Kolkata:An woman agent of a collective investment scheme company allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself yesterday in West Bengal, months after the state was rocked by its biggest financial scam.Manorama Haldar, 32, was found hanging
Darjeeling, Aug 5: Cracking down on the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the West Bengal government Monday arrested a close associate of its chief Bimal Gurung, even as normal life remained paralysed for the third day in
Darjeeling, Aug 5: As the party-sponsored bandh entered the third day today, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading the movement for a separate Gorkhaland state, warned the West Bengal government that it would be
Mumbai, Aug 2: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday met top industrialists, including RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani and Tata Consultancy Services chairman N Chandrasekaran, here and said the state was more investment friendly now
Kolkata, July 25: Two people died while an average 70 percent voters exercised their democratic rights amid reports of sporadic violence during the fifth and final phase of the West Bengal panchayat polls Thursday.An old
Kolkata, July 15: In one of the major drug seizures along Indo-Bangladesh border in recent times, security agencies recovered 2.3 tonnes of 'Ganja' suspected to be a consignment for smuggling.The incident occurred yesterday afternoon when
Kolkata, July 10: A one-day session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly would be convened on July 27 to pass the state budget, state parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee said here today."The session will be
Kolkata, July 4: Observing that setting up one hydel project after another without much thought would hinder the natural river flow, the West Bengal government has taken up the issue with the Centre for consulting
Kolkata, July 2: Rueing 'culturally vibrant' Kolkata is not updated about contemporary global fashion trends, style diva Nayanika Chatterjee hopes to change the 'cholchhe cholbe' mindset by roping in fashion czars like Rohit Bal at
Bardhaman (West Bengal), Jun 29: A helicopter belonging to Indian Air Force landed in a field near Ourgram due to bad weather today.There were three IAF personnel in the chopper. Villagers flocked to see the
Jamboni (West Bengal), Jun 26: Amid growing clamour over rise in crime against women in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked women at a Panchayat election rally whether they were afraid of stepping
Kolkata, June 26: The West Bengal Human Rights Commission Wednesday initiated a probe into the alleged rape and murder of a woman in Murshidabad district, after her husband complained about her "character assassination" by police.The
New Delhi, June 6: Bringing the issue of Pakistan's ISI-backed fundamentalist organisations to the fore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee yesterday said militant groups operating in northeastern states were helping insurgents in her state."I
Kolkata, May 31: To prevent the rising incidences of oral cancer among the youth of West Bengal, an anti-smoking campaign was launched here on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day Friday."In the last five
Kolkata, May 29: Human rights panels Wednesday ordered a probe into the suicide of a Class 9 student after allegedly being tortured and humiliated by his teacher.The state Human Rights Commission and the National Commission
Kolkata, May 29: The West Bengal government has decided to seek central forces for the panchayat poll in a bid to break the impasse over deployment of security forces, climbing down from its earlier stand
Kolkata, May 23: In the wake of the shutting down of media houses owned by the scam-tainted Saradha Group and leaving hundreds of employees jobless, the West Bengal government Thursday announced it would acquire two
Kolkata, May 18: Woman mountaineer Chanda Gayen has successfully scaled the Mt Everest today, becoming the third woman from West Bengal to achieve the feat. A message from the base camp at Solo Khumbu in Nepal
Kolkata, May 13: In a jolt to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court here Monday ordered the CBI to take over the probe into a Trinamool Congress worker's death allegedly in the custody
Kolkata, May 9 : People across West Bengal and in neighbouring Bangladesh today celebrated the 152nd birth anniversary of Nobel laureaute Rabindra Nath Tagore with zeal and devotion. Tagore was born on May 7, 1861,
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