Bengal
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Left-Cong alliance possible at national level: CPI
National | Apr 29, 2016, 02:06 PM ISTKolkata: With Congress and the Left Front fighting together against the Trinamool Congress in Bengal, CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan on Thursday said there is a possibility that the alliance can be replicated at
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TMC stands for 'Terror, Maut and Corruption': Modi's full frontal attack on Mamata
National | Apr 07, 2016, 11:55 PM ISTBirpara (WB): Mounting a frontal attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said she had boycotted meetings called by the Centre to discuss the issue of states’ development and
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Hung assembly in Assam, LDF win in Kerala, TMC in WB, AIADMK in TN: Poll
National | Apr 01, 2016, 08:33 PM ISTThe forthcoming elections in Assam may throw up a hung assembly, while the Left Democratic Front is going to stage a comeback in Kerala, predicts India TV-CVoter opinion poll, results of which were telecast tonight on the channel.
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Every fifth candidate contesting first phase of Bengal assembly polls has criminal cases
National | Mar 30, 2016, 08:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: As many as 58 of the 296 candidates contesting the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared that they have pending criminal cases against them, NGO Association for Democratic Reforms
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Narendra Modi attacks Congress, Left and TMC at poll rally in Bengal
National | Mar 27, 2016, 08:40 PM ISTNarendra Modi attacks Congress, Left and TMC at poll rally in Bengal
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LDF in Kerala, TMC in Bengal; AIADMK, BJP in TN, Assam: Poll
National | Mar 05, 2016, 02:30 PM ISTNew Delhi : The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front may stage a comeback in the forthcoming Kerala assembly polls, while Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress may retain power in West Bengal, says an opinion poll conducted by
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Amit Shah slams Mamata Govt, calls Bengal centre of anti-national act
National | Jan 25, 2016, 07:09 PM ISTHowrah: Accusing the Trinamool Congress of being involved in the Saradha scam and terror activities, BJP chief Amit Shah today said West Bengal has become a centre of anti-national acts under Mamata Banerjee.Addressing his first
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Arun Jaitley and Arvind Kejriwal share stage at Bengal Business summit
National | Jan 08, 2016, 09:10 PM ISTKolkata: After sparring over the DDCA issue, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal today shared stage at the Bengal Global Business summit here.However, the leaders avoided each other at the dais.Jaitley
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Saradha scam: Bengal minister Madan Mitra granted bail
National | Oct 31, 2015, 10:54 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra, arrested in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam late last year, was on Saturday granted bail by a city court.The Trinamool leader was arrested by the Central Bureau of
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Local body polls underway in Bengal
National | Oct 03, 2015, 01:27 PM ISTKolkata : Amid allegations of violence and intimidating tactics, polling was underway on Saturday for local bodies in four pockets of West Bengal.In the last battle before the assembly polls next year, elections are being
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96% villages electrified but only 69% of homes have power connections
India | Oct 01, 2015, 03:56 PM ISTNearly 96% villages in India are electrified but only 69% of homes have electricity connections, according to a new report that draws on data from six states.The data imply that a large part of India's electrification and
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Bengal makes public cabinet papers on Netaji between 1938-1947
India | Sep 28, 2015, 05:48 PM ISTKolkata: After the declassification of files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the West Bengal government today made public the cabinet papers on Netaji and allied subjects from 1938 to 1947."Those papers may have been confidential
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Bangladesh jihadist group includes Taslima Nasreen in global hit list of bloggers
India | Sep 25, 2015, 05:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Bangladeshi jihadist group Ansarullah has published, what it called, a 'global hitlist' of bloggers who have denigrated Islam, and vowed to take action against such writers.Prominent in the list is Bengali author
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U Mumbai beat Bengal Warriors to return to top of table
Other Sports | Aug 10, 2015, 08:16 AM ISTNew Delhi : Raiders Anup Kumar and Bhupender Singh helped U Mumba easily beat Bengal Warriors 31-17 in their Pro Kabaddi League match today.Making the most of his first outing, Pradeep Kumar contributed four points
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Pro Kabaddi League: Bengaluru Bulls beat Bengal Warriors 33-22
Other Sports | Aug 07, 2015, 08:29 AM ISTAjay Thakur and Manjeet Chhillar's stellar performance enabled Bengaluru Bulls rout Bengal Warriors 33-22 in a Star Sports Pro Kabaddi encounter at the Gachibowli Stadium on Thursday.The team from the ‘Garden City' consolidated their third
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Cyclone Komen to bring very heavy rains in Odisha
India | Jul 30, 2015, 02:51 PM ISTBhubaneswar: The deep depression over north-eastern Bay of Bengal today intensified into cyclonic storm 'Komen' which is set to trigger heavy to very heavy rain coupled with squally surface wind in several areas of Odisha.After
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Encephalitis death toll mounts to 21 in West Bengal
India | Jul 12, 2015, 11:46 PM ISTKolkata: A man died of acute Encephalitis at the North Bengal Medical College (NBMC) Hospital here, taking the total number of deaths in the state since January to 21, a senior official of the Health
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Derailment kills one in Bengal, disrupts train movement
India | Jul 04, 2015, 01:35 PM ISTKolkata: One person was killed and train traffic in South Eastern Railway's (SER) Adra Division affected on Saturday after a truck rammed into a goods trains causing it to derail in West Bengal's Purulia district.According
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Bengal has to work in cohesion with BJP government: Mamata Banerjee
National | Jun 26, 2015, 09:49 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government has to work in cohesion with BJP-led NDA government at the Centre for the sake of governance, though they have ideological differences."We have
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Harsh Vardhan, Prasad lead International Yoga Day celebrations in Bengal
National | Jun 21, 2015, 09:13 AM ISTKolkata: Union ministers Harsh Vardhan and Ravi Shankar Prasad led celebrations to mark the maiden International Yoga Day in West Bengal on Sunday.In the non-BJP ruled state, Prasad, the communications and IT minister kicked-off celebrations