BJP MLA Ashok Lahiri asks state govt to come out with list of beneficiaries of all schemesLahiri said the main focus of the state government should be capital expenditure and infrastructure development, for the development and gr...
08 Jul, 2021, 09.53 PM IST
AIMIM to announce decision to contest Bengal polls soonAIMIM spokesperson Asim Waqar, the party's Bengal coordinator, told ET that the organisation has received feedback from many districts of B...
14 Nov, 2020, 07.15 AM IST
CPIM, Congress and Naxalites join hands to fight for chit fund victims in BengalThe CBI is running their chit fund probe in other states too, but governments in those states are not preventing the central probe agency f...
25 Jan, 2017, 05.21 PM IST
CPM allies smell pro-Modi move in Mamata's stand against September 2 strikeRSP central secretariat member Manoj Bhattacharjee told ET that they will organise human chains across the state in support of the strike o...
28 Jul, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
SC/ ST pinch-hitters in BJP's forward defence in West BengalA case in point is Khanakul in Hooghly where the BJP nominee is Bikash Chandra Dolui. He takes on TMC MLA Iqbal Ahmed.
24 Mar, 2016, 10.50 AM IST
CPM-Congress alliance in the air in West BengalSome recent moves initiated by a section of leaders from both the parties have raised speculation in the political circles about a possible...
17 Sep, 2015, 10.10 AM IST
CPM alleges bias; plans Lalbazaar Gherao on October 1Ahead of Bidhannagar elections, Bengal CPM is planning to gherao the Kolkata Police (KP) headquarters at Lalbazaar on October 1.
16 Sep, 2015, 10.38 AM IST
Asim Dasgupta to lead CPM in race for bidhannagar civic bodyThe CPM declared that former finance minister Asim Dasgupta will be its mayoral candidate for the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) e...
14 Sep, 2015, 10.14 AM IST
'Distribution of relief materials in flood-hit districts top priority now'Mamata accorded 'top priority' to distribution of relief materials and reconstruction work in flood-affected districts even as the oppositi...
18 Aug, 2015, 10.30 PM IST
Naxalites, Marxists team up for Nabanna March to take up farmers' issueCPI ML (Liberation) leader Partha Ghosh said his party had full moral support for the Nabanna gherao.
25 Jul, 2015, 10.49 AM IST
CPI-M working over anti-BJP Left front in West BengalBut now, with the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and BJP's growth in the state, the CPI-M is seeking support of smaller parties.
12 Nov, 2014, 06.13 AM IST
Stand-off at Jadavpur University continues amid talks & blame gamePolice allegedly cracked down on students following a requisition from VC Abhijit Chakraborty to lift a cordon that protesters had thrown a...
20 Sep, 2014, 10.53 AM IST
- Kolkata stops to welcome West Bengal’s 11th CM Mamata Banerjee
Ami, said the Governor NK Narayanan, meaning “I”. “Ami, Mamata Banerjee…” said West Bengal’s 11th Chief Minister. It was just a few seconds...
21 May, 2011, 07.44 AM IST
- West Bengal trends indicate landslide win for Trinamool Congress
While the Trinamool Congress is ahead in 118 seats, its ally Congress is leading in 25, according to trends available till 10 AM.
13 May, 2011, 11.07 AM IST
- 18.3 per cent polling in first two hours of voting in WB
An electorate of 1.44 cr would decide the fate of 479 candidates including CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and 11 ministers in this phase.
27 Apr, 2011, 11.13 AM IST
- Mamata's merry men: Eclectic group of advisors devise TMC poll strategy
As Mamata Banerjee gets ready for WB polls, she relies on eclectic group of advisors, who may become key political actors if Trinamool Cong...
15 Mar, 2011, 08.25 AM IST
Will co-ordinate with Centre on IPL scam: AsimAsim Dasgupta: Take action against alleged offenders in IPL scam.
22 Apr, 2010, 02.32 AM IST