The ties between the ruling alliance in West Bengal have hit a new low, with the Congress declaring it would continue its “constructive criticism” of big brother Trinamool Congress for the sake of good governance. HT reports.
Three months after a laptop snag killed an MNC employee, another man in Kolkata was found dead close to his burnt laptop in his bedroom, police said on Sunday. Asphyxiation is suspected to be the cause of death.
Days after a function to launch her latest book was cancelled, exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin said she has become a victim of political convenience.
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya reports.
Although she felt "betrayed" by the Congress leadership many a time, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee describes the late Rajiv Gandhi as "the leader of our hearts" and Pranab Mukherjee as her brother.
Blaming a section of the media for joining the opposition chorus over death of babies in state-run hospitals, CM Mamata Banerjee today dubbed it as 'rumour' since the child mortality rate has dropped in the state.
As with Salman Rushdie in Jaipur, a book launch involving controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin was cancelled here on Wednesday following pressure from Islamist groups. HT reports.
A city court today granted interim bail to renowned doctor Mani Chettri, arrested in connection with the fire at AMRI Hospital in Kolkata that claimed 93 lives.
The Trinamool Congress today refused to comment on the special CBI court's order declining to make home minister P Chidambaram an accused in the 2G spectrum case, but added that the guilty should be punished.
Close on the heels of battered baby Falak's case, another shocking incident has come to light of a seven-month-old baby girl found abandoned in a compartment of the Toofan Express at Madhpur Station.
Pakistani politician Imran Khan today said that Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption would be more effective if the Gandhian joins politics.
Describing the AMRI Hospital fire as one of the saddest moments of her life, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said veteran doctor Mani Chhetri had been arrested in connection with the incident.
Arriving directly from the World Economic Forum meet at Davos, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf leader and prime ministerial hopeful Imran Khan said: “The Pakistan military will not step in to rule the country. They would have come in already had they planned to. This time things are different.”
Between the moment Imran Khan sat down on the stage and when he started to speak, a veritable riot of media photographers had broken out inside the packed hall at the Kolkata Literary Meet (KLM). Indrajit Hazra writes.
The kins of those who were killed by the Maoists might get job in government offices. Though the state government had not officially declared that yet, but had asked the district administration to send them the data of the families mentioning the academic qualification and age of the family members.
Taking her running feud with the central government a big step farther, Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday took potshots at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself, instead of her usual targets — West Bengal Congress leaders.
HT reports.
Mamata skips meeting with Jairam