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Please protect...: Mamata urges CJI amid I-PAC raid row

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to protect the country's Constitution, democracy and judiciary. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister...

Women fill streets across Bengal in midnight stir against doctor's murder

Thousands of women from all walks of life hit the streets across West Bengal at the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, protesting the horrific rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital...

5 killed, over 100 injured as storm hits Bengal's Jalpaiguri

The death toll due to a storm that wreaked havoc in parts of Jalpaiguri district in northern West Bengal has risen to five, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said. IMAGE: Among the most affected...

Bangladesh MP murder: Police recover flesh, hair from septic tank

Investigators of the West Bengal central investigation department on Tuesday claimed to have recovered pieces of flesh and strands of hair from the septic tank of a flat in New Town area near here,...

Do I have to sweep roads? Mamata pulls up MLAs, officials over poor amenities

Alleging that civic amenities almost everywhere in West Bengal have gone for a toss, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday questioned the ministers, MLAs and bureaucrats whether they expect her...

IIT-K plans campus at Rajarhat

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur is planning to set up a research and development and industry interface cell in Kolkata, according to Shishir K Dube, director, IIT-K."A formal proposal...

Infosys to get 50 acres in Rajarhat

After Wipro, now Infosys has also agreed to set up its campus at Rajarhat, New Town. Bengal housing minister Goutam Deb on Wednesday said that Infosys had agreed to accept the land offered to them...

Wipro gets land for second campus in West Bengal

Software major Wipro accepted on Friday a 50-acre plot at Rajarhat near Kolkata for its second campus, two months after chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee stepped in to assure alternative land...

Ratan Tata's cup of woes spills over

Tata Group's plans in Bengal have gone awry, once again. It's not just Tata Motors, but Tata Housing Development Company's (THDC's) projects, too, have hit a wall. THDC had spun big real estate...

Work on Infy's Bengal arm to start in 6 months

IT major Infosys will begin construction of its first facility in West Bengal at New Town Rajarhat adjacent to the metropolis within six months and does not foresee any problem from opposition...

First Look: Maradona arrives in Kolkata sans fan-frenzy

'Kolkata is a very special place and I have good memories from my trip there many years ago, the fans were fantastic.' IMAGE: Diego Maradona waves to his fans in Kolkata. Photograph: PTI Legendary...

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