Kolkata News

We give shelter to anybody who seeks it: Mukherjee

It is the duty of the government to give shelter to every guest of the country, said External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday here, while referring to Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who left India in March, returned to New Delhi Friday and was immediately shifted to a safe house.7:31 PM on August 09

Hotel caretaker thrown off roof by TV reality show team

The 23-year-old caretaker of a hotel in West Bengal's Midnapore town was grievously injured when contestants and producers of a Bengali reality show pushed him from the fifth floor of the hotel early Saturday for asking them to stop their nightlong consumption of alcohol, police said.4:31 PM on August 09

Eleven-year-old girl crushed to death in Kolkata

An 11-year-old girl was crushed to death by a speeding bus here Saturday, the police said.3:30 PM on August 09

New air-conditioned radio taxi service launched in Kolkata

Indo-Japanese joint venture infrastructure company ORIX Auto Infrastructure Services Ltd. (OAIS) has launched an air-conditioned radio taxi service here.1:00 PM on August 09

I have not been informed about all party meeting: Mamata

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said she had not been informed about an all-party meeting called Saturday by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee over the fresh turmoil in Nandigram.3:00 AM on August 09

Nandigram tense after CPI-M activists fire at rivals

Tension prevailed in West Bengal's Nandigram Friday after Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists allegedly opened fire on the rival Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) members in some areas of the trouble-prone region.7:00 PM on August 08

Give consumers freedom to pick electricity supplier: Haldea

Consumers should have the freedom to pick their own supplier of electrical power, a top government official said here Friday.6:31 PM on August 08

Basu welcomes Mamata's decision for talks with Tata Motors

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu Friday welcomed the decision of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for talks with the Tata Motors over the Singur land row.3:32 PM on August 08

Mamata ready for talks with Tatas on Singur project

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she is 'not averse' to the Tata Motors' small car project in West Bengal and was ready for talks with the automobile major - signalling a way out of the impasse over farmland acquisition that has hampered the project.10:01 PM on August 07

HSBC India focuses on organic growth

Organic growth would remain the focal point of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) India's operations for the time being, said a top official here Thursday.10:00 PM on August 07

Mamata gets threat call, SMS over Singur

Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee Wednesday said party chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday received a threat call and an SMS from an anonymous source over the Singur land dispute.6:33 PM on August 07

'No plan to list Tata Steel Global'

India's largest private steel manufacturer Tata Steel Ltd said Wednesday that there was no plan to list Tata Steel Global Resources (TSGR), the holding company for its steel and raw material assets outside India.5:33 PM on August 07

23 killed, 55 injured in separate accidents

At least 23 people were killed and 55 injured Wednesday in separate accidents in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, the police said.4:33 PM on August 07

CPI-M leader shot dead in Nandigram

A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader was shot dead Wednesday afternoon, allegedly by members of Bhoomi Uchhed Protirodh Committee (BUPC), at Nandigram in West Bengal's East Midnapore district, the police said.4:03 PM on August 07

Documents destroyed in West Bengal secretariat fire

There was a blaze in the first floor of the West Bengal government secretariat - Writer's Building - Thursday morning. And Minister of Fire Services has blamed the works department for the inferno in which a large number of documents were destroyed.4:02 PM on August 07