West Bengal government on Thursday declared 730 days Child Care Leave (CCL) for working mothers employed by the state government, apart from their scheduled maternity leaves, during their entire servi

The four-day session of the CPI(M) politburo and central committee meeting began in Kolkata on Tuesday. Significantly, this is the last party apex body meet before the 20th party Congress slated to be held in Kerala to finalise the contour line of the party’s political resolution and ideological document. “Details of the ensuing party Congress will form the main agenda in the central committee meeting,” CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said.

The horror of crib deaths in West Bengal returned on Wednesday with seven infants, aged between three hours to three months, dying in a 24-hour period in a hospital in Malda district.

The crib deaths

Six AMRI Hospital directors, jailed in connection with the December 9, 2011, fire in the medical centre that claimed 94 lives on Wednesday approached a court here seeking facilities like bed, newspape

Pointing out that the neo-liberal policies as pursued by the Congress-led UPA 2 government is the root cause of the ongoing financial crisis plaguing the country, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday said that what was needed was a complete reversal of it.

Will former chief minister of Kerala V.S. Achuthanandan be re-inducted in the CPI(M) politburo in the wake of a case of nepotism (land-related) slapped by the UDF government? Speculation is rife in the CPI(M) circles on the eve of the party politburo and central committee meeting which begins in Kolkata on Tuesday.

The Congress has paid the price for criticising its big brother Trinamul Congress in the ruling alliance in West Bengal. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday reshuffled her council of ministers and reportedly axed Manoj Chakraborty (who recently attacked the Trinamul Congress) as minister of state for parliamentary affairs and micro and small-scale enterprises and textiles departments.

The script four years ago was as good as over soon after it started. Any youngster, irrespective of how talented he is, finds it extremely difficult to get going Down Under especially when coming on t

Mocking the West Bengal government's initiative to attract investments by organising business summit 'Bengal Leads 2012', the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the state's main opposition part

The world's largest cellphone maker Nokia on Tuesday asked for a quick price correction in 3G services in India to make it affordable to the lower-end consumers.

"Pricing has to be corrected (for bet