts
Kolkata, July 6: All police stations and security camps in three Maoist-hit districts in West Bengal are on "high alert" ahead of the 48-hour shutdown from Wednesday called by the outla....
- Life hit in West Bengal as shutdown begins
Kolkata, July 5: Normal life was disrupted in West Bengal today as road and rail services were affected and government offices were closed following a 12-hour shutdown called by non-Congress pa....
- Raids on to nab Bengal train sabotage suspect
Kolkata, July 4: Security forces today conducted raids in several villages in Jhargram in West Midnapore to nab Umakanto Mahato, one of the prime accused in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express train....
- Night passenger trains suspended
Kolkata, July 4: Movement of passenger trains during the night on the Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra sections of South Eastern Railway (SER) will remain suspended till July 9 due to secu....
- SBI's West Bengal staff association defer stir
Kolkata, July 4: The two-day strike that was called by State Bank of India (SBI) Staff Association (Bengal Circle) has been deferred following assurance by the management for discussions in the....
- CPI-M supporter shot dead
Kolkata, July 3: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporter was killed by suspected Maoists in Jhargram in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, police said.
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- West Bengal seeks counter-insurgency schools
Kolkata, July 2: West Bengal has again requested the union home ministry to set up Counter Insurgency and Anti-terrorism (CIAT) schools in the state to take on the Maoists, officials said on We....
- An eye doctor's battle to save snakebite victims
Kolkata, July 1: Meet Dayal Majumdar, a 50-year-old eye specialist, who travels to remote villages in West Bengal on a mission to save people who fall unwitting victims to snakebite. About 3,00....
- SBI staff to strike work in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 30: The State Bank of India (SBI) Staff Association in West Bengal today called a two-day strike from July 5, which would affect operations in around 800 branches and 3,000 ATMs.
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- West Bengal given 10-day deadline for bus fare hike
Kolkata, June 29: Bus operators in West Bengal today met state Transport Minister Ranjit Kundu and demanded a fare-increase in view of the fuel price hike.
"Today we had a meeting....
- Pro-Maoist group member killed in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 28: The body of a pro-Maoist militant wing activist was found in West Bengal's Bankura district today, with the police claiming that he was murdered by the guerrillas. However....
- Life in Kolkata goes haywire after monsoon rains
Kolkata, June 28: Traffic snarls and waterlogging threw normal life out of gear in this West Bengal capital following heavy monsoon rains for over an hour today.
Several schools decla....
- Bengal bus operators to demand fare hike
Kolkata, June 27: West Bengal bus operators today decided to demand a hike in fares to cope with the recent increase in fuel prices.
"We will meet the state transport minister and....
- Ship carrying arms sets sail for Kolkata
Kolkata, June 27: A Karachi-bound ship, intercepted on the Hooghly with arms and ammunition used by multi-nation troops in a UN peacekeeping mission, today set sail for the Kolkata dock amid ti....
- Chimpanzee dies in Alipore zoo
Kolkata, June 26: A 24-year-old male chimpanzee housed in the Alipore zoo here died today after a prolonged illness, an official said.
"It was due to prolonged illness that the ch....
- Opposition criticises transport strike in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 26: The ruling Communist government affiliate Centre of Indian Trade Unions' (CITU) 24-hour public transport strike in West Bengal today drew a scathing response from the oppo....
- Transport strike in Bengal against fuel price hike
Kolkata, June 25: The Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) labour arm Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has called a 24-hour public transport strike in West Bengal Saturday to prot....
- CITU shutdown in Bengal against fuel price hike
Kolkata, June 25: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) affiliated Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has called for 24-hour public transport strike in West Bengal Saturday to protest ....
- Close shave for Duronto Express passengers
Kolkata, June 25: The passengers of the Howrah-Mumbai Duronto Express had a close shave after its engine and generator car separated from the rest of the coaches near Uluberia in West Bengal to....
- Gorkha League president's widow meets Buddhadeb, demands justice
Kolkata, June 24: Demanding justice, slain All India Gorkha League president Madan Tamang's wife Bharati met West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee here on Wednesday and express....
- Sixth arrest in West Bengal train sabotage
Kolkata, June 23: A pro-Maoist activist, accused in the derailment of the Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal in which 148 people were killed, was arrested from Kharagpur in West Midnapore distr....
- Fifth man held for train sabotage
Kolkata, June 20: A pro-Maoist activist who was one of the key accused in the derailment of a train in West Bengal that killed 148 people was arrested in Jharkhand today, police said here.
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- Police forcibly arrest a deranged youth as Maoist
Salboni (West Bengal), June 18: He hadn't uttered a word ever since he and his comrades had been captured by the joint forces on Wednesday. Tagged as a 'Maoist', this 20-year old yo....
- Landslide disrupts supply lines between Siliguri, Darjeeling
Siliguri, June 16: Supply lines between Siliguri and Darjeeling districts of West Bengal were disrupted today following a landslide on national highway 55 in the Kurseong sub-division of Darjee....
- 'Train sabotage in Bengal has global security implications'
Mumbai, June 16: A US-based security organisation has termed the May 28 Howrah-Mumbai express train sabotage in West Bengal as India's "worst terrorist attack" on a train since 2006....
- Pro-Maoist activist held in Gyaneshwari train crash
Kolkata, June 15: A pro-Maoist activist has been arrested for the sabotage that led to the Gyaneshwari Express train derailment in West Bengal last month in which 148 people were killed, CBI so....
- Kala-azar outbreak in West Bengal district
Kolkata, June 13: Outbreak of kala-azar, a centuries-old disease, in two tribal villages near Bolpur in West Bengal's Birbhum district has thrown health officials into a tizzy.
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- West Bengal govt wants to cremate Gyaneshwari victims
Kolkata, June 13: The West Bengal government would seek permission from the court to cremate the decomposed unidentified bodies of victims of the Gyaneshwari Express derailment kept at mortuari....
- CRPF trooper killed, 16 hurt in road accident
Kolkata, June 12: A paramilitary trooper posted in West Bengal's West Midnapore district was killed and 16 others were injured after the vehicle in which they were travelling turned turtle ....
- Mamata as chief minister? Jury still out
New Delhi, June 12: Mamata Banerjee's ascent is based on an unrehearsed, inchoate, impulsive political movement, which has surged ahead of other parties in recent years in acquiring close g....
- West Bengal forms authority to hear complaints of students, parents
Kolkata, June 11: The West Bengal government on Friday decided to form an authority where students and their parents can express their grievances about schools and teachers, in the wake of the ....
- Plan being drawn up for railway tracks' security
Kolkata, June 11: An action plan will be prepared to ensure safety of the passengers and to secure the railway tracks along the 150-km stretch of the South Eastern Railway passing through the M....
- Private hospitals in Bengal told not to refuse accident cases
Kolkata, June 10: The West Bengal government has told private healthcare service providers that it is their primary and moral duty to treat people injured in road accidents and make them primar....
- LF asks partners to review civic poll debacle independently
Kolkata, June 9: West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) at its meeting today skirted the controversial issue of its debacle in the civic polls and said it would be discussed only after all it....
- We should prepare to sit in opposition: Left partner
Kolkata, June 8: West Bengal’s ruling Left Front should be mentally prepared to sit in the opposition after next year’s assembly elections, a leader of a front partner said today.
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- 250 fall sick after eating prasad in West Bengal
Kolkata, June 8: More than 250 people, among them 35 children, fell sick after eating prasad (offering) at a devotional meeting in West Bengal’s Howarh district, police said today.
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- Second arrest in Gyaneshwari Express case
Kolkata, June 8: An activist of a pro-Maoist tribal body has been arrested for his involvement in the May 28 Gyaneshwari Express derailment that left 148 dead, West Bengal Police said today. Th....
- West Bengal vehicles to have high security numberplates
Kolkata, June 8: To prevent theft and wrongful use of two and four wheelers, the West Bengal government has decided to introduce high security numberplates.
The numberplates having a ....
- West Bengal, railways to meet on rail track security on June 11
Kolkata, June 8: The West Bengal government and the railways will hold a high level meeting on railway track security June 11 but the state police chief says it is impossible to man hundreds of....
- Chances of West Bengal polls in November: Forward Bloc
Kolkata, June 7: The All India Forward Bloc, a prominent constituent of West Bengal’s ruling Left Front, today said there were chances of the West Bengal Assembly polls being brought ahead to N....
- Six killed, 20 injured in West Bengal accident
Siliguri (West Bengal), June 6: Six people were killed and 20 injured when a pick-up van overturned in the Seven Mile area of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district today, police said.
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- PCAPA members ransack houses in Jhargram
Kolkata, June 6: Suspected members of a pro-Maoist tribal organization early today ransacked a few houses near Jhargram town in West Midnapore district of West Bengal and fired shots in the air....
- Owner of pick-up van used by Gyaneshwari saboteurs arrested
Kolkata, June 5: The owner of the pick up van allegedly used to ferry men, who sabotage rail track that led to Gyaneshwari Express derailing on May 28, was arrested on Friday, police said.
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- Bengal verdict: Left has only itself to blame
Kolkata, June 4: The West Bengal poll results may well mark the beginning of the end for the Left. Even the most optimistic among its supporters can no longer expect the Communists to win next ....
- Minorities, deprived classes lost faith in CPI-M: Ahamed
New Delhi, June 3: Minorities and other deprived sections have lost their faith in the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front government in West Bengal and they voted for parti....
- Left on its way out in West Bengal, admits leader
New Delhi, June 3: The drubbing in the municipal elections is a clear pointer that the Left Front that has ruled West Bengal continuously since 1977 is set to be voted out next year, a party le....
- Left Front allies blame corruption, policies for rout
Kolkata, June 3: Two Left Front allies today blamed corruption and "wrong polices" of the West Bengal government for the combine's rout in the civic polls.
Revolutionary S....
- West Bengal agrees to CBI probe into train disaster
New Delhi, June 2: The West Bengal government has agreed to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the derailment of Gyaneshwari Express near Jhargram in Midnapore district that kil....
- Pepsi factory in Kerala also causing problems: Achuthanandan
Thiruvananthapuram, June 1: Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan today said that soft drink major Pepsi's factory in Palakkad district was causing serious problems to the locality it wa....
- Night trains remain suspended on two routes
Kolkata, June 1: In the wake of the Gyaneshwari Express tragedy, running of passenger trains on Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra sections will continue to be suspended between 10 p.m. and ....
- Man held in Gujarat for links to Bengal derailment culprits
Ahmedabad, May 31: Ahmedabad police today arrested a voluntary organisation worker suspected to be linked to those behind Friday's derailment in Jhargram in West Bengal, evoking sharp react....
- Man held for labelling trader as Pakistani drug smuggler
Kolkata, May 31: A man who allegedly cheated a trader here and then created a fake website purportedly in the name of the 'ministry of narcotics control' to label him as a Pakistan base....
- Heavy security outside EVM store rooms in West Bengal
Kolkata, May 31: Heavy security arrangements have been put in place outside the rooms where the verdicts of voters in Sunday's civic polls across West Bengal have been stored in electronic ....
- West Bengal's intellectuals divided over rail disaster
Kolkata, May 30: Intellectuals in West Bengal have unanimously condemned the deaths in Friday's train accident in Jhargram but are divided in fixing responsibility for it.
Those c....
- Sporadic clashes mar West Bengal civic polls
Kolkata, May 30: Sporadic clashes were reported from many places in West Bengal today as urban voters queued up to cast their votes for the civic body polls considered the last trial of strengt....
- Train disaster toll goes up to 145, tracks restored
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 30: The toll in West Bengal's train tragedy rose to 145 today as the wreckage was cleared from the accident spot and train services resumed on the route.
- West Bengal holds crucial civic polls, clashes reported
Kolkata, May 30: Sporadic clashes were reported from many places in West Bengal today as urban voters queued up to cast votes for civic body polls in the shadow of Friday's train tragedy an....
- Train tragedy toll 138, all bodies extricated
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 30: The death toll in Friday's train accident in this West Bengal town shot up to 138 late on Saturday as the extrication of dead bodies from the wreckage of the....
- Candle light vigil against Maoist attack on train
Kolkata , May 29: A section of intellectuals today held a candlelight vigil protesting the suspected role of the Maoists in the derailment of the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express that left 131 ....
- Railways send coffins for accident victims
Kolkata, May 29: The railways have despatched coffins to the Jhargram accident site and earmarked one coach each in some local trains of the South Eastern Railway for the kin of the Gyaneshwari....
- Baby reunited with family after train tragedy
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 29: A two-year-old boy, Shaukat, who lost his father in the Gyaneshwari Express tragedy and whose mother is in hospital with severe injuries, was reunited with his g....
- DNA tests to identify bodies of train tragedy victims
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 29: With many of the bodies extricated from the ill-fated Gyaneshwari Express mutilated beyond recognition, the authorities today decided to conduct DNA tests for id....
- Rescue work hampered due to railways' non-cooperation: minister
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 29: The West Bengal government today claimed that rescue operations at the site of the ghastly train accident had suffered due to lack of coordination with the railw....
- Train tragedy toll rises to 98, bodies decaying
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 29: The putrefying stench of decaying bodies filled the air here today as the toll in Friday's train accident rose to 98. The authorities said more casualties we....
- Train tragedy toll rises to 98
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 29: The death count in Friday's train tragedy near this West Bengal town rose to 98 as rescue workers continued to extricate bodies from mangled coaches of the M....
- Night passenger trains suspended in West Bengal's Maoist areas
Kolkata, May 28: The railways have decided to suspend passenger trains on Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra sections between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in view of the derailment of the Gyaneswari E....
- Train driver heard explosion, felt vibrations
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 28: The driver of Gyaneshwari Express heard an explosion and then felt vibrations before the Mumbai-bound passenger train derailed near here today, killing at least ....
- Anxious kin of derailed train passengers crowd Howrah
Kolkata, May 28: Hundreds of agitated and anxious relatives of passengers of the Gyaneshwari Express train that derailed early today, killing at least 71 people, crowded the Howrah station for ....
- Helpline numbers for West Bengal train accident
Jhargram, May 28: The railways have opened the following helplines for information on the train accident near here today:
Howrah: 033-26382217
Kharagpur: 032-22255751, 032-2....
- At least 50 trapped in mangled train coaches
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 28: More than 50 people remain trapped inside the mangled coaches of a Mumbai-bound passenger train that derailed today, a rescue worker estimated, hours after the a....
- Train attack is ninth major Maoist strike this year
New Delhi, May 28: The train derailment, which led to the death of 65 people in West Bengal today and is blamed on Maoist insurgents, is the ninth major strike by the rebels since February this....
- Death, anxiety writ large over accident site
Jhargram (West Bengal), May 28: Children shocked into silence, survivors screaming for their missing kin, body upon mutilated body being taken out of mangled coaches... horrific scenes played o....
- Fifteen railway passengers killed in blast in West Bengal
Kolkata, May 28: Thirteen coaches of the Mumbai-bound Howrah-Kurla Gyaneshwari Express were derailed following a blast between Sardiha and Khemasuli railway stations in West Bengal's West M....
- Maoists kill teenager in West Bengal
Kolkata, May 26: Maoists allegedly opened fire indiscriminately early today in West Bengal's west Midnapore district killing a teenaged boy, police said.
According to police, the ....
- Angry demonstrators block GJM chief Gurung's convoy
Darjeeling, May 25: Days after Gorkha League chief Madan Tamang's murder, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung today had a tough time entering Darjeeling as his convoy faced angr....
- Children of Sunderbans still bear scars of Aila havoc
Gosaba (West Bengal), May 25: Archia Khatun, 16, does not know Kusum, a year younger to her. Nor has she heard about 10-year-old Asma. The three have never met but they share a common destiny, ....
- Thousands join Tamang's last journey, CID probe ordered
Darjeeling, May 24: Braving rains, nearly 15,000 people took part in the last journey of slain Gorkha leader Madan Tamang raising slogans against the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and tearing it....
- Competitive panel expects to dispose two-three cases soon
Kolkata, May 24: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is expected to dispose of at least two to three cases in the coming one to one-and-half month’s time, a senior official said here toda....
- Gorkha group calls 12-hour trade shutdown on Monday
Darjeeling (West Bengal): Facing the heat following allegations of its involvement in the murder of rival Gorkha outfit's leader Madan Tamang, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has called a ....
- Left Front calls 12-hour shutdown in Sundarbans
Kolkata, May 23: West Bengal's ruling Left Front on Saturday called a 12-hour shutdown in the Sundarbans area on Tuesday to protest against the central government not releasing the promised....
- Tamang's death may drag Darjeeling Hills into chaos
Darjeeling, May 22: The killing of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) chief Madan Tamang may worsen the situation in the troubled Darjeeling Hills, political observors and major parties feel.....
- Gorkha League chief Madan Tamang killed, Darjeeling tense
Darjeeling, May 21: Gorkha leader Madan Tamang, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL), was today stabbed to death allegedly by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters in this W....
- Mamata stoking communal trouble in Bengal, CPI-M tells Chidambaram
New Delhi, May 20: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) today sought union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's intervention to prevent Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee from "....
- Three bodies recovered, 8 missing after boat capsizes
Siliguri, May 20: Bodies of three people were recovered today but eight others were missing after a rafting boat capsized in the river Teesta in Kalimpong sub-division of West Bengal’s Darjeeli....
- Yet again, no doctor on call at Taj!
Agra, May 20: An elderly tourist from Karnataka died of a heart attack at the Taj Mahal last week, raising questions as to why the authorities had not been able to provide prompt medical care a....
- West Bengal issues alert on cyclone Laila
Kolkata, May 19: Seven coastal districts in West Bengal were put on alert today and fishermen asked to return to the land to prevent any possible damage by cyclone Laila, which is likely to hit....
- Teacher held for demanding laptop from student
Kolkata, May 18: A teacher of an English medium school here was arrested today on charges of demanding a laptop from a student to promote him to a higher class, police said.
The stude....
- 'Left faces life and death battle in West Bengal'
New Delhi, May 18: For the first time, Left leaders are betraying their jitters, saying in public what the comrades have been introspecting and analysing in their politburo and other inner part....
- Buddhadeb scoffs at Mamata's claim of advancing polls
Kolkata, May 16: Scoffing at Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the West Bengal assembly polls would be advanced to October, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today sai....
- CRPF deployed on second day of Gorkha group's shutdown
Siliguri, May 16: Two companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were deployed on National Highway 31A near the West Bengal-Sikkim border in Darjeeling district today on day two of th....
- Elder brother kills 75-year-old sister
Kolkata, May 15: A 75-year-old woman was killed by her elder brother in West Bengal's North 24 Paraganas district today, police said.
District police chief Rahul Srivastava said 7....
- Mamata says Congress will jump into CPI-M boat
Kolkata, May 15: Taking potshots at the Congress with whom her party failed to strike up an alliance for West Bengal civic polls, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Con....
- Guards, employees of 19 banks' ATMs in West Bengal threaten stir
Kolkata, May 14: The Bengal Provincial Bank Employees' Association (BPBEA) on Thursday called a three-day strike of security guards and contract workers of ATMs of 19 banks in West Bengal, ....
- Camera, collars, marks - Sundarban counts its tigers
Kolkata, May 11: Sundarbans, the largest estuarine mangrove forest in the world, also boasts of the highest number of tigers in the country. Now enumerators are carrying out the arduous task of....
- Gokarn expects wage hikes in several sectors
Kolkata, May 10: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn expects a sort of quasi-stimulus in the form of wage hikes in several sectors, which would help provide a demand-pull t....
- Sanskriti Express flagged off from Howrah
Kolkata, May 9: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today flagged off the Sanskriti Express exhibition train from Howrah station as part of the celebrations of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore&#....
- West Bengal salutes Tagore on his birth anniversary
Kolkata, May 9: West Bengal saluted Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore today with offerings of songs, dances and plays composed by the bard as lakhs of people participated in functions across t....
- Maoists kill CPI-M leader in West Bengal
Kolkata, May 2: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Dayal Mahato was shot dead by Maoists in Jamberia area of West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
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- Bengal may get memorial for indentured Indian workers
Kolkata, May 2: Bhawanipore Depot in Kolkata was where almost a million intrepid travellers spent the last few days in their homeland. They left India and were taken abroad as indentured worker....
