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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi after a meeting with Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai Han Zheng (unseen) in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Cong MLAs in WB 'swear allegiance' to Rahul, Sonia Gandhi in...

Bengal Congress president Chowdhury defended the decision to make MLAs sign the undertaking, claiming it was voluntary'.

25 May 2016 12:14 PM IST

BJP leader Roopa Ganguly (Photo: File)

BJP leaders march to Mamata's residence to protest attack on Roopa...

An injured Roopa was admitted to a local hospital after the attack

23 May 2016 7:09 PM IST

BJP leader Roopa Ganguly (Photo: File)

BJP leader Roopa Ganguly's convoy attacked by 'TMC supporters'

The incident happened when Ganguly, along with other BJP workers, was returning from Ishwaripur village after visiting a...

22 May 2016 7:19 PM IST

Asked about vacant India coach post, former Team India director Ravi Shastri kept mum and said, BCCI are in the process of taking a decision. Once they take a decision, we can then look into it. (Photo: PTI)

Shastri upset over Bengal cricket's inability to produce stars

Shastri also said that the star Indian batsman Virat Kohli's sensational form can only be beneficial to Indian cricket.

22 May 2016 6:22 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Bhutan PM to attend Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in ceremony

-"Looking forward to congratulating Mamata-di personally during her swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata,-" Tobgay tweeted.

22 May 2016 4:56 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets with the supporters after her partys thumping win in West Bengal Assembly elections. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal Assembly to have only 40 women MLAs

Of them 29 are from TMC, 4 from Congress, 6 from CPI-M and one from Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.

20 May 2016 7:06 PM IST

Trinamool Congress supporters smear colour on a poster of party chief Mamata Banerjee as they celebrate their win in West Bengal Assembly elections on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

'Indebted to people,' says Mamata after victory; to take oath on May...

'I am a commoner, an LIP - Less Important Person, I like to work with people,' says TMC supremo.

19 May 2016 7:51 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: PTI)

Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata most discussed politician on Facebook

Overall, 2.2 crore netizens discussed elections on the social media platform leading to 14.2 crore interactions.

18 May 2016 5:59 PM IST

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir after dropping Virat Kohlis catch during the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday. (Photo: BCCI)

Gambhir dropping Kohli not a turning point: Shakib

KKR all-rounder defends skipper who dropped RCB captain when he was on 32.

17 May 2016 3:24 PM IST

Throwing the opposition to bat, Virat Kohli and Co managed to restrict Gautam Gambhir-led KKR to 183. GG and Manish Pandey top scored for the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned side with 51 and 50 respectively. (Photo: BCCI)

When Roger Binny appeared on pitch to resurrect RCB

Television viewers were left shell-shocked to hear Roger Binny open the bowling for RCB during the match.

17 May 2016 12:40 PM IST

With 1349 runs from 12 matches, Kohli and de Villiers seemed to be unstoppable and are the top-two leading run-getters of the ninth season. (Photo: BCCI)

Virat-AB are like 'Batman-Superman', says Chris Gayle

Decoding Kohli's success, Gayle said it's the Indian's hunger to better his previous performances that has been key to...

17 May 2016 12:14 PM IST

People gather near the bodies recovered after the search operation following the sinking of a country boat, in Kalna in Burdwan district on Monday (Photo: PTI)

Burdwan boat incident: 19 bodies fished out of Bhagirathi river

The identified bodies have been handed over to their families after necessary formalities.

17 May 2016 2:23 AM IST