Former chief minister of West Bengal and veteran Congress leader Siddhartha Shankar Ray passed away at his Beltala residence in south Kolkata on Saturday evening.

Measure for measure? At least it seems so.

After hiccups in the Opposition alliance in West Bengal, it seems the Trinamul Congress is finally ready to enter into a deal with its ally, the Congress, to sound the death knell for the long Left Fr

Is another son about to rise in politics. Union finance minister and veteran Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee may soon make his foray into state politics. Mr Mukherjee has two sons — Abhijit and Surajit — and a daughter. In a well-attended meeting at Nalhati town hall in Birbhum on Wednesday, the district Congress leaders made a strong pitch for his nomination from Nalhati constituency in the coming Assembly polls.

A police team that raided a Maoist meeting in West Bengal’s Midnapore district on early Thursday was attacked by the rebels with bricks and batons.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said ally Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee could head the government in case the alliance came to power in West Bengal after the Assembly elections in 2011

Maoists on Tuesday gave a call for a 24-hour “Bharat bandh” on November 8 protesting against the proposed visit of US President Barack Obama to India.

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday crossed swords over the Maoist issue. Mr Bhattacharjee accused Ms Banerjee of being hand in gloves with the rebels while she alleged that the CPI(M) cadres were killing people and blaming the Maoists.
Desperate to find support in Jangalmahal ahead of the next Assembly polls, the arch-rivals addressed separate rallies in Bankura and Purulia.

A major fire broke out early on Friday at Presidency University destroying computers, documents and research material. The fire originated in the chemistry department at the third flood on Derozio Building in the wee hours of Friday. The university was closed for Puja holidays which will continue till Diwali. Eleven fire tenders brought the blaze under control after over three hours. A fire department official said there was no fire safety measure in the university.

At least 45 people were missing after the trawler they were travelling in capsized on river Buriganga near Ghoramara island in West Bengal on Saturday, the police said.