'Large-scale violence feared in West Bengal polls'

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjees plan to take over TV channels owned by Saradha group is likely to hit a hurdle as it is illegal under present laws for a government entity to own or run a television channel.

With a 9.1 crore population, there is a little bit Bengal everywhere across the country.

Calcutta, May 24: The Bengal government and the state election commission have locked horns again, this time over the choice of observers for the panchayat polls. The poll panel has written to the government, objecting to the administrations move to include ...

The Bengal governments decision to run TV channels Tara Newz and Tara Music could face central hurdles. Union information and broadcasting secretary Udai Kumar Verma said: The state government has not approached us yet to seek permission to acquire the ...

It looks like the Saradha effect. A small-time chit fund owner of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, who failed to repay more than R8 crore to investors after his operation closed down last year, was kidnapped by angry agents on Friday. He was, however, ...

At least nine infants have died in Malda Medical College & Hospital in West Bengal’s Malda district in the last 36 hours. Primary investigation revealed birth asphyxia as the main reason behind the deaths. These deaths have once again showcased the ...

The strikingly beautiful, milky coats of white Bengal tigers are caused by a single change in a known pigment gene, a new study has found. The white tigers, a variant of Bengal tigers, were discovered in the Indian jungles, and since then their unique coat ...

Subbarao today briefed a Parliamentary panel on regulatory issues concerning the recent chit-fund scam in West Bengal and discussed steps that could be taken to prevent recurrence of such frauds. According to sources, Subbarao informed the members of the ...

Three mountaineers from West Bengal, missing for the last two days during an expedition to Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal, were on Friday traced and taken to the base camp in Kathmandu. Basanta Sinha Ray, Debasish Biswas and Moloy Roy, missing since May 22 were ...