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AIMPLB To Create A Women’s Wing November 21, 2016 11:47

To boost social reform activities among the Muslim women, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), for the first time, has decided to for a women’s wing. The Board has also decided to start…

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CM Mamata Banerjee’s Nephew And TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee Severely Injured In Road Mishap October 19, 2016 12:33

Abhishek Banerjee, a Member of Parliament of Trinamool Congress and the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew got severely injured on Tuesday in a road mishap. Police said that his car met with an…

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Shalishi Sabha In Bengal Forced Man To Cut Wife’s Hair As Punishment For Adultery October 13, 2016 11:03

The Shalishi Sabha in West Bengal, or popularly known as Kangaroo courts, equivalent to the Khap Panchayat, once again has taken law into their own hands as the Sabha forced a man to cut his…

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Kolkata Police’s Special Force Arrest Six Allegedly Linked To Bangladesh Terror Group September 27, 2016 12:12

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police, has arrested six wanted militants of the banned Islamic outfit, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Assam and different parts of West Bengal. Reports said that the arrest…

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Top Congress MLA Joins Trinamool September 20, 2016 10:06

Congress’s rebel MLA Manasa Bhuiyan, 46, has left Congress and joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday along with former Congress MLA Md Sohrab. However, The MLA has not cleared whether he would resign as a…

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Mamta Banerjee To Compensate 800 Singur Farmers Today September 14, 2016 16:27

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will distribute cheques 800 Singur farmers on Wednesday after the Supreme Court dismissed the Singur land acquisition. The Supreme Court, on August 31, had canceled the Singur land acquisition…

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After Attack Threat, Security Increased At Kolkata Airport September 07, 2016 11:07

After an anonymous call warning of a terror attack was received at Kolkata Police Headquarters in Lalbazar, security arrangements have been increased at Netaji Subhsh Chnadra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. The Police said that…

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Singur Land Acquisition Judgment: Supreme Court Dismissed Allotment Of Land To Tata Motors August 31, 2016 17:24

The Supreme Court on Wednesday has quashed the allotment of 1,000 acres of land by the former CPI-M led government in the state to Tata Motors in 2006 for the company’s aborted project to start…

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WB Govt. Passes Resolution To Rename State As Bangla, Bengal August 29, 2016 17:37

Weeks after the chief minister Mamta Banerjee put forward the proposal, the West Bengal assembly has passed a resolution for renaming the state as ‘Bangla’ in Bengali and ‘Bengal’ in English. While speaking on the…

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West Bengal Unit Of Congress Embarrassed The Party By Tweeting Rajiv Gandhi’s Infamous Statement August 20, 2016 12:37

Not long after the senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh called Kashmir as India-Occupied Kashmir and embarrassed the whole party, the West Bengal unit of Congress has created a bigger controversy by tweeting former prime minister…

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TMC Leaders Took A Dig At BJP, Congress On GST August 03, 2016 11:25

The Trinamool Congress leaders took a dig at the two major national political parties of the country BJP and Congress on Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill which is likely to be approved in the…

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Eminent Writer Mahasweta Devi Passed Away In Kolkata July 28, 2016 17:31

Acclaimed Writer and a social activist Mahasweta Devi died on Thursday at the age of 90. Reports said, she had suffered a majot heart attack on July 23. Devi was the recipient of the Sahitya…

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