Oldest living comrade gets a party

Wednesday 7 November '12

CPM will make an exception for Samar Mukherjee, who turns 100 today.

Land row erupts in Birbhum, 25 cops injured

Wednesday 7 November '12

All 5 injured villagers are TMC workers.

Another land row in Bengal, over 25 cops injured in clash with villagers

Wednesday 7 November '12

Five villagers were reported to have been injured in the clashes

CPM breaks tradition, gives oldest comrade a party

Wednesday 7 November '12

Makes exception for Samar Mukherjee, who turns 100 today

Oldest living comrade gets a party

Tuesday 6 November '12

CPM will make an exception for Samar Mukherjee, who turns 100 today.

Kindred soul

Sunday 4 November '12

All she did was to say 'yes'' to herself.

In settling old cases with a bargain, Bengal makes a start

Tuesday 30 October '12

The police booked him for rash driving, confiscated his licence and chargesheeted him

Singur land acquisition met new Bill rules

Saturday 20 October '12

LARR Bill 66% landowners'' consent required; in Singur, willing farmers constitute over 82%.

Abhijit scrapes through in Jangipur, alarm bells for Cong

Sunday 14 October '12

President Pranab Mukherjee''s son Abhijit Mukherjee has won the Jangipur Lok Sabha bypoll in Murshidabad district but the narrow victory margin of 2,536 votes will give the Congress more worries tha...

Lok Sabha bypolls: Cong gets a scare in Jangipur, shock in Tehri

Sunday 14 October '12

Pranab''s son wins by narrow margin

Mamata cartoon: Police 'quote'' prof''s neighbours; they say lies, distortion

Saturday 13 October '12

The police have accused Mahapatra of criminal intimidation and causing annoyance, insult, injury and hatred by sending the email.

Mamata cartoon: Police 'quote'' prof''s neighbours; they say lies, distortion

Saturday 13 October '12

Neighbours of Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra have alleged that the police have distorted or falsified their statements to implicate him in the 'Dushtu Lok Vanish'' cartoon email case...

Police swamp Kolkata, muffle Muslim protest

Saturday 6 October '12

Fears of widespread tension and possible street battles in Kolkata turned out false on Friday as Muslim groups restricted themselves to the Shahid Minar maidan and police outnumbered protesters by mor...

Kolkata breathes easy, Muslim protests peaceful, limited

Saturday 6 October '12

Muslim groups had announced protests against the offensive anti-Islam video at the American Centre, prompting the US consulate to shut the centre down for two days and issue an advisory to its citizen...

End of gravy train ride

Saturday 6 October '12

West Bengal and its Trinamool government are soon expected to feel the impact of walking out of the UPA government and losing the Railway Ministry.

Muslim rallies on different issues force Kolkata American Center shutdown

Thursday 4 October '12

Security has been beefed up around American consulate buildings.

American Center shuts down for 2 days

Thursday 4 October '12

Security has been beefed up around American consulate buildings.

Kolkata set to see anti-Islam film protests, US centre shut for 2 days

Wednesday 3 October '12

The Muslim organisations, incidentally affiliated to parties ranging across the political spectrum, are also planning to raise other issues affecting the community.

TMC backs Muslim bodies'' stir against offensive video, FDI

Friday 28 September '12

The mob pelted stones at the American Center building and later burned an effigy of Obama

Bengal Muslim bodies backed by TMC protest against film, FDI

Friday 28 September '12

Thousands of protesters led by 12 Muslim organisations, most of which are known to be backed by the ruling Trinamool Congress including the Minority Youth Federation and Fur Fura Sharif Seva Samity, s...

Bengal Muslim bodies backed by TMC protest against film, FDI

Thursday 27 September '12

The protest began with a meeting in central Kolkata, from where they marched to American center.

Maa, Mati, Manush and an opening for Obama

Wednesday 26 September '12

The latest to do so was US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell, who met Mamata on Monday.

Resignation letters in hand, Team Trinamool leaves for Delhi

Friday 21 September '12

With no communication from the Congress high command till late on Thursday night, the six Trinamool Congress ministers left for Delhi to submit their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomo...

Didi turns to FB to get around 'planted news''

Thursday 20 September '12

Accusing a section of the media of "spreading misinformation", Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has decided to reach out to the people "directly" through her Facebook account