- Skeleton, landmines found in West Bengal forest
Kolkata, May 2: Security forces on Saturday recovered a skeleton and five landmines from a forested area in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said.
The landmines and s....
- 'Strikes only hurt the economy'
Kolkata, April 27: As yet another strike today paralysed life in West Bengal, industry bigwigs and economists said such agitations only affected the economy of the state adversely without solvi....
- Strike brings life to a halt in West Bengal
Kolkata, April 27: Flight and train services were thrown off gear and vehicles did not ply as life in West Bengal came to a grinding halt today, following the 12-hour strike called by 13 politi....
- Locals agitate over elephant killing in Bengal
Kolkata, April 25: People of Nayagram town in West Bengal's West Midnapore district staged a demonstration today protesting against forest department officials shooting dead an elephant and....
- Two CPI-M leaders killed by Maoists in West Bengal
Kolkata: Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders were killed by Maoists in West Bengal’s Bankura and West Midnapore districts today, police said.
A police officer said th....
- Nobel medal theft case can be reopened: CBI
Kolkata, April 24: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) may have closed the case relating to the theft of Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel medal but was willing to reopen it if any leads came i....
- Violence grips Bengal as tribals and Muslim fight over quarry
Bankura (West Bengal), April 23: West Bengal's Birbhum district witnessed a spate of violence recently as people belonging to the Muslim community had a hostile encounter with the tribals.
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- West Bengal governor's visit to cyclone-hit area cancelled
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan's visit to cyclone-ravaged North Dinajpur district was cancelled today due to poor weather conditions, an official said.
"The gove....
- President distressed at deaths in West Bengal storm
Kolkata, April 16: President Pratibha Patil today expressed her distress at the loss of lives and property in the violent storm that devastated parts of West Bengal on Tuesday night.
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- Man's headless torso found near Kali temple
Kolkata, April 15: The headless torso of a man was discovered near a Kali temple in Bolpur of West Bengal's Birbum district today, raising suspicion among locals that he was the victim of a....
- West Bengal storm toll is 43, victims protest
Kolkata, April 15: The death toll from a violent storm that ravaged parts of West Bengal rose to 43 today, and officials said more than 200 people remained in hospitals after suffering multiple....
- Storm kills 31 people in West Bengal
Kolkata, April 14: At least 31 people were killed and thousands rendered homeless when a massive storm lashed parts of West Bengal's North Dinajpur district early today, an official said.
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- Police begin probe into mysterious death of youths
Kolkata, April 13: Police today began a probe into the mysterious death of three youths whose bodies were found beside the railway tracks near the Dum Dum station on Monday.
Three fri....
- Six die on road, mob attacks hospital
Kolkata, April 13: Hundreds overran a hospital here today causing widespread destruction alleging doctors did not take enough care of the victims of a road accident that killed six people, poli....
- In Sundarbans, weak embankments a major concern this monsoon
Kolkata: The memories of last year's cyclone Aila are still fresh in the minds of thousands of people living on the Sundarbans islands. Fear of another catastrophe looms as the embankments ....
- Heat wave, power cuts make life tough in West Bengal
Kolkata: Sweltering heat and frequent power cuts have hit normal life in West Bengal, with the state power authorities urging people not to use air conditioners in the evening. State Chief Mini....
- Mercury soars to 41 degree Celsius in Kolkata
Kolkata: Residents of Kolkata reeled under a hot sun today as the day's high temperature climbed to 41 degrees Celsius.
"Today's (Saturday) maximum temperature was 41 degr....
- Three railway workers run over by train
Kolkata: Three railway employees were run over by a train while they were working on a track in West Bengal's Burdwan district, an official said on Friday.
The accident occurred b....
- West Bengal annual plan hiked by 28 percent to Rs.17,985 crore
New Delhi: The Planning Commission today fixed the annual plan of West Bengal for 2010-11 at Rs.17,985 crore -- 28 percent more than last year.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ....
- GJM to hold talks with Chidambaram on Gorkhaland issue
Siliguri: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) will soon enter into discussions with Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram for formulating a temporary arrangement regarding the Gorkhaland case in Darjeeli....
- Left Front protests price rise across West Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) today staged state-wide sit-ins in front of various central government offices protesting against the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance ....
- Now, fatwa issued against Shoaib Malik
Kolkata: Former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik had another googly bowled at him when a fatwa was issued today against him by a muslim cleric in the wake of Hyderabadi girl Ayesha Siddiq....
- Bengal Undertrial attempts suicide inside court room
Kolkata: An undertrial tried to commit suicide by slitting his vein inside a West Bengal court room today, police said.
The gory incident took place in front of Third Additional Distr....
- Two new legislators sworn in as Bengal ministers
Kolkata: Two new ministers, one from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the other from its ally the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), were sworn in as ministers of state (MOS) ....
- West Bengal sounds alert in Maoist-hit districts
Kolkata: West Bengal today sounded an alert in three districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia following the massive Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh that killed 73 Central Reserve Police F....
- Buddhadeb resents Chidambaram's language
Kolkata: Taking exception to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's remark that in tackling inter-party clashes the "buck should stop at the chief minister' table", Chief Minister....
- Chidambaram arrives in Lalgarh amidst shutdown call
Lalgarh (West Bengal): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram arrived in this Maoist-infested belt of West Bengal's West Midnapore district Sunday to review the situation amidst a shutdown call....
- 'Save' Bengal from CPI-M, Congress-Trinamool urge Chidambaram
Kolkata: Aggrieved over union Home Minister P. Chidambaram dropping politically volatile Burdwan district from his West Bengal tour itinerary, the state's opposition Congress and Trinamool ....
- Chidambaram to visit West Bengal trouble spots
Kolkata: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will arrive on a two-day visit to West Bengal on Saturday to review the anti-Maoist operation in Lalgarh and will also tour the political flashpoint ....
- Haldia clashes will affect investment, fears Buddhadeb
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Budhhadeb Bhattacharjee today voiced 'grave concern' over clashes between rival trade unions in the industrial town of Haldia in East Midnapore distr....
- Infosys to get 50 acres near Kolkata
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will allot 50 acres of land to software major Infosys in New Town on the northeast fringes of the city in the next 10 days, Housing Minister Gautam Deb said ....
- Workers experience hell during Stephen Court clean up
Kolkata: The putrid smell of charred and decomposed bodies fills the air, there are huge mounds of debris that can be accessed only by risking one's life. But despite the heavy odds, around....
- Pranab wants probe into Stephen Court blaze
Kolkata: Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday demanded a probe into the Stephen Court fire tragedy, saying it was necessary to find if the inferno occurr....
- Now a Casabianca in Stephen Court
Kolkata: Just as the son in the poem "Casabianca" followed his father's words by not moving from a burning ship, Khusiram Tewary followed his master's orders to a tee by spendin....
- Stephen Court effect: the traumatised may need counselling
Kolkata: The Stephen Court inferno, the sight of people jumping to their death to escape the blaze, the burnt corpses - all this has left scars on the minds of the victims' families and the....
- Reduce VAT on cell phones: Lobby asks Bengal
Kolkata: Handsets manufacturers body Indian Cellular Association (ICA) today asked the West Bengal government to adopt a uniform 5 percent value added tax (VAT) on mobile phones.
It s....
- Kolkata still burning - with anger and rage
Kolkata: Three days after the Stephen Court fire that snuffed out 24 lives, including many youngsters, Kolkatans were today seething at the authorities' callousness that triggered and aggra....
- Stephen Court residents allowed in to take out essentials
Kolkata: Residents of Stephen Court were allowed to visit their flats for half hour to take out essential belongings today, three days after a raging fire engulfed the heritage building on happ....
- Fire breaks out in West Bengal's Panagarh army base
Kolkata: A major fire broke out in the ammunition depot of the Indian Army base in West Bengal's Panagarh early today, gutting one of the sheds, an official said.
There were no re....
- Body found in Stephen Court, toll rises to 25
Kolkata: A body was found today on the fourth floor of Stephen Court, taking the toll from the fire three days ago to 25.
"The body has been sent to the S.S.K.M hospital. The body....
- Denied entry, fire-hit Stephen Court residents protest
Kolkata: Angry residents locked out of the fire-ravaged Stephen Court today demanded entry into the building to see what remains of their homes after Kolkata's worst fire tragedy left 24 pe....
- Kolkata fire toll is 24, caretakers arrested
Kolkata: The death toll in the Stephen Court building inferno here rose to 24 today as firefighters discovered more charred bodies and police arrested two caretakers of the century-old heritage....
- Rings, watches only identification of Kolkata's charred victims
Kolkata: A ring, a wrist watch, a chain -- these were the only symbols by which parents, sweethearts and children could identify their near and dear ones... so charred and mutilated were their ....
- Buddhadeb visits Stephen Court
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today briefly visited the Stephen Court building, which was devastated by a fire that left 24 people dead.
Bhattacharjee en....
- Young professionals main victims of Kolkata fire
Kolkata: From 18-year-old Arati Dhali to 25-year-old Sourav Barik, the main victims of the fire that gutted Stephen Court in central Kolkata were young professionals working in call centres and....
- Missing key could have saved lives at Stephen Court
Kolkata: If the key to a locked collapsible gate leading to the terrace of Kolkata's Stephen Court was not missing, many lives could have been saved in the fire on Tuesday. At least 18 peop....
- Stephen Court death count rises to 24
Kolkata: The death toll soared to 24 today in a fire which broke out in the Stephen Court building in the heart of Kolkata's bustling Park Street on Tuesday.
While four bodies wer....
- Park Street fire throws up heroes
Kolkata: Amid the devastation and the loss of lives, the fire at the Stephen Court building here has also thrown up heroes who staked their lives to save fellow beings, whom they did not even k....
- Third biggest fire in two years in Kolkata
Kolkata: The Park Street blaze today is the third big fire in Kolkata in the last two years that has resulted in huge loss of property and many injuries.
The fire that broke out in a ....
- Fire in Kolkata multi-storied building
Kolkata: A fire broke out in a multi-storied building on the upmarket Park Street in the city hub today, police said.
Fifteen fire tenders have been rushed to control the blaze which ....
- Naxalite leader Kanu Sanyal dead, suicide suspected
Siliguri (West Bengal): Kanu Sanyal, one of the founding members of the Left extremist movement in India, was today found hanging in his thatched hut here. He was 78.
Sanyal is allege....
- Sops for all in West Bengal budget
Kolkata: Apparently eyeing next year's assembly polls, the West Bengal government today sharply hiked the outlay for minorities, promised rice at Rs.2 a kg to the lowest 20 percent of peopl....
- West Bengal announces Rs.250-cr urban job scheme
Kolkata: In a move to win over the urban youth ahead of next year's assembly elections, West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta today proposed an urban employment scheme with an initial ....
- West Bengal doubles funds for Muslims, madrasas education
Kolkata: In an apparent bid to woo the Muslims ahead of next year's assembly polls, the West Bengal government today proposed to more than double the plan outlay for minorities and madrasa ....
- West Bengal received Rs.7,000 crore investment in 2009
Kolkata: West Bengal received Rs.7,000 crore of investment in 2009, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here today.
Addressing a State Summit organised by Bengali news channel....
- Buddhadeb favours consensus on land acquisition policy
Kolkata: Calling for a consensus among the government, corporate houses and locals to sort out the issue of acquiring fertile land for industries, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddahdeb Bhattacha....
- West Bengal to hike women's quota in civic agencies
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said the women's quota in the elected seats of panchayat and municipal committees will be raised to 50 percent.
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- Railway ad shows Delhi in Pakistan, Kolkata in sea
Kolkata: Is Delhi in Pakistan? Or does Kolkata float on the Bay of Bengal? Yes, if one goes by an advertisement splashed by the Eastern Railway in major dailies today.
The faux pas oc....
- Two school girls die after eating 'poisoned' lunch
Kolkata: Two Class 4 girls collapsed during the lunch break in school today and died. It is being alleged that they were poisoned by one of their classmates, police said.
The two stud....
- Police open fire in air as tribals storm outpost
Kolkata: Police fired in the air after a group of pro-Maoist tribals tried to force their way into a police outpost in West Midnapore district today.
The tribals, owing allegiance to ....
- GJM seeks interim set-up till 2011
Darjeeling: The proposal for an interim administration does not mean the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) is giving up its demand for a separate Gorkhaland but it will be a step forward in reachin....
- Two Maoists arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata: Two members of the military wing of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist were arrested today in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said today.
"Two....
- Manipuri militant outfit's chief held in West Bengal
Kolkata: Three militants, including the chief of the outlawed Manipuri insurgent outfit Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), have been arrested from West Bengal's Darjeeling district, police sai....
- West Bengal home secretary visits Shilda camp
Kolkata: West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen today visited the violence-hit Shilda Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp in West Bengal's West Midnapore district that was stormed by a grou....
- Bus runs over elderly woman in Kolkata, locals on rampage
Kolkata: An elderly woman was run over by a speeding bus in Kolkata today following which locals went on a rampage torching and damaging vehicles, police said.
According to police sou....
- Mamata Banerjee inaugurates auto hub in West Bengal
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated an automobile hub at Shalimar in Kolkata's twin district Howrah.
"The first automobile hub has been opened up in re....
- Maoist arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata: A Maoist guerrilla was arrested from a forest area in Bankura district of West Bengal, police said today.
Anup Lohar, a resident of West Midnapore's Goaltore area, was na....
- Bengal BJP stages blockades over price rise
Kolkata: Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists today staged road blockades across West Bengal protesting the rising prices of essential commodities and proposed reservation for Mus....
- Kolkata sex workers rally for equality, social status
Kolkata: Hundreds of sex workers and their children today marched across the city streets on International Women's Day, demanding social equality and recognition for their profession.
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- Kolkata experiences massive power cuts
Kolkata: Parts of Kolkata experienced major power cuts today giving a tough time to thousands of students preparing for their final examinations.
The power failure were attributed to ....
- 'Companies need separate audit, risk management panels'
Kolkata: Any company should have separate committees for audit and risk management and the latter should be accordingly represented on the company board, according to a British business school ....
- Tribals demand release of detained villagers in Midnapore
Kolkata: Hundreds of tribal women today staged a protest at a police station in West Bengal's West Midnapore district to demand release of 37 villagers detained during the joint forces'....
- West Bengal prisoners to get phone facility
Kolkata: Prisoners in West Bengal can now stay in touch with their families on telephone. But what they talk will be monitored.
"We have taken up the new system so that prisoners ....
- Phone booths for prisoners in West Bengal jails
Kolkata: They may be incarcerated but can now stay in touch with their families via telephone as the West Bengal government has decided to install phone booths in jails.
"We have ....
- Mentally challenged man climbs atop Howrah Bridge
Kolkata: A mentally challenged man today climbed atop the Howrah Bridge, blocking traffic into the city for more than four hours as a huge crowd gathered at the spot, officials said.
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- Little Ayesha leaves hospital, can return to Pakistan
Kolkata: Ayesha Ahmed, the seven-year-old Pakistani girl from Karachi who underwent a heart bypass surgery here last week, has been discharged from the hospital, her doctor said today. She will....
- Large fire breaks out in Kolkata slum
Kolkata: A huge fire broke out in a slum area on the eastern outskirts of Kolkata today, a state fire department official said. No casualty has been reported in the incident so far.
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- West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan visits Shantiniketan
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan visited Visva Bharati University, popularly known as Shantiniketan (abode of peace), in the state's Birbhum district and held meetings with seni....
- Security beefed up in Kolkata's IT hub
Kolkata: Security has been beefed up at the IT township located on the eastern outskirts of Kolkata, following the abduction of a software engineer last week, police said today.
Sandi....
- Bengal speaker not to contest 2011 assembly polls
Kolkata: Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Hasim Abdul Halim, who has been the West Bengal assembly speaker for the last 28 years, said today he would not contest the next ....
- West Bengal committee to address solid waste management
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has formed an expert committee to address municipal solid waste management and recycling in various urban areas across the state, a minister said today.
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- Nabbed Maoist leader was a techie: Police
Kolkata: Key Maoist leader Venkatesh Reddy alias Deepak -- who was arrested from Kolkata's adjoining South 24 Parganas district on Tuesday night -- was a mechanical engineer and in charge o....
- Moonshine kills six in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Six people died and six fell ill today after drinking illicit liquor in an Uttar Pradesh village, police said.
The incident occurred in Meerpur village of Bulandshahr distric....
- Uneasy calm in Tagore's abode of peacae after student violence
Bolpur (West Bengal): An uneasy calm prevailed in the campus of Visva Bharati University at Shantiniketan two days after unprecedented violence between student groups took a toll on the Basanta....
- Air India employees suspended on molestation charge
Kolkata: Two Air India employees were suspended today by the airline on charges of 'misbehaviour' and alleged molestation of a nine-year-old girl at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Inte....
- West Bengal says no to jobs promised as Silda compensation
Kolkata: Just few days after the West Bengal government decided to compensate for the death of the jawans who died during the Maoist attack in Silda on February 15, the state government has now....
- Poor visibility disrupts flights at Kolkata airport
Kolkata: Flights were disrupted at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport here following poor visibility today morning, an airport official said.
"Altogether....
- Maoists kill CPI-M activist in West Bengal
Kolkata: Suspected Maoists today shot dead a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist in West Bengal's Purulia district, police said.
A group of rebels opened fire at Kal....
- Hands crippled by polio, girl writes exam with pen in mouth
Kolkata: Nasima Khatun, 16, cannot hold a pen in her hands and write. A polio attack when she was five has left her hands crippled. But she has appeared for the Class 10 board exams in West Ben....
- Kolkata pays last tribute to theatre doyen Kumar Roy
Kolkata: The members of Kolkata's cultural fraternity Monday paid their last tribute to noted theatre personality Kumar Roy, the pioneer of the Bengali theatre movement for decades, who die....
- West Bengal celebrates Holi
Kolkata: A day after Bengalis celebrated Dol Yatra, the mainly non-Bengali population in West Bengal today marked Holi with the usual gusto and enthusiasm.
Reports from across the cit....
- Needle removed from child's stomach
Kolkata: Doctors at a Kolkata hospital successfully removed a needle a six-year-old girl accidentally swallowed which left her unable to eat and caused her extreme pain.
"The litt....
- We have to focus on development for poor: Buddhadeb
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday said his government would focus on the economic development of the poor living in backward districts.
"We hav....
- Pranab's budget gift for West Bengal
Kolkata: Two days after Mamata Banerjee showered goodies on West Bengal in the railway budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee brought more cheer for the people of the eastern state.
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- Slain cop's wife alleges lack of security infrastructure
Kolkata: The wife of slain West Bengal police officer Rabi Lochan Mitra today alleged that lack of security infrastructure at police stations in Maoist-affected belts caused the death of her hu....
- West Bengal governor to visit slain troopers' families
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan will visit West Midnapore district's Salua on Friday to meet the bereaved families of Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) personnel who were killed in....
- Police officer, Maoist killed in West Bengal
Kolkata: The officer-in-charge of a police station and a Maoist were killed in a gun battle in West Bengal's Bankura district, police said today.
Bankura Superintendent of Police ....
- Bengal reaps a rich harvest from Mamata's rail budget
Kolkata: Using the railway budget yet again to raise her stock among the voters ahead of West Bengal assembly polls next year, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today showered her state with lar....
- Jailbirds stage dance drama on robber king's reform
Kolkata: Valmiki, legendary author of the epic Ramayana, was said to be a reformed robber, a subject on which poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote the dance drama "Valmiki Pratibha". Now it i....
- Ayesha - a new symbol of hope in India-Pakistan ties
Kolkata A seven-year-old Pakistani girl from Karachi underwent a heart bypass surgery in Kolkata today, becoming a new and latest symbol of hope between people of the two countries.
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- Kolkata students rally against terror
Kolkata: Carrying posters and placards condemning terrorism, several hundred students and alumni of different schools and colleges of the city today took out a rally demanding peace and securit....
- Woman gives birth to four babies
Kolkata: A woman in the northern outskirts of Kolkata has given birth to four premature babies - two males and two females - in a rare case which happens in one among five lakh pregnant women.
