In what may trigger another controversy about the Mamata Banerjee government’s attempt to curb the freedom of expression, the Kolkata police has issued an order making it mandatory for all organisatio

Apparently in a bid to counter what West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has repeatedly described as negative media propaganda, her government will launch a television news channel and a newspap

Six people were killed when the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a lorry coming from the opposite direction in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said early on Sunday.

The

The AMRI Hospital authorities are planning to reopen a portion of their complex in Dhakuria, sealed off by Kolkata Police after a major fire choked 94 people to death in one hospital building last Dec

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world, has been invited by the publication to a gala dinner with the who's who in New

In a stern warning to the Congress-led union government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said it has to accept West Bengal's demand for a tax moratorium for the next three years

Facing criticism in the media on various issues, the West Bengal government on Saturday said it was mulling the possibility of having its own newspaper and a television channel.

"Government wor

A central minister on Saturday said that social media like Facebook and Twitter were now a reality and had become a fact of life and not an 'embarrassment'.

"The issue is not of embarrassment. The i

The 24-hour taxi strike on Thursday made life miserable for Kolkatans.

A fire broke out in the West Bengal state secretariat Writers' Buildings on Friday morning, police said. No casualty was reported.

The fire, noticed at around 9.15 a.m. on the third floor of the buil