Everything you need to know about Mitra Senpur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Mitra Senpur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) As the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released figures showing West Bengal recorded the highest number of crimes against women for the second year on the trot, the state government contested the data, claiming its disclaimers were not published.
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Monday suspended from all cricketing activities Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra for betting in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 tournament.
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) An Irish national who was allegedly raped here has been admitted to a nursing home following an overdose of prescription drugs, an official said Sunday.
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Adding a contemporary touch to tree-planting ceremonies that were organised by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, musicians and actors of Bengal will hold a concert here Saturday aimed at highlighting the conservation of nature on the occasion of World Environment Day.
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The West Bengal Human Rights Commission Monday directed the city police to conduct a probe into the alleged rape of an Irish woman in Kolkata and submit a report within three weeks.
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) A man has been arrested and remanded to police custody for allegedly raping a 21-year-old Irish woman, police said here Sunday.
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Iterating that Indian cricket was passing through "bad days" due to people lacking in morality, a senior board vice president Saturday said he had not received any request to resign and was instead adopting a "wait and watch" policy ahead of Sunday's working committee meeting.
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal took a new turn Friday evening as two top Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials resigned from their posts on moral grounds.
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) The West Bengal government is seeking increased air connectivity between the state and northeastern states and south-east Asian countries, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said here Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Increasing numbers of African students are keen to study in Indian universities, with a steep rise in African researchers seeking science and technology fellowships in this country, officials said Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday gave vent to its ire over state governments flouting guidelines for the appointment of 'Shiksha Sahayaks' for promoting primary education saying it amounted to "spoiling the future of the future generations".
Panaji, May 18 (IANS) Animal conservationists have hailed the central government's decision to ban dolphineriums in India, even as several states had been gearing up for parks and zoos with captive dolphins as the star attraction.
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee led government Thursday released a performance report, claiming the state has clocked a growth rate higher than that of the overall country during the nearly two years it has been in power.
Bhubaneswar, May 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Wednesday that it would not ally with Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the 2014 general elections.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) In an initiative aimed at ensuring time-bound issuance of clearances to industries, the Uttar Pradesh government Monday announced its decision to frame an exclusive law for the purpose.
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) 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.
In a bid to protect the interests of depositors in the aftermath of the multi-crore ponzi scam in West Bengal, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra Monday met to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asked him to expedite process of passing state government's bill..................
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday and asked him to expedite President Pranab Mukherjee's assent on the new bill to protect the interests of depositors in the aftermath of the multi-crore ponzi scam in the state.
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday expressed its willingness to probe the Saradha Group chit fund scam if directed by the Calcutta High Court.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress MP Thursday asked for a CBI probe into the chit fund scam saying the national agency was best suited to investigate the issue which involved multiple states.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee attended the Golden Jubilee Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) on Thursday at the IIFT auditorium here.
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has demanded Rs.575 crore from the central and state governments for creating infrastructure for the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) in northern West Bengal's Darjeeling hills now run by the party.
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) Summing up his four-decade-long association with Satyajit Ray, who took Indian cinema to international audiences, as "fruitful" and "friendly", veteran cinematographer Soumendu Roy describes the legendary filmmaker as "meticulous" and "troubleshooter".
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) A bill to protect interests of depositors was passed by the West Bengal assembly here Tuesday, but the opposition questioned its validity and said it would go the same way as the Singur bill on land acquisition which has been declared unconstitutional by the judiciary.
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Kolkata Metro - the country's first Metro - used to be an island of cleanliness and orderliness in a city known for its dirty walls and disfigured public buildings. But the ruling Trinamool Congress is seeing to it that this civic exceptionalism becomes the political rule.
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) With the influential Saradha Group chit fund going bust, the Trinamool Congress government in the state is faced with the biggest threat it has faced in two years of being in office. Allegations fly thick and fast of Trinamool ministers and MPs being involved in the scam that resulted in tens of thousands of poor investors losing their lifetime savings.
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) The Left Front Thursday sought rom the West Bengal government details about the flight that brought an ailing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from New Delhi back to the city earlier this month.
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) With the Mamata Banerjee government facing the heat following the collapse of the Saradha Group, rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman added fuel to the fire by composing a song parodying the chit fund fiasco.
New Delhi, April 22 (ANI): Lawmakers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) protested outside Parliament on Monday against the recent heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by Student Federation of India activists outside the Planning Commission in New Delhi.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Six activists of the SFI were arrested Monday for heckling West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state Finance Minister Amit Mitra here on April 9, a Delhi Police officer said.
New Delhi, April 22 (ANI): Six Students Federation of India (SFI) activists, including SFI general secretary Ritabrata Bandopadhyay and two women, were arrested on Monday by Delhi Police for heckling West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during her recent visit to the national capital.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Five activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) were arrested Monday for heckling West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Finance Minister Amit Mitra in the national capital, a Delhi Police officer said.
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday blamed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in New Delhi for playing "sheer politics" by not yet releasing its share of the funds for the rural job scheme.
