Ravik Bhattacharya

Bengal jails tighten security around Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen cadres after Bhopal jail break

Intelligence agencies have already alerted the state government that the JMB cadres may try for a prison break.

Lifers at Presidency central jail turn tailors for school kids

The pilot project inside Presidency jail has been a hit and till date nearly a 1000 pieces of shorts, trousers and shirts have been churned out.

By opposing uniform civil code, Mamata may turn a champion of minority rights

After the supreme court verdict to return the Nano plot land to farmers in Singur, she is already seen as a fighter for farmer rights.

Kolkata emerging as a centre of protest against uniform civil code, national meeting planned on Nov 20

TMC MPs block roads on Friday for an hour paralysing the city’s central business district.

VHP launches campaign to boycott Chinese goods in Bengal

VHP also plans to symbolically burn ‘made in China’ products on the streets of Kolkata.

Rag pickers plan to walk to Mamata’s residence after losing job to WALL-E like garbage compactors in Kolkata

If CM can help out Singur farmers, she will help us too, say city’s rag pickers

BJP tries to rope in retired justice Ashok Ganguly for Lok Sabha bypolls

The party wants him to contest from Tamluk.

BJP not keen on giving Lok Sabha by poll ticket to Lakshman Seth as he plans join the party

Seth met with BJP Bengal president Dilip Ghosh and expressed his desire to join.

Terror chatter? Ham users track unauthorised radio communications on Bengal-Bangla borders

After alerting the centre, hams had a meeting with officials of international monitoring station.

Puja subscriptions partially responsible for rising veggie prices

With Lakshmi puja and Diwali round the corner, the prices are not expected to cool in the near future.

Now, a campaign to boycott Chinese lights, promote earthen diyas this festive season in Bengal

Campaign includes sale of earthen diyas, exhibitions, posters and hoardings.

Sex workers’ only puja falls silent

This year sex workers discontinued their puja in Sonagachi.

Now Frontier Gandhi’s descendant to urge Modi to stand by Pakhtunistan

Yasmin Nigar Khan will organise a rally at Shahid Minar in the heart of Kolkata’s business district after Durga puja.

Madan Mitra in search of a home and followers

Once a president of hundreds of puja committees, Mitra will watch Durga puja on television this year.

I plan to sleep on the floor, the hotel bed is giving me backache: Madan Mitra

The former minister takes 32 pills a day, and longs to return home.

Mamata to showcase former state Cong president Manas Bhuniya in Tripura

As his first assignment Manas Bhuniya will accompany Abhishek Banerjee to Tripura on September 23.

Hands that took away life, is most wanted behind bars to create divinity

Chandan Chandra a lifer, convicted for murder and behind bars for 13 years is making three Durga Idols

Manas Bhuniya: Why I quit Congress after 46 years

In 1966, Ajoy Mukherjee was insulted and driven out from Congress. In 1997, Mamata Banerjee, who stood against Congress leaders soft on the Left, was forced to quit. Now, I share the same fate.

Sex toys: Kolkata comes out of the closet

Demand for sex toys is surging and women are proving to be bolder than men while visiting shops or ordering the contraptions online. The booming market is forcing condom shops to stock up on vibrators and dildos.

A mental wreck, Saradha boss needs psychiatric help

Moves around aimlessly and mumbles words that none understands.

Madan Mitra’s plush ward now a headache for Alipore Jail authorities

Too comfortable for jail standards, the authorities don’t know what to do with the infrastructure.

It will be a long journey from Singur to Delhi

Mamata now wants to be the face of the champion of farmer rights.

Send team to UK, Russia to access files, Netaji family members to write to Modi

They are unmoved by the recent revelations of the Japanese files.

This Halloween visit haunted Dow Hills of Kurseong

Ghost tourism is catching on in Bengal, especially after the Robinson Street incident where a person spent six months with the skeletons of his sister and two pets dogs.

Trinamool ready to go national, eyes Punjab, UP and other states

Party is ready for alliances with regional parties, a policy in tune with Mamata Banerjee’s federal-front dream.

You can get a hand gun in Kolkata with less than the price of a branded T-shirt

Thanks to the migration of skilled gun makers from Bihar who are helping illegal arms factories

Bharat Sevashram Sangha gets into film production to spread message against violence

Sangha’s film starring Soumitra Chatterjee will be a biopic on Swami Pranavananda Maharaj.

Outage: Miracle girl misses telecast

‘Miracle woman’ misses out Mother Teresa’s canonization due to power cut

For villagers in West Bengal’s Nakor where Mother Teresa’s first miracle lives, Sunday was a disappointing day -- a power cut prevented them from watching the canonization mass at the Vatican on the television.

Monica Besra: Teresa’s ‘miracle’ woman in Bengal begins day with special prayers

A small prayer service in the morning and eyes glued to TV: Monica Besra, Mother Teresa’s miracle is all set to celebrate her canonisation.