Former Army Chief General Shankar Roy Chowdhury said that the system forcing General Singh to go to the SC wasn't right. ...
01:38 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Kolkata: In what could be called a controversial move, the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is planning to drop the 'Right to Strike' clause for the state government employees. The state government is considering withdrawal of the clause from the Service rule, which empowers government employees to go on a strike. This is being seen as an attempt to ensure discipline and depoliticising workers' bodies. This has drawn sharp...
09:37 AM, Feb 01, 2012
An IPL-style auction will be one of the major attractions of the football extravaganza in Kolkata. ...
09:42 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Kolkata: Amartya Sen and Partha Dasgupta received it and now Mahima Khanna is basking in its glory. The 23-year-old Kolkata girl is the third Indian recipient of the prestigious Stevenson prize for economics from Cambridge university. Mahima said, "It's an astounding feeling to have achieved one of the milestones that these people have achieved." But it wasn't an easy life for Mahima. She is a single parent child it was...
08:46 AM, Nov 18, 2011
Kolkata: There was a huge solar flare in 1859. It was so large that it could be seen with the naked eye. In 1989, a solar storm wiped out Canada's northern electric grid. Canada was out of power for almost three days. Violent magnetic emissions from the sun could one day destroy all electronic equipment on earth. An Indian scientist from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research has helped...
01:41 PM, Mar 08, 2011
Kolkata: For the last few days, campus violence has spiraled out of control in West Bengal. It's crunch time before next year's assembly elections. The worried state governor MK Narayanan has stepped in - given the face-off between the ruling Left Front and opposition Trinamool Congress. It's time for some answers for West Bengal chief minister before the real test next year. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee called on Governor MK Narayanan on...
11:33 AM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: An Indian auctioneer is set to put Rabindranath Tagore's paintings up for bids at an auction event named, 'Significant Indian Paintings' to be held in the capital later this month. The auction will put 69 paintings by some of the biggest Indian artists including Raja Ravi Varma, Rabindranath Tagore and an original letter from Francis Newton Souza, under the hammer. "We are trying to project unsung heroes of...
11:52 AM, Nov 28, 2010
At a rally in Maoist dominated Lalgarh, Mamata Banerjee urged the rebel group to sit for talks with government. ...
11:47 PM, Aug 09, 2010
The Principal of Kolkata's Muralidhar Girls College says girls dressed in tights fitting clothes make teachers 'uncomfortable'. ...
02:31 PM, Aug 06, 2010
CNN-IBN Correspondent Sougata Mukhopadhyay explains how two trains collided in Birbhum district. ...
12:14 PM, Jul 19, 2010
The Commission has reportedly found no evidence to prove Rouvanjit was under pressure at home before his death. ...
11:05 PM, Jun 18, 2010
Trinamool Congress chief says West Bengal civic poll results '100 pc better' than her Lok Sabha win. ...
03:23 PM, Jun 02, 2010
Maoist stronghold regained after gun battles and skirmishes. ...
12:59 AM, Jun 28, 2009
Congress may want a deal with the Left after polls, what happens to Mamata then? ...
02:41 AM, Apr 28, 2009
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There is a well-crafted banner hanging in an obscure corner of the central gathering place of the non-descript village of Jangipur in Murshidabad. This is ...
04:24 PM, Apr 03, 2009
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