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West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra

More financial scams in the offing, says West Bengal FM

Mitra said the figures were collated from the latest Financial Stability Report of RBI and in absolute terms.

24 Aug 2018 7:36 PM IST

Forex market participants said that the steep fall in the rupee on Monday caught lot of importers off-guard due to which there was panic buying of dollars.

Sudden depreciation or appreciation of Rupee not good: SBI

Rupee had experienced an orderly depreciation as it moved from Rs 64 to a dollar to Rs 70 over a span of five to six...

24 Aug 2018 12:30 PM IST

A police team has reached Trinamool Congress officer in West Midnapore where the blast killed one party worker. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

1 dead, 5 injured in blast at Trinamool Congress office in Bengal's...

The blast occured at Mamata Banerjee's party office in Makarampur of West Midnapore district.

23 Aug 2018 1:28 PM IST

The 4-year-old girl handed over the money to CPI(M) leader Biman Bose at the state party office here. (Photo: Facebook/ @cpimwbpc)

Give my savings to my sisters in Kerala: 4-yr-old Kolkata girl donates...

The girl had saved around Rs 14,800 from gifts she had received during her birthday to buy CD player to rehearse for her...

23 Aug 2018 11:58 AM IST

Cellphones have the power to perform complicated analyses, handle image processing, take high-quality images, and are ubiquitous in Zika-afflicted countries.

Bengal college girl gets invite from mystery caller to take up 'Momo...

The 'Momo Game' is said to be a successor of the notorious 'Blue Whale Game' and has made headway in several countries.

22 Aug 2018 1:13 PM IST

I am amazed at the maturity and poise that Tejaswi displays while answering tough questions. He has a bright future. He will definitely emerge as a force to reckon with, Shatrughan Sinha told a news channel. (Photo: PTI)

Shatrughan Sinha defends Navjot Singh Sidhu on hug row

Shatrughan Sinha said Sidhu has already made himself clear on the issue and 'I don't think there is any scope for any...

22 Aug 2018 12:13 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is leaving for Delhi on Monday, said she would seek time from Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss the issue. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

West Bengal govt rolls out new IT policy

The policy would enable West Bengal to transform into a knowledge-driven, technologically-enabled welfare society.

21 Aug 2018 12:31 PM IST

Book showing Farhan Akhtar as Milkha Singh not published by Bengal govt: TMC

Book showing Farhan Akhtar as Milkha Singh not published by Bengal...

The error went viral on social media on Sunday and Akhtar had urged the state government to rectify it.

20 Aug 2018 2:52 PM IST

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Won't accept Netaji's ashes without DNA test, says nephew CK Bose

Chandra Kumar Bose's remark came after Netaji's daughter urged India, Japan to bring back his father's mortal remains...

20 Aug 2018 2:14 PM IST

Shamis advocate made clear the right-arm bowler was open to pay his daughters maintenance charge since the beginning but refused to allocate any share towards his wife after she switched back to her modelling and acting career. (Photo: PTI/AFP)

Hasin Jahan loses maintenance case against Mohammed Shami after...

Jahan demanded Rs. 10 lakh per month from the cricketer but her claims were turned down.

19 Aug 2018 5:11 PM IST

After the announcement of the poll schedule, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee held a meeting at the state secretariat, Nabanna. (Photo: PTI)

After demonetisation 'disaster', rupee slide will kill small...

Banerjee said the informal sector and small businesses will be worst hit by depreciating rupee and lead to increase in...

16 Aug 2018 2:40 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee said those who have been staying in the country for years were branded as infiltrators and accused the BJP of carrying out the exercise with an eye on Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

People whose names missing from Assam NRC sent to detention camps:...

The BJP is looking at a presidential form of government but 'they will lose everywhere', she claimed

14 Aug 2018 8:54 PM IST