Woman raped in Bengal, minister says law and order best
August 22nd, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) Even as reports of rape of a mentally challenged woman surfaced Tuesday, senior Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra claimed the state ... Read more...
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Three held for forcing woman to foetus sex test (Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Three in-laws of a pregnant woman in West Bengal were arrested for allegedly torturing her to go for a pre-natal sex determination test, even as the ... Read more...
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Three held in Bengal for forcing woman to foetus sex test
August 7th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Three in-laws of a pregnant woman in West Bengal were arrested on a police complaint that she was tortured and pressurised by them to go for ... Read more...
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Steps to boost Indian apparel exports on anvil
August 7th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 6 (IANS) India's textiles ministry is mulling a series of measures to boost export of readymade garments (apparel) despite growing competition from countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Kampuchea and ... Read more...
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Bengal student kills herself after being punished
July 27th, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) A school student in West Bengal's Howrah district allegedly committed suicide by jumping to her death from the institution's roof after she was pulled up for ... Read more...
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Mamata mulls autonomy for Ramakrishna Mission schools
July 5th, 2012 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) The West Bengal government might exempt Ramakrishna Mission-run schools from the school services examinations for recruiting teachers, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday."I have already ... Read more...
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Bengal teenager who fell into well brought out dead
June 25th, 2012 - 5:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A teenage boy who fell into an open 30-feet-deep well in West Bengal's Howrah district Sunday noon was brought out dead early Monday following ten-and-a-half hour ... 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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Four killed in Bengal wall collapse
June 9th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Four people were killed and two others injured when a portion of a wall of an abandoned factory caved in on shanty dwellers in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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Trinamool resorting to violence to stifle dissent: Left
June 4th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) Accusing West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of resorting to violence to stifle the voices of protests, the Left Front (LF) Monday said such tactics would hinder ... Read more...
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Lightning kills 10 in Howrah (Lead)
April 29th, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Howrah, April 29 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 10 others seriously injured Sunday when they were struck by lightning in a village in West Bengal's Howrah ... Read more...
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Bengal’s roses for Italy
April 8th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Italian lovers can now gift roses from West Bengal to their sweethearts, with the state government planning to tap the European nation's market for exporting the ... Read more...
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Five killed in train accident
March 31st, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Five people, including two women, were killed when they were hit by the Ranchi-Howrah intercity express at Satragachi station of Howrah district Saturday, a senior railway ... Read more...
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PVR sets foot in eastern India, opens multiplex in Howrah
February 9th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Howrah, Feb 9 (IANS) Priya Village Roadshow (PVR) Cinemas, which is now eyeing eastern India, Thursday launched its first multiplex here and Sanjeev Bijli said that the company planned to ... Read more...
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485 ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ kids set world record
January 29th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Kolkata Sunday got a new entry into the Guinness World Records, with 485 children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi turning up for a peace walk, making it ... Read more...
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‘Divine footprints’ on pond attract hundreds of devotees
December 1st, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) "Human footprints" on the surface of a pond adjoining a temple in West Bengal's Howrah district Thursday saw hundreds thronging to see what they believed to ... Read more...
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Google’s internet bus reaches Kolkata
November 24th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) Online search giant Google Thursday rolled a special bus into the city to familiarise people with the importance and usage of the internet.The bus will travel ... Read more...
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Bengal considering selling sick units’ assets
November 5th, 2011 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 4 (IANS) The West Bengal government is considering selling assets of a few sick and closed units and revive those potentially viable, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said ... Read more...
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TVS to produce bikes in Bengal for eastern India
October 29th, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) Two-wheeler major TVS Motor Company plans to manufacture bikes directly at the manufacturing facility in West Bengal for sales in eastern India, a minister said Saturday.The ... Read more...
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Shree Ganesh Jewellery in JV with Italian firm for Rs.100 cr plant
October 28th, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) Shree Ganesh Jewellery House Limited (SGJHL), one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of handcrafted gold and diamond jewellery in India, Friday formed a joint-venture with ... Read more...
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Injured man resembling Delhi blast suspect arrested in Howrah
September 15th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) A man in his late thirties with injuries similar to that caused in an explosion and resembling the sketch of one of the suspects in the ... Read more...
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Open to hearing all opinions on key issues: Pranab
August 21st, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Sunday that the civil society movement leaders in the Lokpal Bill agitation were giving the impression that they had ... Read more...
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Six Bengal students punished over Facebook ragging
August 4th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) Six students of a West Bengal engineering institute were punished for indulging in ragging and abusing colleagues on social networking site Facebook, a varsity official ... Read more...
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Shoe baron kidnap accused arrested in Maharashtra
July 17th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Noor-e-Alam, an accused in the sensational kidnapping of shoe baron Partha Pratim Roy Burman in 2001, has been arrested from Maharashtra, police said Saturday.Noor-e-Alam alias Shahbaz ... Read more...
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Three die in Bengal road accident
July 7th, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) Three people were killed and at least 40 injured in West Bengal's Howrah district Thursday when a bus collided with a rickshaw on a highway and ... Read more...
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Howrah to get knowledge-cum-poly park
June 8th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) A Rs.25 crore knowledge centre-cum-poly park is all set to come up at Sankrail in West Bengal's Howrah district to cater to the needs of a ... Read more...
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Mamata Banerjee gets towering gifts - from the Himalayas
May 21st, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 21 (IANS) When Elizabeth II was being crowned in London in 1953, the celebrations received an extra boost with the news arriving in London that Mt Everest ... Read more...
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Three arms smugglers held, weapons seized in Bengal
March 12th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Three members of an arms smuggling gang racket were arrested Saturday from West Bengal's Howrah railway station, police said."Acting on a tip-off, we arrested three ... Read more...
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Ramakrishna Paramahansa’s 175th birth anniversary celebrated
March 6th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) Lakhs of people from across the country thronged Belur Math - the global headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission - in adjacent Howrah district Sunday ... Read more...
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Prisoner escapes after throwing chili powder on constable
March 2nd, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Two prisoners convicted for murder in West Bengal's Howrah district tried to escape from the court premises after throwing chilli powder in the eyes of the ... Read more...
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Mamata’s railway measures to boost West Bengal economy
February 25th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress is the largest opposition in West Bengal, Friday proposed in her railway budget a slew of new initiatives to boost ... Read more...
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Railways to recruit around 3 lakh people: Mamata Banerjee
February 5th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Haldia (West Bengal), Feb 4 (IANS) The Indian Railways will recruit 2.5 lakh to 3 lakh people in the next six months across the country, union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said ... Read more...
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Man, wife crushed by train
February 3rd, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) A 63-year-old man and his wife were crushed by a speeding train at Belur station Thursday in West Bengal's Howrah district. He was trying to help her after ... Read more...
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Three arrested in sex scandal
January 23rd, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Three people were arrested early Sunday from West Bengal's Howrah district after a 17-year-old girl accused the trio of raping her and circulating obscene video clippings involving her ... Read more...
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