Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday made a passionate appeal to the people to return to the CPI(M) fold.

After laying the entire blame for the crushing electoral drubbing on the CPI(M), the CPI has now raised a question about the existing structure of the Left Front. Insinuating the big brother party for “its unilateral way of functioning,” CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan asked: “Why the chairman of the Left Front should always be a CPI(M) leader.

The cyclonic storm “Thane” which lashed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands left hundreds of tourists stranded there, reviving memories of the December 2004 tsunami which ravaged the islands. Most of the tourists were from West Bengal.

With an eye on the coming rural polls, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to replace panchayat affairs and rural development minister Chandranath Sinha by Subrata Mukherjee. Mr Sinha will be given the minister of statistics and programme implementation department.

Four members of a family were found dead at a locked flat under mysterious circumstances at Kankurgachhi in Manicktala, in Kolkata, on Monday. The flat, situated at the ground floor of the four-storeyed VRS Estate quarters in CIT Scheme, was bolted from inside for over 24 hours, according to preliminary investigations.

Smitten by the national rage Kolaveri Di sung by south Indian film star Dhanush, the Kolkata traffic police is literally humming 'Why this herogiri di?' these days, urging errant bikers to wear helmet

Four persons, including the first wife of the kingpin in the illicit liquor death case Noor Islam Sheikh, alias Khora Badshah, were caught early on Sunday by a CID team.

The CPI(M) is in an ideological bind. While some want to toe the China model of communism, another section advocates emulating communism of Latin American countries.

Rattled by the overall criticism of the appalling healthcare system in the state, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced a slew of projects, including the creation of seven health districts to upgrade and improve the existing healthcare infrastructure.

The Criminal Investigation Department of West Bengal police has arrested three people in connection with the hooch tragedy earlier this month that left at least 171 dead in South 24 Parganas district.