COP29: Countries fail to reach a deal after 24 hours of overtimeDeveloping countries, particularly small island states and least-developed countries, have rejected the draft agreement on finance released...
24 Nov, 2024, 12.22 AM IST
IPCC report a call to action for all, especially countries like India, say co-authors"This report (Synthesis Report of the IPCC) is a call for action for all countries, especially countries like India, which are very vulnera...
22 Mar, 2023, 11.50 AM IST
Countdown begins: Bengal gears up for Phase-III pollsA total of 31 Assembly constituencies in districts including eight in Hooghly, seven in Howrah and 16 in South 24 Parganas will go to polls...
05 Apr, 2021, 01.00 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi attacks Mamata Banerjee, PM Narendra Modi; seeks vote for Congress-CPI(M) in Bengal"Mamata ji talked of providing jobs to 70 lakh people, while Modi ji had said two crore jobs will be given by his government. But not a sin...
23 Apr, 2016, 06.28 PM IST
CPM men and police clash in central KolkataA day ahead of municipal election, CPM cadres and police clashed in central Kolkata leaving the city paralyzed for several hours today.
01 Oct, 2015, 08.11 PM 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
Community-oriented activity must to tackle climate change: ExpertExperts today said the world is at an "important stage" to deal with climate change and laid stress on "very strong" community- oriented ac...
29 Jun, 2015, 11.05 PM IST
New CPI-M state secretariat formed in Bengal, Asok Bhattacharya made permanent inviteeCPI-M's 2-day state committee meeting was attended by general secratory Sitaram Yechuri, Prakash Karat and former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharje...
21 May, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
India sends 32-member team of experts for climate change talksThe Indian delegation to Lima sees the return of Jayant Mauskar, member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change and former co-cha...
04 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Over 41.2 per cent polling recorded in West Bengal, 18% in BiharOn an average 41.2 per cent polling was recorded in the first four hours of polling, West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta said.
12 May, 2014, 12.45 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Voting begins for last phase in West BengalVoting began this morning in 17 constituencies in the last of the 5-phase Lok Sabha election in West Bengal to decide the fate of 188 candi...
12 May, 2014, 08.20 AM IST
Ila Patnaik appointed principal economic adviser in finance ministryPatnaik, who is currently RBI Chair Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, replaces Dipak Dasgupta.
21 Apr, 2014, 07.15 PM IST
'Emerging mkts need to co-ordinate to tackle currency issue'Emerging economies need to adopt a co-ordinated action plan to quell speculation in overseas currency markets which is also fuelling the vo...
30 Aug, 2013, 09.00 PM IST
- Developed world goes stingy on climate fund
In a meeting of the UN fund held in Berlin recently, the US and other developed countries refused to discuss a burden-sharing formula for c...
01 Apr, 2013, 12.56 AM IST
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee retained in CPI-M politburo and central committee
The 20th party congress of the CPI-M on Monday kept the former West Bengal chief minister in the both apex bodies of the party.
09 Apr, 2012, 05.15 PM IST
- Sustaining growth is key even for inflation: Finance Ministry
High inflation doesn't mean it is a scenario of doom for India. That's the message principal economic advisor to the finance minister wants...
03 Oct, 2011, 12.45 PM IST
- Nitish wooes foreign banks for investment worth Rs 3,000 crore
In his first-ever meeting with heads of leading foreign banks in Bihar, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday urged them to provide financ...
12 Feb, 2008, 10.17 PM IST