Kolkata
‘No let-up on Lokpal, food bills’
Amidst strains between the two, Congress ally Trinamul Congress has said there was no question of compromise on the Lokayukta provision, pension bill and FDI in retail if there was a move to pass them
Kolkata gangrape: Several demand Mamata Banerjee apologise to victim after conspiracy claim
Mamata Banerjee is in the centre of fresh controversy following the case of an Anglo-Indian woman's gangrape in Kolkata's famous Park Street early this month.
Taking on the Chief Minister for describ
Biman apologises for remark
CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose on Saturday apologised for his remark during a news conference November 9, 2011.
2 arrested in park street rape case
Within four days after taking over the Park Street rape case, the detective department (DD) of the Kolkata police on Saturday cracked the case and arrested two persons who were involved in the crime along with their two friends.
Mathai, Mamata hold ‘fruitful, useful’ talks
Wiser after the Teesta water-sharing treaty fiasco, the Centre on Saturday sent foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai to hold talks with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to find an amicable solution to contentious issues.
Rape case handling shows Mamata in poor light
The efforts of the West Bengal administration, led by the state's first woman Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to play down an Anglo-Indian woman's complaint of being 'raped at gun point' after late ni
Chauhan, Jignas power India to top Asian Archery
Men's compound trio of Rajat Chauhan, Ritul Chatterjee and Chittibomma Jignas ensured India another gold medal after the fancied recurve archers flopped in the first Asian Grand Prix that concluded in
Buddha admits land policy led to left defeat
Admitting that some of his administrative decisions regarding the land acquisition were faulty and it proved costly, ultimately leading to the poll debacles, former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee finally owned up the moral responsibility for the defeats.
PC inaugurates NSG hub, Mamata skips event
The security of the country is a shared responsibility and the central government did not pursue any discriminatory attitude towards the state governments run by other parties, union home minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday here at the inauguration of the National Security Guard (NSG) hub.
Didi desires to daub Kolkata in white and blue
India's famed 'pink city' Jaipur will now have a rival in blue-and-white Kolkata, with the eastern metropolis' parks, road railings, flyovers, taxis and even tree trunks being repainted in the new col
