March 02, 2010 22:13 IST
The state government seems all set to retrench 500 employees from the five transport corporations that run on government subsidy amounting to Rs 400 crore per annum.
Tue, Mar 02, 2010February 28, 2010 04:44 IST
On the day when Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee left Purulia after distributing pattas (ownership rights) among forest-dwellers in the district,a small blast near Purulia railway station...
Sun, Feb 28, 2010February 28, 2010 04:42 IST
Less than 72 hours after inspector-in-charge of Sarenga police station,Ravilochan Mitra,was killed in a gunbattle with Maoists,his wife,Sudipta on Friday said she suspected a conspiracy to kill her husband.
Sun, Feb 28, 2010February 28, 2010 02:00 IST
The last time he came to his house at Bhatbandh in Purulia town on February 12,Ravilochan Mitra,the feisty inspector-in-charge of Sarenga police station in Bankura district....
Sun, Feb 28, 2010February 25, 2010 03:10 IST
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan is all set to visit Salua on February 26 the EFR headquarters in Kharagpur that was till recently the centre of intense agitations,following the death of 24 EFR personnel in a Maoist attack at Silda,West Midnapore district.
Thu, Feb 25, 2010February 22, 2010 07:19 IST
Since the murderous attack on the house of GNLF legislator from Kurseong allegedly by members of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on February 17...
Mon, Feb 22, 2010
February 20, 2010 04:20 IST
Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen,it seems,has given up any hopes to come back to Kolkata from where she was bundled out in November 2007 following a fatwa from a Muslim cleric and subsequent violent demonstrations...
Sat, Feb 20, 2010February 19, 2010 03:41 IST
The bandh called today by Gorkha Vidyarthi Morcha,the students wing of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha spearheading the movement for a separate state of Gorkhaland...
Fri, Feb 19, 2010February 19, 2010 03:32 IST
Three days after the audacious attack on the EFR Camp at Silda in West Midnapore in which Maoists gunned down 24 jawans...
Fri, Feb 19, 2010February 18, 2010 02:28 IST
The day M K Narayanan took over as Governor of West Bengal,he said he would,as a former National Security Adviser,provide his advice to the state government on issues related to security.
Thu, Feb 18, 2010
February 16, 2010 02:46 IST
Clouds loom large again over Darjeeling Hills as the Vidyarthi Yuba Morcha the students wing of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has called for a bandh on February 18 in Darjeeling,Dooars,Terai and Siliguri.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010February 11, 2010 02:29 IST
On a day when the West Bengal government said it would coordinate with Bihar,Jharkhand and Orissa governments for sector-wise operations on the inter-state borders against the Maoists...
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
February 10, 2010 02:25 IST
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram was today closeted with Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Governor M K Narayanan at the Raj Bhavan for about 35 minutes.
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
February 09, 2010 02:52 IST
The state government is set to face a legal hurdle in implementing its decision for reservation of 10 per cent of government jobs for Muslim OBCs with the BJP saying it would move the court against the governments decision.
Tue, Feb 09, 2010February 09, 2010 02:10 IST
With the state headed for municipal elections this summer and Assembly polls next year,West Bengal on Monday decided to implement...
Tue, Feb 09, 2010February 08, 2010 02:02 IST
After the Centre did not announce the date on political-level talks on Gorkhaland,which it was suppose to announce in the first week of February...
Mon, Feb 08, 2010February 06, 2010 03:57 IST
Ahead of the crucial meeting on curbing the rising Naxal problem in the four states of Bengal,Orissa,Jharkhand and Bihar...
Sat, Feb 06, 2010February 06, 2010 00:24 IST
Ahead of a meeting of four Chief Ministers here on February 9,which is meant to devise ways to tackle the Naxal menace....
Sat, Feb 06, 2010
February 05, 2010 01:58 IST
Four days ahead of the crucial meeting at the Writers Building to chalk out a strategy to combat the Naxalite menace that will be chaired by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and attended by chief ministers of four states...
Fri, Feb 05, 2010February 05, 2010 00:46 IST
Just four days ahead of the crucial meeting at Writers Buildings in Kolkata to chalk out a strategy to combat the Naxalite menace that will be chaired by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and attended by Chief Ministers of four states....
Fri, Feb 05, 2010February 03, 2010 03:32 IST
Even as Marxists have often run into rough weather for supporting women reservations in various sectors,including Parliament and state legislatures,their campaign is not short on momentum.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010February 02, 2010 03:02 IST
As the February 5 deadline for the fifth round of tripartite talks among the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha,the Centre and the state governments on the Gorkhaland issue nears
Tue, Feb 02, 2010January 30, 2010 04:48 IST
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today wrote to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram,welcoming him for the February 9 meeting that has been convened by the Centre at the Writers Buildings.
Sat, Jan 30, 2010January 29, 2010 02:07 IST
Continuing with his programme of meeting chief ministers of Naxalite-hit states to chalk out a strategy to launch joint operations against the Maoists,Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is going to chair a meeting on February 9...
Fri, Jan 29, 2010January 28, 2010 02:41 IST
Ten days after its celebrated denizen left for his heavenly abode,Indira Bhavan at Salt Lake residence of former Chief Minister Jyoti Basu for the last 20 years will be made accessible from all sides from Thursday.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010





