Kolkata: The Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal will be held in five phases beginning April 17, the Election Commission announced Wednesday. The last round of voting will be held May 12.In the first phase,
Lucknow: Susheel Gupta struck a hat-trick as Bengal blanked Mizoram 5-0 in Pool C of the fourth Hockey India (HI) National Championship at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here Monday.In the second consecutive win for
Kolkata: Former Indian cricketer and Congress MP Mohammed Azharuddin would contest the next Lok Sabha polls from West Bengal on a Congress ticket, state Congresspresident Adhir Chowdhury said."He will contest from West Bengal. The constituencies
Kolkata: The National Commission for Women chief Mamta Sharma on Tuesday met two rape victims from Amta at the Uluberia hospital.She criticised what she called the ‘lethargic attitude' of the West Bengal government.“Such lethargic attitude
Siliguri: Three militants of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), including two chief plotters of the Dec 26 Jalpaiguri blast, were Wednesday arrested from northern West Bengal, police said.The three - KLO action squad's deputy commander-in-chief
Kolkata: Train services were disrupted for nearly 12 hours yesterday as hundreds of irate jute mill workers blocked railway tracks at Titagarh station in Eastern Railway's Sealdah division to demand reopening of their mill.Train services
Kolkata: The poll panel will soon send a detailed security plan for West Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections, said Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi Wednesday after meeting representatives of all political parties as well
Kolkata: A spirited Bengal downed bitter foes Railways by 48 runs in their controversy-filled match to set up a Ranji Trophy semifinal clash against Maharashtra, at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.Set a target of 271,
New Delhi: The one-year-old ruling party in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party, will be focussing on 9 states in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections - Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and
Kolkata: Stepping up their demand for a fare hike, private bus and mini bus operators in West Bengal will go on a 24-hour strike today.As many as five associations - Bengal Bus Syndicate, Joint Council
Ranaghat (West Bengal): At a time when controversy surrounding the alleged sexual harassment of a law intern by former Supreme Court judge raging, a retired judge here was on Saturday granted bail in a nine-year-old
New Delhi: Delhi, Bengal and Baroda romped to easy victories on day three of Ranji Trophy round seven Monday.Delhi trounced Vidarbha by an innings and 156 runs at the Roshanara Ground here to be second
Kolkata: Bengal medium pacer Manojit Ghosh, who was reported of suspect action, has been barred from playing any BCCI organised tournaments. "BCCI's suspect action review committee found the extension of his (Ghosh) arm and elbow
Berhampore (West Bengal): Accused in a 2012 case of attacking the District Magistrate's bungalow in Murshidabad, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has applied for an anticipatory bail.The appeal was made yesterday at
Kolkata: Braving the downpour, people thronged Durga puja pandals to offer their tributes to the goddess on the last day of the five-day festivity.Teary eyed devotees bade an emotional farewell as idols of goddess Durga
Siliguri: There is a threat of the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants carrying out attacks in northern West Bengal during the coming Durga Puja festival, an army source said on Friday.The source in the army
Berhampore (WB): Union minister of state for Railways Adhir Chowdhury, against whom a non-bailable arrest warrant has been issued for alleged conspiracy in a murder case, was today charge sheeted by the police in a
Kolkata: Around 1,000 Christian-run schools remained closed across West Bengal Thursday in protest against police inaction and vandalism of a school following a minor girl student's death Sep 11 allegedly due to ragging.Observing a 'Black
Kolkata: A West Bengal court on Monday granted bail to the school principal who was arrested following the death of a minor girl student after she was allegedly ragged inside the school in North 24-Parganas
Hooghly, West Bengal: At least 114 children were hospitalised in Hooghly district after they were mistakenly given Hepatitis B vaccine orally instead of pulse polio drops.Six persons were suspended for the the lapse that triggered
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