Blow to TMC as Left-Congress combine sweeps Haldia dock polls

The Left-Congress alliance made a clean sweep in the elections of the Haldia dock institute management committee in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district by trouncing ruling the Trinamool Congress......

Suvendu's Career Hinges On Tamluk

'The life of his political career is dependent on success in this constituency.' IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Amit A Shah and Suvendu Adhikari during an election rally in Birbhum, May 10,......

Odisha, Bengal evacuate people as Cyclone Dana approaches

As Odisha and West Bengal are bracing for a severe cyclonic storm, governments of both states started evacuating people and while deciding to close educational institutions in vulnerable areas.......

Kolkata Firms Who Bought Electoral Bonds

Trinamool Congress is the second highest recipient of political donations through electoral bonds. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Trinamool Congress's Jonogorjon......

Is Haldia Mamata Banerjee's Singur?

Dipankar DasguptaProfessor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 'Loss of ownership rights over land assets was a primary cause underlying the Singur struggle, whereas the Haldia......

Higher volume, profitability gains for GAIL India

GAIL India’s second quarter (Q2FY25) performance met expectations. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Petchem turned profitable on higher volumes, and trading revenues were in-line. Analysts......

French twist to Haldia's woes

The Haldia port squabble has turned from a mere industrial dispute to a diplomatic sore point for India. In a fresh twist, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, the French partner of ABG Ports, has sought......

Haldia's comeback

Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd has always hit the headlines for the wrong reasons. The company, which produces the finest quality polymers, first made the news by lurching into a financial crisis soon......

Football icon Mohammed Habib passes away

Photograph: Kind Courtesy East Bengal/Twitter Mohammed Habib, the playmaker par excellence of the 1970s who scored against Pele's New York Cosmos in Mohun Bagan colours and made the football icon......