MHA to set up camps for Ulfa faction
The home ministry has agreed to set up at least nine designated camps to accommodate and confine the pro-talk faction of Ulfa rebels led by its chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa during the peace process.
Assam Cong leaders for Rahul as PM
Four senior Congress leaders in Assam has also joined the chorus with Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh and appealed to the central party leaders to hand over leadership of Congress Parliamentary Party to Rahul Gandhi.
HC directs Tata Motors to serve notice on Bengal govt
The Calcutta high court on Wednesday refused to hear ex-parte Tata Motors’ petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011.
I play for India and not for captains, says Yuvraj
Rubbishing rumours that he refused to play under the leadership of co-player Suresh Raina, Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh on Wednesday said he plays for India and not for captains of the cricket team.
Back from China, Nitish gears for crises
Returning from a weeklong tour of China on Sunday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is facing a tough task of dealing with a host of difficult situations currently embarrassing his government while h
Encephalitis blamed for 24 deaths
A suspected attack of encephalitis is being blamed for the death of 24 children in less than two weeks in Bihar, raising concerns among doctors and health department officials.
Constable kills three in Bengal
A constable of the West Bengal police, missing from the police barrack since Saturday night, shot three persons, including an young couple, to death in broad day light in North 24 Parganas.
On rescue duty
A rescue dinghy is seen on standby at the Alipore Bodyguard Lines during flooding due to monsoon storms in Kolkata on Saturday.
27 trawlers traced in Bay of Bengal
A day after 33 trawlers with 550 fishermen went missing in Bay of Bengal following heavy rains, 27 trawlers were traced out after the weather improved on Saturday. The trawlers were traced through radio communication after they had drifted into the waters of Bangladesh, South 24 Parganas district magistrate N.S. Nigam said. Some of the
Bengal govt will not buy land for industry
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday once again made it clear that the state government would not procure land for the private investors. They would have to purchase their land directly from the owners at the market price. In her first interactive session with the industrialists and representatives of the industries as chief minister, she also