Kolkata : West Bengal will get more than the double central paramilitary force personnel in the coming Lok Sabha elections compared to the 2009 poll, Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said here Sunday.Stating that the
Ranchi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today ridiculed BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for ‘harping on the Gujarat-model', saying that ‘West Bengal model is better'.“What is Gujarat model? It has only 15 per
Kolkata : As many as 244 incidents of violence related to poll campaigning and political rivalry have been recorded in West Bengal since the March 5 announcement of Lok Sabha elections, an Election Commission official
Kolkata: Wriddhiman Saha continued his sparkling form as his successive half-century fashioned Bengal's 72-run win over Tripura in their East Zone league for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament played at the JU second
Kolkata: Skipper Laxmi Ratan Shukla struck an unbeaten 53 to set up former champions Bengal's 44-run win over Assam in the East Zone league match for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament at Eden
Kolkata: In an embarrassment to the Congress, Bipin Bora, the party's candidate from West Bengal's Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency, Friday said he was unwilling to be in the fray "due to personal reasons".The businessman-politician said
Kolkata : Attacking the Trinamool Congress government over a host of issues, CPI-M leader Surjya Kanta Mishra Sunday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of facilitating BJP's growth in West Bengal."Her government is characterised by corruption
Kolkata: Congress on Friday named famed painter Samir Aich as its candidate from the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal.Aich, who was in the forefront of the civil society protests over the Nandigram and
Howrah: A major fire broke out at the 112-year-old Shalimar Paints factory unit at Nazirgunj in Sankrail on Wednesday morning.Nearly 20,000 sq ft area of the factory was gutted in the fire. The flames started
Kolkata: The Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal will be held in five phases beginning April 17, the Election Commission announced Wednesday. The last round of voting will be held May 12.In the first phase,
Lucknow: Susheel Gupta struck a hat-trick as Bengal blanked Mizoram 5-0 in Pool C of the fourth Hockey India (HI) National Championship at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here Monday.In the second consecutive win for
Kolkata: Former Indian cricketer and Congress MP Mohammed Azharuddin would contest the next Lok Sabha polls from West Bengal on a Congress ticket, state Congresspresident Adhir Chowdhury said."He will contest from West Bengal. The constituencies
Kolkata: The National Commission for Women chief Mamta Sharma on Tuesday met two rape victims from Amta at the Uluberia hospital.She criticised what she called the ‘lethargic attitude' of the West Bengal government.“Such lethargic attitude
Siliguri: Three militants of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), including two chief plotters of the Dec 26 Jalpaiguri blast, were Wednesday arrested from northern West Bengal, police said.The three - KLO action squad's deputy commander-in-chief
Kolkata: Train services were disrupted for nearly 12 hours yesterday as hundreds of irate jute mill workers blocked railway tracks at Titagarh station in Eastern Railway's Sealdah division to demand reopening of their mill.Train services
Kolkata: The poll panel will soon send a detailed security plan for West Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections, said Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi Wednesday after meeting representatives of all political parties as well
Kolkata: A spirited Bengal downed bitter foes Railways by 48 runs in their controversy-filled match to set up a Ranji Trophy semifinal clash against Maharashtra, at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.Set a target of 271,
New Delhi: The one-year-old ruling party in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party, will be focussing on 9 states in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections - Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and
Kolkata: Stepping up their demand for a fare hike, private bus and mini bus operators in West Bengal will go on a 24-hour strike today.As many as five associations - Bengal Bus Syndicate, Joint Council
Ranaghat (West Bengal): At a time when controversy surrounding the alleged sexual harassment of a law intern by former Supreme Court judge raging, a retired judge here was on Saturday granted bail in a nine-year-old
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