Ashok Ghosh

In Daltonganj, a remarkable resurgence is underway as women’s self-help groups breathe new life into the Koyel Aajeevika Apparel Park. Since February, they've been churning out 20,000 men’s innerwear, marking a triumphant return after a four-year hiatus. Equipped with 30 state-of-the-art sewing machines, the park has ambitious plans to expand into producing school uniforms.

Left Front patriarch and Forward Bloc West Bengal state secretary Ashok Ghosh died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Thursday. The 93-year old veteran Leftist had been admitted with severe lung infection. On March 6, Ghosh will be cremated at Netaji Subhas Ashram in Purulia.

Forward Bloc leader Ashoke Ghosh has been admitted in hospital. The 94-year-old was brought to Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals on Tuesday morning.

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee visited Forward Bloc office to meet Ashok Ghosh and it wasn't a courtesy call, but a political move.

Birbhum district police on Sunday arrested four members of an inter-state gang in connection with the murder of former TMC leader Ashok Mukherjee.

A 32-year-old Trinamool worker was killed in an alleged clash between two warring factions of the party on Saturday.

Be careful before having the Joynagarer moa this winter.The winter delicacy, served on your platter, may be fake.

The music of a new Gujarati film named Deadly Encounter was launched recently amid the cast and crew.

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said that she has no problem if the state-level all-party peace meeting is held on May 26.

Bihar has plenty of water but it is not forever and needs to be used and conserved judiciously

A 54-year-old artist, who was the brain behind some of the major Durga Puja theme pandals for more than one-and-a-half decades, was found dead at his residence with cops suspecting he died by suicide. He was found hanging at his Baguiati home on Tuesday morning.

KOLKATA: On Friday, the CPM polit bureau member Biman Bose was unanimously nominated the new chairman of the Left Front Committee in place of the earlier chairman Salin Dasgupta, who died on Tuesday.

Scattered rainfall and wind gusts brought down the pollution level in the state capital significantly on Wednesday.

Major chaos erupted on the Hooghly riverbank on Thursday after Trinamool Congress supporters attacked employees of the Hooghly Nadi Jalpath Paribahan Samabay Samity Ltd and vandalized its office building.

The Trinamool Congress chief walked out after CPI(M) leader Subhas Chakraborty refused to accept the March 14 police firing as 'genocide'.

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee walked out with her entourage, protesting the CPM's attempt to "justify the police action of March 14".

The election of Jal Sansthan union was conducted on Wednesday in, which the new office bearers were elected.

A N College has introduced a two-year postgraduate course in water sciences and management from the academic session 2009-2011.

A 54-year-old artist known for constructing some of the major Durga puja theme pandals between 2001 - 2014, was found dead, hanging from a ceiling at his home in Kolkata’s Baguiati on Tuesday morning.

KOLKATA: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee took the onus upon himself to unearth a major scam in one of the departments in his government — the agricultural marketing department — now under by senior Forward Bloc minister Chhaya Ghosh.

KOLKATA: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee took the onus upon himself to unearth a major scam in one of the departments in his government — the agricultural marketing department — now under by senior Forward Bloc minister Chhaya Ghosh.

"In no circumstances will the Left parties support a Cong-led govt at the Centre from outside. If necessary, we will sit in the opposition," Forward Bloc's Ashok Ghosh said.

At least four rounds were fired and about 50 crude bombs hurled in a clash at Alinagar village under Kaliachak police station on Sunday evening.

The state government will remove a section of senior rationing department officers for their involvement in the "ration scam" in the state.

Peace talks on Nandigram will begin from the state level and not at the district level.

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government is yet to make up its mind on how to react to the Calcutta High Court order on Monday, imposing restrictions on holding rallies in the city, state advocate general Balai Roy said.