A court here on Thursday exempted Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Gautam Deb from personal appearance in a criminal defamation case

In a bid to revive the higher education system, new state higher education minister Bratya Basu asserted that higher education would be made free from political influence and even a search committee would be constituted to look into the appointments made by the previous Left Front government.

The impasse over the construction of the Joka-BBD Bag proposed Metro rail connection was resolved on Tuesday after the state transport department gave its NOC (no objection certificate) to the Railway ministry to implement the project. The construction work will resume on Wednesday.

A constable of the National Volunteer Force (NVF) was shot to death by his colleague at Deganga in North 24 Parganas. The murder took place on Monday late night during a verbal altercation between them at the Hamadama NVF camp.

Two teenage girls who were glued to their cellphones while crossing the railway tracks were run over by a speeding train on Tuesday afternoon. The gruesome death occurred at the level crossing of the Liluah station in Howrah. The victims were identified as Himangshi Gupta and her friend Payel Agarwal. They were Class 10

Even after repeated attempts for a week, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has not been able to work out any formula to declare his 18-member council of ministers in Assam. This has not only increased the nervousness of

Rejecting reports of political violence, chief minister Mamata Banerjee once again told the police to do its job impartially. She also cautioned the people from taking law into their own hands. On being asked about the reports of political violence, Ms Banerjee said, “There is no incident of political violence in the state.”

Unfazed by the narrow loss to Mumbai Indians in their final league engagement, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir said his team has more positives than negatives to take from the last-ball defeat.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that no post-poll political violence was taking place in the state now but said that police will continue operations in seizing illegal arms.

At least 20 persons, including 19 women, were killed and four others injured when the jeep in which they were travelling was hit by the Garib Rath Express at an unmanned railway crossing in Bihar’s Ma