Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy, party chief Mamata Banerjee's Man Friday who had defied Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was not only denied a cabinet rank on Tuesday but also shunted out as minister o

On the day M.F. Husain died, two of his paintings went under the hammer at Christie’s in London, amid expectations worldwide, and heightened in India, that the death will now increase the value of his works.
The expectations were both belied and fulfilled at Christie’s auction in London on Thursday. Lot-116, Sita with the

The Congress Monday described as “uncivilised” Kerala chief minister V.S. Achutanandan’s calling Rahul Gandhi a “Amul baby”, and the party spokesman said such a comment by a person “about to become history” was an “insult” to India’s youth.

West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Monday admitted receiving Union home minister P. Chidambaram’s letter and said he would send a befitting reply. At a party rally at Dum Dum, Mr Bhattacharjee claimed Mr Chidambaram had sent the letter at the behest of the Trinamul Congress. “In Delhi, Congress and Trinamul have a joint morcha and Mr Chidambaram has written this letter to please his partner,” he said.

Left red-faced by Union home minister P. Chidambaram’s strongly-worded letter, the Left Front government in West Bengal has decided to go on the offensive against the Centre. Mr Bhattacharjee’s reply, which he may send on Tuesday, is likely to be combative. Mr Bhattacharjee’s confrontation with Mr Chidambaram would be a significant development because the two shared a good rapport; Mr Bhattacharjee had always lauded Mr Chidambaram’s tough stand against the Maoists.

Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta high court, who has been indicted by a judicial committee, on Friday claimed that the impeachment motion against him has defects and Parliament cannot discuss the

Railway minister and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee suffered minor “chest injuries” after her convoy was hit by a lorry while she was returing to Kolkata from her Lalgarh rally on Monday evening. Doctors advised her complete rest, so she will not be able to attend Parliament for some days.

Confusion prevails in the controversy relating to the complaints filed by the railway ministry for showing the railway minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, modelling for a particular brand of rubber slippers

The Trinamul Congress inflicted a crushing defeat on the Left Front in Sunday’s civic elections across West Bengal and won a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, bagging 95 seats in the 141-member body. Its first-ever victory in the municipality of upscale Salt Lake came as the icing on the cake.