West Bengal

A court in Jalpaiguri on Monday sentenced four youths to life imprisonment for murdering their friend around nine years ago. The convicts are Bhaichung Sherpa, Nitesh Sharma, Dawa Tamang and Vivek Pr...

An organisation of north Bengal Muslims with considerable clout in the community has demanded that a newly constituted board for the socio-economic development of Nasya Sheikhs be converted into the o...

  Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday slammed the party's tie-up with Indian Secular Front (ISF) led by Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui in West Bengal, saying it was against the party...

The Trinamul Congress is likely to axe several sitting MLAs from its candidate list for the upcoming West Bengal elections, sources said on Monday. The party is planning to nominate more youths, wome...

A BJP delegation on Monday wrote to Calcutta Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra alleging that an illegal exercise was being carried out in the force to "enable collection of postal ballot and effec...

A plea challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct assembly elections over eight phases in West Bengal was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday. The plea, filed by lawyer M L Sharma...

Veteran Left leaders stepped back to push the younger generation on the big stage and youths made up a bulk of the crowd at Brigade Parade Grounds, both these features standing out at the Left-Congres...

Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury was speaking at the Brigade Parade Grounds on Sunday when chants of “bhaijaan, bhaijaan” rent the Brigade air, forcing the veteran to pause midway...

Leaders of Mamata Banerjee’s party in the hills feel Trinamul should field candidates in all three Assembly seats — Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong — to skirt the factions of the ...

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