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) The opposition Left Front Wednesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal of ignoring the alleged attacks on opposition parties after the recent heckling of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by activists in Delhi.
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) The central government is probing the alleged heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Finance Minister Amit Mitra by student activists in New Delhi, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said here Wednesday.
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday said that the Congress-led UPA government failed to provide security to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during her official Delhi visit and this exposed her to heckling by Left student activists.
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress MP has threatened violence if anyone dares to harm party leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, attracting criticism from the opposition.
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is undergoing treatment at a private nursing home in the city, is in some pain, though other body parameters were normal, a doctor attending on her said Saturday.
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee left Delhi in a hurry, cutting short her three-day visit to the capital to firm up the state's annual plan, saying: "Delhi is not a safe place." Back in Kolkata, however, even campuses of top educational institutions appear to have turned unsafe for students under her watch and have become a battleground for the state's vindictive politics.
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Friday apologised to the students of Presidency University for failing to prevent vandalism of its campus.
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan, who had asked the CPI-M to apologise for heckling Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Friday said the Marxists' complaint against him to the country's president was better than "the kind of rods used".
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Three more people were arrested in connection with the Presidency University vandalism, taking the total number of people arrested in the incident to five, police said Friday.
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) The condition of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is undergoing treatment at a private nursing home in the city, is "improving", a doctor attending on her said Friday.
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Thursday condemned the heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying such an incident should never have happened.
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Does he, or doesn't he? Is West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan, a former national security adviser, well versed with the communist party's power structure? While the CPI-M says "no", Narayanan begs to differ.
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Describing the vandalism of Presidency University as a "trivial" matter, the Trinamool Congress Thursday castigated the media for not giving due importance to the heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Delhi.
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Hundreds of students, alumni, teachers and employees of Presidency University staged a protest march in the city Thursday, condemning the vandalism of the prestigious institution and demanding punishment for the miscreants.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Congress party Thursday said it was worried over violence in student politics and that it was the responsibility of all parties to ensure that political dialogue be carried out in a sober manner.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said Thursday that West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan was answerable for his statements criticising the Left over the heckling of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Delhi.
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, now under treatment at a private nursing home in the city, was "stable", an attending doctor said Thursday.
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was admitted to a private nursing home in the city Wednesday after she complained of breathing problems, palpitation and body pain.
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Condemning the heckling of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Finance Minister Amit Mitra by the SFI in Delhi, West Bengal's Left Front Wednesday said that around 1,000 offices of left parties have been vandalised in retaliatory strikes in the state.
Kolkata, Apr. 10 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been admitted to the Belle View Clinic here after landing from Delhi this evening.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress party members Wednesday held a protest here to condemn the treatment meted out to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Finance Minister Amit Mitra by SFI activists.
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) members stormed the Presidency University campus and beat up its students here Wednesday, an official said.
New Delhi, Apr. 10 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday condemned the scuffle that its youth wing had with West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra last evening, and urged the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership to stop the ongoing violence channeled towards the Left Front in Mamata Banerjee-ruled state.
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) members stormed the Presidency University campus and beat up its students here Wednesday, an official said.
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): Terming the manhandling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her state's Finance Minister Amit Mitra in the national capital as 'extremely unfortunate', Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Wednesday urged all political parties to maintain restraint, and said that there is no place for violence either in language or action in politics.
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Expressing shock over the "premeditated assault" on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state ministers in New Delhi, Governor M.K. Narayanan Wednesday asked the CPI-M politburo for a public apology.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Delhi was unsafe and she was returning to Kolkata as she was unwell, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday, a day after she faced protests from SFI activists.
New Delhi/Kolkata, Apr 10 (ANI): A day after she along with her state finance minister Amit Mitra heckled by Left student activists outside the Planning Commission office in New Delhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the national capital "is not safe."
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Delhi was unsafe and she was going back to Kolkata as she was unwell, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday, a day after she faced protests from SFI activists.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) All political parties should observe restraint, the CPI said Wednesday after Trinamool Congress activists allegedly went on the rampage in West Bengal in response to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee being heckled here.
New Delhi/Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatened the SFI of dire consequences for protesting in New Delhi against her, the Trinamool Congress activists allegedly went on the rampage in the state.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday faced noisy protests from SFI activists who also heckled her Finance Minister Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission here to protest a young comrade's death in Kolkata.
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The West Bengal CPI-M said Tuesday that its offices were attacked after activists of its student wing, the Students Federation of India (SFI), heckled a Trinamool Congress minister in Delhi.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who was heckled by SFI activists, was Tuesday evening hospitalised after he complained of chest pain, a doctor at AIIMS said.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday cancelled her meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, citing ill health, highly placed sources said here.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday faced noisy protests from SFI activists who also heckled her finance minister, Amit Mitra, outside the Planning Commission to protest the death of a young comrade in Kolkata.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Chief Minister of West Bengal on Tuesday cancelled her scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in the pretext, that she is unwell.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee said today that the nation has watched the attack on the State's Finance Minister Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission's office by Left activists .
