'This should be the toughest election for the Left'

If Mamata Banerjee is a fighter jet bombing the Left Front fortress of West Bengal, Gautam Deb is the Communist Party of India-Marxist's anti-aircraft gun.Deb, 58, the state housing and public......

Mamata reappoints nephew Abhishek as TMC gen secy; Sinha in, O'Brien out

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday reappointed her nephew Abhishek Banerjee as Trinamool Congress national general secretary as she constituted the new office-bearers' team,......

BJD-BJP Alliance: Wishful Thinking

Although the BJP has never been ballistic about the BJD and Narendra Modi has avoided being critical of Naveen Patnaik, the BJP is optimistic that the party can improve its electoral fortunes in......

After lunch with BJP's Amit Shah, Bengal couple joins TMC

The Naxalbari tribal couple that hosted lunch for Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah last week on Wednesday joined the Trinamool Congress, a development the saffron party called “a......

Bengal seeks partners for housing complexes

The West Bengal government plans to enter into joint venture partnership with private real estate developers to promote LIG and MIG housing complexes in New Town near Rajarhat. Speaking to the......

'The Singur Bill will mess up things in Bengal'

Housing minister in the previous West Bengal government, Gautam Deb, is credited with creating New Town in Rajarhat or Jyoti Basu Nagar, a planned township spread over 7,000 acres in West Bengal,......