Kolkata News

BJP's 12-hour shutdown hits life in West Bengal

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 12-hour shutdown to protest the rise in prices impacted life in several parts of West Bengal Monday with supporters stopping public transport, damaging private vehicles and blocking important roads.12:02 PM on November 30

AIFF suspends Naik and Gawli, appoints Dhar as I-League CEO

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Sunday suspended Dempo Sports Club players Sameer Naik and Mahesh Gawli for staying away from the national camp and named Sunando Dhar as the Chief Executive Officer of the I-League.12:01 AM on November 30

Karat threatens stern action against 'moral deviations' in CPI-M

Conceding that there were ideological and political shortcomings among many of its new workers in West Bengal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday threatened stern action against those members who have strayed in principles and morals.12:00 AM on November 30

Three die, six taken ill from food poisoning in Kolkata

Three people - a woman, a girl child and a teenaged boy - died and six others were critically ill in two incidents of suspected food poisoning in Kolkata Sunday, police said.8:00 PM on November 29

Bill to bar favours to doctors from pharma companies: Azad

To clamp down on medicos favouring particular pharmaceutical companies while prescribing medicines, the union health ministry will soon table a bill in parliament, barring doctors of state-run hospitals from taking favours like foreign trips and gifts from pharma majors.8:00 PM on November 29

Maoists kill tribal leader in Lalgarh

In escalating Maoist violence in West Bengal's Lalgarh belt, a tribal leader was found murdered in West Midnapore district Sunday. Meanwhile, gunbattles broke out between the joint security forces and Maoist rebels in several areas in and around Lalgarh in the morning.2:01 PM on November 29

Tea production to go down due to weather: Tea Board chief

Tea production in India will be marginally lower this year than in the year before due to erratic weather, says Tea Board of India chairman Basudeb Banerjee.2:00 PM on November 29

Siddarth Shankar Ray to write to centre on Lalgarh

Former West Bengal chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray will write to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram suggesting the central government involve social bodies for the welfare of the people Lalgarh, who are reeling under acute poverty and underdevelopment.12:01 AM on November 29

Mamata lays foundation stone for auto transit hub in Bengal

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday laid the foundation stone for an automobile transit hub in West Bengal's Howrah district and announced that nine other such complexes will be developed in other states on land belonging to the railways.10:00 PM on November 28

Karat slams Trinamool demand for president's rule in Bengal

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Saturday slammed Trinamool Congress' demand to impose president's rule in West Bengal, saying it was against 'basic democratic principles'.6:01 PM on November 28

Maoists kill CPI-M leader in West Bengal

Suspected Maoist guerrillas gunned down a local Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader in West Bengal's trouble-torn West Midnapore district, police said Saturday.12:00 PM on November 28

State Bank officers threaten to go on strike

Officers of the country's largest lender, the State Bank of India, Friday threatened to go on strike if the government failed to raise their pension by 10 percent as was done for other banks.8:00 PM on November 27

Two troopers killed, three injured in Lalgarh landmine blast

Two Indian Reserve Battalion troopers were killed and three others injured when suspected Maoists triggered a landmine blast in the Lalgarh belt of West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday. The rebels also fired at the police patrol and the gun-battle lasted an hour before the ultras fled into the jungle, officials said.8:00 PM on November 27

Two cops injured in Lalgarh landmine blast

At least two policemen were injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's Lalgarh region Friday, an official said.6:01 PM on November 27

Trinamool team visits violence-hit Hooghly district

A Trinamool Congress team visited West Bengal's Hooghly district Friday, a day after one person was killed and six injured in clashes between activists of the opposition party and the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).2:00 PM on November 27