The Calcutta High Court Friday directed the state government to file affidavit within two weeks explaining its stand on the illegal construction of hotels and resorts at the Tajpur sea beach in the East Midnapore district.

Besides having to deal with the speeding trains, the elephants in north Bengal also have poachers wreaking havoc in their lives.

The Opposition Congress in West Bengal Monday reiterated its demand for a CBI probe in the Saradha chit fund scam.

Those named by arrested Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, including the Chief Minister must be interrogated: Surya Kanta Mishra

She said she had told the Finance Commission, Finance Minister and the Prime Minister on several occasions that this should be stopped.

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.

Court cites lack of evidence, says victim never said she was raped by Shahzada

The petition alleged that one Kazi Nasiruddin was arrested in connection with a murder case on November 3 by Kultali police station officials.

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

Meets CM, reviews construction of cancer hospital.

An internal assessment conducted by the university in 2011 had found that 15 per cent of its teaching staff were below par.

Bapi Oraon was killed when a dumper accidentally started and ran over him.

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

Several district Forward Bloc members had assembled in the local Madanmohantalla party office for a workers'' meet.

Along with former MLA Ajit Patra, Naren De a senior Forward Bloc leader, was attacked allegedly by Trinamool supporters in Dhanekhali.

Clearances have been received from the fire and health department and OPD would be functional by the end of December.

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

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

But the opposition alleged that the police were not doing anything.

Attack left at least 10 people, including an 76-year-old former Left Front minister, Naren Dey, seriously injured

Bhattacharya said the walk was to protest the attacks on democracy by the state government.

The MP went on to claim that a large number of irregular chit fund companies had come into existence.

We are investigating into the the links between the Maoists and the retired doctor, said Goyal.

Kumar was arrested on November 30 for his alleged involvement in the scam during his tenure as SJDA CEO.

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

The heritage property was restored at a cost of more than Rs 10 crore to its original glory in 2010.

K D Singh and V K Singh were addressing a state level convention organised by members of the Punjabi community in Rohtak.

Asked not to light ovens and cook food on pavements, vendors have begun shutting shop

The Trinamool Congress on Monday saw a fresh batch of leaders and workers from other political parties joining it in the presence of the party''s all-India general secretary, Mukul Roy.

The West Bengal Human Rights Commission is waiting for a reply from the West Bengal State Law Clerks'' Council on its action on a letter threatening to frame its Chairman Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly.

The joint secretary of the department, A K Singh, has been kept in compulsory waiting, which, in official parlance, stands for punishment.

The emotive issue of domestic violence and the different ways in which it is tackled in the US and India was discussed at length when an NGO invited a US police chief over recently.

Mirza said he would send a report on Dey''s sudden move to his higher-ups and seek directions from them.

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.

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.

Altogether16,000 km of village roads would be developed through the launch of one kilometre all-weather roads in all of 3,349 gram panchayats in West Bengal from January 7.

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.

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.

Victim's father alleged that police asked him to leave Kolkata and return to Bihar with his daughter's body.

Amid the massive public outcry over the death of a 16-year-old girl who was gangraped twice and later set ablaze, the West Bengal government on Thursday condemned politics over her body and claimed it had fully cooperated with the bereaved family.

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.

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.

Keeping the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in mind, the Trinamool Congress has decided to recruit two interns from the Indian Institute of Management in Kolkata to help the party devise and execute effective communication strategies. ]

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.

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

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 report, however, has no mention of the investigation by the West Bengal Police.

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 ...