Two teenage girls who were glued to their cellphones while crossing the railway tracks were run over by a speeding train on Tuesday afternoon. The gruesome death occurred at the level crossing of the Liluah station in Howrah. The victims were identified as Himangshi Gupta and her friend Payel Agarwal. They were Class 10

Rejecting reports of political violence, chief minister Mamata Banerjee once again told the police to do its job impartially. She also cautioned the people from taking law into their own hands. On being asked about the reports of political violence, Ms Banerjee said, “There is no incident of political violence in the state.”

The Trinamul Congress-led coalition government in West Bengal will not run on the basis of any common minimum programme (CMP) unlike the UPA-1 government at the Centre.

Unfazed by the narrow loss to Mumbai Indians in their final league engagement, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir said his team has more positives than negatives to take from the last-ball defeat.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that no post-poll political violence was taking place in the state now but said that police will continue operations in seizing illegal arms.

New state finance minister Amit Mitra fell ill after midnight and was admitted to a private nursing home in early hours of Saturday with acute abdominal pain.
“His condition is stable now and there is no cause for concern,” said Pradip Tondon, chief executive officer of the Belle Vue Clinic where Mr Mitra has been undergoing treatment at the intensive therapy unit.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who had already announced that she would not travel in an official bullet proof car, on Saturday again proved that she was a “common person” by insisting on following traffic rules like other citizens. She has asked the police department not to bring the entire traffic to a halt from wherever his car passes.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that a leader should lead by example. “I am not blaming the employees or the officers (of the Writers’ Buildings). The leader should himself has to set an example. It is not enough for a government to just pass an order; it should also know how to implement it,” she said in an apparent dig at her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

Pariborton has certainly come to the Writers’ Buildings. During the Left Front rule, the state secretariat used to remain deserted on Saturdays but with Ms Mamata Banerjee taking charge as the new chief minister, a flurry of activities was witnessed there.

Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders in the final roub-robin league match of the Indian Premier League here today.

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