Kolkata

Zoo manager Ashish Samanta later told media that the lion has remained in a state of panic since the incident.

The CID is now looking into allegations of kidnapping against the accused in several other states.

The manifesto broadly covered all the areas from health care, education, rural development, good governance, employment, Bengal’s culture, investments.

Family members of the injured have alleged that a few members of the local TMC hurled bombs at them.

For 50-year-old Adhikari, the contest in Nandigram will be a fight for his political survival as he had vowed to defeat Banerjee by over 50,000 votes in the seat or quit politics.

The Left Front also announced the candidates for the seats allotted to it.

Banerjee said she is the daughter of the state and knows Bengal better than the BJP, exuding confidence about her party Trinamool Congress winning the elections.

Owaisi was scheduled to kick off his party's campaign ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections with the rally in the minority-dominated Metiabruz area of the city.

Acting on a tip-off, a Baruipur district police team along with sleuths of the special task force arrested the Rohingya.

The EC has decided to deploy 125 companies of central forces in West Bengal by February 25 for the assembly election. Two companies of the central forces reached Durgapur by train, one company at Bardhaman station and five companies Dankuni, he said.

The incident took place when Minister Jakir Hossain was reportedly headed to the local Nimtita station to catch a train to Kolkata for a scheduled meeting of the Trinamool Congress.

On Thursday, the home minister will visit the Bharat Sevashram Sangha at Rash Behari Avenue in Kolkata in the morning followed by a visit to the Kapil Muni Ashram at Gangasagar, an official said.

Prorogation is discontinuing a session of the Parliament or a legislative assembly without dissolving it.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had recently announced a three per cent annual pay hike for para teachers in the state budget.

The West Bengal Chief Minister asked Union Home Minister Shah to prove the allegation or resign and questioned his son’s source of money.

Left Front chairman Biman Bose claimed more than 150 students and young men and women were injured in the police action while participating in the 'Nabanna abhiyan' programme.