In what will come as a big relief to the common people, the central trade unions’ scheduled two-day general strike on February 20-21 is likely to be reduced to a one-day affair in West Bengal. This was announced by Citu leader and CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member Shyamal Chakraborty on Tuesday.

Continuing her tirade against the UPA government at the Centre for allegedly depriving the state of its rightful dues, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the Centre should allow the states to collect Central taxes and use the revenue to run the state government.

Desperate to defuse the tense situation which emerged in the hills in the past two days, chief minister Mamata Banerjee tried to downplay her face-off with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership.

Going on a collision course against the Mamata Banerjee government, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on Wednesday warned that their movement for a separate Gorkhaland may no longer rema

In a major blow to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Darjeeling success story, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters raised Gorkhaland slogans in her presence at the North Bengal Festival

Dhaniakhali in Hooghly on Saturday turned into a war zone as local residents fought a pitched battle with the police over the death of a man allegedly in a police lock up.

Dhaniakhali in Hooghly on Saturday turned into a war zone as local residents fought a pitched battle with the police over the death of a man allegedly in a police lock up.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that a section of government employees owing allegiance to the CPI(M) were not only constantly creating hurdles in the smooth functioning of t

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took pains to explain why West Bengal was far behind Gujarat in the field of industry.

The Mamata Banerjee government on Thursday went on a collision course with governor M.K. Narayanan for expressing displeasure over the deterioration of law and order in Bhangar.