Bengal BJP apologises to Saayoni Ghosh over parliamentarian Saumitra Khan's comment
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday apologised to Bengali actor Saayoni Ghosh on behalf of party parliamentarian Saumitra Khan, who had passed an outrageous comment on the film artist.
West Bengal: Chandannagar Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir resigns
Kolkata/IBNS: The chief of Chandannagar Police Commissionerate, Humayun Kabir, on Friday resigned from the post, three months before his retirement, reports said.
Bengali actor Kaushik Roy joins BJP in West Bengal
Kolkata/IBNS: In an almost competitive politics in inducting film personalities in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday welcomed Bengali actor Kaushik Roy to the partyfold.
West Bengal: Fifteen theatre personalities join TMC
Kolkata: Fifteen theatre personalities from West Bengal joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday, months before the state votes to elect a new assembly.
Bengal: Former Domjur MLA Rajib Banerjee quits Trinamool Congress
Kolkata/IBNS: Ending all speculations, former MLA from West Bengal’s Domjur, Rajib Banerjee, resigned as the Trinamool Congress member.
Bengal: Trinamool Congress' Rajib Banerjee resigns as MLA, to announce his next step tomorrow
Kolkata/IBNS: Fuelling speculations over his joining in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), rebel Trinamool Congress leader Rajib Banerjee on Friday resigned as the West Bengal MLA from Domjur, causing more trouble to the ruling party just few weeks ahead of the state polls.
Bengal polls: Left, Congress finalise seat-sharing formula for 193 of total 294 assembly seats
Kolkata/IBNS: After the second round of talks, leaders of the Left Front and Congress on Thursday announced that they had agreed on a seat-sharing formula for 193 out of the total 294 assembly seats for the upcoming West Bengal polls.
Mamata govt in West Bengal to table anti-farm laws resolution in assembly today
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal will on Thursday table a resolution against the Centre's new contentious farm laws in the state assembly.
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood actors Koushani Mukherjee and Piya Sengupta joined the Trinamool Congress on Sunday at the party headquarters Trinamool Bhawan ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election.
Change in plan in PM's itinerary; Modi to visit Netaji Bhawan first
Kolkata/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on a day-long visit to Kolkata but there has been a change in his itinerary. Now, he will first vist Netaji Bhawan, which is also a research center and archives devoted to the life and work of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
PM Modi lands in Kolkata; to dedicate permanent museum on Netaji on his 124th birth anniversary
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi on Saturday landed in Kolkata where he will inaugurate a permanent museum dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 124th birth anniversary.
India should have four capitals including Kolkata: Mamata on Netaji's 125th birth anniversary
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said Kolkata should be revived as the capital of the country, peddling the sentiment of provincialism on the occasion of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary.
West Bengal: Actor Saurav Das joins Trinamool Congress
Kolkata/IBNS: Actor Saurav Das on Friday joined the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, at a time several ruling party members are switching their sides.
Rebel Trinamool Congress leader Rajib Banerjee resigns as Bengal Minister
Kolkata/IBNS: In another jolt to Mamata Banerjee, rebel Trinamool Congress leader Rajib Banerjee on Friday resigned as the West Bengal Minister.
West Bengal: Dhupguri road mishap kills at least 14
Kolkata/Jalpaiguri/IBNS: At least 14 people were killed and 16 others were seriously injured as a stone-laden truck reportedly overturned on two cars after hitting another vehicle at Dhupguri in the Jalpaiguri district of northern West Bengal on Tuesday night.