Two first year students of a college were run over by a train near Barasat on Tuesday morning. One of the two had her ears plugged with earphones connected to her mobile phone and hence she failed to hear the approaching train as she was crossing the tracks on her way to the college. The other girl who had safely crossed the

In an apparent bid to woo the Matuas, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday conferred the Sri Sri Thakur Harichand-Guruchand award on Kapil Krishna Thakur and announced several sops for the community’s welfare. Mr Thakur is the sanghadhipati of the Matua Mahasabha.

One important name is missing from railway minister Mamata Banerjee’s guest list for the foundation stone laying ceremony of a Metro line between Joka and BBD Bag: that of chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. “I have not received any invitation,” he himself informed the media on Tuesday evening.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the state seems to have galvanised the beleaguered Congress with his “self-respect” mantra but it has also triggered some excitement in the demoralised CPI(M) camp.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the state seems to have galvanised the beleaguered Congress with his “self-respect” mantra but it has also triggered some excitement in the demoralised CPI(M) camp. Initially, the CPI(M) satraps were stung by Rahul’s “communism is a failed ideology” barb, but in the wake of

In an unusual situation, judges of the Calcutta high court on Wednesday had to sit in the lounge as doors of the court rooms and their chambers were locked with employees going on an indefinite strike

Announcing a slew of metro extension projects connecting the metropolis with the southern and northern fringes, railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said there would be no forcible acquisitio

Train services in the Kharagpur-Adra section in West Bengal were disrupted for over four hours on Monday after a tiffin box fitted with wires was found on the railway tracks in West Midnapore district

In an apparent reference to AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s whirlwind tour in Bengal, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has once again made the “seasonal bird” barb to him despite Mr Gandh