Police said Asish Banerjee, owner of Pinaki Sadan Hotel, shot manager Bhaskar Chattopadhyay following an altercation between them.

Hearing a petition filed by the company, Justice Sanjib Banerjee directed that the state government should be added as a party in the case.

The state government is likely to bring a bill to change the name of Rajarhat New Town in the winter session of Assembly scheduled to start November 18.

Bengal is the largest supplier of potatoes to Orissa, and everday over 350 to 400 truckloads from the state carry the commodity to Orissa on a regular basis.

West Bengal government Monday relaxed its ban on export of potatoes, albeit with a rider, saying it would help in further stabilisation of prices in the state.

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.

Kitchen essential sold for Rs 100 a kg in Darjeeling after shortage rumours.

After going through the BPC report, Justice Sanjib Banerjee said the police did not investigate into the FIR.

He added that someone must have shot it on a mobile phone and released it to the electronic media which has presented news in a bad light.

29 kg gold, including 24 kilos from an aeroplane toilet, seized in last 24 hrs

The SFIO, now, would investigate into the affairs of firm as per the court''s order, said a counsel of the SEBI.

Meanwhile, the incident sparked protests from locals who blocked J N Mukherjee Road in Howrah.

Tower Infotec had collected money from public without taking permission from concerned authorities.

Left Front stages walkout over 'politically motivated'' move.

The West Bengal Assembly Thursday passed a Bill making audio and video piracy a non-bailable cognizable offence in the state.

The govt might write to the President to remove Ganguly as chairperson of West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

A K Ganguly is best known for being part of the bench that quashed 122 2G spectrum licences issued in 2008.

'If needed we will beg, never steal people''s money''.

Stating that Bhattacharya had discussed with him his wish to leave Jadavpur University and return to his parent institute, Basu said that there was no question of removing him.

Launched under the West Bengal Right to Public Services Act, 2013, Chief Minister said, the handbook would strengthen the public service delivery mechanism.

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

An internal assessment conducted by the university in 2011 had found that 15 per cent of its teaching staff were below par.

Karat said BJP and RSS are trying to add fuel to the fire of communalism in the country.

The project was caught in a controversy over acquisition of land as well as acquisition of coal block.

Irani said Nitish Kumar should look into how his own party can be in a better place rather than making comments.

Attack left at least 10 people, including an 76-year-old former Left Front minister, Naren Dey, seriously injured

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

Four months on, the compensation to Siladitya Chaudhury remains unpaid.

Bhattacharya said the walk was to protest the attacks on democracy by the state government.

Named Chetna Yatra, the activists say the rally is a step towards creating public awareness about AAP in West 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.

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.

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

The pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2012-13, tabled in Parliament today, has projected a turnaround in the economy in 2013-14, with growth expected to be in the range of 6.1 to 6.7 per cent, up from the advance estimates of five per cent growth in ...

A year after India's economic growth is headed to a record ten-year low growth of 5% in 2012-13, economic advisers in the Finance Ministry expect the economy to recover to 6.1-6.7% in 2013-14.

India witnessed a peak power shortage of 9% during the five years ending 2012 when over 50,000 MW new generation capacity was created, Economic Survey said today.

Pointing to sharp rise in bad loans, Economic Survey said the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of public sector banks are still at manageable level

Amid declining private investment due to high interest rates and policy bottlenecks, India Inc saw sales growth dip by more than half to an average of 11.4% during the second quarter of the current fiscal.

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.

Economic advisers in the Finance Ministry today projected India's GDP growth to recover to 6.1-6.7% in 2013-14 from estimated decade-low expansion of five% in the current financial year

The ongoing issues in the energy sector, particularly related to pricing, may pull down growth of the overall infrastructure sector, the Economic Survey has warned. It recommended doing away with subsidies through import parity in domestic fuel ...

At a time when a number of public private partnership (PPP) projects are in trouble, the ministry of finance has pitched for allowing flexibility so that a contract can be withdrawn and put up for rebid when a private party underperforms

Expressing disappointment over growth slowing to 5% this fiscal, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that things would look up in next financial year.

Economic Survey growth figures as a "warning bell" as these came down from 9 to 5%, said Arun Jaitley

The pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2012-13, tabled in Parliament today, has exuded confidence that the Indian economy would bounce back to achieve higher growth of around 6.1 to 6.7%, up from the advance estimates of 5% economic growth in the ...

The economic slowdown, a rise in interest rates and aggressive lending in good times led to a sharp rise in bad loans

Equity issues raised in first 3 quarters more than that in entire FY12

Doing away with subsidies, correcting policy imperfections