The long-standing impasse in the Darjeeling Hills is heading towards a resolution on Monday when the Centre, the West Bengal government and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) will sign a tripartite agreement for the

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday afternoon left for a three-day visit to Jangalmahal. It is her first visit to the Maoist-hit West Midnapore and Bankura after becoming the chief minister. Elaborate security measures have been made to ensure her safety. Establishing peace in Jangalmahal and resolving the contentious dispute in the

The Trinamool Congress, the second largest partner in the Congress led-United Progressive Alliance government, is happy with the Cabinet reshuffle as the party has managed to retain the railways ministry.

Over 50 passengers were critically wounded in Assam Sunday even-ing when four coaches of the Guwahati-Puri Express derailed after a powerful explosion on the railway track between Rangia and Ghogharapar stations.

Taking a dig at the Congress-led UPA government, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani said that never had there been a government in the Centre functioning like the way it was doing at present, insinuating at the corruption scams penetrating into the government.

Union information and broadcasting ministry is soon likely to seek the Cabinet’s approval for fixing the sunset date for digitisation of all cable systems in the four metropolitan cities of Mumbai, Ko

The BJP on Saturday alleged that it has now been “proved beyond doubt” that home minister P. Chidambaram, who was the then finance minister, had connived with former communication minister A.

The CBI, which is probing possible criminal aspects in the allotment of spectrum licenses since 2001, has collected details of certain correspondence between the finance ministry and the telecom minis

Former MP and actor Jaya Bachchan has been nominated as a member of the Samajwadi Party’s national executive that was announced on Saturday.

Although the police in Bihar are planning to appoint more Special Police Officers (SPOs) to help the security forces fight mainly the Maoists, these temporary appointees would no longer get any arms f