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- Eastern Frontier Rifles officer 'masked' at media meet
Salua (West Bengal): A senior Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) officer today addressed a media conference with his face covered with a black cloth, raising questions about the force's morale a....
- 'Eastern Frontier Rifles misused, ill-treated'
Salua (West Bengal): Charging the authorities with "misusing" and "ill-treating" the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR), which lost 24 of its men in a Maoist attack in West Bengal on....
- Buddhadeb ticks off officials for airing differing views
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today ticked off state Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen and Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh for speaking in different voices ab....
- West Bengal CID team visits razed camp
Kolkata: A West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department team today visited the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp that Maoists stormed on Monday killing two dozen security personnel.
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- 17 killed, 20 injured in Bengal accident
Kolkata: At least 17 people were killed and 20 injured when a speeding bus collided with a truck in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district today, police said.
The accident occurred....
- Bengal government's role in Maoist attack condemned
Kolkata: As relatives and friends of the security personnel killed in Monday's Maoist attack in West Midnapore's Shilda area continued to protest today, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) ac....
- West Bengal governor condoles jawans' deaths
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan today expressed deep anguish at the killing of 24 security personnel and a civilian in a Maoist attack on Monday.
He also conveyed his ....
- West Bengal accuses Maoists of disrupting normal life
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today condemned the Maoist attack on a West Midnapore police camp which killed 24 security personnel, and termed it as an attempt by the rebels to disrupt no....
- Families, friends mourn Kolkatans killed in Pune
Kolkata: Family members, neighbours and friends mourned the death of the three Kolkata residents who were killed in a terror strike that occurred at the German Bakery in Pune on Saturday evenin....
- Why Dhoni went to Kolkata police headquarters
Kolkata: Love of old motorbikes led Indian cricket skipper M.S. Dhoni to the city police headquarters at Lalbazar on Friday night.
"Some police officers had told the Indian skippe....
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on cleanliness drive in Kolkata
Kolkata: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, led a cleanliness drive at the Lily Pool area at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium in the southern part o....
- Explosives found at Howrah station
Kolkata: There was panic at the Howrah station, the gateway to Kolkata, following the discovery of explosives in a bag on a platform today, an official said.
"Some railway hawkers....
- West Bengal Muslims divided over job reservation
Kolkata: West Bengal's Muslims are divided over the government's move to reserve 10 percent of government jobs for socially, economically and educationally backward in the community.
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- West Bengal expects 35 percent growth in farm loan
Kolkata: West Bengal expects to achieve a growth of 35 percent in loans to farm and small scale sectors in the current fiscal, state Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said here today.
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- Muslims welcome 10 percent job quota in West Bengal
New Delhi: The 10 percent quota in government jobs for backward Muslims in West Bengal is being welcomed by leaders of the community who say it's not really enough but add that something is....
- 'Capital dredging proposal from Kolkata Port Trust awaited'
Kolkata: The central government is awaiting a detailed proposal from the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) to undertake capital dredging of the Haldia channel, union Minister of Shipping G.K. Vasan sai....
- Bengal to adopt Ranganath Mishra Commission recommendations
Kolkata: West Bengal's Left Front government today decided to adopt the Ranganath Mishra Commission's recommendations for the betterment of economically, socially and educationally back....
- CITU threatens all-India shutdown if cooking gas prices raised
Kolkata: A prominent left trade union today threatened an all-India shutdown if the central government raised prices of cooking gas and other petro-products following the Kirit Parikh panel rec....
- Buddhadeb slams Trinamool for 'backing' Maoists
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress for "backing" the Maoists and other disruptive elements in the sta....
- West Bengal speaker hospitalised in Singapore
Kolkata: West Bengal legislative assembly speaker and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Hasim Abdul Halim was admitted to a hospital in Singapore today after he suffered re....
- One killed, five injured in Kolkata road accident
Kolkata: One person was killed and five were critically injured when a speeding trailer lost control and hit five vehicles on the second Hooghly bridge here, police said today.
Accord....
- We are extremely worried about the price rise issue: Mamata
Kolkata: Facing the heat from Left parties on the Kirit Parikh panel suggestion on deregulation of petro prices, Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today tried to sof....
- West Bengal Power Minister Mrinal Banerjee dead
Kolkata: West Bengal's Power and Non-Conventional Energy Minister and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Mrinal Banerjee died of colon cancer at a private hospital here ....
- Fire in operation theatre of West Bengal hospital
Kolkata: A fire broke out in an operation theatre of West Bengal's largest state-run super-speciality S.S.K.M. hospital here today morning. There were, however, no casualties.
Pan....
- 25-year battle for 41 days of government service
Kolkata: A man had to fight court battles and endure bureaucratic sloth for a quarter of a century to take up a government job for which he had been selected, but finally he could work for only....
- Six killed as bus overturns in West Bengal
Kolkata: Six people were killed and several others injured when a bus overturned in West Bengal's Purulia district today, police said.
The driver lost control while overtaking a t....
- Forty cars in third Indo-Bhutan Friendship Rally
Kolkata: Altogether 40 cars, 25 from India and 15 from Bhutan, will compete in the third Indo-Bhutan Friendship Car Rally 2010-Eastern Himalayan Challenge which begins from Siliguri in northern....
- No end to political killings in West Bengal
Kolkata: Political killings taking place across West Bengal since last year's Lok Sabha polls are making people recall some of the gory days of the 1960s and 70s when political violence had....
- Kolkata projects to be named after Jyoti Basu
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) today announced that three of its projects will be named after late Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu.
The projects are a water purifying a....
- Scientists, farmers fast to protest Bt Brinjal
Kolkata: A group of scientists, academicians and farmers observed a day's protest fast at the Kolkata Book Fair today against the possible release of genetically modified crop Bt Brinjal fo....
- Price rise eating into midday meals at Bengal schools
Kolkata: Midday meals - a surefire way of ensuring attendance in West Bengal's state-run schools - are taking a hit due to the escalating prices of rice and vegetables. The money given by t....
- Bird flu spreads to more areas in West Bengal
New Delhi: While culling continued in bird-flu hit West Bengal, new epicentres have emerged since the government confirmed the virus on Jan 14, health authorities said here.
Nearly 12....
- West Bengal earmarks 100 acres for IT cluster
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has earmarked 100 acres near the new airport at Andal in Burdwan district for an information technology (IT) and electronic cluster, IT minister Debesh Das s....
- Missing constable returns to West Bengal police station
Kolkata: A police constable, suspected to have been abducted by Maoist guerrillas during violent attacks on two camps of the security forces in Bankura district on Monday night, returned to a p....
- West Bengal to give scholarships to girl students
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will provide scholarships to girl students who continue to study after Class 8 in a bid to reduce the drop-out rate among girls, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bha....
- M.K. Narayanan unfurls tri-colour as Bengal celebrates R-Day
Kolkata: Amid stepped-up security, newly appointed West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan unfurled the tricolour and took the salute as the state celebrated India's 61st Republic Day today.
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- Security beefed up across West Bengal ahead of Republic Day
Kolkata: Security has been beefed up across West Bengal on the eve of the Republic Day. Patrolling has been increased at railway stations, shopping malls and other public places, as the state g....
- Nearly 95,000 chickens culled in West Bengal
New Delhi: Nearly 95,000 chickens have been culled in bird-flu hit Murshidabad district of West Bengal, officials said here today.
"Culling of birds has started and so far 95,493 ....
- Somnath Chatterjee stable in Kolkata hospital
Kolkata: Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, hospitalised with a chest infection here, is stable with no deterioration in his condition, doctors attending to him said today.
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- Fake currency seized in Kolkata
Kolkata: Counterfeit currency with the face value of Rs.392,000 was seized today from a city hotel and three people were arrested, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Kolkata ....
- M.K. Narayanan sworn in West Bengal governor
Kolkata: Former National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan was today sworn in as governor of West Bengal in a brief ceremony at the Raj Bhavan here.
Narayanan replaces Bihar's Gover....
- West Bengal celebrates Netaji's birth anniversary
Kolkata: Hundreds of people made a beeline for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's ancestral house at Elgin Road in the southern part of the city to celebrate the 113th birth anniversary of the th....
- Body donation wave in Bengal after Basu's deed
Kolkata: Marxist icon Jyoti Basu's gesture in donating his body for medical reserach has triggered a wave in West Bengal to emulate him.
Thanks to NGOs, a massive movement is buil....
- Two people now see with Jyoti Basu's eyes
Kolkata: Deceased Marxist icon Jyoti Basu's eyes have been grafted to give vision to two blind people, an opthalmologist said here today.
The eyes were grafted following routine c....
- 200 shanties gutted in Kolkata fire
Kolkata: At least 200 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire that swept through Tangra in Kolkata's eastern fringes today, a fire department official said.
The early morning b....
- West Bengal yet to tap allocated urban development funds
Kolkata: West Bengal has not submitted proposals to utilise the entire fund allocated to it under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Minister of State for Urban Devel....
- Basu's poster seen torched in Kolkata
Kolkata: Tension ran high in Kolkata's eastern fringes of Tiljala area as a poster of deceased Marxist icon Jyoti Basu was found torched today.
"A poster of Jyoti Basu was see....
- Doctors mull preserving Basu's brain
Kolkata: The doctor's of state-run SSKM Hospital are thinking of preserving the brain of late Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, the hospital's anatomy department head said here today.
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- Near-stampede as thousands pay last respects to Basu
Kolkata: Jyoti Basu was known for his connect with the masses in his lifetime, in death too he drew lakhs. Thousands converged at the state assembly today to pay their last respects, creating a....
- Jyoti Basu: No memorials, no flowers at his grave
Kolkata: The outpouring of grief, the crowds lining the streets, the cortege weaving its way through a city come to a standstill. India bid a tearful adieu to another beloved leader today -- bu....
- Kerala home minister recovers from illness in Kolkata
Kolkata: Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who suddenly fell ill today morning, while waiting to pay his last respects to Jyoti Basu at the West Bengal Assembly here, is now fine acco....
- Basu's body to be carried in army gun carriage
Kolkata: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu's body would be carried in a gun carriage during the funeral procession, a defence ministry spokesman said.
"The Indian Army will pr....
- Kolkata hospital preparing to receive Basu's body
Kolkata: The authorities of Kolkata's premier SSKM Hospital are gearing up to tackle an expected huge gathering of people during the final journey of deceased Marxist leader Jyoti Basu on T....
- Pranab to represent party, government at Basu's last rites
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will represent the union government as well as the Congress at the last rites of Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, Congress sources said here today.
- West Bengal declares two-day state mourning
Kolkata: The West Bengal government declared a two-day state mourning from Monday on the death of former state chief minister Jyoti Basu.
State Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty....
- West Bengal's business community mourns Basu's demise
Kolkata: West Bengal's business community paid rich tributes to veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu today, recalling his contribution to the state.
"A life of great turmoil and ....
- Mamata seeks three-day state mourning
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today described Marxist icon Jyoti Basu as a "great political figure" and called for a 72-hour state mourning.
"I think we all sh....
- Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu dies in Kolkata
Kolkata: Jyoti Basu, veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader who was West Bengal chief minister for 23 years and straddled Indian politics for over six decades, died here today ....
- Jyoti Basu remains 'very, very' critical
Kolkata: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu's condition was "extremely" critical today and he was put on maximum ventilator support, doctors attending on him said.
"Bas....
- Outstanding professionals to head cultural bodies: PM
Kolkata: Stressing that it was "time for winds of change to blow", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government has liberalised the rules for recruiting the head officers of ....
- Heavy security in Kolkata ahead of PM's visit
Kolkata: Heavy security was put in place across Kolkata today, a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits the city to attend the 150th foundation day celebrations of St. Xavier's Col....
- Prime Minister to visit Kolkata on Saturday
Kolkata: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Kolkata to attend the 150th foundation day celebrations of the premier St Xavier's College on Saturday, Jan 16.
"The prime mi....
- Absence of police, volunteers caused Ganga Sagar tragedy: Eyewitnesses
Kolkata: Absence of police vigil, lack of volunteers and irregular vessel services were the principal reasons for the stampede that led to the death of seven Ganga Sagar-bound pilgrims in a boa....
- Seven pilgrims killed in West Bengal stampede
Kolkata: Seven pilgrims were killed and 12 injured today in a stampede that took place while they were trying to board a boat to go to the annual Ganga Sagar mela in West Bengal's south 24 ....
- Lalu, Paswan visit Basu in hospital
Kolkata: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad and Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan today visited ailing Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu at a hospital here and wished h....
- Eight pilgrims killed in West Bengal
Kolkata: At least eight pilgrims from Maharashtra were killed when their bus collided with a stationery lorry in thick fog and turned turtle in West Bengal's Hooghly district today, police ....
- Jyoti Basu still critical, but infection level slightly down
Kolkata: Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, who has been hospitalised with pneumonia, is still critical though the bacterial infection in the 95-year-old leader's body was marginally down, the d....
- Rs.200 crore aid for Sundarbans development
Kolkata: The central government will infuse Rs.200 crore over the next five years for the development of West Bengal's Sundarbans biosphere, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jaira....
- West Bengal seeks early disposal of Singur land case
New Delhi: The West Bengal government today approached the Supreme Court for expeditious disposal of Singur farmers' lawsuit on the land leased to Tata Motors so that future transfer of the....
- Fire in Kolkata slum
Kolkata: A major fire broke out in a northeast Kolkata slum today, police said. All the shanties and huts in the slum were on fire, with the leaping flames reaching up to about 15 feet from the....
- Gorkhaland stir hits Darjeeling's tea, tourism
Darjeeling: Shutdowns and agitations in support of a separate Gorkhaland state have begun to hit Darjeeling's tourism, apart from ruining the flavour of its tea industry.
"Tou....
- Journalist Utpal Chatterjee is new Sheriff of Kolkata
Kolkata: Eminent journalist Utpal Chatterjee today took over as the new Sheriff of Kolkata.
Chatterjee, who was deputy editor of The Times of India for ten years besides being executi....
- Jyoti Basu's condition continues to be critical
Kolkata: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu's condition continued to be critical today with no improvement, said a medical bulletin released by the hospital.
"Basu, who was adm....
- Basu slightly better but critical, responding to calls
Kolkata: Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu's health condition marginally improved on Sunday though he was still critical and on partial ventilator support in hospital, doctors attending on him s....
- CPI-M activist shot dead in West Bengal
Kolkata: A group of suspected Maoist ultras gunned down a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist in West Bengal's Purulia district today evening, police said.
The shoot....
- Jyoti Basu's condition deteriorates
Kolkata: The condition of critically ill Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, hospitalised with pneumonia, deteriorated today with doctors saying the 95-year-old leader had slipped into drowsiness wit....
- Missing picnickers untraced, kin hold protests
Kolkata: The 17 missing picnickers in Sunday's boat accident on Rupnarayan river in East Midnapore district still remained untraced today, despite officials saying search operations had bee....
- Naga saints to campaign against global warming in Kumbh Mela
Kolkata: Hundreds of thousands of Naga saints have decided to use the Kumbh Mela, 2010 as a platform to kickstart a green campaign against global warming.
"Since the Kumbh Mela is....
- 17 still missing after West Bengal boat capsize
Kolkata: A day after a boat carrying a group of picnickers capsized in the Rupnarayan river in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, 17 people including eight children continued to be miss....
- Fifteen missing after boat capsizes in West Bengal
Kolkata: Around 15 people, among them several children, were missing after a boat carrying a picnic party capsized in Rupnarayan river in West Bengal's East Midnapore district today.
- Train services hit after bomb threat
Kolkata: Train services were hit in West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand today after Maoists placed two boxes and wires on rail track in West Bengal's Midnapore district that authorities feare....
- Kolkatans start new year with prayers and picnics
Kolkata: Churches and temples saw huge crowds, people went for picnics and had family outings - Kolkatans spent the first day of 2010 in different ways.
People cutting across religiou....
- Convict dies in correctional home
Kolkata: A convict died in the Alipore Central Correctional Home here today, officials said.
The middle-aged Bablu Sheikh, serving a five-year term for trafficking in women, died foll....
- Purushottam Express passengers have a close shave
Kolkata: Passengers and employees on the Puri-bound Purushottam Express from New Delhi had a close shave today as suspected Maoist ultras cut the connectors on two tracks between Jhargram and K....
- Rural health legislation creates political divide
Kolkata: The West Bengal assembly has passed a bill for a three-year diploma course in medicine through which it hopes to bridge the shortage of doctors in villages. But the move has been round....
- Liquor sales in West Bengal go up in festive season
Kolkata: It's Christmas time and New Year's Eve -- so it's party time. And liquor sellers in West Bengal are laughing all the way to the bank as the youngsters beat the winter chill....
- Six found dead in West Bengal poultry farm
Kolkata: Six people were found dead inside a poultry farm in West Bengal's Bankura district today, police said.
The bodies of the victims, all employees of the farm, have been sen....
- West Bengal tourism festival to get Chinese flavour
Kolkata: China will be the added attraction at the West Bengal Tourism and Food Festival 2010 that begins here on Jan 6, state Minister Manabendra Mukherjee said here today.
"Apar....
- In Kolkata, break traffic rules and get a rose
Kolkata: An NGO here is banking on Gandhigiri to make pedestrians and drivers aware of road safety rules.
Members of the NGO Topsia People's Society today presented red roses to p....
- Bengal folk theatre has Mamata to thank!
Kolkata: Apart from giving sleepless nights to West Bengal's ruling Left Front leaders, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee can now also take credit for boosting jatra, the state'....
- Pranab Mukherjee concerned over Haldia port
Kolkata: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed concerns over the diminishing navigability of Haldia Port. "It is absolute necessary to maintain proper navigability of Haldia por....
- Bodies of two CPI-M workers found in West Bengal
Kolkata: The bodies of two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers were recovered today from Belpahari area in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, the regional TV channel report....
- Police nab undertrial who fled
Kolkata: One of the three undertrials who fled on Tuesday from a prison van when it was hit by a truck was nabbed today, police said. Monirul was caught from Amdanga in Madhavpur in North 24 Pa....
- Three prisoners flee from police van
Kolkata: Three prisoners today fled from a prison van after it was hit by a truck in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said here.
"They were travelling in the v....
- Police officer discovered hanging in his quarters
Howrah: Officials rescued the dead body of Tapan Das, a police officer who was found hanging inside his quarters at Howrah, West Bengal.
Das was appointed as the second officer at Bau....
- Tripartite meet begins over Gorkhaland issue
Darjeeling (West Bengal): The tripartite meeting between Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) representatives, senior central and state government officials began here today to discuss the demand of a....
- Bhutias are back spreading warmth in Kolkata
Kolkata: It's winter in Kolkata and sure enough it has brought in its wake the Bhutias - Tibetan traders who descend from the hilly regions of north and northeast India to sell colourful wo....
- Two killed in police firing in West Midnapore district
Kolkata: Two people were killed when security forces opened fire on suspected Maoists at Kalaboni village in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Sunday night.
A senior police....
- Debt-ridden family of three commits suicide
Kolkata: Unable to get out of a debt trap, three members of a family committed suicide in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said today.
The bodies of Samir Nandi, 70, his wif....
- Maoists set fire to deer park in West Bengal
Kolkata: Maoists and activists of the People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) on Saturday night set fire to a deer park in West Midnapore district's Jhargram sub-division t....
- Gorkhaland party suspends fast-unto-death for two days
Kolkata: The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which has been conducting a fast-unto-death agitation for carving a separate Gorkhaland state out of northern West Bengal, today suspended the stir f....
- Maoists, tribal activists torch former Left worker's house
Kolkata: Maoists and their associates People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) members torched the house of a former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker at West Midn....
- Tatas ready to return Singur land through 'meaningful talks'
Kolkata: The Tata group was prepared to return the vacant land in Singur through a "meaningful negotiation", the West Bengal government said today.
"The Tatas have said th....
- AC coaches to be introduced soon in Kolkata Metro
Kolkata: The city of joy, Kolkata will have air-conditioned coaches in its metro stations very soon. Metro Railway authorities has also planned to phase out the older coaches gradually after in....
