More than 200 patients were evacuated and medicines worth Rs 5 crore gutted after a fire broke out in the pharmacy of the state-run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital’s main building in Kolkata on Wednesday. read more

Mukul Roy, who enjoyed the number 2 status in Trinamool Congress, crossed over to the BJP in November last year after he fell out with Banerjee. read more

A crude bomb went off at a crowded marketplace in Kolkata’s Dumdum on Tuesday killing boy and wounding 11 others. read more

The Trinamool Congress blamed the BJP and its parent organisation RSS for the blast. It said the explosion could have been an attempt on South Dumdum municipality chairman Pachu Roy’s life. The BJP and the RSS rubbished the charges and instead blamed... read more

The impact of the explosion, which took place around 9:15 am, was such that it shattered the glass panes of adjoining buildings. A shutter near the site was partially mangled by the explosion. read more

BJP supporter Nilima Dey Sarkar said the Bengal police who watched her being attacked, were yet to take any step against those who had beaten her. read more

Sita Ghosh, who has already played the role of Mamata Banerjee twice, is busy picking up the nuances of her transformation from a firebrand opposition leader to an experienced administrator. read more

Trinamool Congress leaders and the deceased’s family said Kudus Ahmed was murdered for opposing the BJP’s September 26 bandh, called against the killing of two youths, allegedly in police firing. read more

The BJP had called the bandh to protest the death of two youths in alleged police firing in Islampur on September 20. read more

Clashes broke out between TMC and BJP supporters in West Midnapore, West Burdwan, South Dinajpur and North Dinajpur districts when rallies taken out by the BJP in support of the bandh came face to face with processions taken out by the TMC denouncing... read more

There is a flood of requests from ruling party units in every corner of Bengal for Abhishek Banerjee to address public meetings in the run-up to the LS elections. read more

The mob that gathered at the school was armed with sticks, bombs and firearms, alleged district police chief on Friday. read more

Somen Mitra, an old Congress hand, had once quit the party for a stint with Trinamool Congress. read more

The campaign would be conducted in Hindi, Urdu, English and Bengali. read more

Violence continued on Friday with two government buses and two wheelers set on fire during a 12-hour bandh called by the BJP to protest the police firing in Islampur. read more