Police drop defamation charges against Toongate professor
Kolkata: West Bengal Police Friday dropped defamation charges against Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra who was earlier arrested for circulating emails mocking Chief Minister Mamata...
View ArticleCollege student gangraped in Bengal, one held
Kolkata: A first year polytechnic college student was gangraped in West Bengal's Burdwan district and an accused arrested police said Saturday.The student of Rupnarayanpur Nazrul Centenary Polytechnic...
View ArticleTrinamool leaders responsible for rapes in Bengal: Kabir Suman
Kolkata: In the wake of gangrape of a student allegedly by members of Trinamool Congress' students wing the party's rebel MP Kabir Suman Saturday blamed "irresponsible comments" by the leadership...
View ArticlePranab Mukherjee's son scrapes through in Lok Sabha by-poll
Kolkata: The Congress Saturday managed to scrape through in West Bengal's Jangipur Lok Sabha seat which fell vacant due to the elevation of Pranab Mukherjee to the post of the country's president with...
View ArticlePrivate operator plans to move court against Kolkata port
Kolkata: A private port equipment operator at the labour unrest-hit Haldia Dock Complex is planning to move the Calcutta High Court Tuesday against the of the Kolkata Port Trust for "failing to provide...
View ArticleEven Goddess Durga gets the 'blues' - to please Mamata
Kolkata: As different pandals adopt different themes for their Durga Puja celebrations one prominent puja committee that has recreated 'pink city' Jaipur at its venue has chosen blue and white as its...
View ArticleBengal Congress for lowering fertiliser, LPG prices
Kolkata: Admitting that high fertiliser prices and cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders were affecting the common people the West Bengal Congress Tuesday said it will ask the central government to...
View ArticleFancy journeying to exotic locales? Go pandal hopping in Kolkata this Puja!
Kolkata: Sojourn to an exotic Goan beach participate in a Chinese Dragon Festival blow vuvuzelas at Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium - the community Durga Puja organisers here are pulling out all...
View ArticleMahasweta Devi demands action on women lynchings
Kolkata: In the wake of the lynching of three women in West Bengal after branding them as witches eminent writer Mahasweta Devi Thursday called upon senior police officers here to do justice and take...
View ArticleSC notice to Mamata in adviser appointment case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday issued a notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on a petition challenging the deletion of her name as one of the parties in a case questioning the...
View ArticleThousands gather at Belur Math on Maha Ashtami
Kolkata: Devotees gathered in the thousands from across the country and abroad at Belur Math the global headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission to watch 'Kumari Puja' or the...
View ArticleDurga Puja joyride turns fatal for girl
Kolkata: A ride on a toy train proved fatal for a young girl when a part of the train came apart at a Durga Puja celebration here.Sushmita Adhikari 11 died Sunday night at the Adivasi Brinda Durga Puja...
View ArticleBritish era railway station damaged
Siliguri: A part of the British era Sonada railway station in West Bengal's Darjeeling district was gutted Monday. There were no casualties officials said.The station part of the Darjeeling Himalayan...
View ArticleSunil Gangopadhyay is dead
Kolkata: Legendary writer and Sahitya Akademi President Sunil Gangopadhyay died Tuesday following a major cardiac arrest here family sources said. He was 78.Equally acclaimed for his poems and novels...
View ArticleDurga puja enters fourth day on Mahanavami
Kolkata: People relished community feasts at pandals and visited friends and relatives Tuesday on Mahanavami the fourth day of Bengal's biggest religious festival Durga Puja.After a whole night of...
View ArticleBengal's achievers salute Sunil Gangopadhyay
Kolkata: Leading writers scientists and celebrities of Bengal Tuesday saluted the genius and literary contributions of litterateur and Sahitya Akademi president Sunil Gangopadhyay.Gangopadhyay died...
View ArticleInjustice done to Bengal, says Trinamool
Kolkata: After the latest reshuffle of the Manmohan Singh ministry the Trinamool Congress Sunday alleged that injustice has been done with West Bengal as the state was deprived of any cabinet...
View ArticleCongress seeks PM's intervention in Haldia labour row
Kolkata: Observing that the West Bengal government's "silence" over the ongoing labour unrest in the Haldia Dock Complex was heading towards disaster the Congress Monday sought the intervention of the...
View ArticleTwo Kolkata footballers held for 'raping' minor
Kolkata: Two footballers from two famous city-based clubs have been arrested for allegedly gang raping a 14-year-old girl in West Bengal?s North 24 Parganas district police said Wednesday.?Following a...
View ArticleHaldia port equipment handler quits over staff safety
Kolkata: Port equipment operator Haldia Bulk Terminals (HBT) Wednesday announced it would quit West Bengal due to "poor law and order" and "safety" concerns of its employees dealing a blow to the...
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