BJP, Left, Congress leaders prevented from visiting riot-hit Basirhat

Bharatiya Janata Party, Left and Congress delegations were on Friday prevented from visiting riot-hit areas in Basirhat by the police even as the situation there remained tense and internet......

Mamata goes for scooter ride to protest fuel prices

In a unique protest against fuel price hike, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday rode pillion on an electric scooter to state secretariat Nabanna.   Banerjee was......

Crude blast kills 7-yr-old in poll-bound Bengal, EC seeks report

A seven-year-old boy was killed and another child injured in a crude bomb explosion in Burdwan city in West Bengal on Monday, triggering tension in the area ahead of the elections amid a political......

WB minister Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigns; 3rd minister to quit Mamata cabinet before polls

West Bengal Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Laxmi Ratan Shukla resigned from his post on Tuesday, giving yet another blow to the ruling Trinamool Congress ahead of the state......