The possibility of the Congress joining a Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal brightened following discussions between Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and the Trinamul Congress chief and chief minister-in-waiting. The final decision, however, will be taken by Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Ms Banerjee said she would personally invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mrs Gandhi to her swearing-in ceremony.

The Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, expected to be pushed for Cabinet approval shortly, is all set to be opposed by Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee. Preparing to take charge of West Bengal, Ms Banerjee will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the contentious legislation since the PMO is also inclined to push it for early approval.

City-based seven industry and trade chambers are jointly planning to felicitate Mamata Banerjee after the oath-taking ceremony of the next government with Ms Banerjee as the chief minister.

The public sector oil marketing companies have hiked petrol prices by around `5 per litre in Delhi from Saturday midnight. The prices will vary in different cities due to local taxes. The steepest hike in petrol prices comes after Assembly election results for four states and one Union Territory were declared on Friday.

Initially he wanted to be the Deng Xiaoping (who was instrumental in China’s economic reconstruction following the Great Leap Forward in the early 60s) of Bengal but Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ended up as the Mikhail Gorbachev of the Marxist party. Buddhadeb’s similarity to Gorbachev was evident when he like the former ideologue of

The CBI, probing alleged irregularities committed in awarding contracts related to the CWG, is likely to file chargesheet related to the result update system of the games on May 25. This will be CBI’s first chargesheet related to the agency’ probe into the CWG cases.

After doctors declared their 17-year-old daughter Harshita brain dead and told them that not even a miracle can save her, Asha and Mahender Bharech decided to donate her organs so that she could live through people who benefit from her organs.

Heads have begun rolling in Uttar Pradesh following the “mishandling” of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Greater Noida on May 11.
The CM, on Saturday, transferred ADG NCR Gurbachan Lal and SSP Greater Noida S.N. Singh and replaced them with K.L. Meena and Jyoti Narain respectively. Though

Milk prices in the city are set to go up by `2 from Saturday as Mother Dairy announced a price hike by citing a hike in procurement prices.
“To ensure availability of milk, Mother Dairy is forced to pay an increased procurement price. The procurement price for milk has increased substantially since December

The ouster from the red bastion, West Bengal, and defeat in Kerala has reduced the Left, particularly the CPI(M), to a near- irrelevance in the national politics. The Marxists now, hold power only in Tripura.