- Singur welcomes railway proposal, but sceptical
Singur (West Bengal): Mahadeb Das' 12-bigha (4.8-acre) land, which fell within the plot earmarked for the Tata Motors small car project here, was acquired by the state's Left Front gove....
- West Bengal government reviews security scenario
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today held a high-level meeting to review the stepped up security arrangements across the state in view of a central intelligence agency's inputs that Ta....
- Thieves caught emptying house, owner feeds them rosogollas
Kolkata: In an example of Gandhigiri, a man fed sandesh and rosogollas to two petty thieves who were caught red-handed while stealing valuable items from his house at Kamardanga village in West....
- 'West Bengal has made adequate security arrangements'
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today said it has made adequate security arrangements across the state acting on a central intelligence agency's input that a few Taliban-trained militan....
- GJM withdraws four-day shutdown
Siliguri (West Bengal): The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM)has withdrawn its four-day shutdown in the Darjeeling Hills that began
today, a senior leader of the outfit said.
"We had....
- Tourists flee as GJM shutdown begins in Darjeeling hills
Siliguri (West Bengal): Thousands of tourists fled the hills as a four-day shutdown called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland, carved out of West Beng....
- 21 dead, 22 injured in Bengal bus-trailer collision
Kolkata: The death toll in Sunday's bus and truck-trailer collision in West Bengal rose to 21 today after two more people succumbed to their injuries, police said. At least 22 people have b....
- This is our final battle for Gorkhaland, says Bimal Gurung
Siliguri: Describing the ongoing agitation in Darjeeling Hills as the "final battle" for a separate Gorkhaland state, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) on Sunday threatened to resort to....
- Shun violence to prevent 'irretrievable damage' to West Bengal: Governor
Kolkata: Urging all political parties in West Bengal to shun violence, outgoing Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on Sunday said the state will suffer "irretrievable damage" if peace was no....
- Twelve dead, 25 injured in bus-trailer crash in Bengal
Kolkata: At least 12 people were killed and 25 others were injured as a bus and truck-trailer collided head-on at Kulgachia in West Bengal's Howrah district today night, police said.
- Gopal Krishna Gandhi - a people's governor
Kolkata: On the last day of his five-year term as West Bengal governor, Gopal Krishna Gandhi today called on Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, who said "I have been quite happy with you".
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- Mamata announces Rs.5 lakh compensation for constable's family
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced compensation of Rs.500,000 and a job for a family member of a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable who was shot dead Friday while ....
- Mamata writes to Chidambaram on Bengal violence
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has dashed off a letter to Home Minister P. Chidambaram complaining about lawlessness and the growing number of political clashes in West Bengal.
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- Tourists leave Darjeeling as Gorkhaland movement gains momentum
Siliguri (West Bengal): Hundreds of visitors scrambled to leave the tourist resort of Darjeeling today as pro-Gorkhaland activists began a hunger strike and took out rallies in northern West Be....
- Trinamool, Left clash over law and order in West Bengal
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress and the Left parties clashed in the Lok Sabha today over "the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal".
The trouble started when....
- Gorkhaland demand valid, says Jaswant Singh
New Delhi: Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh today said the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland was "valid" and added that if "legitimate demands" were met, then violence would ....
- Now, GJM to start indefinite fast for Gorkhaland state
Siliguri (West Bengal): The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) announced an indefinite hunger strike for a separate Gorkhaland state today, a day after the central government conceded the demand for....
- Railways agrees to set up factory in Singur
Kolkata: The railways on Wednesday in principle agreed to set up a coach factory on the land abandoned by Tata Motors in Singur, and asked the West Bengal government to furnish all details abou....
- Tribals protest arrest of villagers in Lalgarh
Kolkata: Hundreds of tribal activists on Tuesday staged a protest in front of a joint forces' camp in West Bengal's Lalgarh region, demanding the release of two villagers who had allege....
- West Bengal favours railway factory in Singur
Kolkata: West Bengal's Left Front government today sent a letter to the railway ministry asking it to set up industries on the plot of land abandoned by Tata Motors in Singur.
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- Former Bangladesh ruler visits ancestral home in Bengal
Kolkata: Former Bangladesh head of state Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad today arrived at his ancestral home in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district with his son Eric.
Emotional scenes....
- Former Bangladesh ruler to visit ancestral home in Bengal
Kolkata: Students and teachers of Dinhata High School (Boys) in Dinhata village in West Bengal are geared up to recieve the institution's most famous alumni -- General Hussain Muhammad Ersh....
- Metro Railways to install CCTVs to stop emerging suicides
Kolkata: In order to counter the rising number of suicidal deaths occurring in the metro stations, the Metro Railway authorities of Kolkata has decided to install CCTVs in different locations o....
- Security forces vacate Lalgarh school building
Kolkata: Security forces today vacated a school building in Lalgarh area following an assurance given by the West Bengal government to the court.
Classes in the Gohamidanga High Schoo....
- Six killed, eight injured in West Bengal accident
Kolkata: Six people were killed and eight injured when two mini-trucks collided in West Bengal's Nadia district today afternoon, police said.
According to Nadia district police co....
- Former Maoist wants to join police
Kolkata: Former Maoist activist, once arrested on murder charges but released later for dearth of required evidence, has now shown her desire to remain away from the path of extremism and join ....
- Central team meets West Bengal officials, Left Front protests
Kolkata: A three-member union home ministry team, now in West Bengal on a fact-finding mission regarding recurring political clashes, today met top bureaucrats, police officers and ruling Left ....
- West Bengal must decide what it wants: US chamber
Kolkata: Potential investors from the US want the West Bengal government's industrial policy to be more "transparent" and the Marxist-ruled state must decide what it really wants, a....
- No sound, so West Bengal assembly adjourned for 10 days
Kolkata: The winter session of the West Bengal assembly was adjourned for 10 days today due to a faulty sound system.
Speaker H.A. Halim adjourned the house up to Dec 9, soon after th....
- No state is completely free of clashes: West Bengal
Kolkata: Asserting that no state was free of clashes, the West Bengal government on Monday said that it always took prompt action to defuse political violence, even as a central team arrived on....
- Central team's visit is a warning to West Bengal: Mamata
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said the central government's decision to send an expert team to West Bengal to asses the law and order situation was tantamount to w....
- Law and order in parts of West Bengal very bad: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress today said that the law and order situation in certain parts of West Bengal was "very bad" but refused to say if the party wanted central intervention in the sta....
- No scope for president's rule, home minister assures Bengal
New Delhi: A proposed visit to West Bengal by a fact finding team of the union home ministry is intended to assist the state government maintain law and order and not to invoke Article 356, Hom....
- No confrontation, only cooperation, central government assures Bengal
New Delhi: The central government today assured West Bengal that it was not in confrontation with the state government but only intended to cooperate with it to control inter-party clashes and ....
- BJP's 12-hour shutdown hits life in West Bengal
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 12-hour shutdown to protest the rise in prices impacted life in several parts of West Bengal today with supporters stopping public transport, dam....
- Banerjee renews offer for joint venture on Singur land
Singur (West Bengal): A day after Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) declined the West Bengal government's proposal for a power plant on the land abandoned by the Tata Motors in Singur, Ra....
- Mamata lays foundation for perishable cargo centre in Singur
Singur (West Bengal): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today laid the foundation stone for the railway's first perishable cargo centre to benefit farmers in this West Bengal's Hooghly d....
- Two troopers killed, three injured in Lalgarh landmine blast
Kolkata: Two Indian Reserve Battalion troopers were killed and three others injured when suspected Maoists triggered a landmine blast in the Lalgarh belt of West Bengal's West Midnapore dis....
- Only one lottery draw a week, West Bengal, Sikkim told
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the West Bengal and Sikkim governments to ensure that their various online and other lotteries are drawn only once a week in accordance with the central....
- One dead, six injured in Trinamool-CPI-M clash in West Bengal
Kolkata: One man was killed and six others, including two policemen, were injured as activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress clashed in several vill....
- One killed, five injured in Trinamool-CPI-M clashes
Kolkata: One man was killed and five others, including a police officer, suffered bullet injuries as activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress clashed....
- Maintaining Kolkata port a liability: Government
Kolkata: The shipping ministry has expressed concern over the mounting navigability maintenance costs of Kolkata and Haldia ports and asked authorities to justify the existence of these ports.
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- Say no to nuclear plant, Mahasweta tells tribals
Kolkata: Railing against a proposed nuclear power plant in West Bengal's Haripur, celebrated writer Mahasweta Devi has urged tribals to send five post cards each to Prime Minister Manmohan ....
- France looking to revive glory of former Bengal colony
Kolkata: The French government is looking into various areas to develop the tourism potential and revive the rich heritage of its former colony Chandannagar in West Bengal's Hooghly distric....
- SUCI shutdown affects train services in West Bengal
Kolkata: The 12-hour long Bengal shutdown called by the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) saw its effect mainly on the state's train services. Protesting the rising prices of essential....
- Trinamool activists block West Bengal ministers from hospital
Kolkata: Two West Bengal ministers were today allegedly stopped from entering a hospital in the state's Siliguri town by a group of opposition Trinamool Congress activists, and were later e....
- Buddhadeb attacks Trinamool on development plank
Tamluk (West Bengal): Attacking the opposition Trinamool Congress on the development plank, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today alleged that all work has come to a halt in ....
- 12-hour shutdown hits life in Darjeeling
Darjeeling: Normal life came to a halt here today as Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists called a 12-hour shutdown in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, demanding permanent status for over ....
- Three Bangladeshi militants sent to police custody
Kolkata: Three suspected Bangladeshi militants, arrested for having alleged links with terror outfits Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), were today remanded in police c....
- Three Bangladeshi militants arrested in Kolkata
Kolkata: Three suspected Bangladeshi militants were arrested in Kolkata today with counterfeit currency with a notional value of Rs.30 lakh, police said.
The three were arrested by th....
- Maoists, Trinamool Congress working together: Buddhadeb
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today reiterated his stand that the Trinamool Congress was working hand in hand with the Maoists in the state.
"I'v....
- Two Kashmiri men held with arms in West Bengal
Kolkata: Two young men from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested for allegedly possessing firearms and live cartridges, police said today.
Halil Ahmed Bhat and Ramej Ahmed Fambu, both in t....
- Blind ornithologist seeks to create digitised bird-call directory
Kolkata: He is blind but can recognise more than 200 types of birds by their calls. He treks in the high Himalayas with gusto, transcending his physical inabilities to commune with nature.
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- West Bengal cathedral co-named after Mother Teresa, Mary
Kolkata: For the first time, a cathedral in West Bengal has been co-named after Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, a nun who made Kolkata her home and workplace for 68 years caring for the poor and ....
- Shutdown in West Bengal enters second day
Kolkata: The 72-hour shutdown called by the Maoist-backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) entered its second day today, partially affecting life in West Midnapore's....
- By-poll result gives a fillip to Gorkhaland movement
Kolkata: The victory of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM)-backed independent candidate in West Bengal's Kalchini assembly seat could fan the separatist movement in the northern part of the ....
- Kolkata woman tears off part of constable's ear
Kolkata: A woman tore off a part of a woman constable's ear following a scuffle after she was caught for an alleged traffic violation in the city today.
Police sources said the wo....
- Railways will set up Bankim research centre, if state cannot: Mamata
Naihati (West Bengal): The Railways will set up a research centre named after novelist Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay if the West Bengal government failed to start work on the project in three mo....
- Koda's wife sacrifices goats for husband's well-being
Ranchi: Geeta Koda, wife of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda -- who is accused of laundering Rs.2,500 crore -- sacrificed 11 goats at a temple here for her husband's well-being.
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- Black day observed as Buddhadeb visits West Midnapore
Kolkata: Hundreds of school students, teachers and villagers took out rallies and observed a black day today as West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee reached West Midnapore distric....
- Polling begins in West Bengal
Kolkata: Polling began peacefully for by-elections to 10 West Bengal assembly seats today amid heightened security, an official said.
Long queues were seen in front of various polling....
- Bengal by-polls: Beleaguered Left faces another challenge
Kolkata: With the Left fast losing its grip over West Bengal under the assault of the Trinamool Congress-led opposition, the by-polls to 10 assembly seats on Saturday will be a trailer to the e....
- Brand Buddha starts tenth year with faded lustre
Kolkata: Amid the boom of Maoist guns, raging political violence and speculation on whether the end is in sight for the 32-year Left Front (LF) government, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today stepped....
- Maintain law and order, Chidambaram tells Buddhadeb
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today asked the Left Front government in West Bengal to maintain law and order "whatever be the provocation", following clashes during the campai....
- Police dogs to 'think and act' during crisis
Kolkata: They have been trained to sniff out danger and now dogs with Kolkata Police will be taught to react quickly in a crisis situation - independent of their handlers.
"We w....
- More central paramilitary forces for Lalgarh
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today said the centre had agreed to send six more companies of central paramilitary forces to the state to carry out anti-Maoist operations in West Midnapo....
- Now, Rajdhani held up over delay in running local trains
Dankuni (West Bengal): A group of locals held up the Howrah-bound Rajdhani Express for two hours in this West Bengal station after a suburban train was delayed by 14 minutes.
Complain....
- Nothing suspicious in Dutta's statement: CID
Kolkata: There is "nothing suspicious" about police officer Atindranath Dutta, who was abducted and then released by Maoist guerrillas last week, the West Bengal Criminal Investigatio....
- Balmer Lawrie posts Rs.26-crore net profit
Kolkata: Public sector company Balmer Lawrie posted a net profit of Rs.26.37 crore for the quarter ended on Sep 30, compared to Rs.25.73 crore it earned during the corresponding period a year....
- West Bengal to suggest ways to beef up railway security
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will submit proposals to the railway ministry to step up security at various railway stations in the state, a top police official said on Wednesday.
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- Abducted police official Athindranath quizzed
Kolkata: Police officer Atindranath Dutta, held hostage and later freed in a swap for 14 women cadres by Maoist rebels, was today summoned to the state police's Criminal investigation Depar....
- Two toddlers killed, 200 shanties destroyed in West Bengal
Siliguri (West Bengal): Two children were killed and 200-odd shanties destroyed when a fire broke out in West Bengal's Siliguri town today in the wee hours, a senior fire brigade official....
- Relief and smiles at released Bengal cop's house
Kolkata: Tension and anxiety gave way to relief and smiles as the Dutta family of Ahiritola in the city received news of police officer Atindranath Dutta's release from Maoist captivity tod....
- Abducted policeman's family meets Buddhadeb
Kolkata: The family of an abducted West Bengal police officer met Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today, hoping the government would take no steps that would put his life in danger.
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- Abducted cop's parents appeal to Maoists for his release
Kolkata: Anxiety writ large on their faces, parents, relatives and friends of abducted police station officer-in-charge Atindranath Dutta on Tuesday night appealed to the Maoists to set him f....
- 13 cops injured in clash with gamblers in Bengal
Jalpaiguri: Eighteen persons, including 13 policemen, were injured in a clash between police and gamblers in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, officials said today.
Five gamblers....
- Adventurers from 6 nations go down Ganga for a cause
Kolkata: After 35 days of journey down the Ganga, a 15-member crew led by Swiss adventurer Andy Leemann arrived here today having coursed 2,521 kilometres down the mighty river.
The e....
- Bengal cricketer among six injured in car accident
Kolkata : Avik Chowdhury, a Bengal cricketer, was among six people injured in a car accident here on Sunday. Chowdhury was in critical condition and on ventilator support in a private hospital ....
- West Bengal to give Rs.2,000 to unemployed auto workers
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will give a one-time grant of Rs.2000 each to bus, minibus, taxi and auto-rickshaw workers who have been rendered unemployed following the ban on commercial ....
- One injured as three Diwali fires break out in Kolkata
Kolkata: One person was injured, a car was gutted and a building and a squatters' colony partly damaged in three fires that broke out in the city on Diwali and Kali Puja night on Saturday.
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- Three crushed to death by an elephant in WB
Kolkata: Three women were crushed to death and four others, including two children, were injured by an elephant that went berserk in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district today, a forest depart....
- Diamond sales keep interest in gold alive
Kolkata: The fact that people are opting for diamonds as gold prices are skyrocketing has actually kept interest in the yellow solitaire alive -- to an extent.
"Gradually, diamond....
- Mamata sees conspiracy to kill her, police disagree
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged there was a conspiracy to kill her, saying a car with a 'press' sticker on it tried to hit her vehicle, but police said i....
- Not discarding industrial policy, confirms Buddhadeb
New Delhi: Abiding by his developmental strategies, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today confirmed that his government is in no mood of discarding industrial policy and is a....
- Kolkatans fume at Albania's proposal to take Teresa's remains
Kolkata: Mother Teresa was a Kolkatan, part of the city's heritage and one could not give history away - be it intellectuals, Christian organisations or the common person, Kolkatans reacted....
- Protest CPI-M 'atrocities' in Hooghly, urges union minister
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader and Union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy today toured the violence-hit Arambag-Khanakul area in West Bengal's Hooghly district and asked the peo....
- First Kolkata-Varanasi Ganga cruise hit by snag
Lucknow: The first ever Kolkata to Varanasi cruise on the Ganga river ran into rough weather, when a snag in the vessel compelled the tour operator to conclude the trip at Ghazipur in Uttar Pra....
- Four killed as truck falls into canal in West Bengal
Kolkata: Four people were killed when a truck hit a guard rail and fell into a canal on Jessore Road in West Bengal's Howrah district today, police said.
The accident occurred whe....
- Fire in Ghaziabad mall
Ghaziabad: A fire that broke out in the food court of the Pacific Mall in Ghaziabad late today was soon brought under control, officials said, adding that no casualties were reported.
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- Mahato gets 14 day judicial custody
Kolkata: A West Bengal court today remanded arrested People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) leader Chattradhar Mahato in judicial custody for 14 days, police sources said.
- West Bengal official dies in accident in Uttrakhand
Kolkata: A senior West Bengal health department official died in an accident today morning while travelling from Gangotri to Gomukh in Uttarakhand, a fellow tourist said.
"(State ....
- US Ambassador to meet Buddhadeb on Oct 13
Kolkata: US Ambassador Timothy Roemer will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Oct 13, the first day of his maiden two-day visit to the city, American Consulate sources sai....
- Mother jumps from running train to save newborn
Kolkata: A mother who gave birth on a train jumped off it as the newborn slipped through the toilet pipe and fell on the tracks in West Bengal, a railway official said on Wednesday. Both the mo....
- Maran asks West Bengal to quickly set up jute parks
Kolkata: Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran today urged the West Bengal government to hasten the process of setting up jute parks in the state.
Five jute parks, each needing 25-3....
- No evidence against intellectuals: West Bengal
Kolkata: The West Bengal government did not have any specific evidence against those Kolkata intellectuals who had visited Lalgarh expressing solidarity for the movement carried out by the trib....
- Two held for funding Chhatradhar Mahto
Kolkata: Two members of the city-based Lalgarh Sanhati Mancha were arrested here for allegedly funding Maoist leader Chhatradhar Mahto, police said today.
Prasun Chattapadhyay and Raj....
- Siliguri to have new railway recruitment centre
Siliguri: The northern West Bengal town of Siliguri will have a new railway recruitment centre, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Monday.
Flagging off the weekly New ....
- Intellectuals under scanner for Lalgarh links, Mamata threatens stir
Kolkata: As the West Bengal police interrogated top tribal leaders of Lalgarh and suggested their links with some city-based intellectuals and human rights activists, Trinamool Congress chief M....
- West Bengal gets new hills-to-coast train
Siliguri (West Bengal): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced a new train service between this northern West Bengal town and the coastal tourist destination of Digha in East Midnapor....
- Maoist shutdown hits life in three WB districts
Kolkata: A 24-hour nation-wide shutdown called by Maoist rebels demanding the release of arrested tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato and the withdrawal of joint forces from Lalgarh hit normal lif....
- Mahanavami celebrated across West Bengal
Kolkata: People took part in community feasts and poured out in thousands on the streets visiting the marquees (pandals) as pomp and gaiety marked Mahanavami, the fourth day of the Durga Puja c....
- Durga Puja - festive time for the drummers too
Kolkata: Dilip Ghorui, 45, of Mahishadal in East Midnapore district, barely earns enough as a rickshaw puller to make ends meet throughout the year -- except during Durga Puja. That is when he ....
