After giving them attractive Durga Puja gifts, railway minister Mamata Banerjee is getting ready with Diwali gifts hamper for the people of West Bengal. She has selected CPI(M)’s strong bastions like Burdwan and Purulia to shower her largesses. “Didi will be touring Burdwan, Bankura and Purulia over the weekend where she will

Taking a break from his hectic official duties in New Delhi and elsewhere, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will now, for the next five days, perform the role of a priest and preside over the Durga Puja at his ancestral home in a hamlet in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has cancelled her proposed visit to London.

Snubbing CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat, the Left Front government has invited expelled party leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to the inauguration of Jyoti Basu Nagar at New Town on October 7. West Bengal housing minister and Hidco chairman Gautam Deb said he had sent the invitation to Mr Chatterjee. Mr Deb could not have taken this decision without seeking the consent of the Alimuddin Street bosses.

Ugly factional feud within the state Congress on Friday once again came to the surface when a section of state leaders heckled a senior central leader and nearly disrupted a meeting which was organise

In an apparent message to Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that his party was ready to join hands with the Trinamul Congress for an alliance but it would not bow down its head. “We have a partnership with the Trinamul Congress but it cannot be without self respect. Ham unka haath pakdenge lekin sar nahin jhukaenge,” he added. Mr Gandhi was addressing Youth Congress workers in Jalpaiguri.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took the Visvabharati by storm. Mr Gandhi who embarked on a three-day whirlwind tour of the state, received a rousing welcome by the students. Inclement weather failed to dampened the enthusiasm of the students and staff of the university who were all eager to catch a close glimpse of the “handsome leader”. Ignoring the advice of the SPG personnel, Mr Gandhi some times went too close to the cheering crowd, shaking hands, giving autographs and patting arms.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s advice for unity in the state party unit has apparently failed to yield the desired results.

If the reaction of the Muslims was any indication, the 24 hour general strike may further alienate them from the ruling CPI(M). “The bandh could not have come at a worst time. Today is the 27th day of Ramzan which is a very significant date in Islamic calendar. Agreed, the CPI(M) leaders are not supposed to know this. But the entire

Railway minister Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, unfazed by the combined Left-BJP onslaught over her Lalgarh remarks, strongly defended her stand on Maoists, including her claim that their leader Azad was “murdered”.