Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal CM for second time

Mamata Banerjee was on Friday sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the second consecutive time, heading a 42-member ministry. Banerjee, 61, was administered oath of office and secrecy......

Mamata defends arrest of professor over cartoons

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday defended the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor over his cartoons on the internet putting her in poor light and she blamed Communist......

WB mulls amends in labour laws to prevent strikes

The West Bengal government is mulling amendment of labour laws to prevent strikes on "trivial issues", while also checking unfair labour practices. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had recently......

The fall of the turnaround tycoon

Industrialist Pawan Ruia's (think Dunlop and Jessop) arrest this month for cheating and criminal breach of trust marked a new low, but the tide had been turning against him for a while now. Ishita......

Ruia gets his best chance to save Dunlop

When Pawan Kumar Ruia was negotiating with the West Bengal government and the workers of Dunlop India's closed Sahaganj factory, he had one strange condition.  Apart from many favourable......

Hindustan Motors hands out pink slips to managerial staff

An abrupt end to the journey of the Ambassador, the oldest face of India’s automobile sector, seems inevitable. Weeks after a suspension-of-work notice, Hindustan Motors has now issued......

HM to pay part of dues to staff by June 2

At a meeting with West Bengal Labour Minister Purnendu Bose, the Hindustan Motors management on Thursday agreed to pay a part of the dues to workers by Monday. However, it didn’t provide an......