Siliguri, May 19 (ANI): Local police have conducted martial arts training for about 400 school girls in West Bengal's Siliguri district in order to combat violence against women.

Kolkata, May 18 (ANI): The Congress slammed the government of West Bengal over the non-implementation of the government schemes as the polls to village bodies are scheduled to take place.

Kolkata, May 14 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the holding of three phased Panchayat elections in West Bengal next month.

New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): Leaders of the Left Parties met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram here on Thursday, and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the chit fund scam in West Bengal.

Basirhat (West Bengal), May 8 (ANI): A chit-fund company agent who had consumed poison has died in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district taking the number of dead to nine.

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday and asked him to expedite President Pranab Mukherjee's assent on the new bill to protect the interests of depositors in the aftermath of the multi-crore ponzi scam in the state.

Midnapore (West Bengal), May 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday called for preserving West Bengal's rich heritage and lauded the efforts of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in this direction.

New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a three-day visit to West Bengal (Kolkata and Midnapore) from today.

New Delhi, May 4 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a three-day visit to West Bengal (Kolkata and Midnapore) from May 5 to 7.

Kalimpong (West Bengal), April 29 (ANI): A senior official of India's force is paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal said that the are fully prepared to combat any situation on the border, and added that the aim was to create an environment of safety and security.

Kolkata, April 29 (ANI): A second case has been filed against Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Kunal Ghosh for his role in West Bengal's multi billion rupee chit fund scam, even as the death toll of suffering investors and agents rose to four.

New Delhi, Apr. 27 (ANI): The government today said several actions were taken against alleged illegal raising of funds by some chit-fund companies in West Bengal and the eastern region.

New Delhi, Apr. 27 (ANI): In wake of the controversy surrounding the chit-fund scam involving Saradha Group in West Bengal, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has pointed out the need for curbing unauthorised collection of deposits.

Kolkata, April 27 (ANI): The West Bengal Government has held an all-party meeting to discuss the possibility of drafting a new law to deal with recent investment company scam that duped several small depositors of their life long savings.

New Delhi/Guwahati, April 26 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against the West Bengal-based Saradha Chit Fund.

Kolkata, Apr. 24 (ANI): With the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Government in West Bengal drawing sharp criticism from the opposition parties over the alleged fraud by collapsed chit fund company Saradha Group, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced

New Delhi/Kolkata, Apr. 24 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja on Wednesday called for a through probe into the multi-crore Saradha chit-fund scam, and demanded that the government should take firm steps to ensure that the money of the people is returned.

Jhargram (West Bengal), April 24 (ANI): Police in West Bengal's Jhargram District arrested two Maoists and recovered the skeletal remains of three persons on Wednesday.

New Delhi, April 22 (ANI): Lawmakers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) protested outside Parliament on Monday against the recent heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by Student Federation of India activists outside the Planning Commission in New Delhi.

Siliguri (West Bengal), April 22 (ANI): Railway connectivity between India and Bangladesh would enhance cross-border trade and strengthen the bilateral relations between the two nations, industrialist Anand Mittal has said.

New Delhi, April 22 (ANI): Six Students Federation of India (SFI) activists, including SFI general secretary Ritabrata Bandopadhyay and two women, were arrested on Monday by Delhi Police for heckling West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during her recent visit to the national capital.

Jhargram (West Bengal), April 21 (ANI): In a joint operation, personnel of state police and para-military forces unearthed and seized considerable amount of arms and ammunition including mines and country made pistols from the jungles of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.

Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): Vodafone India and ICICI Bank have launched a mobile-based money transfer and payment service, which will give mobile-banking access to some 700 million people who are currently "unbanked," people with no access to conventional banking.

New Delhi, Apr. 17 (ANI): The 20th meeting of Eastern Zonal Council, comprising of the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand, was held today at Kolkata.

Siliguri, April 17 (ANI): Senior leader of the Communist party of India- Marxist (CPI-M), Ashok Bhattacharya on Wednesday held the West Bengal state government responsible for the chaining of student leader Santosh Sahani.