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Rains flood parts of Jalpaiguri, red alert on Teesta

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 12:42

Large parts of Jalpaiguri and Coochbehar districts were flooded following torrential rains in past two days with red alert hoisted at Domohoni point of Teesta, district authorities said.

Bus, minibus fares hiked in Bengal, Task Force formed

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 00:03

The West Bengal government on Monday decided to hike bus and minibus fares in the state by Re one over existing stages of fares in view of hike in diesel prices and cost of spare parts.

Chairman of Xenitis Group granted bail

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 20:40

A city court Monday granted bail to Santanu Ghosh, chairman of city-based company Xenitis Group, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for his alleged monetary links with multi-crore chitfund scam accused Sudipta Sen of Saradha Group.

ED grills Trinamool Congress MP in Saradha scam case

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 13:21

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Trinamool Congress MP Ahmed Hassan Imran in connection with its money laundering probe in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam case.

Mitra slams Jaitley for questioning Mamata`s Singapore trip

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 01:53

Slamming Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for questioning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee`s official visit to Singapore, state finance minister Amit Mitra on Sunday said that the former was doing "politics" and criticised him for making comments without knowing the developmental process in the state.

Quality of higher educational institutes saddening: President

Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014, 00:40

President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said poor standards of higher educational institutes in India compared to international benchmarks saddens him.

Why go to Singapore when against FDI, Jaitley asks Mamata

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 23:26

Arun Jaitley questioned West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee`s recent Singapore visit to attract investment, noting that her Trinamool Congress had opposed FDI in defence on the ground that it was opposed to foreign funding.

Defence Minister Jaitley visits Behrampore military station

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 22:11

Taking stock of military capability building along the China border, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley visited the Behrampore military station in Murshidabad which will part of the new Mountain Strike Corps being raised there.

Saradha scam: CBI grills Manoranjana Singh

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2014, 15:11

Manoranjana Singh, wife of former union minister and Congress leader Matang Sinh, Sunday appeared before the CBI here for interrogation in connection with the multi-crore-rupee Saradha scam.