About turn Sir — The decision of Babul Supriyo to join the Trinamul Congress should not be seen as an achievement for the party (“Babul joins Trinamul”, Sep 19). Not too long a...

Crucial fight Sir — Strange spectacles are on display on the campaign trail for the Bhowanipore by-election. While the chief minister and Trinamul Congress candidate, Mamata Banerjee, is rushin...

The Left Front on Wednesday announced young lawyer and CPM member Shrijeeb Biswas as its candidate against Mamata Banerjee in the Bhowanipore bypoll. Mohd. Modassar Hossain (CPM) has been fielded from...

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the BJP was harassing the Trinamul Congress’s all-India general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in order to teach her a lesson. “Please try to understand tha...

The West Bengal government Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order directing the court-monitored CBI investigation into all heinous cases like rape and murder durin...

A Trinamul Congress student activist on Friday lodged a police complaint against few ABVP members of MBB College in Agartala for allegedly assaulting her and confining her to a room. Senior Trinamul ...

It seems to be the season of epiphanies in Bengal. First, the comrades realized, all of a sudden, why the state had turned its face away from the Left during the recent assembly elections. Now, it is ...

A committee of parliamentarians, from the ruling alliance and the opposition, can be formed to take action against members who create a ruckus in Rajya Sabha, sources told NDTV. Seven or nine senior ...

Wisdom, much like the Revolution, can dawn belatedly. That, at least, seems to be the case with the wise men in Alimuddin Street. A post-mortem of the shocking debacle in the recent assembly elections...

At least 15 people have died, and lakhs of people were rendered homeless or marooned, as the flood situation in six districts of West Bengal aggravated on Tuesday, triggering a slugfest between the ru...