Kolkata | 15 hours ago
WBHIDCO to e-auction Rajarhat plots
Kolkata, May 16 - The West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corp - is mulling introducing e-auction to sell plots at Rajarhat on the northeastern fringes of Kolkata, an official said Wednesday.In a step toward greater transparency, we are trying to introduce the e-auction system, WBHIDCO chairman and managing director Debashis Sen said here.Bids will be invited for setting up restaurants, ... read more

Kolkata | 1 day ago
Hawkers should not be evicted: Mahasweta Devi
Kolkata, May 16 - With the West Bengal government deciding to issue permits to Kolkata's hawkers without earmarking any permanent hawking zone, Magsaysay awardee Mahasweta Devi Tuesday said the hawkers should not be evicted as they were also part of the society.The hawkers should not be evicted. They are part of the society. They should not be evicted on humanitarian grounds. The government should ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Apex court issues notices on Kalighat temple entry
New Delhi, May 15 - The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to the central and West Bengal governments on a petition that devotees be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Kolkata-based Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the deity.An apex court vacation bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay issued the notice after it was told that devotees were not allowed to ente ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Apex court notice on entry to Kalighat temple
New Delhi, May 15 - The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the centre and the West Bengal government on a petition seeking that devotees be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Kolkata-based Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the presiding deity.An apex court vacation bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay issued the notice after it was told that devotees were ... read more

Gurgaon | 2 days ago
Maid jumps to death in Gurgaon, employers booked
Gurgaon, May 14 - A 19-year-old girl who worked as a domestic help here allegedly committed suicide Monday by jumping from the ninth floor of an apartment building.Sultana leapt to her death from a flat's balcony in the multi-storey Taarika Apartments in Sector 43, according to police.The girl, who hailed from West Bengal's Dakshin Dinajpur district, was working as a domestic help for Manjeet Sing ... read more

Kolkata | 3 days ago
Trinamool celebrates poll victory anniversary
Kolkata, May 13 - With Rabindra Sangeet and other age-old popular Bengali songs playing in the background, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday led a huge, colourful procession covering various parts the city to celebrate the first anniversary of the historic victory of her Trinamool Congress in the assembly polls.The triumph of the Trinamool Congress-Congress-Socialist Unity Centre o ... read more

Kolkata | 3 days ago
Nobody expecting mid-term poll: Karat
Kolkata, May 13 - CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat Sunday said that nobody is expecting mid-term Lok Sabha elections, reacting to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's comment that there were reports that general elections were imminent.I don't know. Nobody is expecting a midterm poll now, Karat said.On Friday, Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minister, purportedly told her party workers ... read more

Kolkata | 4 days ago
PCI chief Katju praises Mamata
Kolkata, May 12 - Describing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a person of outstanding quality and very honest, Press Council of India chairman Markandeya Katju Saturday asked the media to see her viewpoint while criticising her.Speaking to mediapersons after meeting Banerjee at the state secretariat, Katju said she was free from corruption and there was no allegation of scam against ... read more

New Delhi | 4 days ago
Early polls? Mamata says she didn't say that
New Delhi, May 12 - Shortly after the Congress rebutted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reported comment that India may see early Lok Sabha elections, the Trinamool Congress denied the statement.Banerjee was reported to have told her party workers Friday to prepare for early polls. The comment did not go down well with the Congress, which leads the ruling United progressive Alliance ... read more

New Delhi | 4 days ago
No mid-term polls, Congress says
New Delhi, May 12 - The Congress Saturday refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamama Banerjee's claim that parliamentary elections will be held ahead of schedule.I have not gone through the statement by Banerjee but one thing is clear: UPA-II - will complete its term and elections will be held on schedule -, Congress spokesperson Rashid Aliv said.There is no question of any mid-term poll. The Manmo ... read more