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The veteran curator, who was involved with the Eden Gardens pitch for more than two decades including preparing the wicket for the 1987 World Cup final, had vowed not to return to the stadium after being blamed for the India-South Africa T20 International washout fiasco on October 8, 2015. (Photo: BCCI)

Former Eden Gardens curator Prabir Mukherjee passes away

Mukherjee, 86, was suffering from a liver condition and depression and was being treated at the BNR Hospital since April...

1 Jun 2016 5:41 PM IST

The woman said her husband sent his cousin brother to rape her. (Representational Image)

Salt Lake gangrape: 3 arrested, CCTV footage obtained

the three accused were nabbed from a hideout at Haroalast night following a massive raid.

31 May 2016 4:23 PM IST

The video of the rape was first seen in Brazilian social media Tuesday. (Representational Image)

Woman gangraped in moving car in Kolkata, dumped on roadside

The girl was dumped on the roadside in an unconscious state at Sector-1 in Salt Lake.

31 May 2016 7:55 AM IST

The body of Goutam Ghosh is still officially untraced though a Sherpa had claimed that she had spotted Mr Ghoshs body at an altitude of around 8,000m, an officer said. (Representational image)

1 more body retrieved on Mount Everest

The body of Subhas Paul is likely to reach Kolkata on Tuesday.

30 May 2016 1:30 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: PTI/File)

TMC scouting for options to register protest against EC

The Mamata-led party has slammed the EC for allegedly playing into the hands of opposition parties.

29 May 2016 12:44 PM IST

Preparations underway for the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Political bigwigs among 30,000 at Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in today

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent a 20 kg hilsa fish as her gift to Banerjee on this occasion.

27 May 2016 10:20 AM IST

He reached the top on May 21 and returned to the base camp two days later, the statement said. (Representational image)

39-year-old Bengal police staffer scales Mt. Everest

Rudra Prasad Haldar (39) reached the summit last Saturday at around 5.24 AM.

27 May 2016 9:31 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi is second most-liked world leader on Facebook

Modi's colleagues are also not far behind in making their presence felt in the virtual world.

27 May 2016 1:33 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Mamata Banerjee to take oath as WB CM tomorrow along with 41 others

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay and others will attend the ceremony.

26 May 2016 8:28 PM IST

Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Narendra Modi the second most-liked world leader on Facebook

The list of most-liked world leaders on Facebook released by the social network shows that Modi is second only to US...

26 May 2016 7:17 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal BJP to boycott Mamata's swearing-in, Jaitley to attend

The state Congress leadership had earlier stated they would not attend the oath-taking ceremony.

26 May 2016 5:32 PM IST

Trinamool Congress supporterw celebrate the partys thumping victory in West Bengal Assembly eections in front of Chief Minister house in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Net worth of richest Bengal MLA is Rs 40 crore, poorest has Rs 50,000

Trinamool Congress' MLA from Taldangra is the richest among all 294 members of the House.

26 May 2016 1:38 PM IST