Writer Arundhati Roy has turned down Kishanji's proposal to act as interlocutor, but two others named by the guerrilla commander have said yes. Both Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman and bureaucrat-turned-rights activist B D Sharma said on Sunday that they are even willing to call Kishanji on the number he had given home minister P Chidambaram.

Bengal is all for 33% reservation for women in Parliament and assemblies. And, no surprise here, women MPs of the state are aggressively campaigning for it.

As a student of Maulana Azad College, 19-year-old Aparna Banerjee had two options. She could drop out of college or fight it out and start fending for herself and her younger brother who was still in school.

The Lake Town Boi Mela committee on Sunday unveiled a bronze statue of late minister Subhas Chakraborty even as his fibre glass half-bust statue lies idle at artist Gautam Pal's house in Salt Lake.

Bimal Gurung's declaration that he would achieve a separate Gorkhaland by March 10, 2010, has put GJM on a sticky wicket.

A range of fruit drinks, packaged fruits, ketchup, sauces and Italian products from Del Monte were launched in the city recently...

Bhagirathi Neotia Woman & Child Care Centre celebrates its eighth year...

Himalaya Optical launches its latest range of eyewear...

The Economic Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers are organising a series of exclusive roundtables across the country to comprehensively analyse the Budget...

LG Electronics India announced the launch of its new range of ACs recently...