ELECTION RESULTS: How did the heavyweights fare

As results pour in for the four states -- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam -- and one Union Territory -- Puducherry – here's a glimpse at the leaders who won or lost their seats.......

75.02 per cent voter turnout in seventh phase in WB

An estimated 75 per cent votes were cast on Monday in West Bengal in the seventh and penultimate phase of assembly election, which was by and large peaceful, an Election Commission official......

WB: 6 rescued from abandoned mine

Six persons were rescued after being trapped in an abandoned coal mine at Jamuria in Asansol-Raniganj belt in Burdwan district on Saturday evening.  West Bengal Agriculture minister and local......

High voter turnout in Assam, West Bengal polls

Record 85 per cent votes were cast in Assam while 79.51 per cent votes were cast in West Bengal. High voter turnout was recorded in the assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal where an......

Videocon pulls plug on Rs 20k-cr Bengal project

It is curtains for yet another large-scale project in West Bengal. The Videocon group on Tuesday said it was unlikely to go ahead with its Rs 20,000-crore (Rs 200-billion) steel and power plant......

1,300 MW solar power to be added in 3 years

A day into the Copenhagen climate change meetings, the Union ministry of new and renewable energy has indicated that it has no definite roadmap to implement its ambitious target of 20,000 MW of......

Solar power: Bengal becomes fore-runner

West Bengal, on Tuesday, became the forerunner in mega-watt level solar power generation with the commissioning a 2MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic plant at Jamuria, near Asansol. This is the......