- Left Front struggling to tick in West Bengal
Kolkata: Once regarded as electorally invincible, West Bengal's ruling Left Front is facing the biggest crisis in three decades with a united opposition determined to dethrone it in 2011.
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- India's finance minister is now a priest
Kirnahar (West Bengal): Away from laying down national policies on tackling the slowdown and ensuring inclusive growth, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is now busy being the priest for the tr....
- Durga Puja festival magic grips West Bengal
Kolkata: Dressed in their best, people from all walks of life hit the streets to visit picturesque pandals (marquees) and pray to Goddess Durga as West Bengali's biggest festival began acro....
- Shutdown in Nandigram after Trinamool leader shot dead
Kolkata: A 12-hour shutdown was observed today in West Bengal's Nandigram following the killing of a local Trinamool Congress leader by a group of unidentified persons.
"The s....
- Kolkata suffers major power cuts
Kolkata: The West Bengal capital and its adjoining areas suffered major power cuts today as two power stations of the electricity generation company CESC Ltd had to be isolated.
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- Mild quake in West Bengal
Kolkata: A low magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of West Bengal, including state capital Kolkata, today afternoon, the weatherman said.
"We've received reports of mild tr....
- Now, Mamata to upgrade railway hospital to medical college
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced here that her ministry would take an initiative to upgrade the existing South Eastern Railway (SER) Hospital into a well-equipped medic....
- New super-fast train has a dash of artistry too
Kolkata: The new super-fast Duronto Express, launched from here on Friday, is not just another train but also an experiment with colour palates - its coach design is based on Railway Minister M....
- Simplex to build multi-level parking lots in Guwahati, Noida
Kolkata: City-based engineering and construction company Simplex Projects Ltd (SPL) will build multi-level car parking facilities in Guwahati and Noida, a top official said here today.
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- Bengal invites Wipro, Infosys to set up new centres
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today invited IT major Wipro and Infosys to start new centres at Rajarhat in the northeastern fringes of the city and promised to give 45 acres of land to ea....
- West Bengal to set up Chief Minister's Office soon
Kolkata: Desperate to tone up the state administration after a string of electoral drubbings, the West Bengal government has decided to introduce a Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on lines of....
- Left Front faces debacle in Siliguri civic body polls
Siliguri (West Bengal): West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) today faced yet another electoral debacle with the opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress alliance wresting the Siliguri Mun....
- Main accused in Vedic Village violence sent to police custody
Kolkata: A West Bengal court on Wednesday remanded Gaffar Mollah, the prime accused in the violence at the Vedic Village resort near here last month, to police custody for seven days, police so....
- Main accused in Bengal's Vedic Village violence arrested
Kolkata: The prime accused in last month's violent clash over a football match that saw one person being killed and the miscreants hiding in the Vedic Village resort near here was arrested ....
- Buddhadeb mourns Reddy's death
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today mourned the death of his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a copter crash.
"His death has made....
- Trinamool leaders obstructing IT park project: Bengal minister
Kolkata: A section of West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress was obstructing the proposed IT park project at Rajarhat here, Housing Development Minister Gautam Deb alleged today.
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- Brazilian monkeys' thief in police net again
Kolkata: The prime accused in the theft of Brazilian Marmoset monkeys from a Kolkata zoo has been arrested again from Chhattisgarh after he gave police guards the slip while being brought to th....
- One Maoist killed while making bombs in Bengal
Kolkata: One Maoist linkman was killed and another injured when a crude bomb they were making went off in West Bengal's Murshidabad district today, police said.
The incident took ....
- Top Vedic Realty official nabbed for forcibly acquiring land
Kolkata: The top official of a premier resort in the city has been arrested for forcible acquisition of land and possessing illegal arms, police said today.
Raj Kishore Modi, managing....
- Stolen Brazilian monkeys found in Durg
Kolkata: Seven of the eight rare Brazilian marmoset monkeys stolen from the Alipore Zoological Garden here on Aug 9 were traced to Durg in Chhattisgarh on Friday night.
Police said la....
- West Bengal govt maligning railways: Mamata
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused West Bengal's Left Front government of maligning her department by raising allegations of acquiring large tracts of land for railway ....
- 'TVS King' may be renamed 'Arjun' in WB
Hosur (Tamil Nadu): Non-resident industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee may soon assemble a three-wheeler named "Arjun" in West Bengal, while his ambition to launch a motorcycle under the same....
- Railways belittling Bengal's great men: Buddha
Kolkata: Ridiculing Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee for introducing new trains "every day", West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday alleged that the railways in t....
- Mamata opposes CBI plea to close Tagore Nobel medal theft case
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday opposed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea to close the probe into poet Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize medallion theft and....
- Mamata opposes CBI plea to close Tagore Nobel medal theft case
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today opposed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea to close the probe into poet Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize medallion theft and sai....
- Mamata Banerjee rewards intellectuals in West Bengal
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening gave away awards to eminent writers and artists of the city, including those who supported her in the anti-land acquisition movemen....
- Bengal farmers protest power project expansion
Kolkata: At least 15 people were injured, including seven policemen, as hundreds of farmers clashed with cops in West Bengal's Burdwan district today over the proposed expansion of a power ....
- Indefinite shutdown begins in three WB districts
Kolkata: An indefinite shutdown called by Maoists to protest police excesses began in the three tribal-dominated West Bengal districts of Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore today.
Th....
- Fever keeps Buddhadeb from internal security meet
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee cancelled his trip to New Delhi for the internal security conference of chief ministers convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tod....
- Football Lovers' Day observed with blood donation camps
Kolkata: Altogether 1,149 soccer lovers of West Bengal donated blood on the occasion of the Football Lovers' Day on Sunday.
While 685 of them gave their blood at the town hall, 46....
- Family and friends remember Subhas Chakraborty
Kolkata: Amid tears, floral tributes, songs and emotional speeches, the family and friends of Subhas Chakraborty on Sunday remembered the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader who die....
- Mother, son are classmates in West Bengal school
Kolkata: A mother and her son share the same classroom space as students in a West Bengal school.
Mother Anima Das, 35, and her son Palash are students of Class 11 in Basirhat Dandirh....
- Five die in landslides in West Bengal
Siliguri (West Bengal): Three of a family and two others died following landslides in the hilly Kurseong sub-division of Darjeeling district in West Bengal today. More casualties are feared, an....
- West Bengal to acquire land for railway projects
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Saturday said it will acquire land for the projects announced by Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee.
Banerjee, who....
- Old vehicles out of the road, commuters struggle in Kolkata
Kolkata: Commercial vehicle more than 15 years old are finally out of Kolkata's roads and the city is now breathing a fresh air. Every transport union has been an obedient child in abiding ....
- Buddhadeb unfurls tri-colour as WB celebrates I-Day
Kolkata: Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee unfurled the tri-colour and took the salute as West Bengal celebrated the 63rd Independence Day today.
Bhattacharjee also offered flora....
- Bengal needs to do more in education and health sectors: Karat
New Delhi: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Friday agreed with noted economist Amartya Sen's view that the Left Front government in West Bengal neede....
- West Bengal prepares blueprint for Lalgarh operation
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today held a high-level meeting with senior police officers to prepare a roadmap for carrying out further joint operations in trouble-torn Lalgarh, a top off....
- 8 rare Brazilian monkeys stolen from Kolkata zoo
Kolkata: Eight rare Brazilian monkeys were found mysteriously stolen from Kolkata's famous Alipore Zoological Garden today, a senior official here said.
"Altogether eight Braz....
- Six undertrials flee after friends drug guards
Kolkata: Six undertrials fled a correctional home in West Bengal after their associates gave drug-laced soft drinks to security personnel at the gate, a police official said today.
Th....
- Check sale of illegal arms: West Bengal governor
Kolkata: Asking the West Bengal government to move swiftly to check the sale of illegal arms and bring criminals to account, Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi has expressed his anguish at the risin....
- Unions should be constructive partners in growth: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Unions should be constructive partners in the growth of institutions to play a meaningful role in society, according to Nobel laureate and eminent economist Amartya Sen.
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- No victors in Singur: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: There were no victors in the Singur land acquisition stand-off, Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has said, urging political parties to sit together and find a way out for the benef....
- Lightning kills 10 in Bengal village
Kolkata: Ten people were killed and 12 injured when lightning struck the venue of a religious ritual in a West Bengal village, police said today.
The injured have been admitted to the....
- Ticketless passenger alleges she was stripped, railways denies
Kolkata: A ticketless passenger accused a woman ticket checker of stripping her, leading to a mob fury at the bustling Sealdah station here. But an official inquiry found she had disrobed herse....
- Thousands pay last respects to Subhas Chakraborty
Kolkata: The city virtually came to a standstill as a mass of people today evening joined the funeral procession of West Bengal minister Subhas Chakraborty, one of the most popular leaders of t....
- Senior West Bengal minister Subhas Chakraborty dead
Kolkata: West Bengal Sports and Transport Minister and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhas Chakraborty, a popular leader known for courting controversies, died in hosp....
- Jyoti Basu shocked at Subhas Chakraborty's death
Kolkata: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu was extremely shocked at the news of the death of West Bengal Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty here today.
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- WB minister Subhas Chakraborty dead
Kolkata: West Bengal Sports and Transport Minister and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhas Chakraborty died in hospital here today, party officials said. He was 68.
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- Reshuffle effected in West Bengal ministry
Kolkata: Facing a series of electoral setbacks, West Bengal's ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday tried to repair its image with a ministerial reshuff....
- Kolkata commuters suffer as vehicle ban is implemented
Kolkata: Commuters here had a tough time as a large number of buses, auto rickshaws and taxis kept off the roads today and authorities seized over-15-year-old commercial vehicles following a ba....
- Amid protests, 'polluting' vehicles off Kolkata roads
Kolkata: Commuters here had a tough time today as taxis and auto rickshaws kept off the roads while police started seizing commercial vehicles over 15 years old in accordance with a court order....
- Ganguly approaches police chief on sting operation at restaurant
Kolkata: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday approached the Kolkata police chief and also sought legal opinion about a purported sting operation by a private Bengali television chann....
- Transporters not to run old vehicles in Kolkata from Aug 1
Kolkata: With the Supreme Court refusing to stay a Calcutta High Court order banning commercial vehicles over 15 years old from Kolkata, transport operators today decided to keep all such vehic....
- School comes in a little box in cyclone-hit Sunderbans
Kultali (West Bengal): Radharani Sardar, a Class 4 student, can never forget that May evening when she saw cyclone Aila batter her home here in the Sunderban islands that contain the world'....
- Many Bengal districts are killing fields: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said many places in West Bengal had become "killing fields" and he would speak to the state's Left Front government as the Trinamool Co....
- 'Want land for industry? Get clearance from Trinamool first'
Kolkata: An NRI industrialist says a civic body run by West Bengal's ruling Left Front has advised him to talk to the main opposition Trinamool Congress before acquiring land for a project.....
- Trinamool team visits trouble-torn Lalgarh
Lalgarh (West Bengal): A Trinamool Congress team, including two union ministers, reached here today to get a first hand idea of the situation after security forces were deployed to flush out Ma....
- McLeod Russel eyeing plantations in Africa
Kolkata: The world's largest tea producer McLeod Russel India is eyeing plantations in Africa, a top company official said here today.
"Logically, I would love to go to Africa....
- Recovery of advanced IEDs baffles Bengal police
Kolkata: The recovery of two improvised explosive devices (IED) in West Bengal's Malda district close to the India-Bangladesh border has thrown the security agencies into a tizzy.
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- Bengal told to ensure security for Trinamool team to Lalgarh
Basapara (West Bengal): The centre has directed West Bengal to ensure fool-proof security arrangements for a high-profile Trinamool Congress delegation that is to visit trouble-torn Lalgarh are....
- Andolan Express: A new train from Singur to Howrah
Kolkata: Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced a new suburban train, Andolan Express, which will ply between West Bengal's Singur and Howrah station from Aug 1 this year.
- 10 injured in Kolkata jail clash
Kolkata: Eight detenus under trial and two jail wardens were injured when two groups of inmates fought pitched battles at the Alipore Central Correctional Home here today over theft of tiles fr....
- ITC discontent over land acquisition in Bengal
Kolkata: Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) wmajor ITC Ltd., which has been scouting for land in West Bengal for quite some time has expressed its discontent over not getting land so far.
- Indefinite transport strike call in West Bengal lifted
Kolkata: A transport strike called by commercial vehicle operators disrupted normal life in West Bengal today as the Calcutta High Court rejected a plea to extend the deadline for banning vehic....
- Transport strike cripples life in West Bengal
Kolkata: Normal life came to a standstill in West Bengal today as commercial vehicle operators went on strike to protest the state government's decision to implement a high court order bann....
- CPI-M activist shot by suspected Maoists in WB
Kolkata: A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist was shot dead today by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's Belpahari region, police said.
"Phagu Baskey was working....
- Under-trial prisoner escapes from police custody
Kolkata: An under-trial prisoner fled from a state-run hospital here on Tuesday in collusion with his girlfriend after offering drug-laced sweets to two police constables guarding him.
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- Jyoti Basu discharged from hospital
Kolkata: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, 96, was discharged from hospital on Sunday night after his condition became stable.....
- Bengal commercial vehicle operators plan indefinite strike
Kolkata: At least 17 associations of commercial vehicle operators today called for an indefinite strike from July 24 to protest the state government's decision to ban all commercial vehicle....
- Explosives found on railways tracks in West Bengal
Kolkata: An improvised explosive device (IED) was found on the railway tracks in Purulia district of West Bengal on Saturday -- a day before state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's v....
- Congress to continue stir against attack on Bengal legislators
Kolkata: The West Bengal unit of the Congress today said it will continue the state-wide agitation protesting an attack by supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on its legi....
- Jyoti Basu's condition stable
Kolkata: The condition of former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, under treatment at a private hospital here, is stable, his personal assistant Joykrishna Ghosh said today. However, no da....
- WB strike was spontaneous, historic: Congress
Kolkata: West Bengal Congress, which today enforced a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in the state to protest attack on its party legislators, said the strike was "spontaneous" and "historic&....
- Shutdown called by Congress hits life in West Bengal
Kolkata: A 12-hour shutdown called by the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee crippled life across the state as hundreds of Congress supporters blockaded roads and staged demonstrations toda....
- West Bengal makes land acquisition industrialists' job
Kolkata: After its land acquisition for industry went wrong twice, and with adverse consequences for it, the West Bengal government today said henceforth the industrialists will have to directl....
- Bedlam in Bengal assembly, CM admits police failure
Kolkata: The West Bengal assembly today plunged into bedlam amid walkouts by opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress members as Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee admitted that the polic....
- Basu has 97-year-old former Mr Universe as visitor
Kolkata: Ailing Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, 96, on Tuesday had an older visitor at the hospital - a 97-year-old former Mr Universe.
Fit-as-a-fiddle body-builder Manohar Aich, who won t....
- Potato is now essential commodity in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal government today included potato under the essential commodities category to prevent its hoarding and arrest its rising prices, state Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said.
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- 86-year-old undergraduate sits for her final exams
Kolkata: Gokul Chattopadhyay got married at a very young age and could not continue her education after passing out from school. But now, at the age of 86, her dreams of pursuing higher studies....
- 6 killed, 20 injured in WB bus accident
Kolkata: At least six people were killed and over 20 injured today as a speeding bus fell into a water body in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, police said.
The accident took p....
- Jyoti Basu stable, brain scan shows old clot reducing
Kolkata: Veteran Marxist leader and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, who was admitted to hospital after he fell unconscious on Sunday, is stable. He underwent a brain scan today wh....
- Jyoti Basu stable, to undergo brain scan
Kolkata: Veteran Marxist leader and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, who was admitted to hospital here after he fell unconscious on Sunday, is stable and making satisfactory progre....
- School dispute leads to clashes, police firing
Kolkata: A dispute among students over the duration of the tiffin break in a school erupted in clashes in Naoda in Berhampur subdivision of West Bengal's Murshidabad district where four peo....
- Jyoti Basu in hospital, condition stable
Kolkata: Veteran Marxist leader and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, 96, fell unconscious today and was admitted to a private hospital here following gastro-intestinal complication....
- People brace up for Gorkha outfit's Darjeeling shutdown
Siliguri (West Bengal): With the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) calling for an indefinite shutdown in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling district from Monday noon, people have rushed to ....
- Mukherjee inaugurates 154 State Bank branches, 2,151 ATMs
Jangipur (West Bengal): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated 154 branches and 2,151 automated teller machines (ATMs) of the country's largest lender, the State Bank of India,....
- Jyoti Basu admitted to hospital
Kolkata: Marxist patriarch and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu was admitted to a private hospital today following breathing trouble, hospital sources said.
Basu, who tur....
- School dispute leads to clashes, police firing
Kolkata: A dispute among students over the duration of the tiffin break in a school erupted in clashes in Naoda in Berhampur subdivision of West Bengal's Murshidabad district where four peo....
- 126 instances of police firing in three years in Bengal
Kolkata: There were 126 instances of police firing in West Bengal between 2006 and 2008, while 129 political activists died in clashes during the same period, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacha....
- WB to boost archaeological research
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will set up a specialised centre for carrying out research and training on archaeology and heritage management, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has sa....
- West Bengal government to sell potatoes
Kolkata: Following a steep rise in prices of potatoes, the West Bengal government on Thursday announced that it will now sell the tubers at Rs.13 per kg in the markets in and around Kolkata.
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- Trouble brewing in Kolkata over ban on old vehicles
Kolkata: To ban or not to ban? This question is uppermost in the minds of West Bengal's officials and transport operators, who appear to be heading for a showdown, as the authorities are de....
- People throng Jyoti Basu's home on 96th birthday
Kolkata: Flowers in hand, hundreds of schoolchildren greeted ailing former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu as he turned 96 today.
A large number of people from various walks of ....
- West Bengal to phase out old vehicles by July 31
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Tuesday expressed its determination to implement a court order to phase out all commercial vehicles that are more than 15 years old from Kolkata and its a....
- Bengal gains from Mamata-Pranab duet
Kolkata: After being showered with goodies in the railway budget, West Bengal on Monday got its share of booty from the union budget in terms of grants for the post-Cyclone Aila reconstruction ....
- At least seven dead as bus falls on rail tracks
Kolkata: At least seven people died after the bus in which they were travelling fell off a bridge on the rail tracks near the Howrah station in West Bengal today, police said here.
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- Kolkata gets eastern hub of NSG
Kolkata: The eastern regional hub of the elite anti-terror force National Security Guard (NSG) was inaugurated in the West Bengal capital on Wednesday.
The Kolkata centre of the NSG i....
- Buddha proposes land for industry, Mamata opposes
Kolkata: Opposing West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's demand, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the central government should not hand over to the state lands of ....
- Himachal launches website on market price of commodities
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has emerged as the first State to make village level basic statistics and market prices of essential commodities available on internet with the launching of website him....
- Mamata asks Centre to recover illegal arms in Bengal
Kolkata: The central government should carry out a statewide operation by deploying central forces to recover illegal firearms from different parts of West Bengal, Railways Minister and Trinamo....
- Kolkata police gear up to help senior citizens
Kolkata: In a bid to make life easier for the elderly, police here have joined hands with a NGO called The Bengal to start a project for providing valuable legal and medical help to senior citi....
- Voting in West Bengal's municipal polls peaceful
Kolkata: Voting was held today for 16 municipal bodies in West Bengal in polls seen as the first trial of strength between the ruling Left Front and the opposition Trinamool Congress and Congre....
- Another disaster unfolding in cyclone-hit Sundarbans
Pathar Pratima (West Bengal): Almost a month after the devastating cyclone Aila hit the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest abutting the Bay of Bengal, another disaster is waiti....
- Delayed monsoon will ruin crops in West Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal is fearing the adverse effect of a delayed monsoon, which may affect crops like paddy, jute and potato.
Normally, the monsoon lashes Himalayan and Gangetic West B....
- Indian Botanical Garden renamed
Kolkata: The 222-year-old Indian Botanical Garden has been renamed Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden.
