A day after India stepped up the pressure on Norway for the release of two children of an NRI couple, sources said the Norwegian government is likely to hand over the custody of the kids to their grandparents who live... (Continue reading)
The Congress-Trinamool war of words is set to reach crescendo when the party holds an ‘anti-Congress’ rally here on Monday. The rally, being organised by TMC’s youth wing, is aimed at protesting the alleged Congress-CPI(M) nexus in the state against... (Continue reading)
Trinamool Congress’ chief whip in the Lok Sabha Kalyan Banerjee, who was facing party chief Mamata Banerjee’s ire over the party’s vote in favour of the Lokpal Bill in the lower house, offered to resign. TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee to quit... (Continue reading)
The death toll in the hooch tragedy jumped to 167 on Friday with 19 more casualties reported from three hospitals as police arrested two more persons in connection with the incident. More deaths are feared in the state’s worst-ever illicit... (Continue reading)
At least 131 people, mostly rickshaw pullers and labourers have died after consuming spurious liquor at Mograhat in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Another 100 people are battling for their lives in several hospitals including some in Kolkata... (Continue reading)
At least fifty one people are feared dead and several others seriously injured after a massive fire broke out at the AMRI hospital in Dhakuria of south Kolkata early Friday. Although, no official announcement about the casualties has been made... (Continue reading)
Former military secretary, Lt Gen (retd) Avadesh Prakash was on Saturday held guilty by an Army court here in connection with the infamous Sukna land scam. Following the verdict, Avadesh Prakash has been dismissed from the service. The dismissal means... (Continue reading)
Mehsana (Gujarat): A special fast-track court, Wednesday, acquitted 42 of the 73 persons accused in the 2002 Sardarpura riots case, where 33 persons were burnt to death during the communal violence that broke out after the Godhra train burning incident.... (Continue reading)
A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs led by senior leader Partho Chatterjee will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Tuesday without party chief Mamata Banerjee in the wake of UPA ally’s pull-out threat over the latest fuel price hike.... (Continue reading)
Even though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has virtually ruled out a rollback, Trinamool Congress (TMC) appears in no mood to let go of its ‘concern’ over fuel price hike. But questions are being asked, Monday, about TMC’s intentions: Is the... (Continue reading)