Bengal bandh: BJP workers clash with police

Bharatiya Janata Party workers clashed with the police at several places across West Bengal on Wednesday as they tried to enforce a 12-hour shutdown, which had a mixed impact in the state. IMAGE:......

CBI to probe financial irregularities at RG Kar hospital

The Calcutta high court on Friday ordered the transfer of the probe into the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of its former principal Sandip......

Woman worker killed, BJP cadres protest across WB

Barely two days ahead of the sixth phase of parliamentary polls, a woman Bharatiya Janata Party worker from the Scheduled Caste community was killed in Nandigram in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur......

'Mamata contained Sandeshkhali situation well in time before BJP...'

'One Sandeshkhali won't turn around women's perception of Mamata Banerjee in this state' IMAGE: Actor-politician Saayoni Ghosh is contesting on a TMC ticket from Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat.......

Syndicate Bank fiasco: Bhushan Steel's chequered past

Till he hit the headlines as co-accused in the alleged Syndicate Bank bribery scam, Neeraj Singal, Bhushan Steel’s vice-chairman and managing director, was raring to drive the company from......

The answer to Maoism? People-friendly growth

The challenge of Maoism can be met with equitable and inclusive socio-economic progress, writes B G Verghese. The Supreme Court on May 7 ruled that natural resources were national assets that......

How displaced people restart their lives

Shanti Mondol, 30, and her husband decided to run away when Nandigram was being evicted. They had to take refuge in a village 50 km away and were left with no sources of livelihood or income to......

Let Pune's Magarpatta show the way

The Magarpatta Township Project in Pune is a case study today in 'inclusive' development. About 120 farmers came together to be masters of their own economic destiny. They pooled around 400 acres......