AMRI authorities plan to reopen fire-hit hospital
April 21st, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) The AMRI Hospital authorities are planning to reopen a portion of their complex in Dhakuria, sealed off by Kolkata Police after a major fire choked 94 ... Read more...
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Factory gutted in Kolkata
April 1st, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) A paper carton manufacturing factory here was gutted Sunday in a blaze which spread to nearby shanties, officials said. No casualty was reported.The fire broke out ... Read more...
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Eight Tunisian wrestlers qualify for London Olympics
March 20th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Tunis, March 20 (IANS) Eight Tunisian wrestlers have secured their berth for the 2012 London Olympics, bringing the total of the country's athletes qualifying for the Games to 31.Six men, ... Read more...
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Mamata vents ire on corporates, media
February 28th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Lashing out at a section of media and corporate houses for trying to force her to take up anti-people policies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Soccer legend Sailen Manna dead (Roundup)
February 28th, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Indian soccer legend Sailendra Nath Manna, popularly known as Sailen Manna, died at a private hospital here Monday due to old age complications. He was ... Read more...
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Soccer legend Sailen Manna is dead (Lead)
February 27th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Indian soccer legend Sailendra Nath Manna, popularly known as Sailen Manna, died at a private hospital here Monday due to old age complications. He was 87, ... Read more...
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Football legend Sailen Manna dead
February 27th, 2012 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) India's football legend Sailendra Nath Manna, popularly known as Sailen Manna, died at a private hospital here Monday. He was 87, family sources said.He was admitted ... Read more...
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Another AMRI hospital director granted bail
February 23rd, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Gynaecologist and AMRI Hospital director Pranab Dasgupta was Thursday granted bail by a court here in the fire tragedy case at the medical facility which claimed ... Read more...
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One AMRI director gets bail, others denied (Lead)
February 17th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Friday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, but rejected the pleas of four others in the Dec 9, 2011 fire ... Read more...
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Kolkata fire: Three AMRI directors seek anticipatory bail (Lead)
February 16th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Three AMRI hospital directors, who have been evading arrest in connection with the Dec 9, 2011 fire tragedy here that killed 94 people, approached a court ... Read more...
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Kolkata fire: Three AMRI directors seek anticipatory bail
February 16th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Three AMRI hospital directors who have been evading arrest in connection with the Dec 9, 2011 fire tragedy here that killed 94 people, approached a court ... Read more...
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Veteran AMRI doctor gets bail till Feb 15
February 3rd, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) AMRI Hospital MD and veteran doctor Mani Chettri, held for a fire in the institution that killed 94 people last December, was Thursday given conditional bail ... Read more...
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Burn care training planned for doctors, nurses
February 2nd, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Doctors and nurses will be trained in burn care and management as the country reports nearly seven million burn injuries in infernos like the one ... Read more...
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GJM demands bail for AMRI doctor, Mamata rebuffs (Lead)
January 31st, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Monday asked the government to speed up the bail process of Mani Chhetri - a renowned doctor and one of ... Read more...
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Speed up bail process for veteran AMRI doctor: Gorkha party
January 30th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership wants the state government to speed up the bail process of Mani Chhetri - a renowned doctor and one of ... Read more...
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Two more AMRI directors arrested, sent to police custody (Third Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Two more AMRI Hospital directors, who are also renowned doctors, were Friday arrested for the fire that killed 94 patients and staffers last month. A court ... Read more...
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Two more AMRI directors arrested, in police custody (Second Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Two more AMRI Hospital directors, who are also renowned doctors, were Friday arrested for the fire that killed 94 patients and staffers last month. A court ... Read more...
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Two more AMRI officials arrested, sent to police custody
January 23rd, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Two officials of the AMRI hospital were arrested Monday in connection with the Dec 9 fire at the medical centre, which claimed 94 lives, and sent ... Read more...
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Jail custody of AMRI directors, officials extended
January 19th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) A West Bengal court Thursday denied bail to six directors and two officials of the city's AMRI hospital, where a fire last month killed 94 people,
and ... Read more...
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Need bed, newspapers in jail, AMRI directors tell court
January 18th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Six AMRI Hospital directors, jailed in connection with the Dec 9, 2011, fire in the medical centre that claimed 94 lives, Wednesday approached a court here ... Read more...
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Experts to survey fire hazards in Kolkata
January 1st, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) In the wake of several incidents of fire, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday said an expert group will survey the unplanned parts of ... Read more...
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Smoke from AMRI Hospital triggers panic
December 29th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) There were tense scenes at the city's AMRI Hospital, where 94 people were killed in a blaze earlier this month, when smoke was seen billowing out ... Read more...
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Two AMRI officials sent to judicial custody
December 26th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) A court Monday sent two officials of the AMRI hospital where a fire claimed 94 lives to judicial custody till Jan 5. Six of its directors ... Read more...
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Upgrade to avert AMRI like incidents, private hospitals told
December 23rd, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Minister of State for Health Sudip Bandyopadhyay has urged private players in health care to raise standards of infrastructure to avert incidents like the recent ... Read more...
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AMRI fire Tripura victim’s body found after 12 days
December 22nd, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 22 (IANS) The mutilated body of a Tripura man, who went missing after the AMRI Hospital fire Dec 9, has been found at the morgue of SSKM ... Read more...
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Kolkata blaze: Hospital director’s bail plea rejected
December 21st, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IANS) A West Bengal court Wednesday rejected the bail plea of AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, an accused in the hospital fire tragedy that killed 93 people ... Read more...
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Police custody of six AMRI Hospital directors extended
December 20th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A court Tuesday extended by three days police custody of six directors of the Advanced Medicare & Research Institute (AMRI) Hospital, arrested in connection with the ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata factory, no casualties (Lead)
December 20th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A huge fire broke out in a rubber shoe factory in south east Kolkata's Tiljala area, fire brigade sources said Tuesday, days after a fire ... Read more...
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AMRI fire: Manik Sarkar seeks Mamata’s help
December 18th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Manik Sarkar urged his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to help trace a Tripura man who went missing after the AMRI Hospital fire ... Read more...
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Insurance firm orders risk assessment survey of properties
December 16th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) In the wake of a devastating fire at the AMRI Hospital which claimed 93 lives a week ago, the National Insurance Company (NIC) Friday said it ... Read more...
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West Bengal hooch deaths rise to 171, official suspended (Roundup)
December 16th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Diamond Harbour (West Bengal), Dec 16 (IANS) The death count in West Bengal's hooch tragedy rose to 171 as more succumbed to the moonshine they had consumed. Around 90 ... Read more...
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West Bengal hooch deaths rise to 156
December 16th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Diamond Harbour (West Bengal), Dec 16 (IANS) More people continued to die in West Bengal after consuming spurious liquor with the toll mounting to 156 Friday morning. Over 100 ... Read more...
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Second tragedy for West Bengal, moonshine kills 148 (Second Intro Roundup, correcting figure in headline)
December 16th, 2011 - 1:45 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) India saw one of its worst liquor tragedies, as at least 148 people died and over 100 were hospitalised in rural West Bengal after they ... Read more...
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Second tragedy for West Bengal, moonshine kills 143 (Intro Roundup)
December 16th, 2011 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IANS) India saw one of its worst liquor tragedies, as at least 148 people died and over 100 were hospitalised in rural West Bengal after they ... Read more...
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Second tragedy for West Bengal, moonshine kills 143
December 15th, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Diamond Harbour (West Bengal), Dec 15 (IANS) In one of India's worst liquor tragedies, at least 143 people died and over 100 were hospitalised in rural West Bengal after ... Read more...
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