'The Congress is the only party that can counter US imperialism and the Left Front has always attempted to put up a fight against imperialism. Logically, therefore, the Congress and Left must work together to battle against it,' says outspoken Bengal Minister Subhas Chakraborty.

'It has everything to do with the West Bengal government's policies. They were too much in a hurry. They should not have hurried through with the land acquisition,' feels RSP leader T J Chandrachoodan.

Historian and author Sugato Bose is taking a break from his position at Harvard University to contest the Lok Sabha elections from a key urban constituency in West Bengal as a candidate of the ruling Trinamool Congress. He speaks to Amrita Mukherjee on his plans for parliament if elected.

Home Minister asks CM Mamata Banerjee to arrange for return of migrant Bengal workers

Pakistan Cricket Board legal advisor Tafazzul Rizvi has filed a criminal and defamation suit against former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for his alleged inappropriate comments on his Youtube channel.

Urging the TMC supremo 'to shun politics and confrontational approach', Jagdeep Dhankhar said her conduct is only compounding the miseries of the people of West Bengal.

BJP leaders Debasree Chaudhuri and another MP, Sukanta Majumdar, alleged that they were served with quarantine notices by the local administration so that they could not step outside to provide ration and other relief material to the masses.

Around 4,000-5,000 students hailing from West Bengal are staying in hostels and paying guest accommodations in Kota city, known for its coaching centres especially for engineering and medical aspirants.

West bengal CM Mamata Banerjee further hit out at the Modi-led government for issuing lockdown-related circulars without consulting the state governments and which did not have adequate clarity.

The letter comes days after Mamata Banerjee tried to block the inter ministerial team sent by the Centre to the state to assess the ground situation as far as tackling the Coronavirus is concerned.

The rebuttal came after the governor shot off two letters to the chief minister last week amid the clash between the Raj Bhavan and Nabanna, the state secretariat, in the wake of West Bengal's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Union home minister Amit Shah said not allowing trains to reach West Bengal is 'injustice' to the migrant workers from the state.

Union Home Minister Shah, in a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said the West Bengal government is not allowing trains with migrant workers to reach the state that may further create hardship for the labourers.

New Delhi, May 09: Union Home Minister, Amit Shah has written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to allow trains with migrants to reach the state. Shah in his letter pointed out that Bengal was not allowing the

This year's World Amateur Team Championships (WATC), scheduled for October, have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Golf Federation (IGF) said on Tuesday.

Shah said that the Centre has facilitated more than two lakh migrants workers to reach home. However, the central government is not getting the Bengal government's support in helping migrant labourers reach home, the Home Minister said.

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Previously, Banerjee had conducted surprise visits to marketplaces to enforce the lockdown, catching unprepared violators off guard

Mamata Banerjee Wednesdasy blamed the release of water from reservoirs in Jharkhand by the Damodar Valley Corporation for floods in three south Bengal districts.

Jharkhand Wednesday denied West Bengal''s claim that it had released water without consultation.

Official says water released after 12-hr notice to Bengal govt.

"I want people in the Hills to be happy."

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday reached out to the people in the hills and appealed to maintain peace.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet industrialists of the state and members of chambers of commerce on October 28:Partha Chatterjee.

Trinamool Congress has opened four party offices in Darjeeling, claims to have '40,000 members''.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated her stand on undivided Bengal and said the hills would remain an integral part of the state.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today turned her attention to a militant organisation in the adjoining plains.

In order to check the spiralling prices of vegetables, especially potatoes, in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday imposed a ban on their export.

Anubrata Mandal threatened of severe backlash if Congress activists continued to tear party flags and posters of Mamta Banerjee.

As a mark of respect, Mamata also presented Tendulkar with a turban apart from her painting.

"Only a gem can identify another gem. He (Modi) has identified the right person," Bhattacharjee said at a party rally.

Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily recently suggested that one day of a week should be declared as 'Bus Day''.

Bengal is the largest supplier of potatoes to Orissa, and everday over 350 to 400 truckloads from the state carry the commodity to Orissa on a regular basis.

The committee will operate as a task force, will promote the "single window" system for the clearance of proposals.

Cameron is the second British Prime Minister to visit Kolkata.

Curtains down on 19th Kolkata International Film fetsival.

Speaker Biman Banerjee said under Assembly rules, the CM can make a statement on any issue and no question must be asked.

Jagan tomorrow will meet Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said two years form now no Gram Panchayat in the state would be without banking service.

Ghosh would be writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to start a CBI probe into the scam.