Mamata demanded that the Aadhaar must not be made compulsory to receive LPG subsidy and called for immediate review of the move.

Dissident Trinamool Congress MP Somen Mitra Friday said he has decided to leave the party and go back to Congress.

The Congress unit suffered another 'defection'' blow as it lost control over Cooper''s Camp Municipality in Nadia district with all its members deserting the party to join the ruling Trinamool Congress.

The TMC donated Rs 41 crore to close to 2,400 para clubs this year with most of them receiving Rs 2 lakh each.

Modi said the Congress was resorting to other tactics to defeat him in the Lok Sabha elections and stop his rise.

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

Congress wrote it off saying Satyaranjan is only known as the brother of Priyaranjan Dasmunsi.

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

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

Barring some of her 'favoured'' journalists, the region around where the CM and her close aides sit, is inaccessible to all.

The home will be set up in Burdwan''s Durgapur with a capacity of 30.

The President was here to inaugurate an international conference of the Institute of Charted Accountants of India.

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.

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee has written to the State Election Commission, requesting to postpone municipal elections in Jhargram, scheduled on Friday.

Leading the demand for the change is a group led by Union minister of state for railways Adhir Ranjan Choudhury.

The Opposition Congress in West Bengal Monday reiterated its demand for a CBI probe in the Saradha chit fund scam.

HC dismisses all appeals in dispute over HPL disinvestment.

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

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

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) may boycott the closing ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the West Bengal Assembly from December 4 to 6 over the Speaker''s permission to allow Congress members to counter the statement of CM Mamata Banerjee on price rise issue.

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

The Left Front is also likely to boycott the three-day special session.

The Left Front is also likely to boycott the three-day special session.

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

Many leaders and workers of Forward Bloc joined the TMC in Jalpaiguri, a stronghold of the prominent constituent of the Left Front.

Trinamool Congress ministers are keeping their fingers crossed when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will preside over a review meeting of all departments.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

Air India is likely to come out of its precarious financial position this financial year with a positive cash flow, as its performance has improved considerably, the Economic Survey said today.

The Survey, tabled by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament, projected an optimistic growth rate of 6.1-6.7% for the 2013-14 claiming that the downturn is more or less over and economy is looking up.

The Economic Survey for 2012-13 released on Wednesday said that with moderation in inflation and expected fiscal consolidation there is room for further rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)