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There seems to be some improvement in the flood situation in the state with water levels receding in West Midnapore and no deaths being reported Saturday.

All the three babies who died since Friday were underweight and had developed respiratory distress immediately after birth.

All India Trinamool Congress Yuva president Abhishek Banerjee party would fight the 2014 Lok Sabha elections alone.

A total of 560 complaints have so far been filed with West Bengal police by duped investors, the report stated.

There was a lot of positive discussions about GTA.

A 15-year-old was allegedly raped and then murdered at Basirhat area of North-24 Parganas.

A CISF constable allegedly shot dead his senior officer, an inspector, in the wee hours Sunday.

Reviving an old bone of contention with the Congress-led UPA government just months before the 2014 elections, Trinamool Congress leaders Monday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

Even as the blamegame between the state government and the Damodar Valley Corporation continues, flood situation in the southern part of Bengal remained largely the same.

In another placatory gesture, the GJM Monday resumed work at the hill council ahead of Mamata''s visit to the hills

Members said most pandals did not even cater to the basic requirements of the special visitors.

In a letter to Governor M K Narayanan, the BJP''s state unit has alleged that the state government is avoiding CBI investigation into the Saradha scam to shield its own ministers involved in it.

The WBHRC noted that the police had failed to do its duty to maintain law and order in the University.

Cites personal reasons and 'severe impediments'' in his style of working

"I want people in the Hills to be happy."

A State Crime Records Bureau-backed report has termed West Bengal the source point for child trafficking within the country.

Enos Das Pradhan, one of the main leaders of the Gorkahland State Joint Action Committee (GSJAC), Wednesday resigned from the organisation.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday reached out to the people in the hills and appealed to maintain peace.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet industrialists of the state and members of chambers of commerce on October 28:Partha Chatterjee.

The City Sessions Court today allowed the ED, following the latter''s petition, to take Sudipta Sen, into custody for 15 days.

Reports obtained by Food and Supplies Department have estimated that 80,400 hectares of cropped area have been damaged in the recent floods.

A judicial commission set up to probe into the incident began recording statements of victims'' family members Wednesday.

The Kolkata district Left Front has put pressure on the TMC government to come clean on its stand on the BJP''s prime ministerial candidate for the Election 2014.

Will field nominees in Assam, Arunachal, Manipur, Tripura, Jharkhand, Andaman.

Accused in a 2012 case of attacking the District Magistrate''s bungalow in Murshidabad, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury applied for an anticipatory bail Tuesday at a local court here.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her government would not allow disruption of normal life in the name of bandhs.

In a major boost to the education sector in West Bengal, 32 new government colleges will be opened.

Kunal Saha, demanded that the West Bengal government remove Sukumar Mukherjee, from the post of Chief Medical Advisor to the state health department.

Supreme Court''s award of a Rs 5.96 crore compensation to Dr Kunal Saha for the death of his wife Dr Anuradha Saha due to medical negligence drew muted reactions.

The management of West Bengal-based Priya Biscuit company Friday claimed to have received extortion calls.

Mamata magic: GJM gives in to DIDI''s Demand; also agrees to bipartite talks with state.

In view of the spiralling prices of onion, the West Bengal government has made arrangements to sell the cooking staple at Rs 36 per kg.

The original text of Rabindra nath Tagore's nomination for the prestigious award was displayed publicly in India for the first time Friday.

Two hundred Kolkata-bound passengers faced a harrowing time as a technical fault in Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft delayed their flight from IGI airport by over six hours.

Suspended TMC MP Kunal Ghosh appeared before the Bidhannagar police commissionerate yet again.

A youth was beaten to death Friday when he allegedly went to extort money at Dubrajpur near Burdwan town, the police said.

Trinamool Congress has opened four party offices in Darjeeling, claims to have '40,000 members''.

Two killed in building collapse. Trains and other services take a hit. Normal life paralysed.

Sons of former food minister and senior Forward Bloc leader Kalimuddin Shams Saturday resigned from the Forward Bloc alleging corruption in the party.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated her stand on undivided Bengal and said the hills would remain an integral part of the state.

Chhetri had said this after a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today turned her attention to a militant organisation in the adjoining plains.

Slams Mamata, says no backtracking on statehood demand

The BJP Sunday claimed that the TMC government had disappointed the people in West Bengal.

Berhampore is also Congress'' strongest bastion in West Bengal, which was frequently threatened by TMC for continuous poaching.

Areas of Howrah and Hooghly and Contai in East Midnapore are still inundated.

The Shams brothers said over the years they felt AIFB had deviated from its core ideals.

Accussed was sent to a seven-day CID custody for interrogation.

A 19-year-old girl working as a trainee nurse in New Town was allegedly abducted and gangraped on Sunday, the police said.