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BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya (L) and actress turned BJP MP Rupa Ganguly participate in Rath Yatra festival, in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

One lakh brave rains to mark Rathyatra

The theme of this year's yatra is Ramanuj Acharya, an exponent of Vaishnavism whose 1,000th birth anniversary is being...

26 Jun 2017 4:25 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stands with others after West Bengal won an award for Kanyasree Prakalpa during an event of United Nations in Netherland on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

WB wins UN award for promoting girl child education, combatting child...

Through WB govt's initiative, cash was deposited into the bank account of girls for every year they remained in school...

24 Jun 2017 2:48 PM IST

A school student waits for transport during GJMs indefinite bandh in Darjeeling on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

With Hills' trouble, tourism booms in N-E

Trekkers who go for adventures at Sandakphu in large numbers during the Pujas have also cancelled bookings of their...

24 Jun 2017 4:39 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal writes to Centre on Sikkim CM's remarks

The state government has sought the home ministry's prompt intervention in the matter.

24 Jun 2017 4:18 AM IST

TMC leader and state minister Partha Chatterjee along with party MP Abhishek Banerjee and others hand over the party flag to state Congress MLAs as they join the TMC on Wednesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Two MLAs ditch Congress for Trinamul

Leaders defect on eve of panchayat elections, praise CM.

22 Jun 2017 4:30 AM IST

The video showed a man leading the victim identified as Mohammed Afrazul, to a spot and then attacking him with an axe from behind. (Screengrab from NDTV)

Bengal ransacks peaceful protest against Rajasthan love jihad' murder

On 6th December Mohammad Afrazul was hacked to death, and then burnt alive by a man from Rajasthan.

9 Dec 2017 4:59 PM IST

Police personnel detain a Left student during their protest in north Kolkata on Friday against the killing of a labourer in Rajasthan on Wednesday.

Mamata: Kin of labourer killed in Rajasthan will get job, Rs 3 lakh

At around 3 pm, the district magistrate Koushik Bhattacharya and superintendent of police Arnab Ghosh visited Afrajul's...

9 Dec 2017 12:42 AM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi holding a meeting with the partys general secretaries at AICC headquarters in New Delhi recently. (Photo: PTI)

How will Rahul deal with Kejriwal, Mamata?

The Congress' incoming president, Rahul Gandhi, was once admiring of the AAP's rapid rise.

8 Dec 2017 6:28 AM IST

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee speaks with Union home minister Rajnath Singh as Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal looks on during a press meet at Nabanna in Kolkata. (Photo: Asian Age)

BJP leaders meet Rajnath on Bengal law-&-order situation

Mr Singh is in the city to chair a meeting of chief ministers of the states bordering Bangladesh.

8 Dec 2017 1:48 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Few want GD Birla to stay shut, says Mamata Banerjee

Only a day before she affirmed that the offenders would be punished while urging that the academic atmosphere should not...

7 Dec 2017 1:23 AM IST

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee with several religious leaders during the celebration of Sanhati Diwas for peace and harmony, on the occasion of 25th year of Babri masjid demolish, organised by Trinamul Youth Congress at Gandhi statue in Kolkata. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Religion can't be the agenda of a govt, says CM Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee said that someone who indulges in divisive politics, cannot lead the nation.

7 Dec 2017 1:23 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

TMC punishes its offenders, but BJP, CPM don't, says Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee was addressing a Trinamul rally on Mayo Road to observe Sanhati Divas marking the death anniversary of B.R....

7 Dec 2017 1:22 AM IST