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She alleged that women were being harassed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in the state and they were not able to venture out freely. (Photo: ANI)

Those trying to stop Rath Yatra will be crushed under chariot: WB BJP leader

'The main aim is to obtain votes for 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Nobody can stop it', BJP's WB Mahila Morcha president Locket Chatterjee said.

11 Nov 2018 1:24 PM

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram accused the Modi government of trying to 'capture' the RBI. (Photo: File)

Modi govt trying to capture RBI could be catastrophic: Chidambaram

He alleged that the govt was making every attempt to push through its proposals at the RBI board meeting on November 19.

08 Nov 2018 7:14 PM

Different varieties of rosogollas would be showcased in the stalls of the 'Mishti Hub' (Sweetmeat Hub), set up in one part of the Eco Park in New Town area here, HIDCO Chairman Debasish Sen said. (Photo: File)

West Bengal to observe 'Rosogolla Day' on November 14

'Rosogolla Day' will be celebrated to mark the first anniversary of the sweet getting Geographical Indication tag as 'Bengal's Rosogolla'.

07 Nov 2018 5:17 PM

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED had earlier issued a lookout circular against him. (Photo: ANI)

Mehul Choksi’s associate arrested by ED in Kolkata

Deepak Kulkarni was the director of Choksi's dummy firm in Hong Kong.

06 Nov 2018 1:13 PM

'Religion is an individual matter for all, but festival is for everybody. There is no place for religion in any festival, in which everybody is entitled to participate,' Banerjee said. (Photo: File)

BJP mixes religion with politics in development schemes: Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee made the allegation while inaugurating a Rs 60-crore-skywalk at the famed Dakshineswar Temple in Kolkata.

06 Nov 2018 10:18 AM

The male members of the puja committee and the locality prepare 'prasad and bhog' (food) for the deity besides undertaking other tasks. (Representational Image | Soumyadeep Choudhuri)

Like Sabarimala, a 34-yr-old Kali puja pandal in Kolkata doesn’t allow women

'We wish to maintain rule which say if any woman enters pandal during puja, there will be a tragedy in our locality,' puja committee said.

05 Nov 2018 2:24 PM

Police said that people were evacuated safely from the building, which houses offices of several companies and is also the headquarters of Apeejay Surendra Group. (Photo: Twitter | @tanvibose)

Kolkata: Fire breaks out in high-rise office building on Park Street

No one was injured in the fire that broke out at about 11:10 am on fifth floor of Apeejay House, Fire Brigade official said.

05 Nov 2018 12:54 PM

Presidency University student Swapravo Bhakta used to stay with his mother after his parents got separated a couple of years ago. (Photo: www.presiuniv.ac.in)

21-yr-old Presidency University found hanging at home in Bengal

No suicide note was found at the house.

02 Nov 2018 4:31 PM

'One aircraft was going to Guwahati from Chennai and the other from Guwahati to Kolkata. The planes had come close to each other around 5:10 pm,' official said. (Representational Image | PTI)

Mid-air collision averted: 2 IndiGo planes came too close over India-B'desh border

2 IndiGo aircraft came too close to each other following instructions from the Bangladeshi ATC, Indian aviation official said.

01 Nov 2018 8:40 PM

The Qatar Airways flight, QR 541 from Kolkata to Doha had 103 passengers on board. (Representational Image)

Water tanker hits Qatar Airways plane at Kolkata airport, none hurt

The aircraft that took the hit has been taken away for repairs soon after the incident.

01 Nov 2018 1:01 PM

Her father used to run the tea stall but Kalpana Roy had to take over as he has been quite unwell in recent times. (Representational Image | Pixabay)

Kalpana Roy, who played football for India, now runs tea stall to earn livelihood

She also coaches around 30 boys and trains them twice a day to keep herself fit as she still dreams of playing for team again.

30 Oct 2018 8:23 PM

With the prestigious contract, the GRSE’s order book as on date stands at Rs 22,604 crore. (Photo: Facebook | @grsekolkata)

GRSE bags over Rs 2,000 crore contract to build 4 large survey vessels for Navy

On Tuesday GRSE signed contract, which covers design, construction and supply, with the defence ministry.

30 Oct 2018 7:43 PM

India's history and culture do not promote 'sectarianism or bigotry', West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted while addressing a public programme Cooch Behar. (Photo: File | Asian Age)

BJP ‘distorting’ history to create rift among masses on religious lines: WB CM

Mamata Banerjee also lashed out at BJP-led govt in Assam and Centre for leaving out names of 40 lakh people from 'complete draft' of NRC.

30 Oct 2018 7:36 PM

The BJP had fielded more than 850 candidates from the minority community in the poll to the three-tier panchayats, with nearly half of them winning the elections. (Photo: File)

BJP considers fielding more Muslim candidates in Bengal for 2019 polls

BJP's aim to make shift political strategy in Bengal appears to be result of their harvesting good number of seats in local body polls.

30 Oct 2018 5:58 PM

RBI employees association seek central bank's autonomy: Viral Acharya

Govts that do not respect central bank's independence would sooner or later incur the wrath of the financial markets.

29 Oct 2018 2:27 PM

'Both PM Modi and Amit Shah have condemned lynching. You can't count on statements made by people, who are either not related to party or are remotely related to it,' Ansari said. (Photo: File)

Centre working to change views of it being ‘anti-Muslim’: BJP leader

BJP Minority Morcha national president Abdul Rasheed Ansari said Oppn had launched 'fear-mongering campaign' among minorities against BJP.

28 Oct 2018 11:53 AM

WBBSE president said Saifa Khatun qualified eligibility test conducted by the WBBSE for external candidates in August, and her case was 'unprecedented' in the history of Madhyamik Examination (Class 10 board examination) in the past two decades. (Representational Image)

12-yr-old Bengal girl, who has never been to school, will take board exams

The minimum age to appear in the examination is 14, Ganguly said.

27 Oct 2018 4:44 PM

A man in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district was seen slapping his aged father in a video that went viral, following which the accused has been arrested. (Representational Image)

Man seen on video beating elderly father for 'touching sweets', arrested

The video shows the old man answering his son's question while being repeated beaten for touching sweets in the kitchen without asking.

25 Oct 2018 4:51 PM

A 24-year-old MTech student of IIT Kharagpur was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room, the police said on Thursday. (Representational image)

24-yr-old student found hanging in IIT Kharagpur, police investigate

Police have started an investigation to find out the reason behind death. His body has been sent for autopsy and forensic report is awaited.

25 Oct 2018 1:32 PM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee renamed the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) as the 'BJP Bureau of Investigation'. (Photo: File | Asian Age)

CBI has become BJP Bureau of Investigation: Mamata Banerjee

'CBI has now become so called BBI (BJP Bureau of Investigation) -- very unfortunate!' Mamata Banerjee tweeted.

24 Oct 2018 2:45 PM

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