SC nod for NRCB's data collection in prisons sans caste

The Supreme Court on Thursday said its direction to delete the 'caste' column apart from any caste reference in undertrials or convicts' registers in jails will not impede the collection of data by......

West Bengal hooch toll rises to 173

With two more deaths being reported on Saturday in the state's worst-ever hooch tragedy in West Bengal, the toll rose to 173, officials said. At the Diamond Harbour sub-divisional hospital, two of......

Hooch toll 171, excise OC suspended in West Bengal

Deaths in the worst-ever hooch tragedy in West Bengal continued unabated on Friday with the toll touching 171 amidst fears of more casualties as authorities suspended the excise officer-in-charge......

Centre-West Bengal engage in fresh tussle over migrants

Opening a new front, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the West Bengal government of not allowing trains to ferry stranded migrants to their home, but the state refuted the charge,......

Business in 2014: West Bengal faces plant closures, ponzi slur

Still waiting for the much-promised poriborton (change) in business climate, the industry in West Bengal had to face plant closures, project suspensions and a stigma of being hotbed of ponzi......

Tata's open letter to West Bengal

After pulling out the Nano project from Singur, Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata asked the people of West Bengal on Friday to support the present government in building a prosperous state or see it......

The Threats To India's Prosperity

Looking under the hood, I see India on the terrible, but commonplace, road to prosperity failure, warns Rathin Roy. IMAGE: Inside a factory in West Bengal. Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters......

Why West Bengal is lagging behind other states

For the Bengal government, there is no alternative to revising user charges and also creating a strong industrial base, rues Ashok Lahiri In March 2014, before the Lok Sabha elections, Professors......

Tendulkar motivates tribal footballers for UNICEF

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar plays a game of friendly football with children for UNICEF at Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium. Photograph: UNICEF One has experienced extreme poverty while the other needs the......

Dope-tainted Gharami becomes 'hero' in times of pandemic

'I had grown up seeing them and now they were not able to feed themselves. I was deeply pained to see them. They are like my extended family so I was happy to help. It was like living a new life.'......