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) People have a right to protest but there is no place for indecency, CPI leader Atul Anjan said after SFI activists heckled West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra here Tuesday.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Upset over the death of Students Federation of India (SFI) leader Sudipto Gupta earlier this month, the activists of the CPI (M)'s student wing heckled West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra here on Tuesday.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) SFI activists Tuesday heckled West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission here Monday to protest the death of a young comrade in Kolkata.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The magic of a story told in 2,000 words in returning to the bookshelf in this age of reality television, Internet and short attention spans.
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Breaking the stereotype of stories that showcase mainly male bonding, new Bengali film "Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends", set for release later this month, focuses on female bonding, with the director calling it biographical.
Vasco (Goa), March 30 (IANS) Educational researcher Sugata Mitra said here Saturday that good education in India was limited to only those in cities and that the quality of education is dismal in rural India.
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) In an initiative to make cinema viewing affordable for people from rural areas of the state, renowned filmmaker Goutam Ghose Monday called for reinstating single-screen theatres and establishing mini-plexes across West Bengal.
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) A relative of West Bengal Transport Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra was Sunday arrested and remanded to police custody till March 30 for allegedly molesting a woman and destroying public property, police said.
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A 23-year-old man employed as an accountant in Malaysia was arrested from West Bengal for committing a theft at a friend's place in Delhi, police said Saturday.
New Delhi, Mar. 20 (ANI): Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi, who has expressed his deep anguish at the reported attempt to assault a British tourist in Agra, said that safety and security of tourists is the topmost priority of his ministry.
Panaji, March 17 (IANS) Dolphin lovers want tourist paradise Goa to lead the charge against the trend of setting up dolphinariums in the country, which they claim are "cruel habitats" for dolphins.
New Delhi 15 March 15 (IANS) Bollywood actress Gauhar Khan walked the ramp Friday for designer Joy Mitra, whose collection was a tribute to Indian cinema, at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week 2013 (WIFW).
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Iterating that potato growers in West Bengal were facing a crisis due to lack of space in cold storages and low market demand, the BJP Thursday asked the government to fix a minimum support price (MSP) of at least Rs.500 per 50-kg packet of the tuber.
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The BJP Thursday demanded an all-party meeting to resolve the row between the West Bengal government and State Election Commission (SEC) over scheduling of the rural body polls.
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) The West Bengal government said Wednesday that out of the over 70 lakh unemployed people registered in the state's employment exchange 1,899 got jobs in 2012.
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) West Bengal's opposition CPI-M Tuesday dubbed the budget presented by the Trinamool Congress government for 2013-14 as "puzzling", saying advance estimates made in state GDP growth rate and employment figures are "questionable".
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) Praising the West Bengal budget presented Monday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed it as an effort to "grow trees in a desert".
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) In an effort to mop up additional revenue for the debt-stressed state, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra Monday raised both the minimum and upper ceiling on Value Added Tax (VAT) by one percentage point each in his budget for 2013-14.
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Hundreds of Hindus have been attacked, their shops and businesses burnt and women threatened by the Jamaat-e-Islami in the current spate of violence unleashed by the Islamists in neighbouring Bangladesh, said speakers at a talk here Thursday.
Dhaka, March 4 (IANS) Accompanied by four MPs from parties like the Trinamool Congress and the BJP, visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee Monday stressed on the "broad consensus" among the political spectrum in his country on relations with Bangladesh.
Dhaka, March 4 (IANS) Interacting with members of the Indian diaspora in Bangladesh, visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) were the "most welcomed guests" all over the world.
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) The ongoing unrest in Bangladesh has significantly slowed down its cross-bordet bilateral trade with neighbouring India.
Dhaka, March 3 (IANS) Visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here Sunday, assured her that India is committed to "a fair, reasonable solution" to the sharing of Teesta waters and discussions with different stakeholders would be concluded as early as possible.
Kolkata, Mar 1 (IANS) The budget session of the West Bengal assembly will begin March 8 with the customary address of Governor M.K. Narayanan, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee said here Friday.
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) While a devastating fire in a multi-storey market complex in Sealdah here claimed at least 19 lives Wednesday, political parties pointed fingers at rivals, engaging in the blame game.
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) With the West Bengal government declaring it will not allow forcible enforcement of the two-day industrial strike called by central trade unions, CPI-M affiliated CITU Tuesday threatened taking legal course if the state government prevented workers from participating.
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) West Bengal has demanded the central government raise the dual control threshold of the centre as well as states in collection of proposed GST for the traders, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said Sunday.
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra Sunday urged traders and businessmen not to support a call for two-day strike this week by unions and keep their shops and establishments open.
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Two days after a policeman was shot dead during a clash between college student activists in the city, the West Bengal government Thursday shifted out Kolkata Commissioner of Kolkata police Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda and appointed Surajit Kar Purakayastha in his place.
