He said the city has a huge need for infrastructure and an enormous amount of work is going on.

S-I Noor Ali also faces dept probe for not acting on complaints.

Five days after the Short Street shootout, Kolkata witnessed yet another incident in Lake Town Friday.

Those identified spots include Victoria Memorial Hall, Nakhoda Maszid, St Paul''s Church, and Town Hall.

In a development in the Short Street shooting case, Police Saturday seized Rs 82 lakh in cash from the bank locker of one of the accused.

Yadav had Sunday said that MPs should be banned from making speeches in English in Parliament.

Police suspect gang rivalry over turf control and extortion as possible reasons behind the shootout.

Tripartite meet : Demands 3-tier Panchayati Raj system in hills, backward status for GTA area

Ghosh would be writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to start a CBI probe into the scam.

Cops raid MP''s home after FB post, seize hard disk. TMC says 'fire started by Ghosh will decimate many''.

A second fast track court at the City Sessions Court Monday asked the chargesheet in the Kamduni rape case be translated to Bengali and handed over to the accused, Rafiqul Islam, before the next hearing on December 11.

In a suspected fallout of gang war, some bike-borne persons shot at a man near Narkeldanga Post Office early on Tuesday, police said.

HC dismisses all appeals in dispute over HPL disinvestment.

In pre-recorded video, arrested MP claims Saradha Group media houses were like TMC mouthpiece; says he is being made scapegoat

Sudipta Sen, chairman of the bust Saradha Group that left thousands defrauded, Tuesday said that the persons named by arrested Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh in a Facebook post, had no link with his company.

Those named by arrested Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, including the Chief Minister must be interrogated: Surya Kanta Mishra

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

The Calcutta High Court Thursday extended till December 16 the status quo on the sale and transfer of 155 million shares of ailing Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd to IOC.

Shah said if his party formed the next government at the Centre it would give "due right" to the people of West Bengal.

Former Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Saturday expressed shock at the sexual harassment charges filed by a law intern against former SC judge Asok Kumar.

The discovery made headlines in newspapers, but the ASI remained unaware of the fact.

Case looked at as hierarchy battle between IAS, IPS.

7-member team to visit Bangladesh High Commission today

A seven-member delegation met Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner Abida Islam and submitted a memorandum expressing concern over the alleged violation of human rights of Hindus.

President said Ordinances should be normally promulgated only in the event of immediate need.

Mamata said that her government would never allow any attempt to incite communal violence.

Bapi Oraon was killed when a dumper accidentally started and ran over him.

Trinamool Congress ministers are keeping their fingers crossed when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will preside over a review meeting of all departments.

Preliminary investigations have revealed prima facie involvement of four customs department men.

Varun also scoffed at reports of Sourav Ganguly campaigning for them in the state.

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

We are investigating into the the links between the Maoists and the retired doctor, said Goyal.

The number of migrants has decreased after the restriction on issuance of visa.

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

Ali was produced at the Chief Metropolitan Court at Bankshall court this morning.

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.

Apart from several other issues, the decision of the ruling party to form a war crimes tribunal in 2009 is one of the reasons behind the existing turmoil.

Coming to the defence of Justice A K Ganguly again, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Thursday said it would be a 'travesty of justice'' if SC was requested by the Centre to probe into the allegations against him afresh.

The state government''s directive to a private channel to stop airing a serial based on a story by exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has raised the hackles of Opposition parties.

The girl was in stable condition and that the state will bear all her medical expenses.

Even the Trinamool leaders claimed to be in dark about the impending reshuffle.

There was no official announcement whether portfolios of existing ministers would be changed, or anyone would be dropped.

With the Aam Aadmi Party assuming power in Delhi, West Bengal has started witnessing the party''s proliferation with each claiming to be the original representative.

In order to counter the demand for a fare hike by bus associations and curb the violation of rules by auto-rickshaw drivers, transport minister Madan Mitra said 1,000 taxis would hit the roads on January 1 and 900 buses would be provided by the state government by March 31.

Was stabbed, set on fire by 5 accused, including sarpanch.

Families of the deceased in Kolkata have been notified, and postmortem of all six were performed.

Soon after sending a police team with a cheque of Rs 1 lakh for the family of the girl who was gangraped twice and died after she was allegedly set on fire by two of the accused, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday promised to rehabilitate the family in Bihar if they chose to do so.

Senior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi Friday condemned the brutal gangrape and the murder of a girl from Bihar in Kolkata and demanded a speedy trial of the case to bring perpetrators to justice.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday denied interfering in the probe into the gangrape of a 16-year-old girl, beyond merely responding to people''s 'sentiments'' by deputing a senior police official to visit West Bengal and providing financial assistance to the victim''s family.