The one of its kind garden at Shibpur in neighbouring Howrah distri....
- Intellectuals, Bengal government on confrontation course
Kolkata: West Bengal's Left Front government and a section of intellectuals opposed to it seem headed for a stand-off as a top bureaucrat on Thursday said those who visited trouble-torn Lal....
- WB urges agitators to cooperate in security operation
Kolkata: The West Bengal government, which has launched a massive security operation to free the troubled zone of Lalgarh from Maoist rebels, Sunday urged the tribal agitators there to cooperat....
- Declare three Bengal districts as disturbed: Mamata
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asked the central government to declare three West Bengal districts of West Mindapore, Bankura and Purulia as di....
- Rule of law will be established in Lalgarh: Police
Lalgarh (West Bengal): High on confidence after steam-rolling the Maoist resistance to reach Lalgarh, security forces today threw a challenge to the leftwing rebels in West Bengal saying "W....
- Trooper dies in Lalgarh of heat stroke
Lalgarh (West Bengal): A paramilitary trooper, participating in the security operation launched to flush out Maoist rebels from this trouble-torn zone, died of heat stroke today, a police offic....
- Armed Maoists stop journalists on way to Lalgarh
Nimatala (West Bengal): Some journalists covering the operation to flush out Maoists from West Bengal's Lalgarh area had the scare of their lives Friday when armed Maoists stopped their car....
- West Bengal rushes security forces to Lalgarh
Kolkata: The West Bengal government today rushed reinforcement of security forces to its troubled Lalgarh region in West Midnapore district even as the Maoist rebels called for a two-day shutdo....
- Bengal law and order situation dreadful: Mamata
Kolkata: Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today termed the law and order situation in West Bengal as "dreadful" and asked the administration to speed up th....
- Lalgarh wants Buddhadeb dead: Maoist leader
Kolkata: A key Maoist leader in the troubled Lalgarh of West Bengal has revealed that people of the area want Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee eliminated and a landmine blast that narrowl....
- Solar lanterns for Aila-hit Sundarbans villagers
Kolkata: Villagers in the remote islands of the Sundarbans can now avail of a new variety of solar lanterns that can be charged directly under sunlight. Their solar power panels in the mangrove....
- Trinamool ministers plan bounty for Bengal
Kolkata: A 14-day river cruise on the Ganges, extension of the Kolkata metro rail, several new trains, more rural jobs - a large central bounty will come the way of West Bengal if the union min....
- Dead snake in mid-day meal, 51 taken ill
Kolkata: Fifty-one people, including 43 children, were taken ill after a dead snake was found in a pot of cooked rice gruel at a mid-day meal centre for students in West Bengal's Birbhum di....
- Mango fair in Kolkata attracting crowds
Kolkata: Luscious varieties of mangoes grown in West Bengal like the Himsagar, Langra and Fajli are being showcased at the three-day Mango Mahotsava fair here that is attracting crowds.
- West Bengal cop sent on leave for torturing domestic help
Kolkata: The West Bengal Government has asked a senior state police officer to go on leave for an indefinite period after he was accused of torturing an eight-year-old domestic help, an officia....
- Fresh violence rocks Khejuri in West Bengal
Kolkata: Fresh violence erupted in West Bengal's East Midnapore district today as a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) office and two communist leaders' homes were ransacked, alle....
- West Bengal jewellers on 72-hour strike
Kolkata: About 40,000 jewellers in West Bengal started a 72-hour strike on Monday in protest against alleged harassment by income-tax (IT) department officials.
The strike, called by ....
- High tide looms large on Sundarbans
Kolkata: The water level in the Sundarbans' rivers continued to rise today due to the full moon high tide, but the weakening and diversion of the low pressure zone over the Bay of Bengal ha....
- Repairing all Aila-hit embankments impossible: WB minister
Gosaba, West Bengal: A day before the full moon high tide coming close on the heels of the devastation caused by Cyclone Aila, the West Bengal government has admitted that it would be unable to....
- West Bengal govt calls all-party meet on Aila
Kolkata: With thousands fleeing the coastal areas amid fears of another cyclone, the West Bengal government has convened an all-party meeting on Sunday to discuss relief and rehabilitation in t....
- Buddhadeb visits cyclone-hit areas, faces protests
Basanti, West Bengal: Visiting the cyclone-affected South 24 Parganas district today, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had to face protests from angry villagers who alleged th....
- WB to rebuild 400 km of embankments in Sundarbans
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will rebuild 400 kms of embankments destroyed by Cyclone Aila in the mangrove forests of Sundarbans in an effort to save the region from any more floods in t....
- West Bengal worried about chemical hub project
Kolkata: With the opposition Trinamool Congress, now part of the central government, having said it would oppose the Nayachar chemical hub project, West Bengal's ruling Left Front governmen....
- Pranab, Buddha meet for 45 minutes
Kolkata: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee held a 45-minute meeting here today night but they did not speak to the media.
The du....
- Impact of cyclone: Pranab says no to felicitation
Kolkata: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday refused to accept felicitation from Congress workers in view of the devastation triggered by cyclone Aila in large parts of West Bengal ea....
- Minister Mamata draws euphoric crowds on train ride
Kakdeep (West Bengal): Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee drew cheering crowds by the hundreds on her train ride to a cyclone-hit West Bengal district shortly after taking charge as railw....
- West Bengal lacks master plan to combat flood: Mamata
Namkhana (West Bengal): Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the West Bengal government of having failed to combat Cyclone Aila and said it could not draw up a master plan for floods....
- West Bengal cyclone death toll reaches 82, rescue operations on
Kolkata: A day after Cyclone Aila battered coastal West Bengal, especially 24 Parganas, uprooting trees, snapping power cables and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, rescue operations ....
- 10 killed, 23 injured in Darjeeling landslides
Siliguri: At least 10 people were killed and 23 injured following landslides today in West Bengal's hill district Darjeeling, police said.
"At least 10 people died and 23 were....
- 24 killed, 110,000 affected as Aila batters West Bengal
Kolkata: Cyclone Aila pummelled coastal West Bengal as well as state capital Kolkata today as it unleashed storms that uprooted trees, electricity poles and thatched homes, leaving a trail of d....
- 12 killed as cyclone hits W Bengal, army called
Kolkta: Twelve people were killed today and the Indian Army was asked to start rescue operations in the coastal South 24 Parganas district where extensive damage was feared as cyclone Aila cros....
- West Bengal plans to build small port
Kolkata: The West Bengal government is planning to build a small port at the mouth of the Hooghly river, a senior government official said here today.
The government earlier planned a....
- Hottest day of season in Kolkata
Kolkata: This eastern metropolis recorded the season's hottest day today with the mercury soaring to 41.8 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said.
No respite seems in sight for the d....
- West Bengal hooch toll rises to 11, probe ordered
Kolkata: The toll in the hooch tragedy in West Bengal's East Midnapore district rose to 11 on Tuesay as seven died in Tamluk and the others in city hospitals - while at least 23 were still ....
- Four dead, 20 taken ill in West Bengal hooch tragedy
Kolkata: Four people died and 20 were taken ill after they consumed spurious liquor in West Bengal's East Midnapore district today.
The tragedy occurred in the Matangini block of ....
- Six killed in West Bengal storm
Kolkata: A storm with wind speeds of 50 to 60 km per hour hit parts of northern and Gangetic West Bengal on Sunday evening, causing six deaths. The storm, called norwester, also brought down th....
- West Bengal lagging behind due to Left policies
Dumurjala,West Bengal: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said West Bengal was "lagging behind" in development due to the policies of the state's ruling Left Front.
Addre....
- Kolkata might experience rise in mercury levels
Kolkata: There was no respite for the West Bengal capital from the scorching heat, with the weather officials predicting that the mercury level may touch 42 degrees Celsius today.
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- Landmine blasts in West Bengal by Maoists
Kolkata: Suspected Maoists triggered four landmine blasts today targeting the police in Salboni area of West Midnapore district, police said, adding that no one was injured.
Superint....
- Two CPI-M supporters killed in West Bengal
Kolkata: Two activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were killed on Tuesday when they were attacked by armed assailants in West Bengal's Midnapore West district, polic....
- Gorkhaland will not solve problems: Yechury
Darjeeling: Formation of a separate state of Gorkhaland will not solve problems faced by people in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo mem....
- Hoax bomb call at Bagdogra airport
Siliguri (West Bengal): The security forces at Bagdogra airport in West Bengal were thrown into a tizzy when a caller claimed that a bomb had been planted in an Indian Airlines flight, the po....
- Cyclone alert in six West Bengal districts
Kolkata: Six districts in West Bengal were put on alert Thursday in view of cyclone 'Bijli' which lay centred 680 km to the south and South West of Kolkata.
"The cyclone is likel....
- BJP candidate worships cows in West Bengal
Kolkata: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Wednesday conducted a ritualistic worship of 50 cows in a bid to preserve and protect cattle.
The six-hour ritual started Wednes....
- WB govt gears up for auto components park
Kolkata: After the Singur jolt, the West Bengal government is slowly making arrangements to house the state's first auto components park in Guptamoni in West Midnapore district.
A special pu....
- SUCI with Trinamool, but will oppose Congress
Kolkata: The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has joined hands with the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal but that will not deter it from fielding candidates against the latter's new ....
- Mamata asks regional parties not to team up with CPI-M
Kolkata: West Bengal's main opposition party Trinamool Congress Thursday urged regional parties to desist from forging an alliance at the national level with the Communist Party of India-Marx....
- Cong, Trinamool seal pact, Mamata announces 27 candidates
New Delhi/Kolkata: In a move that could spell trouble for West Bengal's ruling Left Front, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress Thursday clinched a seat-sharing deal in the state for the L....
- CPI-M, Trinamool both hope to ride on Nano factor
Singur (West Bengal): For Tata Motors' Nano, Singur may be history. But for rival parties in this rural hamlet where the abandoned factory of the world's smallest car still stands like a ha....
- Minister concedes 'shortcomings' in land reforms
Kolkata: Conceding that there were "shortcomings" in the Left Front government's land reforms programme, West Bengal's Transport and Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty on Wednesday said the f....
- Parents donate body of baby to hospital
Kolkata: The parents of a six-month-old baby have donated her body to a state-run medical college here after she died of cardiac failure.
"This is the first time someone has donated the bo....
- One killed, five injured in Holi revellers' clashes
Kolkata: One person died and five people were injured in clashes among Holi revellers here on Wednesday.
At Kashipur in the northern part of the city, one person died and three others sustai....
- Shutdown affects normal life in north WB
Siliguri (West Bengal): Normal life was affected in four northern districts of West Bengal Monday as the Kamtapur Progressive Party (KPP) forced a 24-hour shutdown to protest the state admini....
- Two Iranian students shot in Kolkata
Kolkata: Two postgraduate Iranian students of Visva Bharati university in West Bengal were injured, one of them critically, when gunmen shot at them early on Friday, police said.
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- West Bengal wants land belonging to closed factories
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday accused the central government of not being willing to hand over land belonging to closed factories it owned and help the....
- Youth protesting hooch sale attacked in West Bengal
Kolkata: A 18-year-old youth was seriously injured by those selling illicit liquor on Sunday in a West Bengal town after he tried to protest its sale.
Residents of Chamrail town of Kolkata....
- 'Obama has galvanised young Americans'
Kolkata: US President Barack Obama has successfully galvanised the imagination of America and its people, Martin Luther King-III, the son of late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, ....
- Government to set up tea museum in Darjeeling
New Delhi: In order to support tea production and export, the government is going to set up a tea museum at the hill town of Darjeeling and a tea park at commercial centre Siliguri in West ....
- Kolkata East-West Metro to go under river Hooghly
Kolkata: The proposed East-West Metro Railway (EWMR) in Kolkata would cross the Hooghly river 32 metres below the water level.
The Metro will enter the underground section from Howrah st....
- West Bengal to have branch of green think tank
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will give a plot to The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to carry out various environmental monitoring projects in the state, Chief Minister Buddhad....
- West Bengal to provide environmental assistance to corporates
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will provide environmental assistance to the business groups investing in the industrial sector in the state, an official said here on Thursday.
"We a....
- Kolkata to get country's first elevated rail transit system
Kolkata: Kolkata is slated to get the country's first elevated light rail transit system with the West Bengal government on Wednesday inking an agreement with non-banking finance company SR....
- West Bengal Gorkha outfit, tribals vow to fight unitedly
Kolkata: The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading a movement for a separate Gorkhaland state in Darjeeling hills, and tribal activists in Maoist-hit Lalgarh region on Wednesda....
- Rhino population in West Bengal forest goes up
Kolkata: The rhino population in a national park at the Himalayan foothills has gone up. Elated officials of the West Bengal forest department are now getting ready to carry out a census in....
- Mamata meets West Bengal governor, seeks justice in Rizwanur case
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi and raised the issue of the mysterious death of a key witness in the Rizwanur Rahma....
- Rail guards, drivers questioned over West Bengal cop's death
Kolkata: West Bengal's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the death of a police official who initially investigated the mysterious death of Rizwanur Rehman, on Wednesday interro....
- Boy given electric shocks, dies in West Bengal
Kolkata: A 10-year-old boy was allegedly killed by giving electric shocks in West Bengal, the boy's father said on Wednesday.
The incident took place at Tungidighi area in Raigunj sub-divi....
- Three arrested for torturing maid with lit candle
Kolkata: Three people were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly torturing their seven-year-old maid with a burning candle in a West Bengal town, the police said.
Geeta Karmakar worked at sc....
- Three men arrested with Rs.10 mn worth heroin in Kolkata
Kolkata: Three men were arrested on Wednesday with heroin worth around Rs.10 million, police said here.
"Acting on a tip off, we arrested three people from Kolkata Race Course area in the ....
- Headmistress forcibly cuts eight girls' hair in West Bengal
Kolkata: Angry parents surrounded a school in West Bengal on Wednesday and threatened to shut it down after the headmistress forcibly gave eight students a hair cut, the police said.
The i....
- Fresh outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal
Kolkata: A fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in West Bengal's South Dinajpur district prompting the authorities to start culling operations, an official said on Wednesday.
"Veterinar....
- Two arrested from Kolkata for Noida cyber fraud
Noida: Two suspects have been arrested from Kolkata for the Rs.4 million fraud by a BPO employee who allegedly diverted insurance funds into accounts opened in Britain under false names, ....
- Dead cop's relatives meet West Bengal governor
Kolkata: West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on Tuesday assured a proper inquiry will be carried out into the death of a police officer, who had conducted initial investigations in ....
- Sourav will make a good politician: wife
Kolkata: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly's wife Dona said on Tuesday that her husband will make a good political leader, but he is not keen to take up politics for now.
"Ganguly h....
- West Bengal chief minister flags off new steel plant
Raghunathpur (West Bengal): West Bengal's Left Front government on Tuesday tried to give a push to its industrialisation drive with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee laying the foundatio....
- New land policy for industries in West Bengal
Raghunathpur (West Bengal): In a bid to help companies by ensuring their downstream units are set up on contiguous land, the West Bengal government has chalked out a new land acquisition st....
- Minor maid tortured with burning candle
Kolkata: A seven-year-old maid suffered severe injuries after her employer allegedly tortured her with a burning candle in a West Bengal town, the police and the victim said.
The victim, G....
- Probe team to visit dead West Bengal cop's office today
Kolkata: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the death of a police officer who had carried initial investigations in the sensational Rizwanur case, will visit his off....
- Security up in Maoist-hit area for West Bengal chief minister
Kolkata: Security has been stepped up at West Bengal's Maoist-hit Purulia district on Monday, a day before Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's visit to the area, the police said.
Bh....
- Three college students jailed for rape in West Bengal
Kolkata: A West Bengal court on Monday sent two engineering students and a management student to 14-day judicial custody for allegedly raping a girl last week.
Two students of a private en....
- Three minors die in Kolkata hospital, relatives go on rampage
Kolkata: Violence broke out in northeastern part of the city and protesters ransacked a city hospital after three minor patients died allegedly due to the negligence of doctors and nurses. Th....
- West Bengal government welcomes GJM's hunger strike call-off
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Sunday welcomed the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha's (GJM) decision to withdraw the indefinite hunger strike in Darjeeling Hills, and hoped that the hill-based p....
- Major train accident averted in West Bengal
Kolkata: A major train accident was averted in West Bengal on Sunday when a railway worker spotted a crack in a rail track fishplate and stopped a train.
According to sources, railway gate....
- Two killed in West Bengal road accident
Kolkata: Two people were killed when a truck collided with a taxi on Sunday in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said.
The police said the accident happened due to poor visi....
- Police await second autopsy report in cop's death case
Kolkata: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), investigating the death of a police officer, is yet to receive the second autopsy report, an official said here on Saturday.
"We....
- Gorkha group withdraws protest fast
Siliguri (West Bengal): The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), fighting for a separate Gorkhaland state in north Bengal, withdrew its protest fast in Kalimpong on Friday night following assurance....
- Rizwanur's brother fears for life after police officer's death
Kolkata: Rukbanur Rehman, brother of Rizwanur Rehman who died under mysterious circumstances in 2007 a month after marrying a Hindu industrialist's daughter, is fearing for life after the pol....
- Kolkata youths go for temporary tattoos this V-Day
Kolkata: This Valentine's Day many young lovebirds in Kolkata won't say it just with a card but also with a tattoo ? even if it's a temporary one!
The queues outside the 10-15 tattoo par....
- The Statesman's editor, publisher arrested, granted bail
Kolkata: The editor and the publisher of The Statesman, one of the oldest English dailies of the country, were arrested here on Wednesday for allegedly hurting the religious belief of Muslims....
- CPI-M leaders get bail in Tapasi Malik murder case
Kolkata: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Suhrid Dutta and party activist Debu Malik, who were last year sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Tapasi Malik in Singur....
- Police officer probing Rizwanur death found dead
Kolkata: The body of a police officer investigating the mysterious death of Rizwanur Rahman was on Wednesday found beside the railway tracks in West Bengal's Hooghly district with his father ....
- A major fire breaks out in an oil mill in Kolkata
Kolkata: A major fire broke out in an oil mill in Kolkata this morning.
The fire broke out in the shed housing the warehouse and office of the mustard oil mill located at Posta Bazaar, one....
- India Equity Partners eyeing buyout of small firms
Kolkata: Private equity firm India Equity Partners is in talks with cash-strapped business houses to buy out some of their smaller group companies, a top company official said here on Monday.
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- GJM convoy attacked in West Bengal's Dooars
Siliguri: A Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) convoy was attacked by anti-GJM activists when it entered the Dooars region of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Monday, the police said.
GJM....
- Left volunteers on clean-up drive after rally
Kolkata: The volunteers of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Monday started a clean-up drive at the brigade parade ground here ? the only green lung of the city that turned in....
- Tension continues after Gorkhaland clash in West Bengal
Siliguri: Tension continued to prevail in the Darjeeling hills and Terai and Dooars areas of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal a day after widespread violence on Saturday claimed two lives....
- Buddhadeb rejects Mamata's 'return Singur land' demand
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday rejected Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's demand that the land acquired for Tata project in Singur be returne....
- CPI-M calls for leftist, third front government at New Delhi
Kolkata: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Sunday called for establishing a leftist, third front government to rule the country opposed to both the Congress and the Bharatiya Ja....
- Two die, 20 injured in Gorkhaland clash in West Bengal
Siliguri: Two people were killed and 20 injured Saturday in widespread violence during a 24-hour shutdown over the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in West Bengal hills, the police said. ....
- West Bengal seeks to begin chemical hub work before polls, Trinamool opposes
Kolkata: Construction work at the Nayachar Island chemical hub project in West Bengal is likely to begin before the Lok Sabha polls, state Industry Minister Nirupam Sen said on Friday. But th....
- Poisonous gas kills four in West Bengal's old paper mill
Kolkata: Four people died on Friday while cleaning up a gas chamber at an abandoned paper mill in Kolkata's neighbouring district Hooghly, the police said.
"Four workers died late on Frida....
- Work on chemical hub in West Bengal to begin before polls
Kolkata: Construction work at the Nayachar Island chemical hub project in West Bengal is likely to begin before the coming Lok Sabha polls this year, state Industry Minister Nirupam Sen said ....
