Veteran CPI-M leader Shyamal Chakraborty succumbs to COVID-19

Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Shyamal Chakraborty, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, died at a hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, his party said. He was 76.   Chakraborty, an......

BJP, Left, Congress leaders prevented from visiting riot-hit Basirhat

Bharatiya Janata Party, Left and Congress delegations were on Friday prevented from visiting riot-hit areas in Basirhat by the police even as the situation there remained tense and internet......

'I convinced Basu to celebrate his birthday'

Late West Bengal Sports and Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty's wife Ramala could not hold her tears when asked to talk about Jyoti Basu. The veteran Marxist leader breathed his last at a......

Bypolls: Left crumbles, Maya stages a comeback

The Left Front, on the back foot since the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, suffered yet another reverse when its twin citadels of West Bengal and Kerala crumbled under a determined Opposition......

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......