Canning : Stepping up her anti-Centre tirade, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh several times to protest against fertiliser price hike but to no avail, and she could not do anymore. “I have met the Prime Minister 10 times. I cannot do more than this. […]

Kolkata: The six Congress ministers in the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal would resign on Saturday and withdraw support to it. The Congress ministers would seek an appointment with the chief minister today to submit their resignations and also meet Governor MK Narayanan to withdraw support. “The WBPCC would meet at 11:30 am today. […]

Mangalore: Three persons of West Bengal origin, two of them minors were arrested by the Barke police on Friday on the charges of circulating counterfeit currency. Nearly 400 notes of Rs 500 denomination were recovered from them. The arrested are Niranjan Chowdhury (22), Sunil Chowdhury (14) and Mannu Choudhary (15). The main accused in this […]

Mangalore: Two persons of West Bengal origin were arrested by the Barke police on July 26, Thursday for possessing counterfeit currency. The arrest took place at a commercial complex and the currency seized by them was worth Rs 5.5 lakh.  Investigations are underway and more details are awaited.  

Kolkata: After reports of over 30 deaths, apparently due to intense heat wave in southern West Bengal, the state administration has started taking precautionary measures. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the education department to order the schools to extend the summer holidays till June 17. The intense heat has even forced advocates of the […]

Kolkata: West Bengal ruled by CPI (Marxist)-led Left Front, elected by ballot and guided by 2 CMs for the last 34 years (24 under Jyothi Basu), is facing elections again today with about 6 crores of voters. The Phase 1st polls end at 5pm. It is one of the toughest challenges before democracy, and the […]