A large number of shops were destroyed in a major fire that broke out in Kolkata's age-old Hatibagan market in the early hours Thursday. No casualties have been reported.

Thirty fire tenders pressed

Promoters of leading gold loan company Muthoot Finance may dilute their stake by up to 10 per cent to raise funds in the next fiscal.

"We are exploring options to raise fresh equity for long- term re

Alleging there was an attempt to inject communal disharmony in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ordered a probe into the issue and appealed for peace and order.

She also hinted

Nearly four months after the death of top Maoist leader Kishenji, a laptop and several other electronic gadgets were recovered along with ammunition and explosives by the joint security forces from Kushboni forest in West Midnapore district on Tuesday, leading the police and intelligence officials to suspect that the items belong to the slain rebel commander.

Smoke billowing from the emergency ward of the state-run SSKM Hospital on Wednesday led to several patients being shifted outside for their safety, police said.

According to the police, the smoke was

The father of the two Indian children in custody of the Norwegian Child Welfare Services on Wednesday denied reports that he was filing for divorce from his wife.

"There might have been some unavoida

The state and Central security forces will now use rubber bullets and other less lethal weapons against the Maoists to minimise casualties. Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), the PSU of the defence ministry, is providing the “pump action guns” to the security forces for this purpose.

India's new batting sensation Virat Kohli, who has hit three hundreds in his four innings, is the ideal batsman to fill in the number three slot left by Rahul Dravid, former skipper Sourav Ganguly has

The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee on Sunday came down heavily on its alliance partner — the Trinamul Congress — both at the Centre and the state for carrying out attacks on its workers and s

In a major setback to the CPI(M), its former MP and prime accused in the Nandigram recapture case, Lakshman Seth, was arrested in a joint operation by the criminal investigation department(CID) of the West Bengal police and Mumbai police from a guest house in Mumbai on Saturday morning.