Harish Rawat, a Congress leader has spoken out against spiritual leader Ramdev, who compared Narendra Modi to Jawaharlal Nehru."Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the founders of the Indian nation. Ramdev is a fool to compare him to Modi," says Rawat in an ...

MPs say there is pressure from their constituents to distribute personal protective equipment in hospitals in their constituencies

The government in the state has been following the lockdown rules strictly after a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases

The Bharatiya Janata Party government has started curtailing the facilities accorded to him

The first meeting of the task force was convened via a video conference

There have been numerous gazette notifications from Gadkari's ministry on land acquisition and other related issues to expedite work on national highways, bridges and flyovers

Chouhan said that the farm loan waiver scheme of the previous Kamal Nath government was a "trick of phantasm", indicating that his government could review it

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, state governments' gross market borrowings stood at Rs 6.08 trillion in 2019-20, up from Rs 4.78 trillion in 2018-19.

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.

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.

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.

A 16-year-old girl from Humayunpur village in Madhyamgram has alleged that she was gangraped twice last week.

Ghosh who was grilled by the ED officials for three hours Tuesday named state transport minister Madan Mitra, TMC MP Srinjay Bose and former IPS officer Rajat Majumdar.

Hinting at political links in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, suspended Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and presented to him "certain details about the case".

On the eve of title match, long-standing member of Team, Anand gives a glimpse of preparation.

The minister faces charges in connection with the murder of a Trinamool leader, Kamal Sheikh, in 2011.

Pulling out of a project is a matter of concern said Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee Sunday.

Adhikari said the Centre must stop unwanted intervention into cooperative societies.

Police will lodge a case of impersonation against unidentified persons for using the Facebook account of Kunal Ghosh.

Trinamool Congress demanded the resignation of former Supreme Court judge Asok Ganguly from the post of chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

Stating an inquiry would be made and those involved would be traced, Banerjee said the sleuths of Kolkata Police were on the scene.

Derek O''Brien said TMC has followed an approach of zero tolerance when it comes to safety and dignity of women in the workplace.

The MP went on to claim that a large number of irregular chit fund companies had come into existence.

Jalpaiguri : Man carrying the bomb on his bicycle had links with KLO, say police sources

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said the trend of students leaving Kolkata for Bangalore or Hyderabad for higher education will be reversed in a couple of years as the state capital will will became a education hub.

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.

The Kolkata police has admitted that the blanket ban on cycling and other forms of non-motorised transport in the city was initiated without making any study on how the ban would improve traffic.

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.

The Economic Survey 2012-13 acknowledged that the $100 billion Indian information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) faces some serious competition from many of the developing countries

Government should work towards easing "regulatory and bureaucratic impediments" to improve investment climate in the country, suggested the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

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.

Amid concerns of possible downgrade of India's credit rating, the Economic Survey today said the government is taking steps to improve interaction with rating agencies to ensure that they make "informed decisions".

The over consumption of urea and limited use of phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers need to be addressed through appropriate price incentives by reducing subsidies to ensure sustainable practises are encouraged, Economic Survey said today.

Curb inflation, offer products such as inflation-indexed bonds, expand financial inclusion, improve access to financial products, says Survey

The state Government is pleased at the production, the farmer with his cheques and transporters with their business.

While farmers are selling potatoes for as low as Rs 1-1.50 per kilo to the middlemen, consumers are shelling out Rs 7-10 in the retail market.

Even as Kashmir loses thousands of hectares of its agricultural land to urbanisation...

It turned out to be a prosperous 2008 for Punjab farmers as they reaped rich dividends from the bumper wheat and paddy crops. The plentiful season brought some cheer for the state Government as well with Punjab farmers

Call it the paradox of timing clear skies when the farmers looked up for rains and it poured when they wanted the sun....

Along with experiencing a bumper wheat crop this season, farmers in Uttar Pradesh are also forced to sell their produce for as low as Rs 910 per quintal...

A late burst of rains in Madhya Pradesh has given soybean farmers a reason to smile after a long dry period that was...

Agricultural scientists from ten states have embarked on a hunt to trace and isolate five harmful "invasive weeds" which made their...

A team from the Forest Research Institute (FRI), the country''s premier forest research organisation, will soon travel to Cambodia, to save one of the major attractions of that country.

Partha Chatterjee and Mukul Roy have submitted an audio CD containing the speech

Despite knowing that its storage capacity was far less, the state government revised its wheat procurement target twice. Procurement shot up due to a populist measure of Rs 100 per quintal bonus

But low procurement, no publicity result in marginal benefits for tribals.

Even as monsoon is late by a month and less than normal, the state is hopeful of a record yield of Sali variety.

The state was chosen for the India-UK study as it is most vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change

Besides, the solvent extraction technology is also not environment-friendly.

Farmers told crop will be procured at the MSP from only those who register in advance