
Monday 30 November, 2009
A 12-hour Bengal shutdown called by BJP in protest against hike in power tariff turned violent with supporters setting afire buses and clashing with police.Monday 30 November, 2009
With the fate of hundreds of graduates of optometry in dark for not having the licence to practise, students are now planning to launch an agitation.Monday 30 November, 2009
In what could be a big change in medical circles, the Central government is considering a legislation that would make it illegal for doctors to accept gifts from pharmaceutical companies.Monday 30 November, 2009
The state BJP on Sunday exhorted its former alliance partner the Trinamool Congress to speak up against the steep price rise of food products.
Monday 30 November, 2009
Even on the second day of the CAT, technical glitches marred the online examination with many students going through the same anxiety that had plagued the examinees on the first day.Monday 30 November, 2009
With the incumbent Commissioner-General of Land and Land Reforms P K Agarwal all set to retire in two months, there is a lot of buzz in the corridors of the Writers’ Buildings about who will replace workaholic Agarwal whose...Monday 30 November, 2009
The body of a 55-year-old leader of Jharkhand Party was found on a road in Ramgarh near Lalgarh on Sunday.Monday 30 November, 2009
Trinamool Congress chief and Railway minister Mamata Banerjee once again raised the issue of the abandoned Tata Motors factory land on Sunday, calling the CPM-led state government for a joint venture in Singur.Monday 30 November, 2009
Aware that the last rectification drive had not yielded desired results, the CPM on its first day of the two-day state committee meeting resolved to launch a continuous drive of purging the corrupt elements from the party.
Monday 30 November, 2009
Nearly two years have passed since the Left Front government extended the midday meal scheme to the upper primary section in government schools...Sunday 29 November, 2009
A bison died after being run over by a passenger train in North Bengal’s Chapmari forest area at 9 am today.Sunday 29 November, 2009
Maoists struck again today, killing two persons in the Jhargram area of West Midnapore district.Sunday 29 November, 2009
As the Centre prepares to send a team to Khanakul where one person died in clashes between Trinamool and CPM cadres...Sunday 29 November, 2009
Fuelling speculation of a possible reshuffle, three top CPM leaders, including party general-secretary Prakash Karat, are here to attend the party secretariat meeting, followed by a two-day state committee meeting from Sunday.
Sunday 29 November, 2009
In what could be seen a sign of the changing times, Tata Motors today sent a representative to attend Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s foundation laying ceremony for an auto hub at Shalimar.
Sunday 29 November, 2009
While the World Health Organisation says that depression would be the second most common disease after coronary ailments by 2020, there are a few in the city who are doing their bit to save the society from its scourge.