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The freezer in which the body of Bina Mazumder was kept allegedly by her son to avail her pension by using her thumb impression. (Photo: Asian Age)

Kolkata: Woman's body preserved to draw pension

The body has been chemically preserved for about 3 years, suspectedly by her son.

6 April 2018 1:05 AM IST

Within an hour, Megha however fell ill and started bleeding profusely. She was rushed to a hospital where she was declared brought dead. (Representational image)

WB: BJP worker dies after being thrashed by TMC cadres in Bankura

The deceased, identified as Ajit Murmu was killed outside the office of the block development officer in Ranibandh area.

5 April 2018 9:00 AM IST

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh takes a shelfie at a open rally at Sahid Minar maidan on Friday. (Photo: Asian Age)

'BJP moved SC for free and fair panchayat polls'

Ghosh questioned chief minister Mamata Banerjee's silence into the attacks allegedly by her party workers on the BJP...

5 April 2018 7:01 AM IST

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister K. Karunanidhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Third Front talks: Mamata Banerjee delays meet with DMK leaders

Banerjee would however meet Mr Karunanidhi and Mr Stalin after the Panchayat Elections would be over on May 8, sources...

5 April 2018 6:57 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi

SEC meets gov, says Central forces needed for rural polls

AK Singh assured the governor that state poll panel has been in touch with the DM's, SP's and other officials to take...

5 April 2018 6:53 AM IST

The India-Bangladesh container train during its flagging off ceremony for the trial run in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: Asian Age )

Indo-Bangla container train trial run begins

Bangabandhu West, located around 117 km from Dhaka. is closer to industrial hubs around Dhaka.

4 April 2018 6:33 AM IST

People, including students and Left intellectuals, take out a rally, demanding peace, from Mahajati Sadan to Esplanade in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

2,000 rally to protest West Bengal communal stir

Mr Majumder said, Despite my problem in walking, I wanted to join the rallyists as I could not sit at home.â€

4 April 2018 6:25 AM IST

'Governor to meet officers, SEC on poll violence'

Leading a delegation Mr Ghosh complained to the governor about the atrocities by the ruling party activists in the...

4 April 2018 6:17 AM IST

Youth throw stones at security personnel during clashes in Srinagar following the killing of 12 militants and four civilians in statewide encounters. (Photo: PTI)

Army initiative to connect with J&K's 'stone-pelting' youth

First, the Army is planning to open skill centres for young generation across the Valley.

3 April 2018 2:10 AM IST

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives at the Assembly to cast her vote for the RS polls. (Photo: PTI)

BJP leaders defy ban, visit riot-hit areas, slam Mamata

Their visit came a day after West Bengal governor Keshari Nath Tripathi visited the violence-affected areas.

2 April 2018 5:22 AM IST

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a Youth Trinamul Congress rally at Damurjala Stadium in Howrah on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

WB govt rolls out Rupashree' for marriages of poor women

'Rupashree' scheme follows the chief minister's ambitious 'Kanyashree' project which has drawn global applause.

1 April 2018 11:46 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi

West Bengal Guv Tripathi visits riot-hit areas, appeals for peace

Sources claimed that the state government did not raise any objection when the Governor wished to visit parts of the...

1 April 2018 12:58 AM IST