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.

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

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

Families of the deceased in Kolkata have been notified, and postmortem of all six were performed.

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.

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.

Move comes after victim''s father writes to Governor

Senior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi Friday condemned the brutal gangrape and the murder of a girl from Bihar in Kolkata and demanded a speedy trial of the case to bring perpetrators to justice.

The alumni meet of the class of 1989 at IIT-Kharagpur would have been a regular get-together of old friends going down memory lane but for Arvind Kejriwal, the new chief minister of Delhi, who has been invited to the meet.

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 party leaders say that by introducing online registration, they are targeting the youths.

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 cell would be formally set up after January 26, as the membership drive is going on, Bhattacharjee said.

Amid debate over imposing higher taxes on super-rich, the Economic Survey today said efforts should be made to raise revenue by widening tax base and not by increasing the rates

Indian banks have set up over 40,000 ultra-small branches across the country to drive financial inclusion in un-banked and under-banked centres, according to the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

India witnessed a peak power shortage of 9% during the five years ending 2012 when over 50,000 MW new generation capacity was created, Economic Survey said today.

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.

India's financial sector faces certain challenges that hold it back from becoming a preferred destination for global investors even though reforms have made domestic capital market more vibrant and transparent, the Economic Survey said today.

As the country faces the prospect of being saddled with record almost 100 million tonnes of foodgrains in the next few months, the government's annual Economic Survey released today said that urgent attention needs to be accorded to efficient food ...

Delays in environment clearances needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis for achieving coal production target of 795 MT during the current five year plan (2012-17), the Economic Survey said today.

Pointing to sharp rise in bad loans, Economic Survey said the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of public sector banks are still at manageable level

India's tourism sector needs an urgent image makeover with higher investment in infrastructure, through PPP mode to capitalise on opportunities provided overall growth in world tourist arrivals, the Economic Survey said today.

India has lost about 10% share of the global BPO market in the last five years to destinations like China, the Philippines and Brazil, raising concerns for the $20-billion Indian BPO industry.

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.

Amid concerns of possible downgrade of India's credit rating, the Economic Survey today said the government is taking steps to improve interaction with rating agencies to ensure that they make "informed decisions".

Economic advisers in the Finance Ministry today projected India's GDP growth to recover to 6.1-6.7% in 2013-14 from estimated decade-low expansion of five% in the current financial year

The over consumption of urea and limited use of phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers need to be addressed through appropriate price incentives by reducing subsidies to ensure sustainable practises are encouraged, Economic Survey said today.

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.

Expressing disappointment over growth slowing to 5% this fiscal, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that things would look up in next financial year.

Reason for wide band is wide amount of uncertainty that prevails in both the Indian economy as well as the external world

India not only ranks first in the world in milk production, its per capita milk availability at 290 grams daily is marginally higher than the global average

The pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2012-13, tabled in Parliament today, has exuded confidence that the Indian economy would bounce back to achieve higher growth of around 6.1 to 6.7%, up from the advance estimates of 5% economic growth in the ...

Reforms will help establish a credible social security system, specially for the elderly

The economic slowdown, a rise in interest rates and aggressive lending in good times led to a sharp rise in bad loans

Demographic dividend can slip away

Hit by fall in profit margins, investment growth

The mutual fund industry has registered an increase of 29.4 per cent in the market value of its assets under management (AUM) during the first three quarters of the current financial year. According to the Economic Survey, the market value of the ...

Equity issues raised in first 3 quarters more than that in entire FY12

Recommendations of Rangarajan panel on decontrolling sugar sector should be implemented

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

Chief Economic Advisor says we need to be sensible rather than flashy, over-the-top hits

Policy on price and procurement support should not encourage more production of abundant crops

Doing away with subsidies, correcting policy imperfections

The estimate takes into account a normal monsoon, further moderation in inflation and a mild recovery in global growth

A variety of phishing campaigns are taking advantage to distribute malware, steal credentials, and scam users

The mango growers of Ratnagiri have reasons to cheer. Their persistent protests against thermal power plants in the region...

This May-end, around 270 pomegranate farmers from Atpadi will be the first graduates of the Sheti Shalas...

When the State Bank of India issued a circular instructing its branches to suspend loans for purchase of farm equipment...