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Edison’s ‘Spirit Machine’ brought back to life?

A Wiccan priestess here has claimed to have successfully experimented with a replica of the controversial “Spirit Machine” which is believed to have been devised by Thomas Edison to communicate with s

Provide security to candidates: HC

In yet another embarrassment for Mamata Banerjee government, Calcutta high court on Friday directed the chief secretary, home secretary and DG to provide adequate security to the candidates of various

Cops thrash man, urinate on his face

Allegations surfaced against three cops of assaulting a youth and then urinating on his face in Park Circus Maidan on Thursday night.

HC to monitor CID probe

Only days after it faced a huge setback in the Supreme Court over panchayat election, the Mamata Banerjee government was on Thursday left red-faced in the Calcutta high court, which decided to monitor

A chronicler of reality on the frontline

He maintains a stiff chin and a brave front to brace up in the face of precarious challenges that his job as a ground-zero level documentary director poses to him.

‘India ready to be a back-up’

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India are ready to host few matches of the next year’s ICC World T20 championships if Bangladesh are not able to meet the August deadline to prepare two of the four proposed venues, Board of Control f

Bengal EC issues own notification

The state election commission on Wednesday rolled up its sleeves and started a full-fledged poll preparation, which had encountered major setbacks due to the petitions filed by numerous political part

Rebel Trinamul MLA targets Mamata

A defiant Trinamul Congress MLA Sikha Mitra on Monday cocked a snook on chief minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee by publicly saluting the women of Kamduni village for raising their voices in p

Uncertainty about bengal rural polls

There is uncertainty once again about the panchayat elections in West Bengal following the Mamata Banerjee government’s appeal in the Supreme Court for a change of poll dates.

3rd front will be only after polls: Mulayam

Keeping the door ajar for a Third Front alliance between non-Congress and non-BJP parties, Samajwadi supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday ruled out Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee’s call for

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