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

A total of 116 heritage buildings, constructed in 18th and 19th centuries and located on the bank of river Hooghly in West Bengal, will be renovated and preserved with the help of Denmark.

Biman Bose Tuesday deposed before a commission set up to probe into the police firing on a Youth Congress rally.

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.

Stating an inquiry would be made and those involved would be traced, Banerjee said the sleuths of Kolkata Police were on the scene.

Shah said if his party formed the next government at the Centre it would give "due right" to the people of West Bengal.

Four persons were detained for alleged conspiracy to burn down the heritage Writers'' Buildings.

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.

Launched under the West Bengal Right to Public Services Act, 2013, Chief Minister said, the handbook would strengthen the public service delivery mechanism.

Meets CM, reviews construction of cancer hospital.

Jyotirmoy Nandi has been carrying out a routine pest control exercise for which he has been contracted by the Home Department.

TMC's Lok Sabha member Saugata Roy said Ganguly should forthwith resign to "save his own face and save the prestige of the high office which he holds."

The postponement of the proposed enrolment for Aadhaar at gas agencies, which was supposed to begin on December 2, has left dealers apprehensive.

Many leaders and workers of Forward Bloc joined the TMC in Jalpaiguri, a stronghold of the prominent constituent of the Left Front.

Arun Jaitley also urged the Supreme Court not to adopt an escapist route.

Mamata said that her government would never allow any attempt to incite communal violence.

Karat said BJP and RSS are trying to add fuel to the fire of communalism in the country.

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

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

The TMC also took control of the New Barrackpore Municipality, which it was managing jointly with the Congress.

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

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.

Calcutta Tramways Company celebrated the centenary of Rabindranath Tagore winning the Nobel prize by offering special rides in a tram named Gitanjali.

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.

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.

Mamata Banerjee said the state should be given at least a year''s moratorium on repayment of interests on central loans.

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

Inaugurating the session on behalf of the CM, state finance minister Amit Mitra pointed out the "massive increase" in the budget allocation for minorities since Mamata came to office in 2011.

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.

Taslima told PTI that the story of the serial, which was earlier scheduled to be broadcast from Thursday night on the newly launched 'Aakash Aath'' channel, is about a Hindu family settled in the city.

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.

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.

TV serial written by Taslima Nasreen was postponed with the instructions of Mamata Banerjee.

This is not the first time that the West Bengal government has raised the issue of Ganguly''s visit to Pakistan.

Family forced to relocate, five of the six accused arrested in the incident that took place in October

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

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

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.

Legendary actor Suchitra Sen is in a serious condition after she was admitted to a private hospital here following a respiratory tract infection, doctors said Sunday.

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.

In order to counter the demand for a fare hike by bus associations and curb the violation of rules by auto-rickshaw drivers, transport minister Madan Mitra said 1,000 taxis would hit the roads on January 1 and 900 buses would be provided by the state government by March 31.

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.

Private bus operators have been demanding a fare hike to cope with increasing operational costs and a substantial rise in fuel price.

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

Was stabbed, set on fire by 5 accused, including sarpanch.