The Centre has promised to play trouble-shooter for “financially bankrupt” Bengal.

A question is doing the rounds in the political circle: Will former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who has become crest-fallen after the poll debacle, participate in the CPI(M) ce

The CPI(M) MLA from Basirhat Uttar in North 24 Parganas, Mostafa Bin Kasem, committed suicide by jumping off the fourth floor of the MLA hostel in central Kolkata on Sunday evening.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has promised to resolve the Darjeeling issue in three months, would hold a one-to-one meeting with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung a

The CPI(M) MLA from Basirhat Uttar in North 24 Parganas, Mostafa Bin Kasem, committed suicide by jumping off the fourth floor of the MLA hostel in central Kolkata on Sunday evening.

Six-time CPI(M) legislator and former Rajya Sabha vice-chairman Mostafa Bin Quasem on Sunday allegedly committed suicide by leaping to death from the fourth floor of the MLA hostel.

"The MLA jumped

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said he would discuss the financial situation of West Bengal with chief minister Mamata Banerjee and state finance minister Amit Mitra on Sunday.

The Maoists on Saturday said they would consider a proposal for talks with the Mamata Banerjee government if the Chief Minister spelled out her stand on Junglemahal.

"Immediately after the swearing-i

Keeping the pre-poll promises she made to Muslims, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Urdu would be given second-language status in districts with a 10 per cent or more Urdu-speaking population.

Keeping the pre-poll promises she made to Muslims, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Urdu would be given second-language status in districts with a 10 per cent or more Urdu-speaking population.