Omar asks separatists to abjure violence (Lead)
August 15th, 2012 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday again urged separatists to join the dialogue process for lasting peace in the state.Addressing the main Independence Day ... Read more...
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Time for AFSPA removal hasn’t come: Omar
August 15th, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IANS) The time to remove the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) hasn't come, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Wednesday, as the Kashmir Valley ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata’s Burrabazar market
July 8th, 2012 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) A fire broke out in Kolkat's Burrabazar, one of the largest wholesale markets in India, Saturday night, police said. There were no reports of any casualty ... Read more...
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Teenager falls into Bengal well (Lead)
June 24th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Nearly six hours after a teenaged boy Sunday fell into a 30-feet-deep well in West Bengal's Howrah district, around the same time when a four-year-old girl's ... Read more...
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Teenager falls into well in West Bengal
June 24th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Around the time the body of a four-year-old girl who had fallen into a borewell in Haryana was recovered after almost 90 hours, a teenaged boy ... Read more...
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Two fires break out in Kolkata, no casualties
June 16th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) Two fires broke out in Kolkata in the early hours of Saturday, in which hundreds of shanties were gutted and a multi-storeyed building was partially damaged. ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata go-down, no casualty
February 3rd, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) A fire broke out in a cloth godown in the city Thursday evening which subsequently spread to an adjacent studio where several Bengali actors were shooting. ... Read more...
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Fire destroys Shillong church, short circuit suspected
January 2nd, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 2 (IANS) A 10-year-old Roman Catholic church building here was razed to the ground by a raging fire in the wee hours of Monday, a church priest said.The ... Read more...
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Bengal hospitals to have fire safety officers
December 28th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) The West Bengal government is mulling to mandate the appointment of fire safety officers in hospitals in the state in the wake of the AMRI ... Read more...
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Tourists stranded in Andamans after cyclone
December 27th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) Over 400 tourists from West Bengal are among the around 1,000 tourists stranded at Havelock Island of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands after a cyclone hit ... Read more...
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Panels to check Kolkata fire safety, violators on notice
December 10th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) The West Bengal government, which has set up two panels to check safety measures in city buildings in the wake of a devastating fire in ... Read more...
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Omar orders fire safety audit of Kashmir hospitals
December 9th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 9 (IANS) In a quick reaction to the fire in Kolkata's AMRI hospital that left at least 73 dead, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday ordered ... Read more...
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CPI-M legislator jumps to death in Bengal
May 30th, 2011 - 2:58 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator, Mostafa Bin Quasem, Sunday committed suicide in West Bengal by jumping from the fourth floor of the legislators' ... Read more...
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Bengal CPI-M legislator jumps to death (Lead)
May 30th, 2011 - 2:58 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) West Bengal Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator Mostafa Bin Quasem, suffering from a kidney ailment, Sunday committed suicide by jumping from the third floor ... Read more...
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Portfolios of West Bengal council of ministers
May 21st, 2011 - 2:39 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Following is the list of West Bengal ministers with their portfolios announced after midnight Friday:Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee - Home, Health, Land and Land Reforms, ... Read more...
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Five former policemen defeat old masters in Bengal polls
May 14th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) All the five former Indian Police Service (IPS) officers who took on their old Marxist masters as Trinamool Congress candidates in West Bengal assembly polls, have ... Read more...
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Voting for fourth phase ends, 84.55 percent polling
May 3rd, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Voting came to an end Tuesday in 63 constituencies spread over four districts in the fourth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, with 84.55 percent ... Read more...
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Peaceful voting in fourth round of West Bengal polls (Third Lead)
May 3rd, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Singur and Nandigram voted peacefully Tuesday as 58 percent polling was recorded till 1 p.m. in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly elections for ... Read more...
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Singur, Nandigram vote in round four of Bengal polls (Second Lead)
May 3rd, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Nineteen percent votes were cast in the first two hours of polling Tuesday in the fourth phase of West Bengal's assembly elections for 63 constituencies ... Read more...
