"Even the worst criminal must get a lawyer to fight his or her case and so we have decided to help them," Bhadra said.

Kolkata Book Fair cancelled exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin's book release, saying the government had warned of security problems.

Kishenji's death in police encounter on last Thursday has brought Mamata Banerjee's move to hold talks with the Maoists to an end.

Jangalmahal Maoists are in deep crisis and finding it extremely difficult to exist in the region after Thursday's fierce operation against ...

Alleging that Kishenji was killed in a fake encounter atBurisole jungle, the Maoists have called for a two-day bandh in West Bengal.

After Maoists rejected her talks offer, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has opened another channel to convince them to come to t...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has softened her stand on the issue of handling the Maoist menace in the state.

West Bengal government has said that it would await a formal communication from Maoists before responding to the one-month ceasefire offer.

A day after asking the Maoists to choose between talks and killing,Mamata Banerjee has called a meeting on Thursday with interlocutors.

Maoist activists languishing in different jails in WB are unlikely to be freed before the meeting of Home Minister P Chidambaram and Mamata...

Release of political prisoners has been a popular demand - and a populist move - in Bengal , a state ridden with political violence.

It seems to be a neck and neck competition between Chatterjee and Dutta for representing Rajarhat New Town in the assembly.

CBI reveals about the Todis' attempts to separate Rizwanur and Priyanka.

The Islamic street and its apologists in the political arena have succeeded in getting Taslima Nasreen withdraw controversial lines in her ...

After the West Bengal government dragged its feet over the Rizwanur Rehman death case for nearly a month, the CBI now seems to be desperate...