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    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at an election rally at Safanagar in south Dinajpur district of West Bengal. (Photo; PTI)Metros
    West Bengal: Polls today in 31 seats in second part of phase 1

    The second round of the first phase 1(b) of the six-phase Assembly polls will be held on Monday. Thirty one Assembly...

    11 April 2016 9:31 AM IST

    ‘Congress happy playing second fiddle to survive battle’India
    ‘Congress happy playing second fiddle to survive battle’

    Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the Congress was fighting a “battle for survival” by...

    11 April 2016 9:07 AM IST

    Kolkata flyover collapse: Thought it was a quake, says EyewitnessMetros
    Kolkata flyover collapse: Thought it was a quake, says Eyewitness

    The residents of 1, Vivekanda Road on Thursday felt there was an earthquake after the under construction flyover, barely...

    1 April 2016 1:58 PM IST

    BJP national president Amit Shah addresses a public meeting in Raghunathpur. (Photo: PTI)India
    Amit Shah: Seek CBI probe for bribe sting truth

    Dares Mamata to throw out ‘tainted’ leaders.

    30 March 2016 1:54 AM IST

    PM Modi being presented a memento by Dilip Ghosh at Kharagpur in West Midnapore district. (Photo: PTI)India
    PM: Mamata has now become shahenshah

    Addressing his first election rally in West Bengal in Kharagpur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “Five years...

    28 March 2016 5:58 AM IST

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a rally in support of TMC candidate Laxmi Ratan Sukla and Boisali DalmiaIndia
    2 more TMC leaders in bribery net ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls

    In the video, one was seen taking cash and the other seeking stake in business projects.

    22 March 2016 3:30 PM IST

    2 more TMC leaders in bribery netMetros
    2 more TMC leaders in bribery net

    Even before the Mamata Banerjee government could recover from the shock of the Narada sting video which showed 11 top...

    22 March 2016 1:44 AM IST

    Left Front focus on big industries in manifestoIndia
    Left Front focus on big industries in manifesto

    The Left Front will lay greater emphasis in setting up “big industries” in Bengal and provide good...

    21 March 2016 1:33 AM IST

    Central forces start arriving for Bengal pollsIndia
    Central forces start arriving for Bengal polls

    Keeping its promise, the Election Commission has sent the Central paramilitary forces to Bengal much before the formal...

    2 March 2016 5:46 AM IST

    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wants panel on quotaMetros
    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wants panel on quota

    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said a committee should be set up to decide who should get reservation.

    23 Feb 2016 1:13 AM IST

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    Ashok Vajpeyi, Amol Palekar raise concern over intolerance

    Actor and filmmaker Amol Palekar and noted Hindi poet Ashok Vajpeyi inaugurate the Kolkata Literature Festival 2016 at...

    5 Feb 2016 12:32 AM IST

    President Pranab Mukherjee and French President Francois Hollande during a meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan. (Photo: PTI)India
    TMC didn’t ask me to join: Chandra Bose

    On January 23, Chandra Bose had attended the ceremony in New Delhi when 100 files on Netaji were declassified by PM...

    26 Jan 2016 1:43 AM IST

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