Earlier this week, Pakistan stayed away from the regional trade officials' video conference on Covid-19 because as per the neighboiring country, it should have been managed by Saarc secretariat

Till a few months ago, not a day would go by when Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) would not criticise the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even though the two parties are in alliance.

Sishu Bagdi, the villager and a Congress supporter was killed outside his Latepara residence on the night of October 14, allegedly by 10 armed TMC cadres.

The state government Thursday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of nine persons who lost lives in the flash floods floods in five West Bengal districts.

Adhesives, whiteners, nail polish removers, shoe polish used to get a high.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hold a public meeting in Darjeeling on October 24.

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.

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

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

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

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

Mamata Banerjee chose to hardsell WB as an investment destination telling the industrialists that land would not be a problem.

West Bengal government Monday hit out at the Tatas for moving the Supreme Court against its decision to take over the land of the now-abandoned Tata Motors.

West Bengal may pitch in for the inclusion of another 1,000 gram panchayats under the ISGPproject funded by the World bank.

The minimum and maximum deposit is Rs 1,000 and Rs 25,000 and it will earn interest between 9 and 9.25 per cent depending on its maturity period.

Govt will provide Rs 80 lakh for setting up a rice mill in a block in the Junglemahal area while the amount for other blocks is Rs 55 lakh.

Sinha said even Nitish Kumar''s model of development in Bihar was good but cannot withstand the nation''s development needs.

The committee will operate as a task force, will promote the "single window" system for the clearance of proposals.

Indo- Bangla enclave exchange ICJ to hear their case, delegation to be in Mumbai in February.

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

A prisoner at Presidency Jail was found hanging in the washroom of his cell Sunday morning, the police said.

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.

Speaker Biman Banerjee said under Assembly rules, the CM can make a statement on any issue and no question must be asked.

The President was here to inaugurate an international conference of the Institute of Charted Accountants of India.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said two years form now no Gram Panchayat in the state would be without banking service.

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

Gautam Pal, Itahar Zilla Parishad member and a TMC leader, is accused of assaulting the principal and teachers of Meghnad Saha College in North Dinajpur.

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

The Supreme Court Friday asked the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to operationalise its branch from January 1 in Kolkata.

The Left Front is also likely to boycott the three-day special session.

The Left Front is also likely to boycott the three-day special session.

7-member team to visit Bangladesh High Commission today

The Opposition leader also hurled accusations at the CM for running "a government riddled with corruption.

The postponement of the proposed enrolment for Aadhaar at gas agencies, which was supposed to begin on December 2, has left dealers apprehensive.

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

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

The judge has denied the allegations.

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

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

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.

Mukherjee had gone to Washington to seek funds from the World Bank to implement projects like supply of arsenic-free water to the rural areas.

The matter has now been referred to Attorney General G E Vahanvati to work out legal details.

The emotive issue of domestic violence and the different ways in which it is tackled in the US and India was discussed at length when an NGO invited a US police chief over recently.

The post fell vacant when Banerjee retired in 2009.

Altogether16,000 km of village roads would be developed through the launch of one kilometre all-weather roads in all of 3,349 gram panchayats in West Bengal from January 7.

Government is likely to send this week a Presidential reference to the Supreme Court for conducting a probe into the allegation of sexual harassment against Justice (retd) A K Ganguly after the Attorney General has endorsed it.