Changed equations: Shivpal now most visible face of party after Mulayam, Akhilesh.

Sudipta Sen has lost 30 kg of bodyweight in the last month and is keeping unwell.

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

The country''s banking industry started a new chapter with the launch of first Bharatiya Mahila Bank in Mumbai today.

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

Jagan tomorrow will meet Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow.

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.

The Subhas Ghising-led GNLF had sought the tribal status for all the people living in the hills under the Sixth Schedule.

Leading the demand for the change is a group led by Union minister of state for railways Adhir Ranjan Choudhury.

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

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

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

Over 25 kg of red sandalwood was seized today from a Chinese national at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose international airport.

IG, Law and order Anuj Sharma was also present in the meeting.

Meets CM, reviews construction of cancer hospital.

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.

BJP state president Rahul Sinha claimed that whatever "traces of CPM remain in Kerala would soon be wiped out".

As the Congress suffered a debacle in the four states, results for which were declared Sunday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to visit Delhi Monday.

Operational conversion unit bid farewell to its oldest workhorse after five decades of service.

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

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

The hearing date has not been fixed yet, but a copy of the PIL has been sent to Ganguly.

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

Lawyers associated with several political parties but the TMC took part in the rally.

Inaugurating the session on behalf of the CM, state finance minister Amit Mitra pointed out the "massive increase" in the budget allocation for minorities since Mamata came to office in 2011.

To take oath next week, says Gorkhaland statehood demand 'not on the agenda now''

GJM supremo termed hill council 'necessity'', months after he said it should scrapped

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.

Legendary actor Suchitra Sen is in a serious condition after she was admitted to a private hospital here following a respiratory tract infection, doctors said Sunday.

The condition of 82-year-old Suchitra Sen, who was admitted to a super specialty hospital here after complaining of respiratory tract infection, is stable now, doctors attending on the veteran actress said.

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.

Private bus operators have been demanding a fare hike to cope with increasing operational costs and a substantial rise in fuel price.

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.

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.

Former Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly, accused of sexual harassment by a woman lawyer who interned under him, is contemplating resignation as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC).

Ailing actress Suchitra Sen, who has remained a recluse for the past three decades and is currently undergoing treatment at a Kolkata hospital, made an exception for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday and met her.

Commuters had a tough time in West Bengal as more than 49,000 private buses and mini buses remained off road Monday demanding a rise in fare.

A K Ganguly confirmed on Tuesday that he had resigned as chairman of the WBHRC.

Food Minister Jyotipriya Mullick, however, termed the protests as 'dirty politics'.

BJP has set a target of at least five seats from West Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections.

The forum has also demanded the new wage agreement be done in Siliguri and not in Kolkata and have planned a series of campaign programmes.

The cell would be formally set up after January 26, as the membership drive is going on, Bhattacharjee said.

The Economic Survey 2013 says that foreign exchange reserves were steady at $295.6 billion at December 2012 end. Fiscal deficit may be at 5.3%, possible that Chidambadarm may bring it down to 5.2%, committed to controlling fiscal deficit. Food ...

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 ...

Even as Finance Minister pulls out all the stops to narrow high fiscal deficit, the subsidy bill will overshoot the target of Rs 1.79 lakh crore in this financial year due to higher crude oil prices

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

India has lost about 10% share of the global BPO market in the last five years to destinations like China, the Philippines and Brazil, raising concerns for the $20-billion Indian BPO industry.

A proposal is being put in place for providing 100% government funding to developers so as to rescue the highways sector, where there are few takers because of severe equity crunch, Economic survey said today.