Dhaka | 19 hours ago
Indian boy, grandparents freed from Bangladesh jail
Dhaka/New Delhi, April 29 - In a gesture of goodwill, the Bangladesh authorities Sunday released a five-year-old Indian boy, Ariful Sheikh, who spent nearly a year in a Bangladesh jail along with his grandparents after they crossed the border to meet their ailing relatives.The boy was reunited with his parents after the Border Guard Bangladesh handed him along with his grandparents to the BSF at t ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
India returns Bangladeshi Air Force cadet to Dhaka
New Delhi, April 26 - A Bangladeshi Air Force cadet, who force-landed his trainer plane on the Indian side of the border in West Bengal due to bad weather, was Thursday returned to Dhaka, an official said here.'The cadet was flown back to Dhaka Thursday afternoon from Kolkata by an AN-32 transport plane of the Indian Air Force -,' the official said.The cadet, identified as Rashid Sheikh, had taken ... read more

Dhaka | 5 days ago
Indian boy of five languishes in Bangladesh jail
Dhaka, April 25 - A five-year-old Indian boy and his grandparents are lodged in a Bangladesh jail for a year since the process for their confirmation as Indian nationals has taken up a lot of time, a media report said Wednesday.The boy, Ariful Haq Seikh, his grandfather Hasim Uddin Seikh, 55, and grandmother Maforza Khatun, 50, are languishing in Kushtia jail for entering Bangladesh without vali ... read more

Kolkata | 12 days ago
Bengal schoolboy brings pistol to shoot principal
Kolkata, April 17 - A high school student in West Bengal's Murshidabad district was caught with a gun and bullets which he had brought purportedly to kill the principal who had earlier scolded him.The student studying in Gangadas Vidyapith in Domkal, some 200 km away from Kolkata, took out a home-made pistol from his bag and pointed at the principal who had scolded him a day earlier for bringing a ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Left walks out over newspaper ban, to meet Bengal governor
Kolkata, March 29 - The opposition Left Front staged a walkout from the West Bengal assembly for the third consecutive day Thursday after its adjournment motion on the newspaper ban issue was disallowed.Our move for adjournment motion against the government order banning mass circulating dailies from state libraries was disallowed. We are not being given an opportunity to discuss the order, Leader ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Mamata strips non-Trinamool panchayat heads of power
Kolkata, March 27 - The opposition Left Front in the West Bengal assembly Tuesday staged a walk out after an adjournment motion by it against a government order stripping panchayat heads of their financial powers was disallowed by the Speaker.The adjournment motion was mooted by former panchayat and rural development minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist - leader Anisur Rahman.The motion w ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Trinamool Congress: wins politics, fails governance
Kolkata, March 25 - Haunted by scams and bullied by its allies, the Congress may have appeased Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by paving way for her nominees to enter the Rajya Sabha, but the development has rekindled discontent among West Bengal Congress members.Party workhorse Abdul Mannan had to withdraw from the race at the eleventh hour, which allowed all the four Trinamool nominees ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
India's infant mortality worse than neighbours: Azad
New Delhi, March 20 - Admitting that high infant mortality was a big health issue for the nation, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday told parliament that India's situation is worse than most of its neighbours.Comparing India with its neighbours, the health minister said only Pakistan was comparable to India. In India, the infant mortality rate - is 47 per thousand live births which translate ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Farakka barrage to get new sluice gates: Bansal
Kolkata, March 3 - Stating that the existing sluice gates of the Farakka Barrage were too old to function, Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Saturday said they will be replaced with new ones in the next five years.The existing sluice gates of Farakka Barrage are too old to function properly. New gates will be installed within the next five years, Bansal told reporters after inspect ... read more

2 months ago
Bangladeshi in fake currency racket nabbed in Bengal
Murshidabad -, Feb 17 - A Bangladeshi national said to be involved in circulating fake Indian currency and wanted by Mumbai police was arrested in Murshidabad in West Bengal late Thursday night. Stacks of counterfeit notes and arms were recovered from him.'Sadiqul Islam, a Bangladeshi national, was arrested last night with fake currency notes with a face value of over Rs.15,000. He is suspected to ... read more