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Singur, Nandigram vote in round four of West Bengal polls (Lead)
May 3rd, 2011 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) People queued up in large numbers to vote in the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections Tuesday for 63 constituencies spread over three districts.An electorate ... Read more...
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Campaigning ends in West Bengal for fourth phase polling
May 1st, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) Campaigning for the fourth phase of West Bengal's assembly elections ended Sunday, as the state geared up for polling in 63 constituencies spread across four ... Read more...
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Former top cops to fight polls as Trinamool candidates
March 18th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Four former Indian Police Service (IPS) officers will take on the ruling Marxists, for whom they had once worked, as Trinamool Congress candidates in the ... Read more...
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Perth bushfire engulfs 20 homes, over 100 residents evacuated
February 6th, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Perth (Australia), Feb.6 (ANI): Up to 20 houses have reportedly been engulfed by a bushfire in Roleystone in Perth's south-east, while firefighters are simultaneously battling a blaze that had forced the evacuation ... Read more...
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Fresh gas leakage from Bengal factory triggers panic
January 1st, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) Fresh emission of ammonia gas from a West Bengal ice factory where one person was killed and 20 fell ill after inhaling poisonous gas a day ago triggered ... Read more...
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One dead, 10 ill after ammonia cylinder bursts (Lead)
December 31st, 2010 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) One worker died and 10 of his colleagues were taken seriously ill Friday after inhaling toxic ammonia gas that leaked following a cylinder burst in an ice-making factory ... Read more...
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Four children killed in Bengal slum fire
December 30th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Four children were killed and 70 shanties were destroyed early Thursday after a fire, lit to keep people warm, spread through a slum in West Bengal's South 24 ... Read more...
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Fire breaks out in Kolkata shopping mall
September 18th, 2010 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) A restaurant was gutted as a major fire broke out in a shopping mall on Camac Street in the heart of Kolkata Saturday morning, police said.
"Around 8.40 a.m. ... Read more...
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Bomb hoax in Kolkata IT hub, one held
August 25th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) A bomb hoax led to the evacuation of 1,500 employees and a massive search at a 14-storey building in the IT hub of Rajarhat on the city outskirts ... Read more...
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Quake hits Australia’s historic goldmining town
April 20th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 20 (DPA) Some of Kalgoorlie's most famous hotels were damaged Tuesday by the biggest earthquake to hit the Western Australia tourism and goldmining town in 50 years.
The quake, measuring 5.0 ... Read more...
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No fire station in coastal Goa due to high property prices
April 12th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 12 (IANS) The state fire and emergency services department has been unable to build a fire station in the tourist-centric coastal belt of Goa, thanks to booming real estate prices, ... Read more...
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West Bengal Government orders probe into Kolkata’s Park Street fire
March 24th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Mar 24 (ANI): The West Bengal Government has ordered a high level probe into the fire that swept through the three floors of the multi-storied Stephen Court building on Park Street ... Read more...
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Death toll rises to 24 in Kolkata’s Park Street fire
March 24th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Mar 24 (ANI): The death toll from the fire that swept through the three floors of the multi-storied Stephen Court building on Park Street is now reported to be over ... Read more...
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Park Street fire: Mamata slams West Bengal Govt’s poor disaster management
March 23rd, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Mar. 23 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the disaster management of the West Bengal government, which failed to control the Park Street fire that broke out at ... Read more...
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Revisiting laws, updating records to prevent more Carlton Towers (Letter from Bangalore)
March 1st, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 1 (IANS) Various agencies have begun revisiting laws and updating data on high-rise buildings in Bangalore to prevent a repeat of the Carlton Towers fire tragedy that claimed nine lives.
There ... Read more...
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Four held over Carlton Towers fire in Bangalore
February 28th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 28 (IANS) Four people have been arrested and search is on for a few others for Tuesday's fire in the Carlton Towers here that left nine dead and around 60 ... Read more...
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