Mamata`s federal front call a joke, says CPI-M

The CPI-M dubbed Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee`s call for a federal front a "joke" and said her asking non-Congress and non-BJP regional parties to form a front for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls would be a damp squib.

Panchayat polls in Bengal a farce and bluff: AH Khan Chowdhury

AH Khan Chowdhury on Wednesday alleged that the panchayat polls in West Bengal are a "farce" and "bluff".

File affidavit on steps taken after rape, murder: HC to WB govt

The Calcutta HC asked the West Bengal government to file an affidavit on the steps taken to bring to justice the perpetrators of the gangrape and murder of a college going girl at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district.

School girl gang-raped, killed in WB

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped and strangulated to death while she was returning home from school in Nadia district, police said on Tuesday.

Saradha scam: CBI wants Bengal`s support for probe

The Calcutta High Court, hearing a petition seeking a CBI probe into the Saradha Group scam, was told that it was not possible for the central probe agency to investigate unless it got additional support from Bengal government.

‘TMC using brute force to prevent filing of nominations’

Left Front chairman Biman Bose on Tuesday alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress was using brute force to prevent opposition candidates from filing nominations for the panchayat elections or making them withdraw.

Purulia infants` death: Union Health Ministry sending team

Concerned over the death of 13 infants at a government hospital in West Bengal over last few days, the Union Health Ministry is sending a team of experts there to ascertain the facts.

Three arrested with fake currency in Kolkata

Three counterfeit currency dealers were arrested Tuesday here and fake notes with a face value of nearly Rs.8 lakh was seized from them, police said.

CPI(M) panchayat poll candidate beaten up in Midnapore

A CPI(M) candidate for the Panchayat polls, along with his two female family members and a child, was on Monday beaten up in Midnapore district allegedly by Trinamool Congress activists, police said.

Mamata afraid of free and fair rural polls: Congress

The Congress Monday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was "afraid" of free and fair panchayat polls and like a "coward" was using police and hoodlums against the opposition to sail through.