Nearly 75 pc vote in first phase of WB polls

Polling in the first phase of assembly elections covering six northern districts of West Bengal on Monday saw a high turnout of 74.27 per cent with no major untoward incident reported.State Chief......

West Bengal: Left Front issues gag order

In the wake of two members of the coalition demanding advancing of the 2011 Assembly elections following its repeated electoral debacles in West Bengal, the ruling Left Front has issued a gag order......

WB minister demands action against home secretary

West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen, whose statement on Maoist links with the Trinamool Congress put the administration in an uncomfortable position, had more trouble on Tuesday, when a senior......

Left Front to stop land acquisition in Nandigram

Bowing to pressure from allies, the Communist Party of India-Marxist led Left Front on Saturday decided to immediately stop land acquisition in Nandigram and withdraw the police from there in......

Mamata stalls Singur impasse resolution

A solution to the Singur issue ran into rough weather on Sunday when Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee raised certain objects after a consensus was understood to have been reached between......

'Acquired land at Singur cannot be returned'

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday turned down the Trinamool Congress' demand that the land of the unwilling farmers at Singur, acquired for the Tata Motors small car......

Industrialisation: Left for 'standstill' policy

A 120-acre city centre in Kharagpur, about 100 km from Kolkata, became the first casualty of the CPI-M-led Left Front government's poor showing in the recent general elections. More such projects......

Amartya Sen, Home in the World

Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Born in 1933, Amartya Sen......

Bengal PWD steps in to get Eden ready by Feb 7

With ICC president Sharad Pawar reportedly setting February 7 as the deadline to prepare Eden Gardens for the India-England World Cup match, the West Bengal PWD on Sunday stepped in to help the......

IPL cheerleaders under fire

Cheerleaders will not be banned during Indian Premier League cricket matches in Mumbai. However, they may have to shed their skimpy outfits, as the police warned of action against the organisers if......