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Re-polling starts in Manipur amid tight security »
4th Feb, 2012, Imphal: Re-polling has started at thirty-four polling posts in Manipur’s hill districts. Re-polling began in the midst of tight security considering the threats from insurgent groups. Added security measures were called for because the...
Kolkata police caught Nigerian citizen for cyber crime case »
3rd Feb, 2012, Puducherry: On Wednesday night, Kolkata Police’s bank fraud detection division arrested a Nigerian citizen in connection with cyber crime offence. A case against him was registered in West Bengal. On 11th January, an e-fraud...
Congress’ Manoj Chakrabarty calls Mamata, a dictator »
18th Jan, 2012, Kolkata: The bitter confrontation between TMC and Congress are still going forward. After the show down regarding renaming Indira Bhawan, now its Congress’ Manoj Chakrabarty who accused the chief minister of acting in a...
Heavy snowfall cut off Kashmir from the rest of the nation »
Kashmir remained cut off from the rest of the country because of continuous heavy to moderate snowfall in the valley. The Srinagar-Jammu highway, which is the valley’s only road link with the rest of the country, got...
Pranab asks state leadership not to escalate tensions with TMC »
Pranab Mukherjee, the union finance minister has asked the PCC leaders to listen to Shakeel Ahmed’s advice and control themselves to make comment about their ally TMC in order to calm down the recent tensions between them....
Principal of Rampurhat College filed FIR against TMCP »
Shibashis Bandyopadhyay, the principal of Rampurhat College filed an FIR against TMCP, the student wing of Trinamool, at the Rampurhat police station. On Wednesday, the principal fell sick in his chamber after an agitation by the students....
North India gearing up for Lohri festival »
The whole of North India, especially the Punjabi community, is gearing up for Lohri, the harvest festival. This festival marks the end of winter season and the start of a new harvest season. This festival is celebrated...
Special bus services for Pongal in Tamil Nadu »
Jayalalithaa, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu announced special bus service for the Pongal festive rush. From 12th to 17th January, more than five thousand buses will be operating throughout the state connecting various regions of the...
Jorebungalow meets with first snowfall of the season »
Jorebungalow, 8 kilometers from Darjeeling, experienced an hour long snowfall, on Tuesday. Tourists, who came to Darjeeling, made their way in large numbers to have a glance of the fall in this otherwise less-travelled area. It was around 2pm...
India’s first big cat rescue centre in Sunderbans »
The very first tiger rescue centre in India is going to be ready within three months. The rescue centre will be developed at Jharkhali in the Sunderbans. The centre will be very close to the main forest....
Common Code for College Elections in WB »
On Sunday, West Bengal Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu told that the state government is working on common codes for college elections. The aim of the common poll code is to make the election more disciplined. On...
Teacher in Charge to Quit After Campus Terror »
Jayashree Das, the teacher in charge of Agrasen College in Dalkhola, has decided to step down from her post showing insecurity after Dilip Dey Sarkar, a college principal in Raiganj allegedly beaten by TMC activists. Jayashree Das...
Darjeeling May be Categorized as a Backward Region »
After a meeting with Roshan Giri, the general secretary of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha; the West Bengal chief minister has decided to ask the centre to mark Darjeeling as a backward region so the district gets all the...
TMC Candidate Subrata Bakshi Wins Calcutta – South By-Poll »
As expected, the by-election for the Calcutta – South Lok Sabha seat won by TMC’s Subrata Bakshi. Breaking all the previous records, he won it by 230099 votes. Last time, during the 2009 Lok Sabha election, TMC...
Group of Interlocutors Offer to Resign »
Days after the Maoist leader Kishan’ji killed by the joint security forces in the forest of Burishole in West Midnapore; the team of government appointed interlocutors have submitted their resignation to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee...
Bengal CM Defends the Killing of Kishan’ji »
Yesterday, West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee addressed a rally in South Calcutta, where she broke her silence regarding the death of the Maoist leader Kishan’ji. She defended the encounter by the joint security forces. She told...
Maoist Leader Kishan’ji Killed by Security Forces »
Last evening Mallojula Koteshvar Rao, the CPI (Maoist) leader, popularly known as Kishan’ji, was killed by the joint security forces in an encounter. According to the police, the person who is killed is 99 per cent Kishen’ji...
‘Change’ Makes its Way to Kolkata International Film Festival »
‘Change’. This is the slogan what Mamata Banerjee had set before the last assembly election. ‘Change’ has not only entered in Bengal politics; it has also entered at the 17th Kolkata International Film Festival. Yesterday, at the...
Trinamul Threatens to Quit UPA »
Yesterday, Trinamul Congress threatened to quit the UPA government. The party MPs are not happy as Congress is taking one-sided decision in raising the prices of petroleum products. Yesterday at the Writer’s Building, the chief minister of...
CPI(M) Announces Their Calcutta-South By-Election Candidate »
Trinamool Congress has already announced Subrata Bakshi’s name as their candidate for Calcutta-South by election and yesterday CPI(M) announced their candidate for the election to be held on 30th November. It was expected that the party will...
