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For the first time, NRI Bengalis can participate in the West Bengal assembly elections, as the Representation of the People Act of 2010 sees implementation in the assembly polls coming up this summer. 2011 is a year when every vote might actually matter, with the Congress in bad shape and BJP eyeing all the seats in West Bengal.

On Monday, Election Commission ordered West Bengal government to transfer eight of its officials but defiant Mamata Banerjee took a stand over it and refused to make transfer. Now, following the denial of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Election Commission is likely to take action against it and as per source EC may cancel polls in the concerned districts.

The West Bengal School Service Commission is yet to declare the results of WBSSC 10th RLST (AT) Written Test results for recruitment of Assistant Teachers. The results will be updated on our website immediately as its declared so watch this space.

One of the biggest cyclones to hit India in 20 years, Cyclone Fani entered West Bengal on Saturday morning a day after making landfall in Odisha, where eight people lost their lives. Fani triggered moderate to heavy rains in parts of Kolkata and suburbs; many trees were uprooted. The eye of the cyclone is likely to bypass Kolkata before noon on Saturday. Here's more.

Bangladesh has denied a visa to a minister of Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal, but the reasons behind this development are not yet clear. Siddiqullah Chowdhury, who is the state president of Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind (JUH), had planned a trip from December 26 to 31 to the neighboring country

The Bengal Famine of 1942-43 is a forgotten tale of British India. While other atrocities of the British Raj on freedom-fighters fill our school text books, this disastrous tragedy, that killed over 3 million people, fails to find mention in many of the history books.

On the orders of a village kangaroo court, 13 persons allegedly raped a 20-year old tribal woman. According to reports, she was punished because she falls in love with a man from a different community. The heart piercing incident occurred on Tuesday night at Labhpur in Birbhum district....

Former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly may resign from the post of the chief of West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) over going up force because of sexual torture allegations made in opposition to him by his junior law intern.

Cyclone Titli, the strongest cyclone to have formed over the Bay of Bengal this year, hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Thursday morning, uprooting trees, poles and displacing thousands. Heavy rains and winds having a speed of 140-150 kmph hit the coastal areas of both the states.

With reports of  WhatsApp messages inviting youngsters to play an online game "Momo Challenge", the Association of Heads of ICSE Schools, West Bengal, has called upon all member schools to urge parents to keep a watch on their children. The Association said they didn't receive any 'advisory' by CID till date.

In a rage to take revenge, eight workers of Trinamool Congress Party allegedly gangraped two women in Howrah district. A 27-year-old married woman and her 43-year-old mother-in-law were gangraped on Tuesday night at Amta's Muktichowk area in Howrah, neighbouring Kolkata.

What the sad and major set back news to Indian Government, scientists and public this evening is that GSLV-D3 failed to ignite and crashed into the bay of bengal. The domestically developed booster technology failed the mission, the technology only mastered by five countries in the world as of now.