Seven pilgrims were killed and 12 injured Thursday in a stampede that took place while they were trying to board a boat to go to the annual Ganga Sagar mela in West Bengal’s south 24 Parganas district, police said.
The mishap occurred when a large number of pilgrims tried to board a vessel at jetty [...]
The union environment ministry has given its clearance to the proposed nuclear power plant project in Haripur in West Bengal, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here Wednesday.
Asked about the opposition to the project voiced by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government partner Trinamool Congress, the minister said: ‘I don’t know [...]
Angry villagers stoned a leopard to death Monday in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal after it entered a village and injured seven people, an official said.
The incident took place at Gadheyakuthi area Monday evening when angry villagers pelted stones at the leopard and killed it – in view of forest officials.
According to sources, the leopard [...]
Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Monday informed the defence ministry of the action to be taken against the two top generals indicted in a land scam in Sukhna Cantonment in West Bengal.
‘The army chief has informed the action he will be taking against those indicted in the court of inquiry into the scam,’ Defence [...]
A section of scientists, academicians and civil society organisations Monday protested against the cultivation of genetically modified crops in West Bengal citing food security concerns and their subsequent impact on human health.
‘We cannot accept Bt Brinjal in the West Bengal markets for health reasons. It’s not completely proven that these types of genetically modified crops [...]
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu’s condition continued to be critical Monday with no improvement, said a medical bulletin released by the hospital.
‘Basu, who was admitted with a pneumonia attack, is still on ventilator support. His condition is critical.
‘His cardio vascular system is more or less stable and the urine output also remains the same. But [...]
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu’s health continued to be critical Monday with no improvement in his condition, the hospital where he is being treated said in its medical bulletin.
‘Basu, who was admitted with a pneumonia attack, is still on ventilation. His condition is critical.
‘His cardio vascular system is more or less stable and the urine [...]
A group of suspected Maoist ultras gunned down a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist in West Bengal’s Purulia district Sunday evening, police said.
The shootout took place at Dhadka village under Bandwan police station in the district when a group of unidentified people shot Dhanu Rajak, a member of the party’s district committee, dead near [...]
A woman labourer died and several others were injured in a fire that broke out in the temporary cabins erected at the Commonwealth Games Village site in Delhi Saturday, police said.
‘The fire broke out at the temporary cabins at the Commonwealth Games village site near Akshardham temple at around 4.58 a.m. Saturday. As many as [...]
Ten robbers have been sentenced to death by a West Bengal court for murdering a housewife during a robbery two years ago.
The additional district judge of Barrackpore, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, announced the verdict Friday.
According to police sources, on Feb 21, 2008 the robbers broke into the house of jewellery shop owner Bimal Das. They beat [...]
A gang of ten robbers was sentenced to death by a district court In West Bengal for murdering a housewife during a robbery almost two years back.
Additional district judge of Barrackpore Partha Sarathi Mukherjee announced the verdict Friday.
According to police sources, the incident dates back to Feb 21, 2008 when a gang of 10 robbers [...]
The condition of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu deteriorated Saturday, and the 95-year-old leader has slipped into a state of drowsiness, doctors attending on him said.
According to a medical bulletin issued by AMRI Hospital, where Basu was admitted Jan 1, there was a drop in his urine output and he was feeling drowsy. ‘This signifies involvement [...]
For the second consecutive day Friday, talks between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and state finance ministers to reach a consensus on the Goods and Service Tax (GST), to be applicable nationwide from April 1, remained inconclusive.
The finance minister has asked the empowered committee of state finance ministers, headed by West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Sengupta, [...]
After Gujarat, Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Paa’ has now been declared tax-free in West Bengal.
The tax exemption will help reduce ticket prices and will further help the movie business in its long run, said a statement.
Produced by AB Corp and distributed by Reliance BIG Pictures, ‘Paa’ is an emotional story of a father-son relationship that had [...]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the home ministry to compensate the family of a man who was allegedly tortured and killed by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in West Bengal in March 2007.
NHRC took up the case after receiving a complaint from the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), a Delhi-based [...]
Suspected Maoist rebels killed a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist in West Bengal’s Bankura district. The body was found Thursday morning by local residents.
