Brushing aside allegations by the state's ruling Marxists that the railways were being run inefficiently by Mamata Banerjee, union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said she will run West Bengal well if the Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance is voted to power in the Assembly elections.

Senior Congress leader and Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday dismissed allegation by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee that Mamata Banerjee had failed to perform as a railway minister and predicted she would run the state well if she became the chief minister.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Guatam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bat in their Indian Premier League match against Deccan Chargers on Monday.

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Kolkata Knight Riders team
MS Bisla, JH Ka

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday once again batted in favour of his industrial drive in Bengal, saying that if the Left Front is able to form the government by winning the upcoming Assembly elections, then it would come up with “the largest factory” in the state at Singur.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today snubbed Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achutanandan for his comment describing Rahul Gandhi as a 'Amul baby'.

"I do not react on uncivilised comments. It speaks

After he successfully led the ruling Left Front to massive victories in the last two Assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has established his position as the star cam

The youngest candidate in the West Bengal Assembly election, Shatarup Ghosh of CPI(M) contesting from Kasba constituency, has no immovable or movable asset.

Smarting from their opening round loses, Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers will hope to bring their campaign back on track when they cross swords at the Indian Premier League at Eden Garden

Smarting from their opening round loses, Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers will hope to bring their campaign back on track when they cross swords at the Indian Premier League at Eden Garden

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat will not campaign for what is arguably the most challenging Assembly election the party faces — West Bengal.