- Dentist beats seven-year-old for resisting tooth removal
Kolkata: A dentist in a premier government hospital of the city allegedly slapped a seven-year-old boy repeatedly after he refused to get a tooth pulled out, the police said on Thursday.
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- Congress demands action against turncoat legislator
Kolkata: The West Bengal Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Thursday wrote to the state assembly speaker demanding action against a Congress legislator who joined the Trinamool Congress in t....
- Four tribals injured in clash with West Bengal police
Siliguri (West Bengal): Four people, including two women, were injured as the activists of tribals' Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Bikash Parishad (ABABP) clashed with the police in the Dooars regio....
- Buddha-Gurung meeting fails, GJM to go ahead with shutdown
Kolkata: A meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung to find a solution to the impasse in the Dooars area fai....
- Fresh outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal
Kolkata: A fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district prompting the authorities to start culling operations, an official said on Wednesday.
"Thirty teams....
- Mamata alleges plan to kill her; she's stirring trouble, says Left
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) of hatching a conspiracy to kill her, while the ruling Left Front said sh....
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation starts e-transaction centres
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), for the first time, started computerised citizen service centres, where people will be able to make municipal transactions without queuing up....
- Trinamool Congress demands CBI probe into R-Day arms seizure
Kolkata: West Bengal's main opposition party Trinamool Congress has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the seizure of a huge cache of arms and ammunition here on the ev....
- Rs.1.4 mn disappear from two ATMs in West Bengal
Kolkata: The mysterious disappearance of Rs.1.4 million from two ATMs of the State Bank of India (SBI) in West Bengal's Malda district has put bank officials in a tizzy.
After futile attem....
- Acute officer shortage at public banks, says union
Kolkata: There is a shortage of about 100,000 officers in public sector banks across the country, an official of a leading bank officers' organisation said here on Sunday.
"The position ....
- Arrested Maoist sent to jail for 14 days in West Bengal
Siliguri: A member of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist, arrested Thursday night from near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, was on Friday sent to ....
- GJM begins fast-unto-death agitation, tribals meet Buddhadeb
Siliguri/Kolkata: The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) on Thursday launched a ?fast-unto death' agitation at Gorubathan in Kalimpong sub-division of West Bengal's Darjeeling district, to press....
- US releases four translated books in Kolkata
Kolkata: In its effort to cater to the growing interest of Bengalis in the US, its consulate general here on Thursday released a set of four books about its economy, politics, government an....
- Four with illegal arms held near India-Nepal border
Siliguri: Four men, including a man and his son, were arrested near the India-Nepal border near here on Wednesday for possessing illegal arms and possible involvement in smuggling and drug ....
- Two traders in illegal firearms arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata: Two traders in illegal firearms were arrested in West Bengal on Wednesday, the police said.
"Acting on a tip-off we arrested two illegal arms traders ? Abdul Masin and Espat Sheik....
- Rubber consumption hit by global slowdown
Kolkata: Rubber consumption in the country may dip to 862,000 tonnes in the current fiscal as against the targeted 899,000 tonnes, a top official said here on Wednesday.
"Consumption will ....
- CESC third quarter net up by 5 percent
Kolkata: The net profit of city-based power utility CESC Ltd increased 5 percent during the quarter ended Dec 31, a company release said here on Wednesday.
The net profit for the third qua....
- Villagers celebrate as every home gets a toilet
Purulia (West Bengal): The setting up of toilets to end open defecation may be a mundane affair in urban India but it became a cause for celebration in a cluster of villages in Purulia distri....
- Question mark hangs over abandoned Nano land in Singur
Kolkata: More than three months after global auto major Tata Motors decided to shift out of West Bengal the project to build the world's cheapest car, a question mark still hangs over the f....
- Bengal government offers sops to transporters owning old vehicles
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Thursday offered financial sops to bus and taxi operators to persuade them to stop using vehicles more than 15 years old by March 31as per a court direc....
- A Scottish touch to Kolkata book fair this year
Kolkata: Book lovers in the city will get to taste Scottish art and literature as Scotland is the "focal theme" in the Kolkata Book Fair 2009.
"Scotland will be the focal theme in the bo....
- Five get life term for murdering doctor in West Bengal
Kolkata: A West Bengal court on Wednesday sentenced five people to life term for abducting and murdering a doctor in 2006 and acquitted two accused.
Jayanta Ghosh, a resident of Salt Lake ....
- Congress activist killed in West Bengal
Kolkata: A local Congress leader was killed on Wednesday after being stabbed from behind as he took his morning walk in a village in West Bengal's Malda district, a party legislator said.
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- No deviation from Gorkhaland demand, GJM leaders tell Buddha
Kolkata: The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), spearheading a movement for a separate Gorkhaland in the Darjeeling Hills, on Wednesday asserted it will not budge from its demand for statehood.
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- Manmohan Singh cancels Kolkata visit
Kolkata: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cancelled his visit on Wednesday to Kolkata, where he was scheduled to inaugurate the 150-year celebrations of St Xavier's College, an official said....
- More Hindus than Muslims in some West Bengal madrassas!
Kolkata: Contrary to popular belief that madrassas are schools for fundamentalist Islamic teaching, madrassas in West Bengal are attracting an increasing number of Hindu students with their....
- Gorkhaland activists turn down Buddhadeb's talks offer
Kolkata/Siliguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Monday invited the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) for talks to improve the law and order situation in Jalpaiguri distr....
- Ban on public gatherings continues, tension in Dooars
Siliguri: Prohibitory orders banning gathering of more than four people continued in parts of the Dooars area of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Sunday, a day after violent clashes betwe....
- CPI-M predicts tough electoral battle in West Bengal
Kolkata: Admitting that the coming Lok Sabha battle will be tough, the Communist Party of India ? Marxist (CPI-M), the leading party in West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF), Saturday alleged ....
- 25 people, policemen injured in clash in West Bengal
Siliguri: At least 25 people, including two senior police officials, were injured on Friday in a clash between Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is spear-heading a movement for a separat....
- West Bengal to revise bus, taxi fares after oil price cut
Kolkata: West Bengal would review bus and taxi fares when the central government reduces fuel prices, Transport Minister Sunbhas Chakraborty said here on Tuesday.
"The government of India ha....
- Take Somnath back into the party, says senior CPI-M leader
Kolkata: Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and West Bengal Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty has written to party state secretary Biman Bose asking that Lok Sabha S....
- Suspected LeT linkman arrested in West Bengal
Kolkata: A suspected Bangladeshi linkman of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) group who helped its terrorists to infiltrate into India was arrested on Tuesday from West Bengal's Malda district, the polic....
- Culling continues in bird flu-hit Assam, West Bengal
New Delhi: Over 480,000 poultry birds have been culled in the bird flu-hit areas of West Bengal and Assam as officials further intensified their awareness campaign to prevent recurrence of th....
- Police rescue abducted boys in West Bengal
Kolkata: Two teenaged boys were abducted by identified men when they were returning form a religious rally in Kolkata's twin district Howrah Monday morning, officials said. The boys were rescue....
- West Bengal announces compensation for tribal women
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday announced compensation for the tribal women in West Midnapore's Lalgarh who had been victims of police excesses during raids November last year, ....
- Mamata takes out anti-hooch rally in Kolkata
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday took out a rally in Kolkata to protest the sale of poisonous country-made liquor that claimed several lives here last week.
"The....
- Congress seeks new industries at abandoned Tata project site
Kolkata: Hundreds of Congress activists on Sunday staged a road blockade in front of the abandoned Tata Motors small car factory site at Singur in West Bengal, demanding new industrial units ....
- Pregnant grandmother commits suicide in West Bengal
Kolkata: A 35-year-old woman hanged herself to death in a West Bengal village after being allegedly humiliated by neighbours for being pregnant despite having grandchildren, police said Fri....
- Man arrested after wife commits suicide in West Bengal
Kolkata: A 27-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly provoking his wife, the mother of a five-week-old daughter, to commit suicide in a West Bengal town, the police said.
The ....
- Cong to ask two WB legislators for explanation
Kolkata: The West Bengal Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Wednesday decided to send a show-cause notice to its two senior legislators - Somen Mitra who floated his own party, and Sudip Bandh....
- Fresh outbreak of bird flu in Darjeeling
Kolkata: A fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in Darjeeling on Wednesday prompting the authorities to restart culling operations, an official said.
"We have started culling operations....
- Gurung to meet UPA, NDA leaders over Gorkhaland
Siliguri: A team of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists, led by Morcha president Biman Gurung, is in the national capital for talks with the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the....
- Nandigram by-poll was held under Trinamool threat: Biman Bose
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Left Front chairman Biman Bose on Tuesday said the by-election in troubled Nandigram constituency was marred by opposition Trinamool Congress threats to voters.
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- Policeman manhandles taxi-driver in Kolkata, sparks protests
Kolkata: West Bengal opposition Trinamool Congress activists led by their chief Mamata Banerjee laid siege to the central business district here on Tuesday evening protesting against the alle....
- People should protest country liquor consumption: Biman Bose
Kolkata: People should come forward and protest against the consumption of poisonous country-made liquor, West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) chairman Biman Bose said on Monday, as the toll in....
- Polling in Nandigram, Sujapur ends peacefully
Kolkata: The by-election in two West Bengal assembly constituencies - troubled Nandigram in East Midnapore district and Malda's Sujapur - ended peacefully on Monday with more than 80 per....
- Manick Sorcar wants to start laser institute in Kolkata
Kolkata: He is the eldest son of illustrious Indian magician P.C. Sorcar. But unlike his father, Manick Sorcar chose to weave magic with animation and laser.
After devoting 17 years to anima....
- Gorkhaland activists call strike in Darjeeling hills from Jan 7
Siliguri (West Bengal): The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading a movement for a separate Gorkhaland state, called for an indefinite office strike in West Bengal's Darjeeling H....
- Tata, Quippo form new telecom infrastructure company
New Delhi: Tata Teleservices, the country's leading CDMA telecom services provider, and Kolkata-based Quippo Telecom Infrastructure, today announced the merger of their infrastructure busi....
- Toll in Kolkata spurious liquor tragedy rises to 19
Kolkata: The number of those who died in Kolkata after consuming poisonous country-made liquor on Saturday night has risen to 19, while several others were still battling for their lives....
- Mamata meets Pranab over teachers' institutes
Kolkata: West Bengal's principal opposition Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the threatened closure of 138 primary ....
- Bird flu in Darjeeling, culling ordered
Siliguri: Bird flu has been detected in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, prompting the administration on Saturday to order culling of 60,000 poultry over three days starting today.
Al....
- Well planned onslaught against CPI-M: Karat
Kolkata: Opposition parties in West Bengal have launched a "well-planned onslaught" against the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) that leads the state's ruling Left Front, party gener....
- Autorickshaw operators set buses ablaze in Kolkata
Kolkata: Two buses were set ablaze today by protesting Trinamool Congress-backed auto-rickshaw operators protesting a court ban on ageing public transport vehicles in the city and to demand ....
- Mamata launches sit-in protest near Buddhadeb's house
Kolkata: Hundreds of opposition Trinamool Congress workers led by Mamata Banerjee put up a road blockade near West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's residence late on Friday ....
- Girl lynched in West Bengal for stealing betel nuts
Kolkata: An 11-year-old girl was lynched and her two friends seriously injured by locals, after they were caught stealing betel nuts on Wednesday in a West Bengal village, the police said.
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- Kolkata youth arrested for killing neighbour for Rs 500
Kolkata: A youth in Kolkata who murdered his old neighbour December 18 for Rs 500, which he needed for a trip to the popular sea resort of Digha in West Bengal, was arrested on Tuesday.
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- Hasina's victory is my victory: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal's principal opposition leader, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, was 'happy' that 'friend' Shiekh Hasina had won Bangladesh's ninth general election, she said he....
- Kashmir elections victory of democracy: Pranab
Kolkata: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday described the recent elections in Jammu and Kashmir as the 'victory of democracy over terrorism'.
"The people of Jammu and ....
- Assets over Rs 9mn found from CBI officer's home
Kolkata: Assets worth more than Rs 9 million were unearthed from the residence of a senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer who was probing high-profile cases like Rabindranat....
- Rs 16bn upgrade of Kolkata airport launched
Kolkata: Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Monday set the ball rolling for a Rs 16-billion modernisation of the international airport here, which will include a new terminal, modern ....
- Oil tanker catches fire
Siliguri: Some 12,000 litres of petrol was destroyed when an oil tanker on Monday caught fire near a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) depot here, an official said.
The Bhutan-b....
- Olympian footballer Mewalal is no more
Kolkata: Former Olympian footballer Sahu Mewalal, one of India's all-time great forwards and a lethal scorer, died of old-age complications at a city hospital early on Saturday. He was 82.
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- CBI officer arrested for allegedly accepting bribe
Kolkata: A senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer, who was probing Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize medallion theft, was arrested on Sunday by the agency's anti-corruption....
- Three injured in tiger attack in West Bengal
Kolkata: Three people, including a girl and a forest official, were injured when a tiger sneaked into a West Bengal village near Sundarbans on Sunday morning. The man-eater was later caged b....
- India not against any country, but terrorism: Pranab
Kolkata: India is not against any particular country but against terrorism, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday, and urged the Pakistani leadership to join hands in c....
- West Bengal to seek time to phase out old autorickshaws
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Friday said it would move the Calcutta High Court to seek more time to phase out old autorickshaws with two-stroke engines from the city roads.
"W....
- Christmas cakes, candles, carols amid security
Kolkata: The city donned a Christmas robe Thursday to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with cakes, cookies, candles and carols amid tight security for a peaceful festivity.
St. Pauls C....
- Kolkata Metro station on high alert following threat
Kolkata: Security has been stepped up at all the 17 Metro stations here after the city police received a tip-off about a possible bomb blast at one of the stations on Wednesday, officials sa....
- A Bengali grammar book, now in Polish
Warsaw: A scholar here has published the first Bengali grammar in Polish so that people can "grasp the beauty of the language of Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee".
Elzbie....
- Singer Manna Dey awarded DLit by Bengal varsity
Kolkata: Singing legend Manna Dey, known as much in Bollywood as in the Bengali film industry for his versatile voice, was on Wednesday awarded an honorary doctorate of literature (DLit) b....
- Woman chops off husband's head
Kolkata: A woman allegedly chopped off her husband's head in a West Bengal village as part of tantra rituals, but police today said a love affair with another man was behind the murder.
T....
- Mohun Bagan not to play IFA Shield
Kolkata: Federation Cup champions Mohun Bagan Monday said it would not participate in the IFA Shield football tournament next month as the players needed to be given sufficient rest for ....
- National Security Guard to deploy unit in Kolkata
Kolkata: The National Security Guard (NSG), a special counter-terrorism force of India, will deploy a unit in the West Bengal capital to spruce up security here, a top police officer said o....
- Calcutta High Court rejects Ashok Todi's bail plea
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court today rejected the bail plea of industrialist Ashok Todi, accused of playing a key role in abetting his son-in-law and graphics designer Rizwanur Rehman's su....
- Bird flu hit West Bengal
Malda: Outbreak of bird flu has been reported at English Bazar in Malda district of West Bengal. According to District Magistrate Sridhar Ghosh, the high risk disease detection laboratory of....
- Chhatra Parishad to jam Bhattacharjee's fax
Kolkata: The students' arm of the Congress - Chhatra Parishad - Thursday decided to jam all the fax numbers of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's office, protesting his all....
- Fresh violence erupts in Nandigram
Kolkata: Dec 4 The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) acdres and activists of the Bhumi Uchched Pratiridh Committee (BUPC) led by Trinamool Congress clashed in West Bengal's Nandigram....
- Bhuniya smells sabotage bid in CM's convoy attack
Krishnanagar: Senior West Bengal Congress leader and party's chief whip in the state assembly Manash Bhuniya on Tuesday smelled a possible 'sabotage' bid in the blast attempt on chief minister ....
- Nirupam Sen attacks Trinamool Congress
Krishnanagar: "What would you do if the people of West Bengal bring you to the power? ? will you continue supporting such destructive activity that hampers developments in the state?" In a virt....
- Teen aged girl shot dead by BSF jawan
Krishnanagar: A teen aged girl was shot dead by BSF personnel under mysterious circumstances in Chapra along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Nadia on Wednesday evening. The incident triggered ten....
- Housewife raped and tonsured in Nadia
Krishnanagar: In what could be termed as a shameful incident a saloon owner in Nadia allegedly tonsured a housewife after raping her so that she does not dare to lodge a police complaint agains....
- WB to have new IT park in Kalyani
Kalyani: Next to sector-V of Salt Lake, a new information technology (IT) park would soon come up in Kalyani in Nadia district. The West Bengal government has envisaged a plan in this regard on....
- Finishing school in WB to groom students for IT jobs
Kalyani: In a bid to make the mainstream graduation level students 'employable' in the information technology industry, the West Bengal government for the first time opened a 'Finishing School'....
- 33 die of mosquito-borne diseases, fever in West Bengal
Kolkata: Mosquito-borne diseases and a type of fever whose cause has not been identified have claimed at least 33 lives in West Bengal since September, officials said today. "At least 25 people....
- Former union minister Ajit Panja passes away
Kolkata: Former union minister and veteran Trinamool Congress leader Ajit Panja died on Thursday after a long battle with oral cancer. He was 72. The politician, who also dabbled in acting and ....
- 'Child death synonymous to 'Human right Violation''
Santipur: In a land mark observation West Bengal state human rights commission (SHRC) chairperson justice Shyamal Sen said that rise in death of a large number of children in the state due to m....
- 'Bangladeshi prisoners overcrowding WB jails'
Kalyani: The rapidly growing numbers of Bangladeshi nationals who are imprisoned at different correctional homes in West Bengal have set to pose a serious problem to the state government. The s....
- 11 killed as tractor, truck collide in West Bengal
Kolkata: At least 11 people were killed and 15 injured today when a tractor and a truck collided in West Bengal's Burdwan district, police said. The accident took place in Maltipur and the inju....
- PWD minister lambasts govt for atrocities of police
Santipur: State PWD minister and senior RSP leader Kshiti Goswami lambasted the state government on Tuesday for the alleged atrocities unleashed by the state police on the innocent people in La....
- Tapasi murder: Opposition demands CM's resignation
Kolkata: With two ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists, including a top district leader, convicted in the Tapasi Malik murder case, West Bengal's Opposition parties on Tues....
- Rizwan case: Apex court bars CBI from arresting Todi
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today barred the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from arresting industrialist Ashok Todi till November 17 in the Rizwanur Rehman suicide case in which a trial....
- CPI-M dares Trinamool to oppose Nayachara project
Nandigram: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday lashed out at the Trinamool Congress and said people would not tolerate it if the opposition party continued to rally against the ....
- Man shoots prostitute dead, kills self
Kolkata: A man, who used to visit a sex worker regularly shot her dead before killing himself at her residence in the city's largest red-light district of Sonagachi, police said today. The inc....
- Kolkata gets US presidential poll watch centre
Kolkata: The American Centre in Kolkata has organised a special event presidential battle on in the US, titled 'Election Watch' to enable poll enthusiasts to watch constant updates and presiden....
- Bengal blood banks facing severe shortage
Kolkata: Over 100 blood banks in West Bengal are facing an acute supply shortage as social organisations and clubs were too busy with Durga Puja to organise their regular blood donation camps. ....
- Mamata's return to Singur marred by clashes
Singur (WB): Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's return to Singur today, nearly a month after the Tatas pulling out of the Nano project, was marked by sporadic clashes and police using b....
- Pol parties unhappy at ban on poll campaign hoardings
Kolkata: Major political parties of West Bengal, including the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Trinamool Congress and the Congress, on Friday told the Election Commission that they wo....
- WB police takes step against illegal cultivation
Krishnanagar: In an alarming trend the farmers in the areas close to Indo-Bangladesh border have become cause of concern to the state police and Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) as they have been ....
- Rizwanur case: Todi's passport cancelled
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has secured suspension of passports of Todi brothers for their alleged role in inciting Rizwanur Rehman to suicide last year.Rizwanur's body....
