How BJP's Chanakya met his waterloo in Bengal

The BJP could win only 16 out of the 57 seats in Bengal where Amit Shah campaigned, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Anilchandra Shah on a roadshow......

RS polls in West Bengal begin

The biennial elections for five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal began in Kolkata Tuesday morning as six candidates put up fight for berths in the Upper House.With the Congress putting up the......

Is Haldia Mamata Banerjee's Singur?

Dipankar DasguptaProfessor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 'Loss of ownership rights over land assets was a primary cause underlying the Singur struggle, whereas the Haldia......

Kolkata's iconic Coffee House faces commercial dilemma

Paribartan (change) in Bengal appears to have caught up with even the iconic Coffee House, a regular hangout for this city’s intellectuals. It is renting out its historical premises on......

Despite Nano pullout, Tata still largest employer in West Bengal

  The group employs around 35,000 people across its various companies A few weeks ago, Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry had said if there was an opportunity in West Bengal, absolutely nothing......

Bengal is worst among 5 indebted states

Sitting on a huge debt burden of close to Rs two lakh crore, West Bengal government's finances are the worst among five highly-indebted states in the country, a noted economist attached with the......

East Bengal name team for AFC Cup match

National Football League champions East Bengal announced a 20-member team for the February 10 AFC Cup away opener against Singapore's Geylang United FC, with coach Subhas Bhowmick banking heavily......