Hooghly Lok Sabha Election 2024: Date, schedule, key candidates and other detailsIn the West Bengal region, the Hooghly constituency is set to become a battleground as parties gear up for the Lok Sabha elections on May 2...
20 May, 2024, 07.21 AM IST
Filmfare noms: 'Jawan', 'Pathaan' and 'Animal' race for top awardsThe awards gala, which will be hosted in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, for the first time on January 28, announced nominations on Monday evening, w...
16 Jan, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
More Trinamool Congress defectors eager to find their way back homeChatterjee, who had been arrested in connection with the Narada case along with AITC leaders and ministers, said on Tuesday: “After my arre...
16 Jun, 2021, 08.36 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee's cabinet may have more women, SC/ST ministersThe final decision on the new cabinet will be taken by Mamata Banerjee, after she takes oath on Wednesday as the chief minister for the thi...
04 May, 2021, 11.52 PM IST
Bengal did choose its own daughter, and embraced so many moreWomen candidates, irrespective of their political affiliation, are basking in electoral glory, with several female nominees emerging triump...
04 May, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Clash of heavyweights in fourth round: Four ministers, three MPs in fray; real test in North BengalForty-four constituencies will go to the polls on Saturday in the fourth round of eight-phased assembly elections in West Bengal. The seats...
10 Apr, 2021, 08.15 AM IST
Incomplete metro line, bad roads, monsoon woes plague Behala residentsBehala has traditionally been a Left Front stronghold but now it has presence only in some pockets. However, in both east and west seats, p...
10 Apr, 2021, 07.52 AM IST
High decibel campaign ends for fourth phase of polling in West BengalA total 1,15,81,022 voters including 58,82,514 men, 56,98,218 women and 290 members of the third gender, will decide the fate of 373 candid...
08 Apr, 2021, 10.32 PM IST
Assembly Polls: In Behala Purba, an all-women fight for former Kolkata Mayor's turfThe noteworthy house in the middle-class locality of Parnasree Pally in south Kolkata is the residence of Ratna Chatterjee, the Trinamool C...
08 Apr, 2021, 03.15 PM IST
ED probe may sting both TMC, NaradaEven though the central agency is waiting for the Kolkata Police to submit its first chargesheet on the case, it has opened a file to probe...
11 Aug, 2016, 06.03 AM IST
KIOCL inks pact with Karnataka government; to invest Rs 2,000 croreKIOCL has inked a pact with the Karnataka government to set up a beneficiation plant and a pelletisation unit in Bellary district in the st...
04 Feb, 2016, 11.00 PM IST
Bharat Ratna cannot be taken back from Amartya Sen : Somnath Chatterjee"It is a shocking comment. Is Bharat Ratna bestowed on someone as a favour? How can this be taken back?" Chatterjee said.
27 Jul, 2013, 08.06 PM IST
Rajesh Khanna to get Padma Vibhushan?A high-level committee today met to shortlist the names for Padma awards amid indication that yesteryear superstar late Rajesh Khanna may b...
26 Dec, 2012, 07.43 PM IST
- Government awards ONGC, Coal India for excellent performance
ONGC, Coal India (CIL) and NMDC are among the state-owned companies that were awarded by the govt for best performance.
20 Sep, 2011, 08.42 PM IST
- Parent ministries oppose move to ease norms for conferring Maharatna status
The development could delay upgradation of Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) and Gas Authority of India (Gail) to 'maharatna' level.
12 Apr, 2011, 01.32 AM IST
- Speciality Restaurants eyes stake in South, city cos
Food services company Speciality Restaurants, that owns restaurant chains such as Mainland China and Oh! Calcutta, is in talks with Delhi-b...
04 Jun, 2009, 04.24 AM IST
- CEC Gopalaswami had cogent grounds for recommendation
It was Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s turn on Wednesday to take on the CEC for raising the partisanship charge against election com...
05 Feb, 2009, 02.34 AM IST