Lok sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday said the onus of women''s safety at workplace was with the company management and they must follow the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court to tackle sexual harassment cases.

Cops raid MP''s home after FB post, seize hard disk. TMC says 'fire started by Ghosh will decimate many''.

Amit Mitra said Bengal's collection is second highest in the country.

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.

Leading the demand for the change is a group led by Union minister of state for railways Adhir Ranjan Choudhury.

A second fast track court at the City Sessions Court Monday asked the chargesheet in the Kamduni rape case be translated to Bengali and handed over to the accused, Rafiqul Islam, before the next hearing on December 11.

The House, however, was not adjourned and continued with its business till recess.

The West Bengal Assembly Thursday passed a Bill making audio and video piracy a non-bailable cognizable offence in the state.

PCC chief calls off programme, faction led by Mala Roy goes ahead with it.

The Calcutta High Court Thursday extended till December 16 the status quo on the sale and transfer of 155 million shares of ailing Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd to IOC.

Justice Ganguly had been appointed as the chairman of the WBHRC in 2011 at the behest of Mamata Banerjee.

A K Ganguly is best known for being part of the bench that quashed 122 2G spectrum licences issued in 2008.

Sahara India Pariwar chief Subrata Roy said he wants to invest in West Bengal but never got an invitation from the ruling Trinamool Congress.

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

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) may boycott the closing ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the West Bengal Assembly from December 4 to 6 over the Speaker''s permission to allow Congress members to counter the statement of CM Mamata Banerjee on price rise issue.

The Calcutta High Court Monday admitted a petition filed by a woman lecturer alleging that she was sexually harassed in a meeting of the Teachers'' Council and later suspended.

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.

The activists staged a silent protest outside Bhabani Bhavan with banners reading "Jurisprudence calls for arrest of Mr Asok Ganguly".

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday lifted the ban on potato and vegetable export, allowing their movement from West Bengal to other states.

7-member team to visit Bangladesh High Commission today

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 Opposition leader also hurled accusations at the CM for running "a government riddled with corruption.

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

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

The meeting presided over by the chief secretary was held at Nabanna on November 30 to review the preparation of the calendar.

Taslima had criticised a meeting between AAP''s Arvind Kejriwal and UP cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan on Twitter.

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

Trinamool Congress ministers are keeping their fingers crossed when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will preside over a review meeting of all departments.

The WBHRC, however, could not confirm if he will be there and he did not attend office on Monday.

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

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 judge has denied the allegations.

Preliminary investigations have revealed prima facie involvement of four customs department men.

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

Varun also scoffed at reports of Sourav Ganguly campaigning for them in the state.

Padma was arrested in 2012 along with six of her associates.

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

There are at least 270 political prisoners in Bengal

The warden of Presidency Correctional Home has been sent a showcause notice after he was frisked and found to be allegedly carrying Rs 10,000 for someone inside the prison Saturday.

Refusing to step down as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, retired Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly Monday claimed he had become a victim of circumstances.

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

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.

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

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

The matter has now been referred to Attorney General G E Vahanvati to work out legal details.

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.

Members of the West Bengal Mahila Congress Committee, along with other senior Congress leaders, took out a procession on Saturday protesting violence against women in the state.

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.