- Two fire incidents in Kolkata on Diwali night
Kolkata: Diwali fireworks have led to two fire incidents in the city on Tuesday night, the police said. In one incident, a fire broke out at a footwear factory in the congested Topsia area in s....
- Three BSNL workers killed in accident
Kolkata: Three employees of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) were killed and two seriously wounded when a public bus collided with a delivery van in a West Bengal town, police said on Sunday. Th....
- WB students unite to fight MNS threat
Chakdaha: While students in Bihar took on roads in protest against the atrocities unleashed by the Raj Thakrey led Maharastra Nabanirman Sena recently in Mumbai, the students from West Bengal o....
- CPI(M) calls Gorkha agitation a conspiracy against WB
Kolkata: Terming the ongoing Gorkhaland agitation as an attempt to split West Bengal into small parts, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Thursday urged the people to unitedly prot....
- Gorkhas relax strike till next round of talks
Siliguri: The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) on Wednesday night partially postponed its agitation in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills and nearby areas till the next round of tripartite talks in De....
- Artist Paritosh Sen dead
Kolkata: Paritosh Sen, one of the founders of the contemporary Indian art movement, died at a private hospital on Wednesday following a lung infection, family sources said. He was 90. The artis....
- Darjeeling should unite against Gorkhaland: Buddhadeb
Kolkata: The people of Darjeeling district should unite to stop Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) from dividing the state and forming Gorkhaland, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ....
- Four killed in a fire in West Bengal
Kolkata: Five members of a family, including four children, were killed and 120 shanties destroyed in a devastating fire at Shibpur in West Bengal's Howrah district on Tuesday night. "Four of t....
- Tata bats for Buddha, attacks Mamata
Kolkata: A fortnight after pulling out the Nano plant from Singur, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata today asked the people of West Bengal to support either the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-led governm....
- WB govt will look at alternate options after Nano
Kolkata: With Tatas having abandoned its Nano small car project in West Bengal, the CPI(M) today said that the state government would look at alternative options at Singur. "I am sure they will....
- Mamata threatens to lay siege on police headquarters
Kolkata: Incensed over the arrest of a party worker, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday threatened to lay siege on the city police headquarters on October 20. Speaking at a prot....
- Villagers tonsure woman for friendship with youth
Krishnanagar: In a shocking incident, a young woman was tonsured and kept hostage for over twenty four hours by the villagers for daring to visit Durga puja pandals with two 'unknown' youths. T....
- Final bye to Singur by Tata
Kolkata: Tatas today pulled out of West Bengal for its Rs one-lakh car Nano project, blaming it on continuing agitation by the opposition parties, spearheaded by Trinamool Congress leader Mamat....
- Ratan Tata, Buddha to discuss Singur today
Kolkata: Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in the city today to discuss the company's 'Nano' car project in Singur which has run into r....
- WB govt to ensure meal to starvation hit people
Krishnanagar: In a unique gesture the West Bengal government has decided to provide at least a daily square meal to the aged poor persons who have been living in a starvation like situation. Th....
- Rizwanur case: Accused police officers sent to JC
Kolkata: Former deputy commissioner of police (detective) Ajay Kumar and two other police officers included in the charge sheet in the Rizwanur Rahman death case today surrendered before a city....
- All-party meet likely on Singur
Kolkata: An all-party meeting is likely to be held in West Bengal to resolve the ongoing Singur imbroglio, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechuri said in the ....
- WB Left Front crisis blows over
Kolkata: Putting aside their differences, the constituents of West Bengal's ruling Left Front on Sunday decided to renew the licence of German firm Metro Cash and Carry while the Forward Bloc w....
- WB artisian creates eco-friendly idol of Durga
Chakdaha: In a unique gesture, members of a puja organizing club in Chakdaha has come up to support a young talented artisan to show his creativity in the ensuing Durga puja. Poor artisan Gopal....
- Don't shift Nano from Singur: Buddhadev Bhattacharjee
New Delhi: In a last-ditch effort to salvage the Nano car project, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has written to Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata urging him not to shift the p....
- Hoax call sets alarm in Kolkata
Kolkata: A hoax phone call about a possible bomb planted at the Calcutta High Court on Thursday set the police on alert. "The city police control room received an anonymous phone call on Thur....
- Two awarded death sentence by a Barrackpore Court
New Delhi/Barrackpore: The Barrackpore Court today awarded capital punishment to two convicts for murdering a six years old girl. Additional District Judge Partha Sarathi Mukherjee pronounced t....
- Tatas move equipment out of Singur
Kolkata: Tata Motors has moved equipment key to manufacturing 'Nano,' the ultra-cheap car, from its under- construction plant at Singur in West Bengal to another facility in order to meet its r....
- 'Bomb box' creates panic in Howrah station
Kolkata: An abandoned box with the inscription '10 bombs, 51 mm' on it was found in a train on Tuesday creating panic at the Howrah station in Kolkata. However, officials said that it was unlik....
- Verdict in Tapasi Malik murder case on Nov 1
Chandannagar (WB): The verdict of the Tapasi Malik rape and murder case would be delivered on November 1, a Hooghly district court said today. The accused, former Singur zonal secretary of the ....
- Security guard at Tata plant in Singur assaulted
Singur: A private security guard at the Tata Motors plant in Singur in West Bengal was assaulted by a group of unidentified men, police said today. Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) R....
- Court issues summons to 7 accused in Rizwanur case
Kolkata: A city court on Monday issued summons to seven, including three police officers, accused in the Rizwanur Rahman death case asking them to appear before October 27. The summons were iss....
- CPM, Trinamool reach out to Singur farmers
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling communists and the opposition are carrying out door-to-door campaigns in Singur to convince the farmers of their respective stands, as the state government's deadl....
- Metro Cash & Carry officials to meet WB Minister
Kolkata: Officials of Metro Cash & Carry, the wholesale division of the Germany-based Metro AG that planned to open an outlet in the city two years ago, would meet West Bengal's Agricultural Mi....
- Peace rally on Rizwanur's first death anniversary
Kolkata: Hundreds of people on Sunday marched in a peace rally in Kolkata to pay tribute to Rizwanur Rahman, who died under mysterious circumstances a year ago after marrying industrialist Asho....
- Singur impasse: No solution in sight
Kolkata: Nineteen days have passed since Tata Motors suspended work at its Nano plant at Singur in West Bengal but no solution to the deadlock seems in sight. Operations were suspended on Septe....
- Left supporters forcing farmers to accept sop: Trinamool
Kolkata: West Bengal's principal opposition party, the Trinamool Congress, today accused supporters of the ruling Left Front government of forcing farmers to accept the compensation package for....
- HC rejects PIL on Singur impasse
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court today rejected a public interest litigation seeking intervention of the court in directing the West Bengal government to ensure that the Tata Motors small car p....
- Buddha refuses to comment on his smoking
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, whose smoking habit has led to state capital Kolkata losing out on international funds, on Wednesday refused to comment on union Hea....
- Trinamool chief Mamata rejects Singur package
Kolkata: Remaining firm on her stand, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said that the ruling Left Front government in West Bengal had rejected the agreement on Singur land row sign....
- Fire in power station may gulp Murshidabad in dark
Kolkata: A fire broke out at Chuapore Power House, an electric supply sub-station, in Behrampore town in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, this morning. "The fire broke out at the powerhouse ....
- CPM enhances rehab package for Singur farmers
Singur: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is luring the displaced farmers with an enhanced rehabilitation package including cash assistance, land and community development plans. CPI(M) ....
- Boy creates Durga idol of pastel sheet in WB
Krishnanagar: With less than a month left for the Durga Puja, the artists have been running against time to give shape to their dream divine. Saikat Karmakar, 16, a resident of Krishnanagar Col....
- Smoking Buddha making Kolkata lose international aid
New Delhi: Shocking as it may sound, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya's smoking habits are making state capital Kolkata lose out on "millions of dollars" in international funds....
- Tatas hopeful, Buddha asks Mamata for consensus
Kolkata: Tata Motors, which has been giving signals of a pullout from the Nano car project, today expressed hope that the rehabilitation package to farmers will evoke a positive response even a....
- Bengal ready to provide 230 acres to IT companies
Kolkata: The lingering controversy surrounding the Tata Motors small car project at Singur has not deterred the West Bengal government from going ahead with providing 230 acres of land to IT bi....
- Singur: Bengal govt looking at people's support
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Sunday splashed advertisements in local dailies to earn public favour for the latest compensation package for Singur farmers whose land has been acquired ....
- WB Governor calls for 'spirit of accommodation'
Kolkata: With the talks between West Bengal Chief Minister Buddadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee failing to reach an understanding, Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi to....
- Security threat on Moitree Express
Krishnanagar: The 840-meter long Security Fencing Enclosure (SFE) which was constructed over railway tracks at Gede as a basic shield for the Kolka-Dhaka Moitree Express has badly fell prey to ....
- CBI claims new lead in Nobel medallion theft probe
Kolkata: Claiming to have found new leads, the CBI is preparing to move a court in West Bengal seeking its permission to reopen the case relating to theft of Rabindranth Tagore's Nobel medallio....
- Buddhadeb satisfied with talks over Singur crisis
Kolkata: The four-member panel looking into the vexed Nano land acquisition issue had a satisfactory meeting today afternoon, informed West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattcharjee. "The me....
- Joint panel to inspect Singur today
Kolkata: A four-member committee formed to discuss a land-based solution to compensate farmers in West Bengal will visit Singur today. After inspecting the TATA Motors' Nano car project site, t....
- Tata cautions West Bengal govt, Trinamool sticks
Kolkata: As Trinamool Congress demanded that 300 acres should be returned from the Tata project site in Singur, Tata Motors today cautioned the West Bengal government not to take any step which....
- "About 350 acres inside Nano plant unused"
Singur (West Bengal): About 350 acres of land inside the Tata Motors Nano project complex are lying unused, said Krishijami Jiban Jibika Raksha Committee leader, Becharam Manna, demanding that ....
- Work suspension of Nano continues
Kolkata: Saying there was "limited clarity" on the outcome of the talks between the West Bengal government and the Trinamool Congress-led protesters, Tata Motors today said that it would contin....
- Justice Soumitro Sen to face impeachment
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Law and Justice today said that an impeachment motion will be brought against Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Soumitro Sen over his 'misconduct'. A three-jud....
- Two-year-old Singur crisis resolved
Kolkata: The two-year-old Singur crisis was resolved late on Sunday night as a land-for-land agreement was reached at a face-to-face meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattac....
- Discussion over Singur issue to continue on Monday
Kolkata: Amid signals that a formula to solve the 28-month dispute over land allotted to Tata Motors' Nano small car project at Singur in West Bengal has already been worked out, the second rou....
- Singur issue: Second round of talks begin in Kolkata
Kolkata: The second round of crucial talks to end the Singur logjam began at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata today with West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi presiding over it. The meeting began a....
- WB police rescue six girls from Pune brothel
Chakdaha: In a major breakthrough, the Chakdaha police on Thursday raided and rescued six girls from a brothel in Pune. The girls who hailed from different areas of Nadia and South 24-Parganas ....
- Meeting on Singur issue deferred till 4 pm today
Kolkata: The crucial talks to end the Singur impasse, scheduled to begin at 10 am today, have been deferred till 4 pm with the West Bengal government seeking more time, Raj Bhavan sources said.....
- Singur talks deferred: CM, Governor blame each other
Kolkata: Even as West Bengal Governor, Gopal Krishna Gandhi today said that talks between the state government and the opposition Trinamool Congress-led farmers body to resolve the stand-off ov....
- Gandhi begins Singur peace parleys, Tatas noncommital
Kolkata/New Delhi: West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi began preliminary talks today to end the impasse over the Tata Motors car project in Singur, even as company chief Ratan Tata said th....
- Singur will not deter foreign investors: Rahul Bajaj
New Delhi: The suspension of work at the Tata Motors' Nano plant in Singur was unfortunate, but it would not deter foreign investors to India on a long-term basis, Bajaj Auto chairman Rahul Baj....
- "Tata move unfortunate for West Bengal"
Kolkata: Industrialists and leading business bodies in West Bengal on Tuesday termed as unfortunate Tata Motors' decision to look at site options to manufacture the world's cheapest car Nano, i....
- Sourav Ganguly bats for Tata Nano
Kolkata: Former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly today batted for the Tata Nano factory at Singur, saying that the project would revolutionise industrial prospects in West Bengal.
- We want work to resume at Tata plant: Mamata
Kolkata: In an apparent climbdown, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Monday evening that her party wants work to resume at the Tata Motors' Nano plant at Singur, but after exclu....
- Pregnant woman killed in acid attack in Nadia
Krishnanagar: A young pregnant housewife died on Monday when unidentified assailants poured concentrated nitric acid on her and her husband late on Sunday night. The 19 year old victim, Nayanmo....
- CPI(M) activist shot dead at Chakdah in Nadia
Krishanagar: A CPI(M) activist was shot dead on Monday morning at Chakdah in Nadia district of West Bengal. The activist, Feroz Ali Mandal, was a former member of Trinamool Congress and had jo....
- Singur:Talks and stir to go together
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has played a double card today to keep the banner of her brand of politics relevant. Banerjee said that she was ready to hold talks with the Le....
- Industries necessary for employment: Buddhadeb
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said that the farming sector in the state was overpopulated and industries were required for employment. "A single piece of lan....
- Soil-less cultivation in sight in West Bengal
Kalyani: Technology outdated the conventional way! It may sound unbelievable, but henceforth people in eastern India and their counterparts in northern and southern sector may soon witness a r....
- TATA Nano plant in Singur shut for the second day
Kolkata: The Tata Motors factory at Singur in West Bengal remained shut for the second day today, raising doubts over the company being able to meet its October deadline to roll out the world's....
- Congress against withdrawal of Tata project from Bengal
Kolkata: The Tatas should not withdraw their small car project project from Singur and the state government should provide alternate land to "unwilling" farmers, Union Information and Broadcast....
- Bengal gets first calf by embryo transfer technology
Kalyani: Days are not probably far away when the scientists in the state would come up to save the endangered animals like 'Royal Bengal tigers' from extinction. Birth of a calf at 'Haringhata'....
- Krishna Kumar Birla passes away at 90
Kolkata: K K Birla, noted industrialist and former Rajya Sabha member died this morning at his residence in Kolkata after a brief illness. He was 90. The Chairman of Hindustan Times and seve....
- Centre decides not to intervene in Singur standoff
New Delhi: Even as the standoff persists over the Tata Motors' Nano car project in Singur, the central government today made it clear that it will not intervene in the issue and underlined the ....
- WB government constitutes Fifth State Pay Commission
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Thursday constituted the Fifth State Pay Commission to examine the pay structure and service conditions of the government employees. Announcing the six-me....
- Strike is a fundamental right, says CPM
New Delhi: Two days after West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had expressed his resentment against his party leadership for supporting the 'bandhs' (general strike), the CPI(M) p....
- Annex College ties up with UK's Birmingham College
Kolkata: Annex College of Management Studies, a management and IT training institute in eastern India, on Wednesday announced that it has tied up with the UK's Birmingham College to offer MBA c....
- Fresh controversy over land acquisition in Nadia
Krishnanagar: While chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is trying hard to convince Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to withdraw her siege at the Tata small car project in Singur, a....
- Trinamool protest chokes highway in West Bengal
Kolkata: The indefinite siege by West Bengal's opposition Trinamool Congress in front of the Tata Motors small car factory site in Singur today caused a traffic gridlock on the national highway....
- New design for Indo-Bangladesh border pillars
Krishnanagar: While the border pillars (BP) located on the 125-km erosion prone Indo-Bangladesh border stretch along the river Padma are being randomly destroyed by the Bangladeshi miscreants, ....
- I am sorry for supporting CPI-M on Singur: Amar Singh
Singur: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today apologised for favouring West Bengal's ruling CPI(M) earlier on the farmers' agitation in Singur against land acquisition and expressed h....
- Thousands converge in Singur against Tata project
Kolkata: Thousands converged on Sunday near the Tata Motors' small car factory site in Singur in West Bengal for protests demanding the return of 400 acres of farmland acquired for the proj....
- WB govt in panic after Tata threatens to pull out
New Delhi: A day after the Tatas threatened to pull out its small-car project 'Nano' from the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said that a possible dialogue (read....
- Trinamool to go ahead with Tata plant siege from tomorrow
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee Trinamool Congress is sticking to its plans for an indefinite siege of the Tata Motors' small car project site at Singur from Sunday, party leader Partho Chattopadhyay ....
- Tata threatens to relocate Nano car plant from WB
Kolkata: The Tata group today warned that it will move the factory to build the world's cheapest car 'Nano' out of Communist-ruled West Bengal if strife over acquisition of farm land for the pr....
- Bomb hoax at Kalyani University in WB
Kalyani: A bomb hoax at the campus of Kalyani University in Nadia in West Bengal rattled the police on Friday morning following an unidentified caller claimed that the administrative building o....
- Govt assures Tatas of no lawlessness at Singur
Kolkata: West Bengal government has assured Ratan Tata that there will be no violence at his company's small car project in Singur. After coming out of a more than hour-long meeting with Ratan ....
- Singur talks inconclusive, Mamata threatens agitation
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee threatened to launch an indefinite agitation from August 24 after the much-awaited talks between West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacha....
- Return Singur land to farmers, Trinamool insists
Kolkata: West Bengal's principal opposition Trinamool Congress today reiterated that the land acquired in Singur for the Tata Motors small car project should be returned to its original farmer ....
- Government-Trinamool Congress talks on Singur today
Kolkata: The West Bengal government will hold talks with the Trinamool Congress, this afternoon, to sort out the Singur impasse. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Monday sent a letter t....
- I am sorry for supporting CPI(M) on Singur: Amar Singh
Singur: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Sunday apologised for favouring West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) earlier on the farmers' agitation in Singur against....
- 'No land acquisition without farmers' consent'
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday said that the state government will not acquire any farmland without the consent from the farmers. "We'll not take land....
- 30 students injured as building collapses in WB
Kolkata: At least 30 students were injured, half of them seriously, when a newly built school building collapsed in a village in West Bengal during Independence Day celebrations today, police s....
- Government talks tough on Singur agitation
Kolkata: The police would take stern action if any political party stages a demonstration at Singur's Tata Motors factory site and poses an obstruction to the ongoing work there, said Ashok Moh....
- Rizwanur was provoked to commit suicide: High Court
Kolkata: Saying Rizwanur Rehman was provoked to commit suicide last year, the Calcutta High Court Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file charges against six people, in....
- Crude bombs, firearms recovered from Nandigram
Kolkata: Live crude bombs and firearms were recovered by police from near the restive Nandigram area of West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Wednesday.
"Acting on a tip off we rec....
- West Bengal government talks tough on Singur agitation
Kolkata: The police would take stern action if any political party stages a demonstration at Singur's Tata Motors factory site and poses an obstruction to the ongoing work there, West Bengal ho....
- Nandigram tense after CPI(M) activists fire at rivals
Kolkata: Tension prevailed in West Bengal's Nandigram today after CPI(M) activists allegedly opened fire on the rival Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) members in some areas of the troub....
- Bottle Bomb blast in Siliguri, four bombs recovered
Siliguri: Three children were injured, one of them seriously, following 'bottle bomb' blast at Shantipara, one kilometre from New Jalpaiguri Railway station as the bomb squad recovered four bot....
- Tension grips Nandigram over CPI-M shutdown
Kolkata: Tension gripped the Nandigram region of West Bengal's East Midnapore district today after the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) called a 12-hour shutdown to protest t....
- 13 killed as lorry rams into bus in West Bengal
Kolkata: At least 13 people were killed and 20 injured today when a lorry loaded with sand collided with a stalled tourist bus on a highway in West Bengal's Hooghly district. The accident t....
- Amid turmoil in Singur Nirupam says 'Tatas to stay'
Kolkata: Rejecting all speculations, West Bengal Industry Minister Nirupam Sen on Tuesday said that the state government has not received any intimation from Tata Motors on backing out from its....
- Bengal's CPI(M) leaders in court for contempt case
Kolkata: Three leaders of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, including state general secretary Biman Bose, appeared before the Calcutta High Court today in connection with a....
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