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Fashion designers from West Bengal use traditional style in new ways.Read Full Story

Wed, Mar 14 2012 10:18 IST | 14 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Is the state election commission equipped to monitor college elections? This is the question being asked after the Calcutta High Court asked West Bengal's chief electoral officer (CEO) to monitor college elections in the politically volatile state. Stakeholders, irrespective of political affiliations, feel the job would be tough for the election commission which lacks the infrastructure to conduct college elections. The...Read Full Story

Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government should cut sales tax on petrol after the steep hike in prices, Left Front chairman Biman Bose said Friday, adding the front will take out rallies across the state from Saturday to demand a roll-back of the hike.Read Full Story

Tue, Feb 28 2012 22:24 IST | 7 Views | Add your comment SHARE: A journalist of a leading Bengali news channel Tuesday was beaten up allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers in Jadavpur area here Tuesday. However, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called it a "cooked up" case to garner more TRPs than rival channels. She also sought to term the reported rape of a woman in Burdwan district as "fake". Joint commissioner of Police (headquarters) Jawed Shamim said two...Read Full Story

Kolkata, May 10: Bhangar College professor Debjani Dey, accused of misbehaving with former Trinamool Congress legislator Arabul Islam, was Thursday granted bail after she surrendered before a West Bengal court. - Indiatalkies.comRead Full Story

Kolkata: STAR News reporter, Partha Pratim Ghosh, on Tuesday was beaten up allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers in Jadavpur area. However, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called it a "cooked up" case to garner more TRPs than rival channels. She also sought to term the reported rape of a woman in Burdwan district as "fake". Joint commissioner of Police (headquarters) Jawed Shamim said two photojournalists of a leading Bengali daily and a reporter of a Bengali news channel were...Read Full Story

Kolkata, April 25: A woman college professor's allegation that a former Trinamool Congress legislator flung a jug full of water at her following an altercation over teachers' association elections in West Bengal has created a flutter here. - Indiatalkies.comRead Full Story

Kolkata, Apr 23: Former West Bengal Chief Minister and CPI (M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has slammed the economic policies of the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre. - Indiatalkies.comRead Full Story

Mon, Apr 30 2012 20:24 IST | 0 Views | Add your comment SHARE: The Left Front announced Monday its candidates for the Daspur and Bankura assembly seats in West Bengal where by-elections are scheduled on June 12. While Samar Mukherjee has been nominated as Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate for Daspur constituency, Nilanjan Dasgupta will contest Bankura seat on the party ticket, a Left Front statement said. The Assembly constituencies fell vacant following the death of...Read Full Story

Kolkata, April 12: The West Bengal government is mulling a new policy on renewable energy, an official said Thursday. - Indiatalkies.comRead Full Story