Trinamul Congress chief and railway minister Mamata Banerjee made a sensational charge against the ruling CPI(M) on Saturday alleging that it has set up a “suicide squad” to “eliminate” her ahead of the Assembly elections in the state.

Sujit Kumar Ghosh wants to be a Chinese interpreter but he does not know how to speak it. “China is growing fast in business and technology globally. So it is essential for me to learn the language and culture of China,” the graduate from Birati said. Echoing him, Mrinmoy Majumdar, another graduate from Borojagulia in Nadia who

A villager was killed and 25 others injured when a MiG-27 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in a field in Jalpaiguri on Saturday morning. The victim, B, Rai, was a farmer. At around 10.30 am the fighter jet crashed at the field during a routine sortie at Bhotputti village in between Moynaguri and Changrabandha minutes after it had taken off from the Hasimara airbase of the IAF.

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday stressed the need for strengthening the delivery mechanism in the country to meet the demand for food. Mr Mukherjee said that sustained agricultural growth was needed not only for economic prosperity but also for inclusive growth.

A Maoist and a jawan of the state armed police (SAP) were killed in a violent encounter between the rebels and the joint security forces which lasted over six hours in Jhargram in West Midnapore on Sunday. The body of the rebel was recovered. At least two more rebels may have been critically injured in the encounter, the police said.

A top Maoist leader had sent written instructions to Bapi Mahato ordering him to carry out the train sabotage to cause maximum casualties. The arrested activist of People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) has revealed this to the police during interrogation. State director general of police Bhupinder Singh informed this on Wednesday. “The leader is a central committee member of the CPI(Maoist) who has a very strong command in the Jangalmahal,” he said.

The arrested activist of People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities, Bapi Mahato obediently followed the Maoist command not just before but even after the Gyaneswari Express disaster on May 28. After carrying out the horrendous act of sabotage in the tracks which led to the derailment of the ill-fated train, the 23-year-old prime accused was in constant touch with the rebel leaders in the Jangalmahal.

Bapi Mahato, alleged mastermind of the Gyaneswari Express sabotage, was arrested from Jamshedpur by the West Bengal police on Sunday morning with Jharkhand police help.

Taking over the Gyaneswari Express sabotage probe, the Crime Branch of India registered a case on Wednesday. The special crime branch (SCB) of the Crime Branch of India registered the case (no 4/10) at its Kolkata office. Joint director (Kolkata Zone) of the CBI Suman Bala Sahoo is leading the probe.

The Calcutta high court on Tuesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to re-open the case of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman’s death and investigate it afresh as a murder case