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.

Government is likely to send this week a Presidential reference to the Supreme Court for conducting a probe into the allegation of sexual harassment against Justice (retd) A K Ganguly after the Attorney General has endorsed it.

An alleged conman was arrested late Sunday for having put up in at least three luxury hotels in Kolkata for days impersonating as a senior company executive.

The Kolkata police has admitted that the blanket ban on cycling and other forms of non-motorised transport in the city was initiated without making any study on how the ban would improve traffic.

The condition of 82-year-old Suchitra Sen, who was admitted to a super specialty hospital here after complaining of respiratory tract infection, is stable now, doctors attending on the veteran actress said.

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 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.

Apart from sexual misconduct, note also details his foreign trip, arbitration assignment.

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

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.

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.

A member of the TV show Satyameva Jayate, hosted by Aamir Khan, Thursday met the parents of the Madhyamgram rape victim at the local CITU office here and interviewed them.

Women''s organisations Friday sent a letter to West Bengal government seeking an impartial investigation into the gangrape and killing of a 16-year-old minor girl in the state.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The village for the first time celebrated Durga Puja here in the village last year.

BJP has set a target of at least five seats from West Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections.

The former chief minister also alleged that all development work in the state had come to a standstill.

BJP will also set up camps at Sector V to tap techies.

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

The report, however, has no mention of the investigation by the West Bengal Police.

Claiming that the "downturn is more or less over", the pre-Budget Economic Survey today projected an optimistic 6.1 to 6.7% growth in the next fiscal and made a strong call for cutting subsidises

Even as Finance Minister pulls out all the stops to narrow high fiscal deficit, the subsidy bill will overshoot the target of Rs 1.79 lakh crore in this financial year due to higher crude oil prices

Easy money policy of major developed and developing nations could aggravate inflationary expectations in India, cautioned Economic Survey for 2012-13

Traditional retailers are giving strong competition to organised retailers and the decision to permit foreign retailers to open stores in the country will not affect small players in India, the government said today.

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.

As the government battles to keep food inflation within manageable limits, the annual Economic Survey of the Finance ministry said that existing price support mechanism, should not be the sold tool to incentivize farming, but instead methods other ...

Government today said 2012 has been a bad year for FDI due to global economic slowdown and steps were being taken to increase its inflow.

India needs "urgent attention" on issues related to infrastructure, trade facilitation, taxes and credit in order to boost the country's exports, said the Economic Survey 2012-13.

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 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 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

Government should work towards easing "regulatory and bureaucratic impediments" to improve investment climate in the country, suggested the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

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.

The Economic Survey today said slippage on fiscal deficit will be restricted to 0.2 percentage point this year as expenditure measures could offset the shortfall in revenue collections

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.

Resource mobilisation in the corporate debt category witnessed a significant decline as just Rs 4,974 crore was garnered through debt issues in the first nine months of the current fiscal, which was not even 10% of the total funds raised during ...

The Survey, tabled by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament, projected an optimistic growth rate of 6.1-6.7% for the 2013-14 claiming that the downturn is more or less over and economy is looking up.