In 2012, vicious riots involving Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims were witnessed in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The incident, in which 77 people died and nearly four lakh people were displaced...

Left leaders, including Left Front chairman Biman Bose, were arrested from Red Road on Saturday for violating lockdown protocols, prompting many to wonder whether such public display of grievance was ...

The coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdown in Bengal have prompted political parties to keep aside their bitter rivalry to stand by the people.The ruling Trinamul Congress, inspired by chief ...

The Left Front and the Congress have finalised seat sharing for the 20-member Alipurduar municipality to which elections are due this summer.This is the first time that the Left and the Congress have ...

Congress and Left leaders in Siliguri and Cooch Behar have finalised a seat-sharing deal for the elections to the Siliguri Municipal Corporation and six municipalities in Cooch Behar district.On Monda...

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced polls on March 26 to five Rajya Sabha seats from Bengal that fall vacant in April.The commission has announced elections to a total of 55 seats fr...

Congress and Left Front legislators joined forces on Thursday to accuse Trinamul of acting like the “BJP’s B-team in Bengal”, after their proposal for a resolution in the Assembly against the Ci...

Home minister Amit Shah on Monday trained his guns on the “tukde-tukde” gang in an indirect reference to JNU, asking whether those raising slogans against the country shouldn’t be put in jail as...

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday blamed the erstwhile Left Front government for not solving the water crisis faced by the indigenous people living in the hamlets of the state.Addressi...

A single-window cell will be set up at the Calcutta Municipal Corporation headquarters for thika tenants interested in developing their land to submit applications and obtain permission, civic officia...