On Dec 8, a group of alleged TMC goons barged into the FB office at Cinematolla and beat several leaders.

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

Yesterday, Delhi Police removed barricades from the American Embassy in Chanakyapuri as part of the ongoing diplomatic row with the US.

The state government''s directive to a private channel to stop airing a serial based on a story by exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has raised the hackles of Opposition parties.

Several departments of the state government faced sharp criticism from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday when she conducted a review session of each ministry to assess their performance and if they achieved their respective targets.

The popularity of the Facebook page of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee''s has crossed five lakh 'likes'' but Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal and Vasundhara Raje were ahead of her.

L and LR department confirmed not receiving any requisition for land; Partha-headed IT dept''s performance too not at par

10 depts yet to submit amount of land they have

Five people were killed and nine critically injured in an explosion at Bajrapara in Jalpaiguri district in north Bengal.

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 death toll in Thursday''s bomb blast at Jalpaiguri rose to six when one of the injured undergoing treatment at North Bengal Medical College Hospital succumbed to his injuries Saturday.

Three days after six people were killed in a cycle bomb blast in Jalpaiguri, police have arrested a former Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) leader and launched an all out search operation for the top leaders of the underground outfit.

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.

A central committee member of the Kamtapur People''s Party (KPP), which is spearheading demand for a separate Kamtapur state, has been arrested from Cooch Behar in connection with the bicycle bomb blast here that claimed six lives.

The outfit, which was not taken seriously by the Bengal Police in last few years, is now said to have considerable fire power.

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

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.

Soon after sending a police team with a cheque of Rs 1 lakh for the family of the girl who was gangraped twice and died after she was allegedly set on fire by two of the accused, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday promised to rehabilitate the family in Bihar if they chose to do so.

Senior BSF officers are camping at the bordering areas to keep a watch," said ADG (East) B D Sharma.

Trinamool Congress in West Bengal Sunday accused the Opposition parties of making concerted efforts to belittle the West Bengal''s image before the outside world.

The village for the first time celebrated Durga Puja here in the village last year.

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

Claiming that the "downturn is more or less over", the pre-Budget Economic Survey today projected an optimistic 6.1 to 6.7% growth in the next fiscal and made a strong call for cutting subsidises

Easy money policy of major developed and developing nations could aggravate inflationary expectations in India, cautioned Economic Survey for 2012-13

Indian companies raised a total of Rs 2.81 lakh crore in fresh capital from equity and debt markets in the April-December period of 2012.

Despite the Wholesale and retail Inflation moving in opposite directions, the government today exuded confidence that the headline Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation will ease to the range of 6.2% to 6.6% in March 2013, primarily on the ...

The Economic Survey today suggested the government reprioritise Plan and Non-Plan expenditure in its efforts to contain fiscal deficit at manageable levels.

Government should work towards easing "regulatory and bureaucratic impediments" to improve investment climate in the country, suggested the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

The Economic Survey for 2012-13 has captured the significant changes in the composition of domestic savings over the years and has outlined the required measures to shift investments in gold to other areas.

With India's show piece oil and gas exploration policy running into disputes, the pre-Budget Economic Survey today called for clarity in the policy as well removing distortions in fuel and natural gas pricing

Investors have put in more than Rs 1.2 lakh crore in various mutual funds in first nine months of the ongoing financial year compared to cumulative net outflow of nearly Rs 80,000 crore in last two financial years.

Going in tandem with the Rangarajan committee report, the Economic Survey has said that the government is reviewing the production sharing contract (PSC) to clarify the extent to which producers will have the freedom to market the gas

A growth forecast that is seriously wrong is dangerous - it can lead to revenue projections and spending decisions that become seriously inflationary

Survey says global financial conditions continued to remain too fragile to provide any external growth stimulus to the economy

Fall in global commodity and non-food manufacturing sector prices come to help

All life insurers, both public and private, are committed to process any death claim pertaining to COVID-19 at the earliest,the Council said in a statement

As reports of hailstorm-induced crop destruction pour in from various parts of Punjab and district heads prepare to assess the damage...

The farmers of Dindori, the emerging hub of grape cultivation near Nashik, are fanning out to exports, wine grapes cultivation and wineries

When Dayal Munda (45), a tribal farmer, first heard the name of Swarna Vasundhra, he never thought it would lead to a bumper crop.

The Central Government has approved a Rs 1,840-crore revival package for Kerala''s Kuttanad region...

Some say it began with the Mayans who used a stick to plant maize in unprepared soil while others trace it to ancient Egypt.

The Amarnath land row which prevented the Kashmir apple crop from reaching the wholesale market, proved to be a blessing in disguise for Himachal''s orchards.

Just when Valley growers were celebrating the bumper fruit crop and the beginning of cross LoC trade, early snowfall in Kashmir this winter ruined their party.

The Minimum Support Price of cotton that the Punjab Government had announced on the basis of various quality parameters of the crop...

Though Uttarakhand has often been described as a hub of herbs, it has so far failed to tap the natural resources to its potential.

Spiralling aflatoxin levels in groundnuts are giving nightmares to exporters in Gujarat, which accounts for over 50 per cent kernel exports from India.

The National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, is working to develop transgenic varieties of mangoes and bananas...

They can be seen vying for attention in the local markets, but consumers eye them warily with sellers barely being able to persuade them to change their preference.

It was not the Congress that had defeated the BJP in the 1998 Assembly elections in four states, it was the onion. The vegetable remains as politically potent.

Poor production of the fruit in Kashmir, Himachal has jacked up prices in Pune markets to a minimum retail price of Rs 120 per kg....