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Oppn running false campaign over OBC reservation: Mamata

Kolkata, June 16 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed concern over what she described as a "false campaign" by the Opposition regarding OBC reservations. The remarks were made during... Read More


Digha Dham: State cracks down on overpricing at hotels, inflated toto fares

Kolkata, June 16 -- Following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's displeasure over rising hotel room rates and inflated toto fares in Digha during a Rath Yatra preparatory meeting at Digha Jagannath Dham... Read More


Dolomite siding in Madarihat: Will ask Chief Secy to take up matter with Railway Ministry, says Mamata

Kolkata, June 16 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday promptly reacted to an issue of large-scale environmental pollution allegedly caused through a dolomite siding area belonging to the Railwa... Read More


BJP MLA suspended for disrupting Assembly

Kolkata, June 16 -- The Bengal Assembly witnessed high drama on Monday after BJP MLA Manoj Kumar Oraon was marshalled out and suspended for a day for allegedly trying to disrupt the proceedings of the... Read More


TMC wins co-op bank election in Hooghly's Konnagar

Kolkata, June 16 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has secured a spectacular victory in the Konnagar Nabagram Cooperative Bank election. A Trinamool Congress leader from Hooghly alleged that CPI(M) did... Read More


Wrongfully deported to B'desh, 3 Indians rescued & brought back

Cooch Behar, June 16 -- In a shocking incident, three Indian nationals from Bengal - Nazimuddin Mondal and Minarul Sheikh of Murshidabad and Mustafa Kamal of East Burdwan - were wrongfully deported to... Read More


Central Kolkata: HC orders KMC and police to act on 'rebuilt' illegal building

Kolkata, June 16 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the deputy commissioner of police (central) to personally oversee the vacating of illegal occupants and the demolition of reconstructed u... Read More


Indian truckers protest, demand curb of Bhutanese truck access to B'desh

Siliguri, June 16 -- A protest erupted at the India-Bangladesh border in Fulbari near Siliguri as Indian truck drivers and owners launched an indefinite hunger strike, demanding the restriction of Bhu... Read More


Siliguri: Fake Aadhaar card racket busted, 7 arrested

Siliguri, June 16 -- The Special Operation Group (SOG) of Siliguri Metropolitan Police, along with Bhaktinagar Police Station, busted a fake Aadhaar card racket operating under the guise of a photogra... Read More


Over 500 workers from Cong, BJP & CPI(M) join Trinamool

Malda, June 16 -- In a major political shift, over 500 workers from the Congress, CPI(M) and the BJP joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the Hamidpur region of the Mothabari Assembly Constituency. ... Read More