Howrah, India News

New Delhi, May 22 : Leaders of the Congress in West Bengal Wednesday met Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath to lodge a complaint against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly violating the model code of conduct ahead of the June 2 Lok Sabha by-poll from Howrah.

The milky white bangle that nestles between the red pala and the noya in the forearms of the Bengali bride is an enduring symbol of matrimony in Bengal.

Calcutta, May 22: The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to return nearly 10,000 acres from its land bank to 30,000-odd original owners by the end of the year with an eye on electoral gains, officials said.

Calcutta, May 20: The CPM and the Congress will make gains and Trinamul will feel the pinch - not the bite - of anti-incumbency if the Lok Sabha polls are held now, according to the ABP News-The Nielsen Company opinion poll.

By Sirshendu Panth, Kolkata, May 18 : It's poll time again in West Bengal - and the judiciary is playing a vital role in making it happen.

Chanda, a resident of Howrah in her mid 30s, is the third woman from the state to climb the 8,848 mt Mount Everest peak.

Clinton S. Brown pens a passionate piece on the place that made him feel at home for three years My family and I board a plane this morning to take us back to America.

Kolkata: The West Bengal government yesterday issued a notification proposing three-phase panchayat polls on July 2, July 6 and July 10.

Ujjain, MP, May 15 : The Railways will run a pair of special trains between Howrah in West Bengal and Ajmer in Rajasthan to clear the extra rush of passengers during next month's Urs.

The milky white bangle that nestles between the red pala and the noya in the forearms of the Bengali bride is an enduring symbol of matrimony in Bengal.

New Delhi, May 16 : Even as India is less than a year away from being declared polio free, experts Thursday asked for cautious administration of vaccine to keep the virus in check.

Calcutta, May 16: A Bengal government official tonight signalled the possibility of a unilateral notification for the panchayat polls after consensus eluded talks with the state election commission on dates and distribution of districts.

The derailed engine and coaches of the Calcutta-Haldibari Intercity Express in Birbhum's Nalhati on Tuesday.

Calcutta, May 14: The BJP central leadership today prevailed upon the Bengal unit not to field a candidate for the June 2 bypoll to the Howrah Lok Sabha seat, the move triggering speculation that the party wanted to keep its door ajar for Trinamul in 2014.

Two people were injured and train movement was hit when the engine and three coaches of Kolkata-Haldibari Intercity Express got derailed in West Bengal's Birbhum Tuesday, the Eastern Railway said.

On completion of two years in government, the Trinamool Congress has decided to decentralise the celebrations and spread them across the districts.

An infrastructure company has asked for Rs 257 crore in compensation from the railways for being kept waiting over three years to start work on a stretch of the East-West Metro mired in litigation and red tape.

Kolkata, May 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party Saturday nominated former state president Asim Kumar Ghosh as its candidate for the June 2 Howrah Lok Sabha byelection.

In a bid to augment food security, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra Friday announced the successful completion of digitised zoning and land-use mapping in 129 blocks in the state.

Calcutta University may have to change the dates of some of its undergraduate exams because several colleges are likely to be taken over for the June 2 bypoll for the Howrah Lok Sabha constituency.