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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......

2nd autopsy finds IIT Kharagpur student was murdered

A second post-mortem of an IIT Kharagpur student whose body was exhumed for examination has indicated that his death was possibly due to an injury on the back of his head. IMAGE: The Takshashila......

Bengal cabinet okays replacing governor with CM as chancellor of varsities

The West Bengal cabinet on Monday gave its approval to remove the governor and make the chief minister the chancellor of all state-run agriculture, health and animal resources universities, in......

Cancer hospital launched by Modi opened last year, claims Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that she had last year inaugurated the second campus of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute which Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated......

How BJP's Chanakya met his waterloo in Bengal

The BJP could win only 16 out of the 57 seats in Bengal where Amit Shah campaigned, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Anilchandra Shah on a roadshow......

Average housing prices rise 13-33% in past 3 yrs

Average housing prices have increased in the range of 13-33 per cent in the last three years across seven major cities on high demand, according to real estate consultant Anarock. Illustration:......

Centre-Bengal ties may hold key to investments

Though the mandate is seen largely an outcome of Banerjee’s welfare schemes, she has promised to industrialise at a faster pace, or so read the manifesto. Congratulations to the Tigress of......

Infosys to set up software development centre in Kolkata: Mamata

IT services giant Infosys will start construction of a proposed software development centre in the metropolis by July 2021, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. The project......

Posh homes, ghastly roads. Kolkata's peri-urban nightmare

Kolkata need not feel inferior as it has its own “alive only at weekends” Lavasa, says Subir Roy. The road to the poshest of posh developments on the outskirts of Kolkata is......

An SC verdict that rattled India's high and mighty

The spectre of Singur and now its verdict is looming large on the future of many of Bengal’s projects, especially the state government’s industrial parks that are vacant. As many more......

Ganguly in home quarantine after brother tests positive for COVID-19

IMAGE: Sourav Ganuly, left, with his brother Snehasish Ganguly, right. Photograph: PTI Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly's elder brother and Cricket......

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......

Harbhajan credits Sachin, Sourav for 'playing big role' in career

Mumbai Indians' Harbhajan Singh during a practice session. Photograph: PTI World Cup winning off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has admitted that he owes his success to the golden generation of......

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