C.V.G.K. Kishore-trained Chamcha In Chief—a fair and consistent performer—holds an edge over others in the S.V. Subramanian Memorial Gold Cup, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday.

Four persons were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the trafficking of 5,000 rounds of ammunition through Kolkata. It is suspected that the seized ammunition of .315 bore were meant for the Naxals who also use cartridges of the same make.

The second edition of the Champions League T20 will see 10 of the top Twenty20 teams from around the world vying for the title. Indian Premier League-3 runners-up Mumbai Indians will face South Africa’s Highveld Lions in the opening match of the tournament in Johannesburg on September 10.

Nanoor in Birbhum district was once again on the boil following the brutal murder of a former CPI(M) MLA Ananda Das. CPI(M)’s Birbhum district secretary Dilip Ganguly has blamed the Trinamul Congress for the mayhem.

“Poland 2 England 1” English fans teased their German counterparts during the break of their team’s round of 16 clash with Germany on Sunday. The English supporters were referring to the Polish ancestry of Germany’s goal-scorers, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski. The Germans brushed aside the taunts of the English fans because

No power on earth can finish off the Congress, newly-appointed West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president Manas Bhuniya said on Tuesday. He was replying to a question as to what would be his response if the ally Trinamul Congress continued to engineer defection from the state Congress.

Dinosaurs were not clumsy predators, they had developed elaborate mating rituals which would put peacocks to shame.

Bapi Mahato, the alleged mastermind of the Gyaneswari Express sabotage, on Tuesday made a judicial confession of 11 pages on his role in the carnage. His confession was sealed in a cover for its secrecy following the completion of its recording under the Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure.

The feud between Maytas Infra Ltd and Satyam Computer Services Ltd — two companies founded by disgraced Ramalinga Raju — over the Maytas money that its founder claimed to have lent to the IT firm does not seem to ending. Even as Satyam denies receipt of any money from Maytas, the Hyderabad-based infra firm has raised money from lenders in the Corporate Debt Restructure (CDR) package by hypothecating the money, which it claims, was lent to Satyam.

The state CID on Tuesday arrested five Maoists — Madhusudan Mandal, 44, Sachin Ghoshal, 42, Rajesh Mandal, 19, Siddhartha Mandal, 36, and Sanjay Mandal, 42 — from South 24 Parganas. While Madhusudan, alias Narayan, had spearheaded the Nandigram movement in 2007 from behind the scenes, Sachin is a senior member of the Maoist technical wing. All five have been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).