

Wednesday 21 October '09
In the first such attack on a police station in West Bengal, a team of at least 50 heavily armed Maoists — including at least five women...Saturday 17 October '09
After the arrest of People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities chief Chhatradhar Mahato, Asit Mahato, a farmer, is emerging as the new leader of the outfit and will probably be filling up the leadership vacuum in the PCAPA.Friday
9 October '09The confusion over application of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act has led a virtual standoff between the state’s investigating agencies and a section of the judiciary.Monday
28 September '09Despite the tall claims of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation of making the city hoarding-free and reducing “visual pollution”...Friday
25 September '09In a step ahead of most Puja organisers in Kolkata, a Puja committee at Sonarpur in South 24-Parganas has attempted to recreate the havoc caused by Cyclone Aila.Thursday
17 September '09At a time when prices of essential commodities have witnessed a steep rise, the state government’s inefficiency has left a stock of nearly 3,800 metric tonnes of pulses unfit for human consumption.Tuesday
15 September '09Four-storeyed buildings with a big hall for the artisans to make their idols in hygienic conditions. Clean and broad roads with proper lights.Monday
14 September '09Fourteen days after its announcement that sugar and mustard oil will be supplied through the Public Distribution System (PDS) from September 1, the state government is yet to keep its promise.Saturday
5 September '09The cop-realtor nexus seems to have taken its toll on the investigation of the Vedic Village arson case.Thursday
3 September '09Despite repeated promises of supplying sugar, pulses and mustard oil at a cheaper rate through the public distribution system, the state government again failed to supply these food items from September 1.Wednesday
2 September '09With the theft of eight marmosets from the Alipore zoo, illegal trade of exotic animals in West Bengal...Saturday
1 August '09Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that the state government was deliberately trying to botch the postmortem of slain Trinamool worker Sahabat Khan Chowdhury.Thursday
30 July '09For the first time ever, the food and supply department of the state government which is headed by a minister from the Forward Bloc...Monday
27 July '09At a time, when the state politics moves around the land issues and the Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister Ashok Bhattacharjee and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee...Thursday
23 July '09Eight years have passed since the then state municipal secretary G Balachandran had written to the municipal commissioner for recovery of Rs 3 crore...Wednesday
22 July '09Almost two months after Cyclone Aila battered the Sunderbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, there is another disaster waiting to happen.Tuesday
21 July '09After operating for just six days, outlets for selling potatoes at 16 selected markets in the city were closed down for two days without any notice...Tuesday
21 July '09Monday
20 July '09The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is facing difficulty in completing the Rs 33,000 crore Dankuni Township project after the project partner DLF pulled of the project...Friday
10 July '09Water-logging will return to haunt the residents of Kolkata this monsoon and the possibility is high that it may even worsen.Thursday
9 July '09The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Wednesday removed the lab-technician from duty who had refused to treat a malaria patient.Tuesday
7 July '09A patient suffering from malignant malaria has lost vision in one of his eyes after he was refused timely treatment by a clinic run by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation...Monday
6 July '09While the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is telling people affected by severe water crisis that the completion of projects like Dhapa and Garden Reach water treatment plants will solve their woes...Monday
6 July '09After Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee claimed that the system of giving commission to bus drivers leads them to drive recklessly...Friday
3 July '09Soaring potato prices have returned to haunt farmers and average consumers this summer again.