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

Roy supported Mandal 's claim terming it as "self defence."

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.

"Bengal becomes ideal for trafficking as it shares border with Bangladesh and Nepal," said Mudar Pathera, one of the event initiators.

The girl''s family can choose to use the amount either for her further education or in her marriage.

Declaring the festival open,Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that it will be competitive event from its next edition.

The appreciation rate of the 17-cottah (around 700 sq ft per cottah) land in Short Street has been phenomenal.

The inmates at Dum Dum Central Jail Monday got a taste of the Kolkata International Film Festival, which kickstarted Sunday.

West Bengal government Monday relaxed its ban on export of potatoes, albeit with a rider, saying it would help in further stabilisation of prices in the state.

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

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

Hearing the girl's cry, neighbours rushed to the spot and caught the teacher and manhandled him, they said.

S-I Noor Ali also faces dept probe for not acting on complaints.

Modi effect: 230 have applied; party yet to name its own men.

Kitchen essential sold for Rs 100 a kg in Darjeeling after shortage rumours.

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 Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has put its demand for a separate Gorkhaland state on the backburner at least for the time being.

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

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

After going through the BPC report, Justice Sanjib Banerjee said the police did not investigate into the FIR.

Later, a press release of the army said, a joint inspection would soon be carried out to identify feasibility of land in North Bengal.

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

He said there was no shortage of agricultural produce in the country and attributed the recent crisis to poor transportation.

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.

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

Tripartite meet : Demands 3-tier Panchayati Raj system in hills, backward status for GTA area

The exodus of Congress and Left Front councillors to the Trinamool Congress continued Thursday giving the party an absolute majority in at least two more civic bodies.

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

Besides having to deal with the speeding trains, the elephants in north Bengal also have poachers wreaking havoc in their lives.

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

Ghosh was arrested in connecction with scam Saturday evening.

Lok sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday said the onus of women''s safety at workplace was with the company management and they must follow the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court to tackle sexual harassment cases.

Customs department Saturday seized a consignment of gold biscuits weighing 3 kg from the NSCBI airport.

The Calcutta High Court Monday stayed a notification issued by the West Bengal government, which banned inter-state trading of potato.

A second fast track court at the City Sessions Court Monday asked the chargesheet in the Kamduni rape case be translated to Bengali and handed over to the accused, Rafiqul Islam, before the next hearing on December 11.

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

The employees gathered outside Nabanna, chanted slogans and burnt a copy of the circular.

Justice Ganguly had been appointed as the chairman of the WBHRC in 2011 at the behest of Mamata Banerjee.

A K Ganguly is best known for being part of the bench that quashed 122 2G spectrum licences issued in 2008.

Assembly: TMC chief says she needs time to clean muck left by LF''s 35 years of rule

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

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

He said the party needed to motivate people to build a movement against "state-sponsored terrorism".

Two days ago, the Orissa finance department passed an interim order for attachment of over 14 acres of land, and freeze Rs 2,740 crore of the group in IDBI account in Balasore district.

The activists staged a silent protest outside Bhabani Bhavan with banners reading "Jurisprudence calls for arrest of Mr Asok Ganguly".

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday lifted the ban on potato and vegetable export, allowing their movement from West Bengal to other states.

Case looked at as hierarchy battle between IAS, IPS.