Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: Marxist who wooed capital for industry

Former West Bengal chief minister and a front-ranking Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will go down in the country's history as a pragmatic communist who kept aside his ideological......

37 ministers don't find a place in Modi 3.0

As many as 37 ministers have been dropped from the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term and these include seven with cabinet rank -- prominent among them being Smriti Irani,......

Union minister Subhas Sarkar's Tagore complexion remark stirs row

Union minister Subhas Sarkar courted a controversy on Wednesday with his remarks that Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's mother did not cradle him in her arms when he was a child because of his......

13 Union ministers bite the dust as Modi magic fails

BJP heavyweights Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda, Ajay Mishra Teni and Kailash Chaudhary were among the 13 Union ministers who tasted defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as stunning losses in three......

Bengal to set up new airport, revive small ones

In the wake of growing interest by large industrial groups in West Bengal, the state government has embarked on a plan to revive a number of small airports in the state apart from developing a new......

Jetstar starts low-cost Kolkata-Singapore flights

Jetstar Asia on Thursday launched its international no-frills, low-cost and thrice-a-week flights between Kolkata and Singapore.The budget carrier will operate with one-way tickets to Singapore......

WB petrol pumps remain closed

With no immediate solution in sight, over 2,500 petrol pumps in West Bengal remained closed on Tuesday following a three-day strike evenas Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty invited the West......

Auto LPG: New hope for oil cos

With the West Bengal government banning 15 year-old commercial vehicles from running on the roads in the metropolis and its suburbs, oil companies, which incurred losses for about a year have at......

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......

Kolkata sweeps Maradona off his feet

Soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday said he was surprised by the response of the crazy fans who thronged in thousands to have a glimpse of him as he laid the foundation stone of a......

Amid devilish times, a God lands in Kolkata

In the time of terror and gloom, a God -- undoubtedly on the football field -- has landed in India. When the rest of India was sleeeping, Diego Armando Maradona, the football icon, arrived to a......

Pillay, Pargat, Ashok Kumar 'Walk for Hockey'

Several former Olympians were among around 6,000 sports buffs who took part in a colourful 'Walk for Hockey' to kick start the centenary celebrations of the Bengal Hockey Association in Kolkata on......

India go down in volleyball final

Australia overcame a gallant fightback from India to win a nail-biting five setter and clinch the second Commonwealth Volleyball Championship in Kolkata on Saturday. The final scoreline read 25-18......