Describing former CPI(M) MP Anil Basu’s outrageous and obscene remarks about her as “unfortunate”, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that language exposes the identity and charact

Severely chided and publicly censored by party satraps for his barb to Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, CPI(M) leader and former MP Anil Basu issued a hand-written statement to apologise for h

Ahead of the crucial third phase of Assembly polls, Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said that West Bengal was the 'worst-governed' state in the country and blamed the CPI-M and its cadres for sp

Describing West Bengal as the country’s worst governed state, union home minister P. Chidambaram on Monday claimed peace will be restored once Congress-Trinamool Congress government is formed after the Assembly elections. “It is among the poorest governed state in the country.

Heavyweight CPI(M) leader and former MP Anil Basu’s most offensive and obscene comments about Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has sparked a political storm in the state. Not only the Opposition but even the civil society at large has condemned it unequivocally.

Over 85 per cent of the voters on Saturday exercised their franchise in 50 constituencies in Murshidabad, Nadia and Birbhum in the second phase of six-phased Assembly elections in West Bengal. The elections were totally peaceful with no major law and order related incident was reported. No person was killed or injured in any

With Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee sitting by his side, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday sang her pariborton (change) tune. In a clear bid to send a positive message about a strong alliance to the workers of the two parties as well as the people, Dr Singh said: “I have come to appeal to you to vote for the

Predicting a comfortable win for the Left Front in the West Bengal Assembly polls, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday said the new government would continue with its policies of industrialisation along with land distribution and development of agriculture.

Black money issue has suddenly emerged as one of the main poll planks in the run-up to the crucial Assembly polls. On the eve of the second phase of polling, CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose on Friday alleged that Debapriyo De Sarkar, a person close to Trinamul Congress minister Mukul Roy deposited five demand drafts worth

The second phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal will be held in 50 constituencies in Birbhum, Nadia and Murshidabad districts on Saturday. Around 93.51 lakh voters will decide the fate of 293 contesting candidates. The Election Commission (EC) has made an unprecedented security arrangement to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections with the deployment of the Central paramilitary forces in every 11,531 polling stations.