The police have already arrested seven persons in connection with the gangrape.

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.

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

Police have revealed that she gave a dying declaration accusing two men of having set her on fire.

The family of the 16-year-old Madhyagram gangrape victim will meet President Pranab Mukherjee on January 7 and are likely to demand a CBI probe.

Senior BSF officers are camping at the bordering areas to keep a watch," said ADG (East) B D Sharma.

TMC MP Somen Mitra to quit LS membership on Jan 15, re-join Cong on Jan 17

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.

Former Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly, accused of sexual harassment by a woman lawyer who interned under him, is contemplating resignation as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC).

The father of the 16-year-old gangrape victim, who died of burn injuries after she was allegedly set ablaze, filed a petition before the Calcutta High Court on Monday seeking CBI investigation into the incident.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday denied interfering in the probe into the gangrape of a 16-year-old girl, beyond merely responding to people''s 'sentiments'' by deputing a senior police official to visit West Bengal and providing financial assistance to the victim''s family.

The Centre on Monday announced setting up of a slew of new hospitals and expansion plans for several existing ones to bolster health care facility in West Bengal.

A K Ganguly confirmed on Tuesday that he had resigned as chairman of the WBHRC.

The tower has a prayer room, a library, a guest house and a charitable dispensary located on its premises.

Food Minister Jyotipriya Mullick, however, termed the protests as 'dirty politics'.

Rights activist Sujato Bhadra said Ganguly should have put in his papers much earlier.

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.

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.

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.

The Economic Survey today suggested the government reprioritise Plan and Non-Plan expenditure in its efforts to contain fiscal deficit at manageable levels.

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 ...

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

The Economic Survey 2012-13 acknowledged that the $100 billion Indian information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) faces some serious competition from many of the developing countries

Air India is likely to come out of its precarious financial position this financial year with a positive cash flow, as its performance has improved considerably, the Economic Survey said today.

Amid declining private investment due to high interest rates and policy bottlenecks, India Inc saw sales growth dip by more than half to an average of 11.4% during the second quarter of the current fiscal.

Reliable and easily accessible financial saving opportunities can help boost total savings and reduce attractiveness of alternatives like gold, the Economic Survey 2012-13 has said.

After being at the receiving end of public ire, the government did not miss the opportunity of slipping in a brief policy statement on addressing the issue of violence against women in the Economic Survey

Going in tandem with the Rangarajan committee report, the Economic Survey has said that the government is reviewing the production sharing contract (PSC) to clarify the extent to which producers will have the freedom to market the gas

The cover itself shows that the main author of Economic Survey, 2012-13 is different from the one who penned pre-budget documents for the previous three years

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 Survey wrongly emphasises the role of tight monetary policy as the cause of a fall in consumer and investment spending

A growth forecast that is seriously wrong is dangerous - it can lead to revenue projections and spending decisions that become seriously inflationary

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

Recommendations of Rangarajan panel on decontrolling sugar sector should be implemented

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

The consolidated turnover of public sector companies in the mining sector increased 17.7 per cent in 2011-12

All life insurers, both public and private, are committed to process any death claim pertaining to COVID-19 at the earliest,the Council said in a statement

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