A 15-year-old was allegedly raped and then murdered at Basirhat area of North-24 Parganas.

Even as the blamegame between the state government and the Damodar Valley Corporation continues, flood situation in the southern part of Bengal remained largely the same.

Members said most pandals did not even cater to the basic requirements of the special visitors.

Former Director General of Police Naparajit Mukherjee has been recommended as a member of the state Human Rights Commission.

The WBHRC noted that the police had failed to do its duty to maintain law and order in the University.

The City Sessions Court today allowed the ED, following the latter''s petition, to take Sudipta Sen, into custody for 15 days.

Reports obtained by Food and Supplies Department have estimated that 80,400 hectares of cropped area have been damaged in the recent floods.

Supreme Court''s award of a Rs 5.96 crore compensation to Dr Kunal Saha for the death of his wife Dr Anuradha Saha due to medical negligence drew muted reactions.

Two hundred Kolkata-bound passengers faced a harrowing time as a technical fault in Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft delayed their flight from IGI airport by over six hours.

Suspended TMC MP Kunal Ghosh appeared before the Bidhannagar police commissionerate yet again.

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

Chhetri had said this after a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday.

The BJP Sunday claimed that the TMC government had disappointed the people in West Bengal.

Although the letter said that either Ghosh or his representative can appear at the ED office, Ghosh said he would appear in person.

Accussed was sent to a seven-day CID custody for interrogation.

A 19-year-old girl working as a trainee nurse in New Town was allegedly abducted and gangraped on Sunday, the police said.

Land acquisition act : 'TMC does not support forcible acquisition''

Social activist Medha Patkar accused Narendra Modi of "spreading lies" in public meetings about getting free power from the Sardar Sarovar Project.

The state government will give Rs 4,200 as compensation to the families affected by the floods last week.

Even the Nobel Committee in 1913 had observed that the actual significance of Tagore''s works can be understood in a limited way.

A TTE of Brahmaputra Mail was detained Monday by GRP personnel for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman passenger.

After successfully hatching critically endangered Batagur turtles in captivity, officials at the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) would release a batch of the hatchlings in the Sunderbans mid-2014.

Work begins in 11 districts, distribution from Jan 7.

A 16-year-old girl from Humayunpur village in Madhyamgram has alleged that she was gangraped twice last week.

A Murshidabad court Tuesday extended the period of interim bail for Union Minister of State for Railways, Adhir Chowdhury until November 16.

Police arrested two of the three accused of raping a 19-year-old trainee nurse on October 27.

A girl, who had resisted the attempts by her family to marry her off as a child, died late Wednesday.

Kolkata police Thursday seized 206 turtles, belonging to an endangered species, from a bus depot at Sinthi in North Kolkata.

Mamata demanded that the Aadhaar must not be made compulsory to receive LPG subsidy and called for immediate review of the move.

Ex-minister told girls to avoid western wear, said Left didn''t do much for women.

The CAB has decked up the stadium facade and interior with Tendulkar''s posters and cut-outs.

Following directions from the State Election Commission, Murshidabad district''s Returning Officer Monday lodged police a complaint against Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Chowdhury for his speech during a public meeting on October 27 there.

Hinting at political links in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, suspended Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and presented to him "certain details about the case".

Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was today granted bail in two cases.

Cold storages release 5,000 tonne against demand of 12,000 tonne, CPM says crisis fuelled by TMC govt for petty gains.

Birbhum Superintendent of Police C Sudhakar conceded that the rape incident took place three days ago.

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.

Of the 25 projects totalling over 11,000 MW allotted to developers in Arunachal Pradesh, construction has not begun on even a single project.

Mohammed Shami''s 9/118 is best by Indian pacer on debut.

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

Gurung, who appeared before a Kalimpong court was acquitted in the three cases for which police had filed chargesheet.

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.

Declaring the festival open,Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that it will be competitive event from its next edition.

The group reportedly comprised 21 people, including security guards, bouncers, a lawyer and a photographer.

Murlidhar, however, didn''t name the businessman, who, he claimed, was the main accused.

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

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

The CM also requested for specific grant of Rs 1,55,000 crore to boost various development programmes.

S-I Noor Ali also faces dept probe for not acting on complaints.