After AMRI director R.S. Agarwal, an accused in the hospital fire, pleaded he was unwell and could not come to the court, a city court judge on Monday went to the ambulance to speak to him.

Agarwal,

Britannia Industries, India's largest biscuits and bakery company, on Saturday indicated that it may raise prices of its products due to soaring distribution and raw materials costs, but the overall p

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's mother Gayatri Devi passed away at a hospital here on Saturday morning following an illness. She was 81.

"The chief minister's mother passed away around 8

Noting that India's current account deficit has become 'too enlarged', a Planning Commission member on Saturday called for a more restrained fiscal deficit.

"Our current account deficit has become mu

Vijay Singh-trained Dandified was brilliantly ridden by C Alford to win the Nonali Stud Calcutta Gold Cup, the main event of the races here on Saturday.

Results
1. The Obligado Handicap 1600 m: Lough

At least 56 persons died while 120 others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor at hooch dens on Tuesday night at Sangrampur village at Mograhat in South 24-Parganas. It is feared the death toll will go up.

They have not been on the best of terms over the Singur protests. But after the AMRI Hospital fire tragedy, Tata Group boss Ratan Tata has words of praise for Mamata Banerjee, and the West Bengal chie

Seven persons were today arrested in connection with the hooch tragedy in South 24 Parganas district even as the West Bengal Government ordered a CID investigation into the incident.

Making a statem

Lure of more money leads liquor manufacturers to take to setting up spurious liquor distilleries, with the administration as well as politicians turning a blind eye - till a tragedy like the liquor de

Six people were killed and three others were in serious condition after consuming spurious liquor in a West Bengal town, police said.

The incident took place in Sangrampur in South 24-Parganas distr