Exclusive

Publication

Byline

'Budget a Marich moment and BJP's reverse Robin Hood policy'

Kolkata, Feb. 7 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee during the discussion on the Union Budget in the Parliament on Friday accused the Centre of mastering the art of taking from the poor a... Read More


Basalt mining commences in Deocha Pachami

Kolkata, Feb. 7 -- After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the first day of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) on Wednesday announced that the Deocha-Pachami project, Asia's second-largest coal ... Read More


Clean sweep for TMC in Egra cooperative polls

Kolkata, Feb. 7 -- In a major blow to the BJP, the ruling party in the state Trinamool Congress has secured a spectacular victory in the Alangiri cooperative election in East Midnapore's Egra. In ano... Read More


HC grants accused time to peruse CBI docus before charge framing

Kolkata, Feb. 7 -- The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed counsels of the accused persons, including Sandip Ghosh, ex-principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, "reasonable time" to peruse doc... Read More


About 17 'non-practicing' docs under Health dept scanner

Kolkata, Feb. 7 -- About 17 'non-practicing' doctors are under the scanner of the state Health department and a probing committee has summoned them on February 12. It was alleged these 17 doctors on ... Read More


Ministers Aroop Biswas, Indranil Sen step in to resolve Tollywood crisis

KOLKATA, Feb. 7 -- In a surprising development in the Tollywood industry, the Directors' Association of Eastern India (DAEI) called for a strike Friday onwards over halting the shoot of Srijit Roy's s... Read More


Naihati TMC worker's murder: 2 held from UP

Kolkata, Feb. 7 -- In the murder of a TMC worker in Naihati, Barrackpore City Police has arrested the son of the prime accused along with another person from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh (UP) late on Wedne... Read More


B'deshi citizen living illegally in India for 9 yrs held in Siliguri

Siliguri, Feb. 7 -- After living a peaceful life in India for nearly 9 years using forged documents, a Bangladeshi national was finally arrested by the Bhorer Alo police from Farabari area near Siligu... Read More


Rescued elephant calf finds new home at Jaldapara's Holong Central Pilkhana

Alipurduar, Feb. 7 -- A 20-day-old female elephant calf has found a new home at Holong Central Pilkhana in Jaldapara National Park after being rescued by the Darjeeling Wildlife Division. The calf was... Read More


Less restrictive policy approach only for this meeting: Malhotra

Mumbai, Feb. 7 -- Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday made it clear that the "less restrictive" monetary policy approach, which helped deliver a 0.25 per cent rate cut is only for this mee... Read More