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Mahasweta Devi seeks Taslima’s return to city

Monday 23 November, 2009

Renowned author Mahasweta Devi came out in protest on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of the day when Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen was driven out of Kolkata.
Kolkata Confidential

Monday 23 November, 2009

The CPM leadership’s discomfort with Land and Land Reforms Minister Abdur Rezzaq Mollah’s consistent salvo against his own party was evident when the party state secretariat censured him last week.
For Jharkhand, Trinamool poll planks include anti-Naxal ops

Monday 23 November, 2009

Its stance against the joint anti-Naxal operation as well as land acquisition would be the Trinamool Congress’s planks in the upcoming Assembly polls in Jharkhand.
Mamata defends ‘intelligent’ contribution to railways

Monday 23 November, 2009

Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday defended her decision to include members of the intelligentsia in railway committees by saying that they would continue to contribute to the development of the Railways.
Cong workers get history, law lessons

Monday 23 November, 2009

With Bengal turning a hotbed of political violence and the state Assembly elections due in 2011...
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Buddha changes gear, turns combative

Monday 23 November, 2009

Black flags and “Killer CM” placards failed to deter Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was in his combative mood during his visit to East Midnapore district, a Trinamool Congress stronghold, on Sunday.
Strike on at Haldia petrochem, workers’ unions clash again

Monday 23 November, 2009

Trouble erupted at the Haldia Petrochemical Limited when clashes broke out between the members of CITU and INTUC on Sunday.
Books For You

Sunday 22 November, 2009

The City of Joy has all the amenities to buy books and read them too. There are libraries, book shops and retail chains publishing books.
Football
Sporting Spirit

Sunday 22 November, 2009

A near impossibility needed Dr Anirban Sengupta’s attention. Former Indian football team captain Prasun Banerjee was the victim...
Eden ODI: All tickets free, but with rider

Sunday 22 November, 2009

When India take on the visiting Sri Lankans in the One-Day International match at Eden Gardens next month, the hallowed stadium will achieve quite a few firsts.
Cricket
Batting Big…

Sunday 22 November, 2009

Chesteshwar Pujara loves to score big in the Ranji Trophy. Pujara now wants to make a mark in Twenty20.
From Monday, pool car owners to go on indefinite strike

Sunday 22 November, 2009

Hundreds of schoolchildren in Kolkata are heading for yet another harrowing time, as city pool car owners have decided to go for an indefinite strike from Monday.
‘Gaps in child protection result of poor implementation’

Sunday 22 November, 2009

With 8.57 lakh child labourers in the state, the Labour Department and the law enforcers have admitted that the implementation of the child protection rights have not been foolproof.
Govt to Morcha: Don’t agitate till decision taken on permanent job dem...

Sunday 22 November, 2009

The Left Front government has asked the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha not to agitate if it wants the state government to look into its demand of regularising the temporary employees of Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council.
CPM comrades raiding us, say ex-Reds

Sunday 22 November, 2009

Former members of the CPM in Maoist-affected parts of Bengal allege that they are facing the wrath of party cadres for carrying out development works in the area.
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