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Calcutta HC bans battery powered rickshaws

Last Updated: Friday, June 6, 2014, 23:48

The Calcutta High Court today ordered the district administration in Howrah and Hooghly districts to stop running of battery-operated rickshaws.

AAP West Bengal unit joins BJP, senior Congress leader to join

Last Updated: Friday, June 6, 2014, 23:46

Following the spectacular rise of the BJP in the state, the entire West Bengal unit of AAP today merged with it, while a senior Congress leader was likely to do so in the coming days.

WB women`s panel demands removal of Visva Bharti VC

Last Updated: Friday, June 6, 2014, 18:29

After receiving fresh complaints of alleged sexual harassment against Visva-Bharati University Vice-Chancellor Sushanta Datta Gupta, the West Bengal Commission for Women has appealed to Modi and the HRD minister to remove him.

Tourism and tea garden development to help tribals: Mamata

Last Updated: Thursday, June 5, 2014, 19:33

Development of tourism and tea gardens would pave the way for the development of tribal people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today.

Man lynched in Purulia, West Bengal

Last Updated: Thursday, June 5, 2014, 15:57

A man was allegedly lynched at a kangaroo court in West Bengal`s Purulia district and five persons have been arrested in connection with it, police said.

President Pranab Mukherjee to visit West Bengal today

Last Updated: Thursday, June 5, 2014, 02:48

President Pranab Mukherjee will on Thursday visit West Bengal to inaugurate the 150th birth anniversary of educationist Acharya Satis Chandra Mukherjee.

TMC MLA alleges police attack on his car, vows legal action

Last Updated: Thursday, June 5, 2014, 01:32

Trinamool Congress MLA Arjun Singh alleged that his car was attacked by police when he was passing by the Baranagar Police Station area.

Eight trapped in Howrah building roof collapse rescued

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 22:53

Eight residents - six women and two men - who were trapped in an old four-storey building after a portion of its roof collapsed at Salkia in West Bengal`s Howrah district, were on Wednesday rescued unhurt.

Left asks governor to save Bengal from Trinamool`s `witch-hunt`

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 22:34

Accusing the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government of launching a "witch-hunt to stop the voice of democracy" in West Bengal, the opposition Left Front Wednesday submitted a memorandum to Governor M.K. Narayanan.

Left Front delegation meet guv, alleges post-poll violence by TMC

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 20:38

A delegation of Left Front legislators met West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan and submitted a memorandum to him on Wednesday alleging post-poll violence against its supporters in different parts of the state by ruling Trinamool Congress activists.