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Anna-Mamata alliance is union of two lonely persons: Somen

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 21:07

The union of Gandhian activist Anna Hazare and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is a union of two politically lonely persons who neither have ally nor friends, Congress leader Somen Mitra said on Tuesday.

Like-minded parties need to capture power at Centre: Mamata

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 20:54

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said it was time for "like-minded forces" to capture power at the Centre.

Eminent painter Prokash Karmakar passes away

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 00:34

Eminent painter Prokash Karmakar, passed away this evening following age-related illness, family sources said.

Remove Visva-Bharati VC: Women`s commission tells PM

Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2014, 22:36

West Bengal Commission for Women appealed to PM Manmohan Singh to remove Visva Bharati University Vice-Chancellor Sushanta Datta Gupta for humiliating professor who accused him of sexual harassment.

Bengal to build 50,000 houses for government employees

Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2014, 19:09

The West Bengal government will build 50,000 houses under the public-private partnership model for its employees, a minister announced here Monday.

WB govt mulls starting Kolkata-Bangladesh cruise

Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2014, 18:58

The West Bengal government is contemplating to start cruise services between the metropolis and Bangladesh, Transport Minister Madan Mitra said on Monday.

Mamata Banerjee will make a better PM for secular India: Bukhari

Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2014, 18:01

Ahead of Lok Sabha election, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee received a shot in arm when Shahi Imam of Delhi`s Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari lauded her work for minorities in West Bengal.

13 engineering students arrested for beating junior in WB

Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2014, 14:42

Thirteen engineering students have been arrested for allegedly beating up their junior during a volleyball match in Murshidabad district, police have said.

Woman held after paramour kills four in-laws in Bengal

Last Updated: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 23:25

A housewife in West Bengal`s East Midnapore district was arrested Sunday after her alleged paramour hacked to death four members of her husband`s family, police said. The killer is still at large.

Congress leaders stopped from meeting rape victim in Bengal

Last Updated: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 23:05

Congress leaders were heckled by a mob when they tried to visit the home of a rape victim in Hooghly district and had to return here without meeting the family.