KOLKATA:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday launched another attack on what she saw as the ruling BJP’s attempt to “turn Bengal into Gujarat”, declaring that “if you stay in Bengal, you have to learn Bangla”. The Trinamool Congress leader, who has come under fire for her handling of the doctors’ strike in the state, also criticised the BJP for ... Read More »

KOLKATA:  Forty-eight hours after the election results that brought Trinamool Congress’s tally in the Lok Sabha down from 34 to 22, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet party leaders and all candidates who fought the polls at her home at 3:30 pm today. Ms Banerjee has not spoken a word after the results, barring a tweet and two poems she ... Read More »

KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, preparations are on in West Bengal to organise Ram Navami rallies as both the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP have decided to take out processions across the state. The Ram Navami rallies are scheduled to take place on April 13 and 14. The ruling Trinamool Congress alleged that the BJP was trying ... Read More »

New Delhi:  Almost a dozen Chief Ministers, all from opposition parties, will this morning skip a meeting of the NITI Aayog, at which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to discuss amendments to the government’s controversial land acquisition bill. Here are the latest developments: Among those who have RSVPed their regrets are West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Naveen Patnaik from Odisha ... Read More »

Kolkata: WB Class 12 (HS) Result 2015 was declared on http://www.wbchse.nic.in/ andhttp://www.wbresults.nic.in/ at 9:30 am today. WB 12th Result 2015 was announced by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE). The HS exam was held in the month of March. How to get WB Class 12 (HS) result Students have to log on to eitherhttp://www.wbchse.nic.in/ orhttp://www.wbresults.nic.in/ and submit their roll number and hit ... Read More »

One of the most talented Indian playback singers Shreya Ghoshal was born on March 12, 1984, in Baharampur,West Bengal. Her career began early in life when she won Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa singing reality show. Shreya’s first studio album, Bendhechhi Beena, was released in 1998 and included 14 tracks. The high point of her career was when she made her Bollywood playback singing debut with ... Read More »

Patna: The Bihar government today withdrew two percent tax concession on diesel in the state to perk up its coffers, making the fuel dearer by over Rs 3 per litre in the state. The state-imposed tax on diesel would now climb to 18 percent and the fuel would cost Rs 58.14 per litre instead of Rs 55.12 per litre. Principal secretary, ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: Even before the possible threat of El Nino in the latter half, the building up of the negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event over the Indian Ocean is expected to weaken the monsoon. The IOD, which affects the strength of monsoon over the Indian subcontinent, is an irregular oscillation of sea-surface temperatures in which the western Indian Ocean ... Read More »