West Bengal assembly celebrates 75 years
August 13th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) A two-day celebration to mark 75 years of the West Bengal Assembly started Monday, with former speakers including ex-Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee being felicitated ... Read more...
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West Bengal assembly celebrates platinum jubilee
August 13th, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) A two-day celebration to mark 75 years of the West Bengal assembly started Monday, with former speakers, including ex-Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, being felicitated ... Read more...
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Left pays homage to Jyoti Basu on the road (Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Left Front members protested outside the West Bengal assembly Sunday after the speaker disallowed former legislators from entering to pay respects to late chief minister ... Read more...
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Left pays homage to Jyoti basu on the road
July 8th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Left Front members protested outside the West Bengal assembly Sunday after the speaker denied entry to former lawmakers to pay respect to former chief minister ... Read more...
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Kidnapped SBI cashier in Meghalaya still untraced
July 2nd, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jul 2 (IANS) The whereabouts of the State Bank of India (SBI) cashier kidnapped by Liberation Achik Elite Force (LAEF) rebels 10 days ago remain unknown, even as ... Read more...
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No survivors found in Sukhoi crash (Lead)
May 10th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, May 10 (IANS) Rescuers who Thursday morning spotted on a mountain slope in Indonesia the wreckage of a Sukhoi super-jet 100 that went missing a day earlier with around ... Read more...
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Bengal bars media conference at the assembly, CPI-M objects
February 10th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The West Bengal assembly Friday barred press conferences at the media centre in the assembly premises when the house is not in session, drawing protests ... Read more...
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Bali bomb suspect Umar Petek extradited from Pakistan to Indonesia
August 11th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesia's National Police on Thursday confirmed that Bali bomb suspect Umar Petek arrived in the nation's capital after being extradited from Pakistan.National Police spokesman Inspector General Anton ... Read more...
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An eco-tourism park to come up near Kolkata
July 20th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) An eco-tourism park will come up soon on the outskirts of Kolkata at the intiative of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee."We want to set up an ... 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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Christian nominee in Manipur minority commission hailed
April 21st, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, April 21 (IANS) The All India Christian Council (AICC) Thursday welcomed Manipur government's appointment of a Christian representative in the state minority commission saying it would serve better the ... Read more...
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Bengal legislators record ‘alarming’ increase in assets
April 17th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) The wealth of West Bengal legislators recontesting the assembly polls has increased at an "alarming rate" and, in one case, by an astonishing 86,030 percent, according ... Read more...
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Congress to Trinamool: Replicate Lok Sabha poll pact terms
March 5th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) West Bengal state Congress president Manas Bhuniya Saturday said the assembly poll tie-up with the Trinamool Congress should follow the formula used in the 2009 ... Read more...
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Poll panel should have consulted me on dates: Bengal speaker
March 5th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) West Bengal Assembly Speaker H.A. Halim Friday said the Election Commission should have consulted him to ascertain the pending legislative business in the house before announcing ... Read more...
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Legislator disqualified for floor-crossing
January 5th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) West Bengal assembly Speaker H.A. Halim Wednesday disqualified Sabitri Mitra as legislator for joining the Trinamool Congress from the Congress in violation of the anti-defection law.Mitra, elected from ... Read more...
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Southeast Asia considers single currency, Bank Indonesia governor says
December 11th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by BNO News
DENPASAR, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Bank Indonesia governor Halim Alamsyah has said the Southeast Asia region could consider an eventual currency convergence to strengthen the region's economy and facilitate international transactions.Alamsyah was ... Read more...
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West Bengal speaker falls ill after house row
July 30th, 2010 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) West Bengal Assembly Speaker H.A. Halim suffered from breathlessness and had to be administered oxygen in the house Thursday after agitated Trinamool Congress members blocked his way while ... Read more...
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Mystery shrouds Assam ultra leader’s arrest in Nepal
July 5th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 5 (IANS) Mystery shrouds the reported arrest of an Indian militant leader in Nepal with the Nepali authorities denying any knowledge of it.Nepal's home ministry Monday denied having ... Read more...
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Bengal assembly adopts condolence motion on Jyoti Basu
March 10th, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) The West Bengal assembly Wednesday adopted a condolence resolution on former chief minister and veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu, who died Jan 17, terming him a "legislator par ... Read more...
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Two held for raping teenager in Uttar Pradesh
February 24th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 24 (IANS) Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old Dalit girl at gunpoint in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said Wednesday.
The victim, a resident of Loniyapurwa locality ... Read more...
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West Bengal speaker hospitalised in Singapore
February 6th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) West Bengal legislative assembly speaker and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Hasim Abdul Halim was admitted to a hospital in Singapore Saturday after he suffered respiratory ... Read more...
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Miss Indonesia 2009 linked to ’sex cult’ organisation
December 14th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 14 (ANI): Miss Indonesia 2009 Kerenina Sunny Halim has been linked to an alleged sex cult organisation 'The Children of God', which started in 1968 and is now known ... Read more...
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No sound, so West Bengal assembly adjourned for 10 days
December 1st, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) The winter session of the West Bengal assembly was adjourned for 10 days Tuesday due to a faulty sound system.
Speaker H.A. Halim adjourned the house up to Dec ... Read more...
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Construction of Great Pyramid of Giza may have started on August 23, 2470 B.C.
September 22nd, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 22 (ANI): A controversial new research has placed an exact date on the start of the ancient construction project of the Great Pyramid of Giza, as August 23, 2470 ... Read more...
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41 percent polling in West Bengal by-polls
August 18th, 2009 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) An average of 41 percent polling was reported in the by-elections to two West Bengal assembly seats in the city Tuesday.
While the poll percentage was 47 percent in ... Read more...
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Kerala police nab key terror suspect
July 22nd, 2009 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, July 22 (IANS) The Kerala police Wednesday claimed to have arrested a top bomb-making expert and busted a terrorist gang active in the state since 2004.
Manoj Abraham, Kochi Police Commissioner said ... Read more...
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Bengal speaker disqualifies MLA for defecting, another quits
March 6th, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) On a day of dramatic developments, West Bengal legislator Sudip Bandopadhyay, who had quit the Congress to join the Trinamool Congress, resigned his seat to protest the assembly ... Read more...
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Malaysian Minister elected Commonwealth Parliamentary body chief
August 9th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 9 (ANI): Malaysian Unity and Culture Minister Mohamad Shafie Apdal was elected Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association here today.
Apdal backed by India and others won a total ... Read more...
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