Bengal

Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) A day ahead of the third phase of Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Monday said there is a demand from the people of the state that Prime Minister Modi should contest from…

Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Monday said his party has put "special focus" on Bengal to reinstate democracy, give refugees their deserved rights and drive out all the infiltrators, and this was not because it may lose…

New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Indian government on Tuesday cancelled the visa of the Bangladeshi actor Ferdous Ahmed after he campaigned for a Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha candidate in Bengal. The government has also asked him to leave…

By Milinda Ghosh Roy: Raiganj, April 6 (IANS) North Dinajpur district's Raiganj, once a Congress bastion, is set to witness a gritty four-way fight with the CPI-M's sitting MP, Mohammed Salim, facing a tough challenge from the BJP, Congress…

Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) BJP MP from Asansol Babul Supriyo sent a musical message to mark his party's rise in Bengal by releasing a video of the recording of the party's campaign song on Tuesday.The song with peppy notes ushers the…

Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi saw Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as a person of extraordinary energy and fervour and one who was not to be trifled with, former West Bengal Governor and Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi…

Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS)- The West Bengal government has raised the retirement age for college and university teachers to 65 years and that of the vice chancellors to 70 years, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday."I…

Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS)- In a U-turn from his remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's prime ministerial prospects, state BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Sunday said she has no remote possibility of becoming Prime Minister of the…

Cochin, Dec 30 (IANS) In another major upset of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season six, Dabang Delhi rode on a strong second-half performance to hammer Bengal Warriors 39-28 in the second eliminator here on Saturday.Naveen Kumar and…

Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS): Five people were killed and nearly 22 injured in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district on Wednesday after a bus collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, police said."A public bus and a truck…