Modi's Bengal strike rate: Less than 50%

The BJP's star campaigner could not help even half the number of candidates for whom he campaigned in his aggressive 'Didi-o-Didi' style in Bengal, reveals Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf. IMAGE:......

Mamata's TMC sweeps aside opposition in West Bengal

Led by mercurial Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress on Thursday stormed back to power in West Bengal getting more than two-thirds majority decimating the opposition Left-Congress alliance......

Mamata assigns portfolios to council of ministers

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday allocated portfolios to her newly sworn-in council of ministers, keeping to herself nine departments, including Home, Land and Land Reforms.......

CPI(M) retains Asansol Lok Sabha seat

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday retained the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal with an improved victory margin when its candidate and party's youth leader Bangshagopal......

Hind Motor plant unlikely to reopen soon: Minister

It is unlikely that the Hindustan Motors plant at Uttarpara that manufactures the iconic Ambassador car will reopen soon, West Bengal Labour Minister Purnendu Bose said on Thursday. "After......

Hindustan Motors scouting for investors to revive Uttarpara plant

Hindustan Motors Limited is scouting for new investors to revive its loss-making Uttarpara plant in West Bengal. "We are looking at all possible options for the revival of the Uttarpara plant,......

Hind Motors to launch LPG cars

Hindustan Motors Limited, the first Indian car company, is planning to launch cars on its ambassador platform with sequential liquefied petroleum gaseous (LPG) injection systems in three months.......