Bangla Bandh August 28: Schools, colleges, offices, banks, markets closed? Here is what's closed, what's open and bandh timingsBangla Bandh Tomorrow: BJP Bengal called a 12-hour bandh to protest alleged police atrocities on students demonstrating against a recent do...
27 Aug, 2024, 05.36 PM IST
BJP calls for Bengal Bandh on Wednesday to protest against atrocities by police on studentsBJP Bangla Bandh Tomorrow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on Wednesday, from 6:00 ...
27 Aug, 2024, 05.13 PM IST
- Darjeeling goes deeper under uncertainty as movement turns violent
On the fourth day of GJM’s call for bandh today, the situation took a stark turn in morning when security force raided many places includin...
15 Jun, 2017, 05.12 PM IST
Political climate in Darjeeling hills heating up in the civic polls seasonWith major civic body elections knocking the door, rival political forces have started getting into political power play in Bengal’s Darjee...
23 Jan, 2017, 05.06 PM IST
ET in the Classroom: 125-year-old DiscordThe SC directed the state to release about 13 TMCFT to TN and another 4 TMCFT on Sept 12, bringing the water storage in the state’s reservo...
22 Sep, 2016, 06.09 AM IST
- West Bengal will have to pay Rs 600 crore extra per annum for power
West Bengal will have to pay three times higher price for the power to be produced by two major upcoming hydro power stations of total 292 ...
03 Oct, 2013, 06.15 PM IST
Political turmoil puts schools in Darjeeling under deep crisisAuthorities are apprehending avalanche in this academic business that adds up near Rs 150 crore per annum in the local ground economy.
19 Sep, 2013, 04.41 PM IST
Darjeeling situation may sink under another crisisThe month long aggressive movement with continuous bandh in Darjeeling hills has started getting into low key.
06 Sep, 2013, 07.22 PM IST
- Five CRPF jawans killed in landmine blast in Lalgarh
Maoists targeted CRPF jawans in Lalgarh in a landmine blast.
20 May, 2010, 03.19 AM IST
- Ceasefire talk a time-buying stunt, Lalgarh operation to go on: Centre
Centre rejected the “peace offer” as a “diversionary” ploy by the Maoists.
24 Jun, 2009, 01.56 AM IST
- Polit bureau swears by bandhs, snubs Buddha
West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s attempt at image transformation by denouncing strikes has run into a stiff headwind ca...
29 Aug, 2008, 02.26 AM IST
- 4 activists killed, Forward Bloc to block Bengal on Wednesday
Four activists of Forward Bloc, the second biggest constituent of West Bengal’s ruling Left Front, were killed on Tuesday and several injur...
06 Feb, 2008, 02.30 AM IST
- Buddhadeb's behaving like a despot: BJP
BJP Chief Rajnath Singh came down heavily on chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in the aftermath of the killings following police firin...
15 Mar, 2007, 03.41 AM IST
- Left finds bandh boot is on other foot
West Bengal’s unalloyed passion for bandhs seems to be getting stronger by the day. As if the four-odd in calendar 2006 wasn’t enough, the ...
08 Jan, 2007, 03.17 AM IST
- SEZ land row leaves 7 dead, many hurt
West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday exhorted the Opposition, Trinamool Congress, to abandon the path of violence a...
08 Jan, 2007, 03.15 AM IST
- WB takes the cake when it comes to bandhs
West Bengal takes the cake when it comes to bandhs. If there was such a thing as the maximum number of bandhs in a state in a single month ...
18 Dec, 2006, 10.30 PM IST
- Corporates worry as Citu floats IT union
Corporates are shaken by the CPM labour wing’s open defiance of CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
23 Oct, 2006, 09.37 AM IST