Alipurduar (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday declared Alipurduar as the state's 20th district, carved out by bifurcating the state's northern Jalpaiguri district.Speaking at the official function here marking the creation
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the state government's initiative to empower the girl child - the Kanyashree scheme - will be presented at the first "Girl Summit" to be held
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation's tax waiver for people painting their houses in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's favourite blue and white colours has raised the hackles of the opposition.The KMC's decision came in
New Delhi: India is a cricket crazy nation and so is the city of joy Kolkata. The Eden Garden cricket ground was turned into a purple sea when thousands of Kolkata Knight Riders fan gathered
Kolkata: Shah Rukh Khan was delayed by two hours but that did not take any sheen off the felicitation of IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the presence of about one lakh spectators and Chief
Kolkata: Expressing deep concern over the deterioration in West Bengal's industrial climate, the CPI-M Monday demanded that the state's Mamta Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government initiate steps to reopen factories, jute mills and tea gardens which
Kolkata: The fifth and last phase of Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal today recorded 79.96 per cent turn out amid sporadic violence that left 25 persons injured – five seriously.There were long queues before
Kolkata: Continuing their bitter poll wrangling, the BJP and the Trinamool Congress Monday moved the EC with complaints against each others' top leaders even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded the arrest
Kolkata: Seeking to reach out to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Bhartiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh on Friday said that a "handsome package" would be given for the development of West Bengal if his
Kolkata,Film actress Moon Moon Sen says she would be able to change people's lives in a small way if they support her in the Lok Sabha polls.Nominated for the Bankura seat by the Trinamool Congress,
Kolkata: Condemning the centre's decision to raise the expenditure limits for the Lok Sabha polls to a maximum of Rs.70 lakh and a minimum of Rs.54 lakh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the death of veteran actress Suchitra Sen today marked the end of a legend.Sen, 82, died today morning after a massive heart attack.The reclusive star had
Kolkata: Union minister Adhir Chowdhury today criticised the Mamata Banerjee government for trying to ‘settle old scores' with WBHRC chairman A K Ganguly over the law intern case, but said that the former supreme court
Kolkata: To mark the closing of the year-long celebrations commemorating 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, West Bengal government will observe “Vivek Chetna Utsav” over a week-long programme from January 5 to 12 next year
Kolkata: British Prime Minister David Cameron will pay a short visit to the metropolis on November 14 amidst speculation whether he would meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Cameron will attend a question-answer session with
Kolkata: Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, enthused by the start of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), Sunday likened West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to a "sister" and said he was "surprised" by her dynamism."This is
Kolkata : West Bengal government yesterday said artists and technicians of the Bengali film industry would be covered under medical insurance facilities.Launching it after inaugurating the Kolkata International Film Festival here, Mamata Banerjee said mediclaim
Kolkata: Continuing with the tradition set four years ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would meet industrialists of the state and members of chambers of commerce on October 28, state's Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last night dubbed the Union Cabinet's approval for the creation of Telangana, as a "political" and an "election decision"."Five years ago, at the time of last general election,
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday cautioned people against indulging in religious discrimination."I request you to not indulge in Hindu-Muslim differentiation," Banerjee said in Diamond Harbour of South 24-Parganas district.Obviously referring to the
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