Two Bengal CPI-M leaders killed, Left blames Trinamool (Lead)
February 22nd, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders, including a former legislator, were killed in a clash in West Bengal's Burdwan district Wednesday in an incident ... Read more...
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Two CPI-M leaders killed in Bengal
February 22nd, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders, including a former legislator, were killed in a clash in Burdwan district of West Bengal Wednesday, police said.Pradip Ta, ... Read more...
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Dempo looking to consolidate position in I-League
February 11th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) Table toppers Dempo will be looking to consolidate their position in I-League when they face Pailan Arrows in the 20th round at the Salt Lake Stadium, ... 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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Congress accuses Trinamool of violence on party workers
January 27th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The Congress' West Bengal unit Friday shot off a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to take proper steps to stop the violence ... Read more...
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National TT: Top seeds advance into second round
January 27th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 27 (IANS) All top men paddlers, including Sharath Kamal, won their first round matches at the 73rd Senior National Table Tennis Championships at the SAI sub-centre here.Though there ... Read more...
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Ordeal ends for Norway NRI parents, uncle to get custody of kids (Lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) The ordeal of two Indian children in Norway, who were snatched from their NRI parents and put in foster care by Norwegian authorities, is set ... Read more...
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21 music artists come together for new ‘Vande Mataram’
January 25th, 2012 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) As many as 21 top-notch music artists, including singers Sonu Niigaam, Shankar Mahadevan and Sunidhi Chauhan and musicians like Amaan Ali and Pandit Vishwa ... Read more...
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Bengal Congress minister to quit after party go-ahead
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) Congress minister Manoj Chakraborty, who has been given the go-ahead to quit the Mamata Banerjee ministry, said Saturday he was resigning as he could not ... Read more...
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Congress minister allowed to quit Mamata ministry
January 20th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Congress Friday gave the go-ahead to the West Bengal Congress minister who wished to quit the Mamata Banerjee ministry after calling the chief minister ... Read more...
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Scandal brews, Tripura orders probe against senior cop
January 20th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) The alleged presence of a widow in the official residence of Tripura's additional director general of police has led to controversy, forcing the government to probe ... Read more...
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Coalition dharma does not permit unilateralism, Congress tells Trinamool
January 18th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday expressed its displeasure with the Trinamool Congress, saying "coalition dharma does not permit unilateralism", after a Congress minister in West Bengal ... Read more...
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Mamata a dictator, says Congress minister and quits (Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Ties between West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and its ally Congress worsened further Tuesday as a Congress minister called Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a dictator ... Read more...
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Mamata a dictator, says angry Congress minister
January 17th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Ties between West Bengal's ruling alliance partners Trinamool Congress and Congress worsened Tuesday with a Congress minister launching a no-holds-barred attack on Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Hasina promises to make S.D. Burman’s ancestral house a museum
January 17th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 17 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised to convert the ancestral house of legendary music maestro Sachin Dev Burman in Bangladesh into a folk cultural ... Read more...
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Congress-Trinamool feud escalates after Bengal reshuffle (Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 1:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Nearly eight months into her stint, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday inducted two new ministers and reshuffled of portfolios, triggering shrill protests from ... Read more...
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Hasina visits Tripura Wednesday to commemorate history
January 10th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 10 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina makes a historic border crossing here Wednesday with a 100-member delegation to commemorate the northeast Indian state's role in her ... Read more...
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States being forced to accept RTE: Tripura
January 9th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 9 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Monday said the central government has enforced the provisions of Right To Education Act, including the condition of 'no detention policy' ... Read more...
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Hindustani classical music will never die, say exponents
January 4th, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) Masters of Hindustani classical music who were in Kolkata Tuesday to announce an annual music conference admitted that the genre was losing ground to Bollywood and ... Read more...
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Private tuitions by government teachers an offence: Tripura government
January 3rd, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) The Tripura government, in a strongly worded circular here Tuesday, said it will not allow its teachers to take private tuitions for students."If any government school ... Read more...
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‘Jaadu Ki Jhaapi’ from B-Town on New Year’s day
January 1st, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Good health, love and happiness is what Bollywood celebrities wished for their family and friends as they reach out to give a "jaadu ki ... Read more...
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Tripura to apply ‘no detention policy’ in schools amid concern
December 27th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 27 (IANS) Shifting from their previous stand, Tripura's Left Front government Tuesday announced that it would apply a 'no detention policy' up to the eighth standard in the ... Read more...
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Hospital to probe patient’s death by ‘rat bite’
December 24th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Authorities at the state-run SSKM hospital Saturday ordered an enquiry into the death of a patient after he was allegedly bitten by a rat.A 53-year-old patient, ... Read more...
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Separate authority to boost tea production in India
December 15th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kailashahar (Tripura), Dec 15 (IANS) The government would soon constitute a separate directorate under the Tea Board to boost tea production by small growers in India, Confederation of Indian Small ... Read more...
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Police baton charge injures scribes, cop suspended
December 13th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Two journalists were injured after being beaten up mercilessly by police trying to prevent mediapersons from entering a private nursing home where a patient had ... Read more...
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Government teams inspect fire-hit Bengal hospital
December 12th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Three days after a blaze in the city's AMRI hospital killed 93 people, a West Bengal government team Monday inspected the institution's basement to check ... Read more...
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Tripura, Mizoram may depanel AMRI Hospital
December 11th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 11 (IANS) The devastating fire at AMRI (Advanced Medicare and Research Institute) Hospital in Kolkata may force the Tripura and Mizoram governments to remove it from their list ... Read more...
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Apex court dismisses plea on Soumitra Sen impeachment
November 25th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition seeking the quashing of Rajya Sabha proceedings on the impeachment of Justice Soumitra Sen, then a judge of ... Read more...
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Prayag United, Mumbai FC shock rivals
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) Prayag United upset Mohun Bagan 3-2 while Mumbai FC ended Sporting Clube de Goa's unbeaten run with a 2-1 win in I-League matches here Wednesday.In two ... Read more...
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Tripura awarded for tele-homoeopathy
November 23rd, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 23 (IANS) Tripura has become the only state in eastern India to receive an international award for tele-homoeopathy, where patients in rural areas are diagnosed by doctors through ... Read more...
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Rahul to visit northeast next week
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Imphal, Nov 3 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will next week visit election bound Manipur as well as Tripura and Nagaland, ruled by non-Congress governments, party leaders said ... Read more...
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Intellectuals-Mamata honeymoon over?
October 21st, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Five months into her stint, the strains are visible between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a section of liberal intelligentsia and social activists who had ... Read more...
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Seven special police men suspended in West Bengal
October 14th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Seven India Reserve Battalion personnel, who had gone on an indefinite fast last month in camps in various parts of West Bengal against "marathon postings" ... Read more...
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Tripura mothers to receive health alerts on mobiles
September 13th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kumarghat (Tripura), Sep 13 (IANS) Expectant and new mothers in Tripura will now receive reminders on their mobile phones for regular checkups, thanks to a new programme launched Tuesday by ... Read more...
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Probe into north Bengal’s development under Left: Minister
September 12th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) The West Bengal government will hold a comprehensive probe into the non-receipt of utilisation certificate for development projects worth Rs.48 crore in the northern part ... Read more...
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