The body was lying on an under-repair stretch of the NH 34, which is closed for heavy vehicles.

Auto giant waiting for 'conducive enviornment'' in the state.

Sanjib Banerjee, too, had pointed out that the state human rights commission only had the right to recommend.

In a development in the Short Street shooting case, Police Saturday seized Rs 82 lakh in cash from the bank locker of one of the accused.

The minister faces charges in connection with the murder of a Trinamool leader, Kamal Sheikh, in 2011.

Indo- Bangla enclave exchange ICJ to hear their case, delegation to be in Mumbai in February.

Pulling out of a project is a matter of concern said Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee Sunday.

He added that someone must have shot it on a mobile phone and released it to the electronic media which has presented news in a bad light.

Yadav had Sunday said that MPs should be banned from making speeches in English in Parliament.

Mamata said it was good to see that many new hotels were coming up in Kolkata.

The report, against which the hearing came up today, presented the details.

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

Incidents of violence reported, 'bomb hurled'' at Howrah Mayor

The State Election Commission Saturday announced repoll in six booths in Howrah, Krishnanagar and Bidhannagar municipalities where the election were held Friday.

Amit Mitra said Bengal's collection is second highest in the country.

Biman Bose Tuesday deposed before a commission set up to probe into the police firing on a Youth Congress rally.

PCC chief calls off programme, faction led by Mala Roy goes ahead with it.

The Congress Thursday said the people need to know who took away the money involved in the Sardha scam swindle.

Trinamool Congress demanded the resignation of former Supreme Court judge Asok Ganguly from the post of chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

Stating an inquiry would be made and those involved would be traced, Banerjee said the sleuths of Kolkata Police were on the scene.

Shah said if his party formed the next government at the Centre it would give "due right" to the people of West Bengal.

Former Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Saturday expressed shock at the sexual harassment charges filed by a law intern against former SC judge Asok Kumar.

Four persons were detained for alleged conspiracy to burn down the heritage Writers'' Buildings.

Mohun Bagan has asked All India Football Federation (AIFF) to review a Rs 2 crore fine imposed on them after a ruling by retired Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly, who is now embroiled in the law intern molestation case.

The petition alleged that one Kazi Nasiruddin was arrested in connection with a murder case on November 3 by Kultali police station officials.

Jyotirmoy Nandi has been carrying out a routine pest control exercise for which he has been contracted by the Home Department.

The Opposition leader also hurled accusations at the CM for running "a government riddled with corruption.

Taslima had criticised a meeting between AAP''s Arvind Kejriwal and UP cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan on Twitter.

Karat said BJP and RSS are trying to add fuel to the fire of communalism in the country.

Mitra said he felt good to be in the company of Congress leaders with whom he had worked closely in the past.

Many high-profile invitees are likely to skip the programme, though Ganguly may attend it.

The TMC also took control of the New Barrackpore Municipality, which it was managing jointly with the Congress.

The judge has denied the allegations.

Several rights activists and organisations also asked Ganguly to step down.

He also questioned the authority of the Supreme Court appointed panel in probing the matter.

Varun also scoffed at reports of Sourav Ganguly campaigning for them in the state.

Padma was arrested in 2012 along with six of her associates.

Bhattacharya said the walk was to protest the attacks on democracy by the state government.

Johra, has been in jail since April 2009 even though her jail term was over June 2010.

The hearing date has not been fixed yet, but a copy of the PIL has been sent to Ganguly.

The girl, a Class VIII student, stopped attending school after she got engaged.

There are at least 270 political prisoners in Bengal

The heritage property was restored at a cost of more than Rs 10 crore to its original glory in 2010.

Named Chetna Yatra, the activists say the rally is a step towards creating public awareness about AAP in West Bengal.

Calcutta Tramways Company celebrated the centenary of Rabindranath Tagore winning the Nobel prize by offering special rides in a tram named Gitanjali.

Apart from several other issues, the decision of the ruling party to form a war crimes tribunal in 2009 is one of the reasons behind the existing turmoil.

Mamata Banerjee said the state should be given at least a year''s moratorium on repayment of interests on central loans.

Lawyers associated with several political parties but the TMC took part in the rally.

Suman has since skipped party programmes, even when Mamata Banerjee met party MPs to finalise a blueprint to accelerate development work before the Lok Sabha elections.