Partha Chatterjee, the minister for commerce and industries, visited the Kharagpur plant of Tata group.

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

The body was lying on an under-repair stretch of the NH 34, which is closed for heavy vehicles.

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

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

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.

The State Election Commission Saturday announced repoll in six booths in Howrah, Krishnanagar and Bidhannagar municipalities where the election were held Friday.

Ghosh was arrested in connecction with scam Saturday evening.

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

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

In A move that has angered even those who owe allegiance to the ruling Trinamool Congress, the Mamata Banerjee government Tuesday banned all processions, rallies and demonstrations by government employees at Nabanna, the new secretariat building at Howrah.

They manhandled Sanyal, 81, who fell on the ground before taking him away.

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.

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

The LBA envisages exchange of 161 enclaves adversely held by India and Bangladesh in each other''s territories and alterations of boundaries in some places.

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.

Case looked at as hierarchy battle between IAS, IPS.

The victim, Shankar Prasad Roy, according to his neighbours was not seen for the last five days.

The judge has denied the allegations.

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.

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

Mamata is said to have called Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid and sought support.

There are at least 270 political prisoners in Bengal

While the BJP has already offered him a seat from the state, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee chief Pradip Bhattacharya Sunday visited his house at Behala

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.

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''

According to the police, the incident took place late on Sunday.

Modi will divide the country if he comes to power: Buddha.

3 TMC workers have been arrested in connection with attack

As Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung prepares to take oath as GTA chief executive at Raj Bhawan Thursday, the state government is keeping its promise of releasing jailed outfit members.

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

Bodies of six persons of a family a couple and their four daughters aged 1, 5, 8 and 10 were recovered from a guesthouse room at Tarapith in Birbhum on Thursday.

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.

An alleged conman was arrested late Sunday for having put up in at least three luxury hotels in Kolkata for days impersonating as a senior company executive.

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.

Two years after bellowing smoke from a devastating fire in its basement smothered to death more than 90 people, mostly patients, a part of the AMRI Hospital in Dhakuria reopened its doors Monday for treating the sick.

The two sides also discussed the issue of allotment of land for construction of border outposts and BSF battalion headquarters across the state.

Police have revealed that she gave a dying declaration accusing two men of having set her on fire.

The Centre on Monday announced setting up of a slew of new hospitals and expansion plans for several existing ones to bolster health care facility in West Bengal.

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.

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.

BJP will also set up camps at Sector V to tap techies.

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The country's telecom sector has seen sharp decline in foreign investor interest with FDI plummeting by 96 per cent to USD 70.46 million in April to November 2012 period, the Economic Survey today said.