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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee during an election rally in support of party candidates in Coochbehar district of West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

15 crorepatis, 33 with criminal cases in last phase of West Bengal...

Of 169 candidates analysed, 71 have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass.

2 May 2016 7:50 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal minister in trouble over Pakistan remark

Minister for urban development and municipal affairs in Mamata Banerjee's Cabinet was taking a Pakistani journalist for...

1 May 2016 3:41 AM IST

Trinamool Congress leader Bobby Firhad Hakim (Photo: video grab)

Bengal minister lands in trouble over 'mini Pakistan' remark, BJP...

BJP demanded an explanation, even as Hakim denied having made such comment.

30 April 2016 12:50 PM IST

Men wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station in Hooghly during 5th phase of State Assembly polls on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Bengal polls: 78.25% per cent cast their votes in fifth phase

A total of 349 candidates were in the fray for today's polls that were held in 14,642 polling stations at 8,313...

30 April 2016 8:14 AM IST

The Calcutta High Court. (Photo: Facebook)

Calcutta HC directs CFSL to analyse Narada tapes

It directed the CFSL to complete the analysis within four weeks of being given the recordings and devices.

29 April 2016 5:23 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (Photo: PTI)

Bribe takers in the chopper deal must be named: Rajnath Singh

Singh accusing the previous Congress-led government at the centre of indulging in corruption.

28 April 2016 6:36 PM IST

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly sees nothing wrong in Salman Khan bringing glamour quotient to Indias table for upcoming Olympics but also feels that goodwill ambassador can be a mixture of both. (Photo: PTI)

Sourav Ganguly bats for Salman Khan in Rio controversy

Former India skipper says the actor appointed as goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent will bring glamour.

28 April 2016 4:09 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: PTI)

BJP fighting polls to help TMC in Bengal, alleges Congress

TMC and BJP have a tacit understanding and we can see that both inside and outside Parliament, said Sachin Pilot.

28 April 2016 3:16 PM IST

BJP party president Amit Shah. (Photo: PTI)

BJP to stop infiltration from Bangladesh if voted to power: Amit Shah

He said the party wants fencing along the porous Indo-Bangladesh border to stop infiltration.

28 April 2016 9:03 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi is presented a scarf during an election campign rally in Srrerampore, Hooghly. (Photo: PTI)

Modi can't protect fish, how can he save borders: Sonia Gandhi

Sonia took a dig at Prime Minister over his promises of shielding the country's borders.

27 April 2016 10:07 AM IST

Residents look for their belongings after a fire at a slum area at Bangitola village in Malda district of West Bengal on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Malda: 160 shanties gutted, 300 people rendered homeless

Villagers and four fire tenders tried to douse the flame but it destroyed all the shanties.

26 April 2016 8:14 AM IST

The morphed photo of Rajnath Singh and Prakash Karat was posted and removed by the Trinamool Congress from its Facebook page. (Photo: Twitter)

Complaints against Mamata, O'Brien in morphed photo case; BJP demands...

BJP and CPI(M) said Derek O'Brien trying to malign' the image of both the parties with a morphed picture.

25 April 2016 10:00 AM IST