Johra, has been in jail since April 2009 even though her jail term was over June 2010.

Kumar was arrested on November 30 for his alleged involvement in the scam during his tenure as SJDA CEO.

The court has extended the date of his statement under Section 164 before the magistrate till December 27.

There are at least 270 political prisoners in Bengal

The warden of Presidency Correctional Home has been sent a showcause notice after he was frisked and found to be allegedly carrying Rs 10,000 for someone inside the prison Saturday.

The West Bengal Human Rights Commission is waiting for a reply from the West Bengal State Law Clerks'' Council on its action on a letter threatening to frame its Chairman Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly.

Several departments of the state government faced sharp criticism from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday when she conducted a review session of each ministry to assess their performance and if they achieved their respective targets.

This is not the first time that the West Bengal government has raised the issue of Ganguly''s visit to Pakistan.

Modi will divide the country if he comes to power: Buddha.

3 TMC workers have been arrested in connection with attack

As Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung prepares to take oath as GTA chief executive at Raj Bhawan Thursday, the state government is keeping its promise of releasing jailed outfit members.

Five people were killed and nine critically injured in an explosion at Bajrapara in Jalpaiguri district in north Bengal.

The death toll in Thursday''s bomb blast at Jalpaiguri rose to six when one of the injured undergoing treatment at North Bengal Medical College Hospital succumbed to his injuries Saturday.

Three days after six people were killed in a cycle bomb blast in Jalpaiguri, police have arrested a former Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) leader and launched an all out search operation for the top leaders of the underground outfit.

State spends Rs 2 lakh per month on each PS, who have no work

A central committee member of the Kamtapur People''s Party (KPP), which is spearheading demand for a separate Kamtapur state, has been arrested from Cooch Behar in connection with the bicycle bomb blast here that claimed six lives.

The outfit, which was not taken seriously by the Bengal Police in last few years, is now said to have considerable fire power.

Victim's father alleged that police asked him to leave Kolkata and return to Bihar with his daughter's body.

Chief Secretary Sanjoy Mitra''s claim that the rape victim received adequate medical attention drew flak from the All India Democratic Women''s Association (AIDWA), the women''s wing of the CPM.

Move comes after victim''s father writes to Governor

The former chief minister also alleged that all development work in the state had come to a standstill.

Traditional retailers are giving strong competition to organised retailers and the decision to permit foreign retailers to open stores in the country will not affect small players in India, the government said today.

Amid debate over imposing higher taxes on super-rich, the Economic Survey today said efforts should be made to raise revenue by widening tax base and not by increasing the rates

Indian companies raised a total of Rs 2.81 lakh crore in fresh capital from equity and debt markets in the April-December period of 2012.

India's financial sector faces certain challenges that hold it back from becoming a preferred destination for global investors even though reforms have made domestic capital market more vibrant and transparent, the Economic Survey said today.

Air India is likely to come out of its precarious financial position this financial year with a positive cash flow, as its performance has improved considerably, the Economic Survey said today.

Resource mobilisation in the corporate debt category witnessed a significant decline as just Rs 4,974 crore was garnered through debt issues in the first nine months of the current fiscal, which was not even 10% of the total funds raised during ...

The Survey, tabled by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament, projected an optimistic growth rate of 6.1-6.7% for the 2013-14 claiming that the downturn is more or less over and economy is looking up.

A growth forecast that is seriously wrong is dangerous - it can lead to revenue projections and spending decisions that become seriously inflationary

Reforms will help establish a credible social security system, specially for the elderly

All life insurers, both public and private, are committed to process any death claim pertaining to COVID-19 at the earliest,the Council said in a statement

Madras HC ordered the closure of liquor shops noting that there were huge crowds and no social distancing was being maintained by tipplers, however, doorstep delivery through online mode was allowed

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