All India Trinamool Congress Yuva president Abhishek Banerjee party would fight the 2014 Lok Sabha elections alone.

There was a lot of positive discussions about GTA.

A CISF constable allegedly shot dead his senior officer, an inspector, in the wee hours Sunday.

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

Accused in a 2012 case of attacking the District Magistrate''s bungalow in Murshidabad, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury applied for an anticipatory bail Tuesday at a local court here.

In a major boost to the education sector in West Bengal, 32 new government colleges will be opened.

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.

In view of the spiralling prices of onion, the West Bengal government has made arrangements to sell the cooking staple at Rs 36 per kg.

Berhampore is also Congress'' strongest bastion in West Bengal, which was frequently threatened by TMC for continuous poaching.

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.

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

BJP Tuesday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of not providing adequate security for Narendra Modi''s Hunkar Rally.

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.

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

The police Wednesday arrested another accused, Papai Ray, in connection with the Madhyamgram gang rape incident.

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

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

The Election Commission officials confirmed receiving the report.

The state government will send out teams to various districts and adjoining areas of Kolkata.

Only a five to ten percent are intrested in getting their Aadhar number linked to their bank accounts.

A woman sub-inspector of police has alleged that she was molested by the officer-in-charge of Ballygunge police station in the metropolis here.

The Congress unit suffered another 'defection'' blow as it lost control over Cooper''s Camp Municipality in Nadia district with all its members deserting the party to join the ruling Trinamool Congress.

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.

The order has driven the normally abundant Jyoti potato virtually out of currency. Traders say the economics just doesn''t work out.

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".

Speaking to mediapersons, Mamata narrated how she conveyed her decision to the minister.

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

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.

A truck can carry up to 10 tonnes of potato.

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

Hearing a petition filed by the company, Justice Sanjib Banerjee directed that the state government should be added as a party in the case.

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.

"Only a gem can identify another gem. He (Modi) has identified the right person," Bhattacharjee said at a party rally.

Sudipta Sen has lost 30 kg of bodyweight in the last month and is keeping unwell.

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.

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

In a development in the Short Street shooting case, Police Saturday seized Rs 82 lakh in cash from the bank locker of one of the accused.

While five elephants died on the spot, a pregnant had elephant sustained critical injury.

After going through the BPC report, Justice Sanjib Banerjee said the police did not investigate into the FIR.

Later, a press release of the army said, a joint inspection would soon be carried out to identify feasibility of land in North Bengal.

Chatterjee said the Supreme Court, too, is not in favour of linking Aadhaar card to disbursement of benefits under various government schemes.

Yadav had Sunday said that MPs should be banned from making speeches in English in Parliament.

The report, against which the hearing came up today, presented the details.

Meanwhile, the incident sparked protests from locals who blocked J N Mukherjee Road in Howrah.

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

The home will be set up in Burdwan''s Durgapur with a capacity of 30.

The GTA delegation also want the release of GJM men and GTA executive members who are behind bars.