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Ex-Jharkhand CM meets Birbhum gang-rape victim

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 23:59

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on today met the 20-year-old tribal woman who was gang-raped allegedly on the orders of a kangaroo court at Labhpur in Birbhum district last month.

Mamata cold shoulders demand for CBI probe into chitfund scam

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 23:31

Virtually cold-shouldering Opposition CPI(M)`s demand for a CBI enquiry into the Saradha chitfund scam in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said similar probes into incidents in Singur and Nandigram had not yielded results.

Incidents of rape were higher during LF regime: Mamata

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 21:20

In the face of Opposition criticism on rising cases of rape in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said such incidents were higher during the previous Left Front regime.

Mamata cold shoulders demand for CBI probe into Saradha chitfund scam

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 20:02

Cold-shouldering CPI(M)`s demand for CBI enquiry into Saradha chitfund scam in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee said similar probes into incidents in Singur and Nandigram had not yielded results.

Congress sinking ship, Left will face further rejection: Mamata

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 18:34

The Congress-led UPA government was a sinking ship and would not return to power while the Left would face further rejection by the people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.

Somnath Chatterjee admitted to hospital with chest infection

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 18:28

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has been admitted to a city nursing home with chest infection, sources said on Monday.

Prez to inaugurate AMU`s off-campus centre in Murshidabad on February 20

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 17:37

President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the off-campus centre of the Aligarh Muslim University at Murshidabad in West Bengal on February 20.

Mamata calls interim budget election gimmick

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 16:34

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today criticised the central government on the interim budget, saying it was an election gimmick.

Gang members who escaped from prison van arrested

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 13:32

Two members of a gang who had escaped from a prison van on way to a court at Chinsura in Hoogly district by spraying chilli powder on accompanying policemen were arrested from here.

31 IIM-Kolkata students seek Trinamool Congress internship

Last Updated: Monday, February 17, 2014, 13:27

31 students of the elite Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here are vying for an internship with the ruling Trinamool Congress to be a part of the party`s Lok Sabha war-room.