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......

Basu wants protege Chakraborty in CPM Politburo

In a new twist after the recently concluded party congress, Communist Party of India-Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu has raised a controversy by demanding the inclusion of West Bengal transport......

'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......

Stay in my house, Bengal minister tells Taslima

Even when there is widespread criticism against the West Bengal government after controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen was hounded out of Kolkata, a CPI(M) leader and a state minister......

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......

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......

'Dalmiya faction did not leak Chappell's email'

Dismissing insinuations by Sourav Ganguly that Jagmohan Dalmiya had leaked coach Greg Chappell's controversial e-mail, West Bengal sports minister Subhas Chakraborty on Monday claimed that those......

FIFA boss gets warm welcome in Kolkata

FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter was accorded a warm welcome when he arrived in Kolkata on Saturday night on a four-day official visit to India. Blatter, who arrived at 2055 IST by a special......