Netaji's Forward Bloc struggles for survival amid financial woes

As the country commemorates Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary, the Forward Bloc, which had in 1939 emerged as a faction of the Indian National Congress under his leadership,......

Trinamool sweeps Kolkata civic polls, decimates Opposition

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress gained control of the 144-member Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Tuesday clinching nearly 72 per cent of votes, in a ringing endorsement for the party seven......

Union minister Subhas Sarkar's Tagore complexion remark stirs row

Union minister Subhas Sarkar courted a controversy on Wednesday with his remarks that Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's mother did not cradle him in her arms when he was a child because of his......

On his 71st birthday, Kolkata cops grill Mithun over campaign speech

Actor-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mithun Chakraborty was on Wednesday questioned by the Kolkata Police in connection with a complaint accusing him of inciting post-poll violence in West......

Bengal to set up new airport, revive small ones

In the wake of growing interest by large industrial groups in West Bengal, the state government has embarked on a plan to revive a number of small airports in the state apart from developing a new......

Jetstar starts low-cost Kolkata-Singapore flights

Jetstar Asia on Thursday launched its international no-frills, low-cost and thrice-a-week flights between Kolkata and Singapore.The budget carrier will operate with one-way tickets to Singapore......

Auto LPG: New hope for oil cos

With the West Bengal government banning 15 year-old commercial vehicles from running on the roads in the metropolis and its suburbs, oil companies, which incurred losses for about a year have at......

WB petrol pumps remain closed

With no immediate solution in sight, over 2,500 petrol pumps in West Bengal remained closed on Tuesday following a three-day strike evenas Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty invited the West......

Football great Shew Mewalal dead

Two-time Olympian Shew Mewalal who guided India to 1951 Asian Games title with his solitary goal, died at the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata late on Friday night following illness. He was 82 and is......

Kolkata sweeps Maradona off his feet

Soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona on Saturday said he was surprised by the response of the crazy fans who thronged in thousands to have a glimpse of him as he laid the foundation stone of a......

Amid devilish times, a God lands in Kolkata

In the time of terror and gloom, a God -- undoubtedly on the football field -- has landed in India. When the rest of India was sleeeping, Diego Armando Maradona, the football icon, arrived to a......

Pillay, Pargat, Ashok Kumar 'Walk for Hockey'

Several former Olympians were among around 6,000 sports buffs who took part in a colourful 'Walk for Hockey' to kick start the centenary celebrations of the Bengal Hockey Association in Kolkata on......

India go down in volleyball final

Australia overcame a gallant fightback from India to win a nail-biting five setter and clinch the second Commonwealth Volleyball Championship in Kolkata on Saturday. The final scoreline read 25-18......