According to police, Haren Baske, 40, was abducted by a group of people late Wednesday night and taken to the nearby Surirtari near Ranibandh under Barikul police station, where he was [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave for Kolkata Thursday morning to see former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, who is in a critical condition in a hospital, official sources said here.
‘He will be leaving tomorrow (Thursday) around 11 a.m.,’ an official at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) told IANS.
He is scheduled to chair the [...]
Videocon Industries expects to post a 25 percent growth in sales in October-March period over the first six months of this fiscal on the back of revival in demand for consumer goods, a senior company official said here Wednesday.
‘We see a close to 20 percent growth particularly in the consumer durable sector,’ Videocon Industries’ Chairman [...]
Pharmaceutical major Piramal Healthcare is planning to raise Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 billion) in the next six-eight months, a senior company official said here Wednesday.
‘We will raise Rs.1,000 crore within the next six-eight months. A committee is looking at issues like how to raise it,’ Piramal Healthcare Strategic Alliances and Communications Director Swati A. Piramal told [...]
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) Kingfisher Airlines Monday launched direct flights connecting Kolkata to Patna and Ranchi to Raipur.
‘With the launch of flights on the Ranchi-Raipur route, Kingfisher Airlines is the only airline to offer direct flights between the two cities,’ a company release said.
The Ranchi-Raipur direct flights would operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. IT [...]
Kolkata, Jan 4 (ANI): The rescue operation is on to trace the 16 people, who went missing, after their boat capsized in the river Rupnarayan in West Bengal on Sunday.
Around 29 people belonging to Kolkata were on a joy ride in river Rupnarayan in Kolaghat in east Midnapore district, but [...]
Chennai, Jan 3(ANI): The Vanniyar community in Tamil Nadu on Sunday took to streets and staged a protest in Chennai to splinter the state.
Vanniyars, a business-class community, dominates 13 of the 29 districts in the state, mainly concentrated in the northern districts.
Protestors accused that people residing in southern Tamil Nadu are facing lot of problems [...]
Ranchi, Jan 3 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren on Sunday said that his government is ready to hold peace talks with the Maoists and prompt them to be integrated with the mainstream of society.
Addressing the media in Ranchi, Soren said: “There might be difference of opinion among the Maoists but there is no difference [...]
Kolkata, Jan 3 (ANI): CPM leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu’s health condition is reported to be stable.
Basu is being treated for pneumonia at the AMRI hospital in salt lake here.
“He has shown much improvement compared to yesterday. His condition is now relatively stable,” said Dr Debashish Sharma, Superintendent of AMRI Hospital.
“Besides [...]
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) A tiger and its cub sneaked out of West Bengal’s Sundarbans biosphere and entered human habitation Sunday morning, state forest department officials said.
The incident took place at Kultali area of Sundarbans as villagers found pugmarks of the tiger and immediately informed the nearest forest office and the local police.
State forest department [...]
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) A CPI-M activist was killed by suspected Maoists in strife-torn West Midnapore district of West Bengal, a police official said Sunday.
‘Jhontu Patra was called by a group of unidentified miscreants last (Saturday) night and later killed. His body was found this morning near Bamal in the Lalgarh belt,’ he said.
The officials [...]
Raipur, Jan 2 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police has said that it has devised a new strategy to combat Maoists by packing a small area with adequate security personnel to force the Maoists to flee and develop it later.
Speaking to ANI on Saturday, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police [...]
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) At least two suspected Maoists were killed and one injured in a gun battle between the police and the ultras in West Bengal’s trouble-torn Lalgarh region Saturday, police said.
‘Two people were killed and one injured during a serious encounter between the Maoists and the joint forces,’ a police source told IANS.
The [...]
Kolkata, Jan 2 (ANI): CPM leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu’s health condition is reported to be stable.
Basu is being treated for pneumonia at a private hospital in Kolkata.
“Basu’s condition is more or less stable and doctors are trying to check his [...]
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2 (IANS) Buses were off the roads in parts of three Orissa districts fearing attacks as the Maoists Saturday called for a two-day shutdown to protest alleged police atrocities.
‘The movements of buses has been affected in some places in Gajapati, Malkangiri and Rayagada districts,’ Inspector General of Police (Operations) Sanjeeb Marik told IANS.
‘Schools, [...]
