Former Bengal governor thanks Mamata for mooting his name
July 16th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi whose name was mooted by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the post of the country's vice president, has ... Read more...
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NDA to finalise nominee for vice president Monday
July 16th, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will meet here Monday to finalise its vice presidential candidate.The meeting comes two days after ruling ... Read more...
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NDA to finalise vice presidential nominee Monday
July 15th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance will finalise its vice presidential nominee Monday amid Najma Heptulla's name doing the rounds, party leaders said.The ... Read more...
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CPCB fails to file report on water pollution at Bhopal site
July 15th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has failed to file a report in the Supreme Court on the status of groundwater contamination at the Union ... Read more...
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Would desperate Mamata be able to save face in another battle? (West Bengal newsletter)
July 14th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) After Dada episode, Didi is heading into yet another tussle between the Trinamool Congress and its estranged ally the Congress.Confrontation over the presidential election is ... Read more...
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Mitra meets Pranab, says discussions incomplete
June 11th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here Monday for talks on the state government's demand for moratorium on ... Read more...
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IAC’s ‘Expose corruption yatra’ in UP from June 5
May 17th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) Team Anna and volunteers of India Against Corruption (IAC) would June 5 kickstart a statewide 'Anna Sandesh Yatra' from Ballia town of eastern Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Despite advance notice on ‘ban Gita’ move in Russia, not much done (Lead)
December 20th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Indian government had advance notice of a move in a Russian court to ban the Bhagvad Gita as an extremist text in the ... Read more...
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HI requests SAI not to allow WSH at National Stadium
November 29th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is considering a Hockey India (HI) request that leasing the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium for the un-sanctioned World ... Read more...
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Mamata calls up Buddha with invite for film fest
November 10th, 2011 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) Breaking the ice after three years, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday personally called up her predecessor and arch-foe Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to invite him ... Read more...
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AIFF gets to use football facilities at Nehru Stadium
October 5th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) will allow the All India Football Federation (AIFF) the use of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for 40 days for ... Read more...
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Shashi Kant Sharma next defence secretary
July 7th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Shashi Kant Sharma, a 1976 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from Bihar cadre, will be the new defence secretary for a two-year term when ... Read more...
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R.K. Singh takes over as new home secretary
June 30th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Raj Kumar Singh Thursday took over as the new union home secretary amid internal security challenges, Maoist violence and terror threats emanating from ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb, Biman, Mamata at same function - at long last
May 20th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The swearing-in ceremony of the Trinamool Congress-Congress ministry in politically polarised West Bengal here Friday presented a rare sight - new Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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BSF trooper shoots two colleagues dead
March 3rd, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 3 (IANS) A "mentally unstable" Border Security Force (BSF) trooper shot dead two of his colleagues and injured a third in Tripura, police said Thursday. He was disarmed ... Read more...
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West Bengal housing minister threatened me: Mamata
November 4th, 2010 - 2:01 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday alleged that West Bengal Housing Minister Goatam Deb had threatened her over phone during her anti-land acquisition agitation ... Read more...
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Munda expands cabinet, inducts nine ministers
October 8th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 8 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Friday expanded his cabinet by inducting nine more ministers nearly a month after he assumed office.The new ministers were administered oath of office ... Read more...
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Apex court admits contempt petition against CPI-M leader
September 24th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday admitted a petition seeking contempt proceedings against Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) West Bengal unit secretary Biman Bose for assailing the Calcutta High ... Read more...
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Moily to inaugurate two-day RTI convention in Delhi
September 13th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept.13 (ANI): Union Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily will inaugurate the two-day fifth Convention on the Right To Information (RTI) here today.The theme of the convention is "RTI: ... Read more...
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Kalmadi seeks Indian Army’s assistance for 2010 CWG
August 21st, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 21 (ANI): Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi has sought the help of Indian Army personnel for specific tasks to ensure a successful conduct of the 2010 Games.Briefing ... Read more...
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Kalmadi claims government appointed officers at his behest (Lead)
August 19th, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Thursday said the government had appointed 11 top bureaucrats to oversee the last phase of work for the ... Read more...
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Conserving Dandi’s environment: eco-memorial project launched
July 7th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dandi (Gujarat), July 7 (IANS) Almost 80 years after Mahatma Gandhi picked up a fistful of salt to stir a country's conscience for self-rule here, a fitting tribute was launched Wednesday in ... Read more...
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Militancy grabs centre stage at SAARC Home secretaries meet
June 25th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 25 (ANI): Home Secretaries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries discussed the issue of militancy on Friday in Islamabad.India's Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai met his Pakistan ... Read more...
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Northeast census operations going on smoothly
June 25th, 2010 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala/Aizawl, June 25 (IANS) Census operations are going on in northeastern India, but unlike earlier times when officials were unable to visit the interior areas for "fear of militants", separatist ... Read more...
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Kasab was sentenced on the basis of oral, technical evidences: Chidambaram
May 6th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was found guilty and ... Read more...
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Gursharan Kaur dedicates book on photojournalist Kulwant Roy’s works
April 25th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): Gursharan Kaur, wife of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, has released a book titled 'History in the Making', a collection of the works of photojournalist Kulwant ... Read more...
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Soni asks FTII to produce films promoting national integration
March 21st, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Mar 21 (ANI):Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has called upon the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students to produce films with social values to spread the message ... Read more...
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India-Myanmar to jointly fight northeast rebels
February 28th, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Feb 28 (IANS) India and Myanmar will conduct a 'coordinated operation' against northeast separatist outfits taking shelter and setting up base camps in the neighbouring country, Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna ... Read more...
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Mizoram will take back Reang refugees: Tripura chief minister
January 13th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 13 (IANS) Mizoram will soon take back around 35,000 Reang tribal refugees who have been staying in Tripura since 1997 after fleeing their state due to ethnic violence, Tripura Chief ... Read more...
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Journalist Utpal Chatterjee is new Sheriff of Kolkata
January 11th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) Eminent journalist Utpal Chatterjee Monday took over as the new Sheriff of Kolkata.
Chatterjee, who was deputy editor of The Times of India for ten years besides being executive ... Read more...
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Bihar villagers boycott polio drive
January 11th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 11 (IANS) Angry over the lack of power supply in their villages, hundreds of families have boycotted the ongoing pulse polio drive in Bihar and have refused to let their ... Read more...
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Gopal Krishna Gandhi - a people’s governor
December 13th, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) On the last day of his five-year term as West Bengal governor, Gopal Krishna Gandhi Sunday called on Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, who said "I have been ... Read more...
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Gandhiji’s grandson demits office as West Bengal governor
December 13th, 2009 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopal Krishna Gandhi Sunday bade adieu as West Bengal governor by hosting the state's creme de al crème to tea after occupying the Raj ... Read more...
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Government ready to run parliament on solar energy: Abdullah
December 11th, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The government is ready to run parliament on solar energy, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said in the Lok Sabha Friday.
"We are ready ... Read more...
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Raj Bhavan Kolkata turning green
December 8th, 2009 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IANS) On a day world leaders began discussing climate changes in Copenhagen, the Governor's House here became the country's first Raj Bhavan to launch a solar power project ... Read more...
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