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

Chit funds and other such schemes are clearly a concern and all regulators should be more vigilant.

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.

Kumar was arrested on November 30 for his alleged involvement in the scam during his tenure as SJDA CEO.

Mamata is said to have called Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid and sought support.

There are at least 270 political prisoners in Bengal

While the BJP has already offered him a seat from the state, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee chief Pradip Bhattacharya Sunday visited his house at Behala

K D Singh and V K Singh were addressing a state level convention organised by members of the Punjabi community in Rohtak.

The Trinamool Congress on Monday saw a fresh batch of leaders and workers from other political parties joining it in the presence of the party''s all-India general secretary, Mukul Roy.

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

Yesterday, Delhi Police removed barricades from the American Embassy in Chanakyapuri as part of the ongoing diplomatic row with the US.

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.

The matter has now been referred to Attorney General G E Vahanvati to work out legal details.

Inaugurating the session on behalf of the CM, state finance minister Amit Mitra pointed out the "massive increase" in the budget allocation for minorities since Mamata came to office in 2011.

Members of the West Bengal Mahila Congress Committee, along with other senior Congress leaders, took out a procession on Saturday protesting violence against women in the state.

TV serial written by Taslima Nasreen was postponed with the instructions of Mamata Banerjee.

3 TMC workers have been arrested in connection with attack

Bodies of six persons of a family a couple and their four daughters aged 1, 5, 8 and 10 were recovered from a guesthouse room at Tarapith in Birbhum on Thursday.

The seven-feet long sculpture, weighing several tonnes, allegedly fell and broke into two halves during shifting.

Jalpaiguri : Man carrying the bomb on his bicycle had links with KLO, say police sources

An alleged conman was arrested late Sunday for having put up in at least three luxury hotels in Kolkata for days impersonating as a senior company executive.

The outfit, which was not taken seriously by the Bengal Police in last few years, is now said to have considerable fire power.

Amid the massive public outcry over the death of a 16-year-old girl who was gangraped twice and later set ablaze, the West Bengal government on Thursday condemned politics over her body and claimed it had fully cooperated with the bereaved family.

Chief Secretary Sanjoy Mitra''s claim that the rape victim received adequate medical attention drew flak from the All India Democratic Women''s Association (AIDWA), the women''s wing of the CPM.

Move comes after victim''s father writes to Governor

TMC MP Somen Mitra to quit LS membership on Jan 15, re-join Cong on Jan 17

Commuters had a tough time in West Bengal as more than 49,000 private buses and mini buses remained off road Monday demanding a rise in fare.

Rights activist Sujato Bhadra said Ganguly should have put in his papers much earlier.

The former chief minister also alleged that all development work in the state had come to a standstill.

The report, however, has no mention of the investigation by the West Bengal Police.

The Economic Survey 2013 says that foreign exchange reserves were steady at $295.6 billion at December 2012 end. Fiscal deficit may be at 5.3%, possible that Chidambadarm may bring it down to 5.2%, committed to controlling fiscal deficit. Food ...

The pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2012-13, tabled in Parliament today, has projected a turnaround in the economy in 2013-14, with growth expected to be in the range of 6.1 to 6.7 per cent, up from the advance estimates of five per cent growth in ...

Claiming that the "downturn is more or less over", the pre-Budget Economic Survey today projected an optimistic 6.1 to 6.7% growth in the next fiscal and made a strong call for cutting subsidises

Easy money policy of major developed and developing nations could aggravate inflationary expectations in India, cautioned Economic Survey for 2012-13

Traditional retailers are giving strong competition to organised retailers and the decision to permit foreign retailers to open stores in the country will not affect small players in India, the government said today.

A year after India's economic growth is headed to a record ten-year low growth of 5% in 2012-13, economic advisers in the Finance Ministry expect the economy to recover to 6.1-6.7% in 2013-14.

Indian banks have set up over 40,000 ultra-small branches across the country to drive financial inclusion in un-banked and under-banked centres, according to the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

India witnessed a peak power shortage of 9% during the five years ending 2012 when over 50,000 MW new generation capacity was created, Economic Survey said today.

Indian companies raised a total of Rs 2.81 lakh crore in fresh capital from equity and debt markets in the April-December period of 2012.

Open access to consumers especially for 1 Mw and above is yet to take off on a large scale. However, the Economic Survey is completely silent on this aspect, though it does mention that open access at the inter-state level is now fully functional.

Despite the Wholesale and retail Inflation moving in opposite directions, the government today exuded confidence that the headline Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation will ease to the range of 6.2% to 6.6% in March 2013, primarily on the ...

The Economic Survey today suggested the government reprioritise Plan and Non-Plan expenditure in its efforts to contain fiscal deficit at manageable levels.

As the country faces the prospect of being saddled with record almost 100 million tonnes of foodgrains in the next few months, the government's annual Economic Survey released today said that urgent attention needs to be accorded to efficient food ...

Delays in environment clearances needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis for achieving coal production target of 795 MT during the current five year plan (2012-17), the Economic Survey said today.

The Economic Survey today suggested removal of controls on the "over-regulated" sugar sector in a phased manner as recommended by the Rangarajan committee.

India's tourism sector needs an urgent image makeover with higher investment in infrastructure, through PPP mode to capitalise on opportunities provided overall growth in world tourist arrivals, the Economic Survey said today.

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The country's telecom sector has seen sharp decline in foreign investor interest with FDI plummeting by 96 per cent to USD 70.46 million in April to November 2012 period, the Economic Survey today said.

The Economic Survey 2012-13 acknowledged that the $100 billion Indian information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) faces some serious competition from many of the developing countries

The Economic Survey today said slippage on fiscal deficit will be restricted to 0.2 percentage point this year as expenditure measures could offset the shortfall in revenue collections