A speeding private cab ran into a young woman in Dabri area on Friday morning, killing her one-year-old son, the police said. The deceased child has been identified as Manish. The incident took place at around 9 am when the victim’s mother, Sushma, was returning home from market with her son. A private cab, which was reportedly speeding, ran into the women, knocking the duo on the ground.

So, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has done the impossible: Removed the CPI(M)-led Left Front from power in West Bengal. The ruling CPI(M) which was considered invincible has been routed. One woman has demolished the Red Fort.

A script that eventually turned out to be a blockbuster for the Trinamul Congress as noted thespian Bratya Basu and National Award-winning actor Debashree Roy turned out to be the “giant killers”.

As the results for the Assembly elections in the Union Territory were announced on Friday, it became clear that the All-India N.R. Congress (AINRC) was heading for a huge victory.

The Congress on Friday taunted the BJP and the Left parties trying to emerge as an alternative to the UPA, asking them to learn the “right lessons” and stop attempts to destabilise the Centre. “In this election more than 828 Assembly seats went to polls. A national party (BJP), which claims to form the government there... could not win

In what can only be described as a landslide victory, Mr Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and his mother Ms Vijayamma have posted the highest winning margins in the prestigious by-elections in Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula Assembly constituencies respectively.

Senior Congress leader and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the party has not taken a decision on joining a Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal.

With the DMK having been routed in the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, political pundits are keen to know what fate awaits Rajya Sabha MP and DMK chief Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi when the order on her bail plea is pronounced on Saturday. Will she be arrested or not?

Ms Mamata Banerjee’s “dream team” at Writers’ Buildings, the state secretariat, is likely to include former Ficci secretary-general Amit Mitra, who has been her close adviser on economic policy and handling the party’s relationship with Indian industry. He could get either the finance or industry portfolios.

Preparations for celebrations began at Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee’s Harish Chatterjee Street residence even before the polling had begun. Such was the confidence of the party supporters about the victory that a large number of youth, including women with green abir in one hand and party flag in the other, started pouring in immediately after the sunrise.