
August 03, 2016 01:00 IST
Earlier, the state government had sent a proposal to the Centre for renaming West Bengal as "Paschim Bango", but that never got the green signal.
Wed, Aug 03, 2016
August 01, 2016 21:39 IST
There were 14,856 residents of Bangladesh enclaves in India and the 921 Indians who have come over from across the borders.
Mon, Aug 01, 2016
July 28, 2016 02:56 IST
Congress sources said that senior AICC leaders had decided to convene a meeting in New Delhi to resolve the logjam.
Thu, Jul 28, 2016
July 27, 2016 05:30 IST
The Opposition leaders said they were consulting legal experts on how to cancel the memberships of the two MLAs, as well as conduct a repoll at their constituencies.
Wed, Jul 27, 2016
July 26, 2016 04:37 IST
While Congress wanted to nominate a candidate from CPM, with which it had contested the Assembly elections, for the post, Bhunia had assumed office as the PAC chairman and also convened its meetings.
Tue, Jul 26, 2016
July 22, 2016 02:42 IST
On PM post ambition, Mamata Banerjee said, "Want to stay in my hut and work in state... don’t want anything more"
Fri, Jul 22, 2016
July 19, 2016 01:30 IST
The announcement came hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told CMO officials that all complaints regarding extortion and syndicate-related crimes must be dealt with quickly.
Tue, Jul 19, 2016
July 18, 2016 04:15 IST
This will ensure that the first instruction they give to their children about Islam is about peace, said Naima Ansari, president of the women’s wing of JIH.
Mon, Jul 18, 2016
July 18, 2016 01:34 IST
Last week, Manas Bhunia accepted the post of chairman of the West Bengal Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) defying pleas from his own party.
Mon, Jul 18, 2016
July 15, 2016 01:05 IST
All members of Opposition parties — Congress and Left Front — are set to stay away.
Fri, Jul 15, 2016
July 14, 2016 03:54 IST
Accusing Mannan of “deliberately misguiding” the party, Bhunia said, His (Mannan’s) intentions were to humiliate and insult me.
Thu, Jul 14, 2016
July 11, 2016 02:37 IST
State committee members sought a plenum to decide a party line to be followed in West Bengal, and one will be organised from September 30 to October 2.
Mon, Jul 11, 2016
July 11, 2016 01:06 IST
He added that party senior leaders did not have confidence in him.
Mon, Jul 11, 2016
July 06, 2016 00:00 IST
A resident of Labhpur in Birbhum district, 25-year-old Mosiruddin has admitted to having links with top ISIS leaders and the JMB through emails, social networking sites and mobile phones.
Wed, Jul 06, 2016
July 05, 2016 13:35 IST
Ahead of the assembly elections in West Bengal when nearly all the state leaders were for pulling for an alliance with the Left Front, Bhunia was the exception who had initially favored a Congress alliance with the TMC
Tue, Jul 05, 2016
July 05, 2016 12:09 IST
Biman Banerjee cites rules, appoints Cong MLA Manas Bhunia as the chairman of Public Accounts Committee.
Tue, Jul 05, 2016
July 02, 2016 02:18 IST
A few hundred BJP supporters who took part in the rally carried placards against ‘Jihadi violence’ and warned attackers.
Sat, Jul 02, 2016
June 28, 2016 02:09 IST
Over 600 people, including students of GKCIET and other institutes and joined by area locals, blocked the National Highway 34 near Rathbari area, throwing the traffic out of gear.
Tue, Jun 28, 2016
June 27, 2016 01:19 IST
When contacted, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Mayukh Roy, admitted there was a confusion.
Mon, Jun 27, 2016
June 25, 2016 03:31 IST
Simplifying taxation laws, reducing administrative costs on cards
Sat, Jun 25, 2016
June 25, 2016 02:27 IST
Focus on social infrastructure, MSME, capital expenditure
Sat, Jun 25, 2016
June 23, 2016 03:18 IST
A hunger strike that began with 29 students has seen several of them fall sick due to the heat, with 11 of them still continuing the agitation.
Thu, Jun 23, 2016
June 20, 2016 03:33 IST
Complainant Ratna Chatterjee claimed she had not mentioned anyone’s name in the FIR but had only said that the sting operation had adversely affected her reputation as well as her husband’s and requested police to investigate the matter.
Mon, Jun 20, 2016
June 15, 2016 00:40 IST
Senior CPM leader and former state finance minister Asim Dasgupta said the Centre has done a lot of talks and it now needs to act.
Wed, Jun 15, 2016
June 14, 2016 06:16 IST
The Bengali film industry said the decision would allow filmmakers to work with a lot of freedom.
Tue, Jun 14, 2016





