A major fire engulfed a market housing a godown-cum-office complex in Sealdah area here early today, leaving 18 people dead and several others injured.

The Censor Board has refused to clear a Bengali film for taking potshots at the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the Singur movement that forced the Tatas to exit the state.

A Somalian and a Hyderabad youth arrested here while trying to sneak into Nepal were today questioned by security forces and central agencies, even as a senior district the police officer today said no link of the duo with the twin blasts in Hyderabad has come to light so far.

Thousands of people in Hong Kong contacted city authorities today saying they had felt the ground shaking following an earthquake across the border in southern China, an official said.

Less than a week after two SP ministers traded charges against each other over purchase of seeds in Uttar Pradesh, two Samajwadi MLAs have lodged cross-FIRs against each other over a land dispute.

The Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party spat over the power situation in Uttar Pradesh led to repeated adjournments and walkout in the state Assembly on Wednesday.

The first day of the two-day general strike called by the Central trade unions evoked mixed response in West Bengal on Wednesday.

Reserve Bank of India employees all over the country would participate in the two-day strike called by the central unions from tomorrow, the unions said today.

Troubles for UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav seem to be growing by the day.