93 patients died after fire broke out at Amri hospital in Dhakuria on Dec 9, 2011.

Anubrata Mandal threatened of severe backlash if Congress activists continued to tear party flags and posters of Mamta Banerjee.

Congress blamed Trinamool Congress leadership for conniving with potato traders and big hoarders to hike the price of the essential vegetable.

After getting the information a a team of police officials from Manick Chowk police station rushed to the spot.

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

Sanjib Banerjee, too, had pointed out that the state human rights commission only had the right to recommend.

Modi effect: 230 have applied; party yet to name its own men.

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

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

Basu was stripped off the charge of Park Street and Shakespeare Sarani police stations.

RVNL, which started work in 2011-2012, has filled up several water bodies thereby affecting the ecological balance of the area, the petition alleged .

In the evening, he will attend a function at Raj Bhavan in connection with the presentation of a copy of the commemorative volume on Rev.

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

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

Lok sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday said the onus of women''s safety at workplace was with the company management and they must follow the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court to tackle sexual harassment cases.

Trinamool Congress maintained its winning streak bagging four of the five municipalities that went to polls last week.

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

The Congress Thursday said the people need to know who took away the money involved in the Sardha scam swindle.

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.

On this, Speaker Biman Banerjee said he would look into the matter and give his decision.

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.

DM granted bail after cops tell court he gave all the required info in one day

He said the party needed to motivate people to build a movement against "state-sponsored terrorism".

Two days ago, the Orissa finance department passed an interim order for attachment of over 14 acres of land, and freeze Rs 2,740 crore of the group in IDBI account in Balasore district.

The activists staged a silent protest outside Bhabani Bhavan with banners reading "Jurisprudence calls for arrest of Mr Asok Ganguly".

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

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.

Bera''s counsel had challenged the termination order, saying the vice-chancellor, as per legal provisions, does not have the authority to terminate the registrar.

Rahul Sinha said the victory is indication of the huge wave that would soon follow.

The WBHRC, however, could not confirm if he will be there and he did not attend office on Monday.

Many high-profile invitees are likely to skip the programme, though Ganguly may attend it.

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

Several rights activists and organisations also asked Ganguly to step down.

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

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

The protest march and candle rally from the Press Club was participated by lawyers.

The girl, a Class VIII student, stopped attending school after she got engaged.

There are at least 270 political prisoners in Bengal

The Bharatiya Janata Party has offered a Lok Sabha ticket to former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly to contest next year's general elections.

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.

The state has already paid Rs 50 crore to the depositors, which according to the PIL, is not acceptable under law.

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.

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.

Cabinet reshuffle : Replaces senior leader with Amit Mitra; inducts 2 new faces

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.

A majority of people will have to pay up to get a glimpse of BJP''s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during a public rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on February 5.

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.

The alleged incident happened when the laywer was interning with him.