An Asansol Trinamul councillor was shot dead near his home on Saturday night, with his brother blaming three of his cousins, all suspected workers of the party’s youth wing.Police sources said Khali...

Two coaches of an old local train are getting a fresh coat of paint in Asansol but not for a rerun on the tracks.Come February and people would head to the coaches for a wholesome meal or their mornin...

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday highlighted her efforts to save central public sector units in Durgapur and Asansol — the twin towns that are home to several such companies.She pointed out that as railw...

Moon Moon Sen, the Asansol Lok Sabha candidate of Trinamul, caressed a baby langur brought to her campaign programme on Saturday, prompting rival parties to allege she had violated the Wildlife Protec...

The Asansol and Durgapur municipal corporations run by the Trinamul Congress made Bengali mandatory in signage from January 1. The decision is viewed as a bid to woo Bengalis in the two towns which ha...

The Trinamul-run municipal corporations of Asansol and Durgapur are on a foundation-laying spree for projects and temples ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.Sources said Trinamul was not in a “comfortable...

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Buses powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) were introduced between Asansol and different parts of the state, including Calcutta, on Wednesday.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the green fl...

Bengal BJP MPs Babul Supriyo and Debasree Chaudhuri were inducted into the Narendra Modi government on Thursday as junior ministers. Supriyo, junior minister of heavy industries and public enterprises...

A 17-year-old girl who had allegedly been kidnapped three days ago in Asansol town was found dead on Tuesday.Her body — almost unclothed — was spotted in a waste bin barely 300m from her home. The...