Kolkata gets new police chief

In a swift action, the West Bengal government on Wednesday apppointed senior police officer Gautam Mohan Chakraborty as the new Kolkata police commissioner in place of Prasun Mukherjee who was......

SC order is a setback, says Rizwanur's family

The family of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman described as a "setback" the Supreme Court's order not allowing murder charge to be framed against his industrialist father-in-law Ashok......

Rizwanur case: SC sets aside HC order against Todi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Calcutta high court order for registration of murder case against prominent industrialist Ashok Kumar Todi and some police officers in the mysterious death......

Rizwanur case: Accused cops in judicial custody

Former deputy commissioner of police (detective) Ajay Kumar and two other police officers, included in the chargesheet in the Rizwanur Rahman death case, on Tuesday surrendered before a Kolkata......

Bengal finalises incentives for Tata Motors

The incentive package being offered by the government of West Bengal for the Tata Motors for setting up the small car project in Singur would take into account the concessions offered by the......

NRI offers to buy Great Eastern Hotel

After a number of failed bids to hand over the management and running of West Bengal-owned Great Eastern Hotel, the state government on Friday received a positive response from an NRI businessman......

Darkness at noon in West Bengal

The new economic dawn that Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has been seeking to initiate in West Bengal may have received a severe jolt from two ongoing developments. One is the fallout from......

UK defends multi-million pound aid to India

Britain defended its multi-million pound aid to India, amid demands by ruling Conservative party MPs and others to end it, saying "now is not the time to quit".International aid is among few areas......

'Narendra Modi stadium should learn from Eden Gardens'

IMAGE: The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad under covers because of rain on Sunday. Photograph: BCCI Gearing up to host the big-ticket ODI World Cup final in a few months' time, the gigantic......

Sumariwalla re-elected AFI president

Adille Sumariwalla was re-elected unopposed as the president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for a second term at its Annual General Body Meeting in New Delhi on Friday. Sumariwalla was the......

Dalmiya set to be re-elected CAB president unopposed

BCCI interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to be elected unopposed in a straightforward affair at the Cricket Association of Bengal's 82nd Annual General Meeting in Kolkata, on Tuesday.Dalmiya, who......

Manoj undergoes successful operation

Cricketer Manoj Tiwary, who was injured while practising before the first one-dayer against Bangladesh in Dhaka, has undergone a successful arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder by Dr Andrew Wallace......

Kolkata Police chief is CAB president

Kolkata Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee was on Wednesday elected unopposed as president of the Cricket Association of Bengal in the absence of another candidate. Mukherjee, the first......