In a damage control exercise, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday handed over a cheque of `2 lakhs to the wife of Tehatta police firing victim and offered a job to their son.

In a damage control exercise, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday handed over a cheque of `2 lakhs to the wife of Tehatta police firing victim and offered a job to their son.

In what must have come as a big relief to her, the Calcutta high court on Tuesday dismissed the contempt of court case filed against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her comments against

The CPI(M) believes that the growing public resentment against the Mamata Banerjee government will help the party in regaining its lost political ground in the state in the coming panchayat polls.

The principal of a girls school and some other teachers were gheraoed for 20 hours by the students who had failed in the Class 12 test.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced her decision to release 51 prisoners who have been serving life sentences in various jails in the state.

In another setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta high court on Monday declared as unconstitutional its notification withdrawing recognition to police associations in the state.

Stung by two successive defeats, the national selectors today cracked the whip by axing veteran pace spearhead Zaheer Khan and batsman Yuvraj Singh from the squad for the fourth and final Test against England starting on Thursday.

Despite two successive humiliating defeats on home soil, underfire Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today refused to step down from captaincy, saying it was not the right time to run away but take responsibility and turn the team’s fortunes.

India opener Virender Sehwag today lashed out at the batsmen for showing lack of patience and held them responsible for putting the hosts on the verge of a heavy defeat in the third Test against England here.