November 05, 2011 02:38 IST
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee today said her party had decided to give up all ministerial posts at the centre to protest the petrol price hike
Sat, Nov 05, 2011
November 05, 2011 02:36 IST
Mamata says she was not 'trying to blackmail' but the hike was 'intolerable'.
Sat, Nov 05, 2011October 31, 2011 01:04 IST
GATA will replace the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) formed earlier this year through a tripartite agreement.
Mon, Oct 31, 2011October 31, 2011 00:53 IST
In a dramatic development,the Adivasi Vikash Parishad in the plains of Darjeeling seemed headed for a split with one faction led by John Barla on Sunday
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
October 30, 2011 02:02 IST
While the Jindal Steel Group and the West Bengal Government had earlier decided to resolve the outstanding issues before the Puja festive season so that work on the Rs 35,000 crore integrated steel project at Salboni could start
Sun, Oct 30, 2011October 29, 2011 04:19 IST
The peace talks between the West Bengal government and CPI have come to an end with the Maoists calling them misleading and senseless.
Sat, Oct 29, 2011
October 29, 2011 00:40 IST
The peace talks between the state government and the CPI-Maoists which for some time were under the cloud have come to an end with the Maoists calling them misleading and senseless.
Sat, Oct 29, 2011
October 26, 2011 05:53 IST
Soni Sori,the tribal teacher from Chhattisgarh and the alleged conduit between the Essar Group and Maoists
Wed, Oct 26, 2011October 21, 2011 05:37 IST
Days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees ultimatum to Naxals and in a boost to the peace initiative in Junglemahal
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
October 21, 2011 05:31 IST
The absence of leading union ministers and West Bengal government representatives,including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
October 20, 2011 02:29 IST
Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasinas visit to the Teen Bigha corridor in Coochbehar district of West Bengal turned out to be a lacklustre seven-minute tree plantation ceremony conspicuous by the absence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and local legislators.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011October 20, 2011 00:53 IST
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh,too,did not come as scheduled.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
October 16, 2011 04:04 IST
The Calcutta High Court has come down hard on the state home department for failing to stop the unauthorised use of red beacons by police officers,political functionaries and government officials on their vehicles.
Sun, Oct 16, 2011October 16, 2011 02:38 IST
Mamata took the hard line,even describing Naxals as supari killers and jungle mafia.
Sun, Oct 16, 2011
October 15, 2011 04:20 IST
A request made by jailed PCAPA leader Chhatradhar Mahatos wife to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during her visit to Jhargram on Saturday has been turned down by district administration and the organisers.
Sat, Oct 15, 2011
October 14, 2011 03:04 IST
Officials fear many applying are PCAPA,CPI (Maoist) activists
Fri, Oct 14, 2011October 02, 2011 00:09 IST
Uma Jhunjhunwala and her husband S M Azhar Alam have spent their lives trying to revive theatre in Kolkata for Urdu-speaking audiences and the performers.
Sun, Oct 02, 2011October 01, 2011 04:07 IST
The recruitment of 10,000 Junglemahal youths as special police constables may not be a legally tenable proposition,the state government has been told after the process to accept applications for these posts was initiated recently in West Midnapore,Bankura and Purulia districts.
Sat, Oct 01, 2011
September 28, 2011 02:41 IST
A day before the Calcutta High Court verdict on a Tata Motors petition challenging the Singur Act,there was an air of anticipation and uncertainty at Ground Zero.
Wed, Sep 28, 2011September 25, 2011 04:50 IST
Following the treaty between India and Bangladesh on exchange of enclaves,a police station in India for the first time today registered a complaint between two residents of a Bangladeshi enclave in India albeit after a delay of three days.
Sun, Sep 25, 2011
September 25, 2011 02:26 IST
The earthquake that killed over a hundred people in Sikkim and left behind a trail of destruction.
Sun, Sep 25, 2011September 25, 2011 01:11 IST
Sources said a 26-year-old resident of Poarurkuthi village in a Bangladeshi enclave was assaulted by five men from an Indian village.
Sun, Sep 25, 2011September 24, 2011 03:48 IST
Two multi-storey buildings collapsed in Gangtok on Friday after heavy rains lashed the city in the evening.
Sat, Sep 24, 2011September 24, 2011 03:32 IST
18 more bodies found,Sikkim toll rises to 93.
Sat, Sep 24, 2011September 23, 2011 02:27 IST
NDRF has rescued one person so far; cant get men,equipment to worst-hit areas as roads blocked
Fri, Sep 23, 2011



