Mumbai through to last 8 in Buchi Babu Trophy
August 26th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 25 (IANS) Mumbai overcame TNCA XI by just three runs in a Group B match to book their berth in the quarter-finals of the Buchi Babu Trophy All-India ... Read more...
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Kolkata to have loudspeakers to address disaster, riots
August 20th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) Taking a clue from the recent violence in Assam, the West Bengal government has decided to install loudspeakers at important places in Kolkata to address mobs ... 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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Major fire on 10th floor of South Kolkata building (Lead)
March 30th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) A major fire broke out on the 10th floor of a multi-storied building in South Kolkata's posh business hub of Chowringhee Thursday evening. It was extinguished ... Read more...
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Kolkata’s iconic Hatibagan market gutted, Mamata suspects sabotage (Second Lead)
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) A major portion of Kolkata's age-old Hatibagan market was gutted in a devastating blaze that started early Thursday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hinting ... Read more...
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Major fire in Kolkata, no casualties so far
March 22nd, 2012 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS)A large number of shops were destroyed in a major fire that broke out in Kolkata's age-old Hatibagan market in the early hours Thursday. No casualties have ... 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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British prisoners threatening people on Facebook
January 30th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 30 (IANS) Around 350 "dangerous prisoners" currently in British jails have been caught taunting people on Facebook to which they logged in through smartphones smuggled inside prisons.The ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata factory, no casualties (Lead)
December 20th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A huge fire broke out in a rubber shoe factory in south east Kolkata's Tiljala area, fire brigade sources said Tuesday, days after a fire ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata factory
December 20th, 2011 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A big fire broke out in a rubber factory at Tiljala area in east Kolkata Monday night, said fire brigade sources.There are no reports of any ... Read more...
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Week after AMRI fire, anger still not doused
December 16th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) The fire in the AMRI Hospital which claimed 93 lives has been doused but a week after the incident, anguish over the holocaust rages on ... Read more...
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Mamata defends fire department inaction on AMRI
December 14th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Defending the fire department's inaction after the AMRI hospital failed to honour an affidavit for removing combustible material from its basement, West Bengal Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Inflammatory objects in AMRI basement made fire deadly: Minister
December 13th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) The fire at Kolkata's AMRI hospital, which has claimed 93 lives, became deadly due the combustible substances stacked in the building's basement, a West Bengal ... Read more...
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AMRI flouted affidavit promising to clear basesment: Minister
December 12th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) The inferno at the AMRI hospital that took 93 lives could have been averted had the fire department not "trusted" an affidavit given by the hospital ... Read more...
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Bengal minister promises action against doctors sho fled
December 12th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Strict action will be taken against the AMRI doctors if they are found guilty of having fled during last Friday's fire tragedy leaving behind the patients ... 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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Relatives say fire fighters came late, minister denies
December 9th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Relatives of AMRI Hospital fire victims Friday evening alleged that the fire fighters arrived two hours late and were initially ill-equipped - without masks and with ... Read more...
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Bengal government comes down hard on ‘callous’ hospital
December 9th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, other ministers, the Kolkata mayor and security officials ripped apart the AMRI Hospital authorities for "callousness", "negligence" and for ... Read more...
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Woman, mother-in-law die in fire
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) A woman and her mother-in-law died after a fire that broke out in a chemical factory in east Kolkata's Tiljala area Tuesday spread to their house, ... Read more...
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CBI should probe Stephen Court tragedy: Minister
November 21st, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Noting the failure of the fire brigade to use jump cushions to save lives in the March 2010 Stephen Court fire tragedy in the city, a ... Read more...
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Underworld gang member nabbed
September 2nd, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 2 (IANS) An aide of underworld don Bannanje Raja, wanted by the Karnataka police, was arrested in this Uttar Pradesh capital Friday, an official said.Javed Khan was arrested ... Read more...
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High on creativity, Gen Next designers open LFW (With Images)
August 17th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Designer Akki Narula calls them brats, but when it comes to thinking out-of-the box, the new age designers rule the roost. This was proved at the ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata studio, two injured
July 18th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at the Bharat Lakshmi film studios here Monday, injuring two people, said West Bengal Fire Services Minister Javed Khan.The fire broke ... Read more...
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Bengal minister, promoter almost come to blows
June 26th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) A West Bengal Minister got into an altercation and almost came to blows with a promoter after two labourers working in an under-construction multi-storied apartment sustained ... 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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43-member Mamata ministry to be sworn-in Friday
May 19th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) With the Congress deciding to join the new West Bengal ministry, Mamata Banerjee will be sworn-in Friday at the head of a 43-member ministerial team ... Read more...
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Kolkata’s debutant voters excited and cautious
April 27th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) They compared manifestos, assessed past records of parties and examined how the candidate would make a difference. It was a carefully considered decision for ... Read more...
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Fire breaks out at Gwalior tyre warehouse
October 8th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
By Javed KhanGwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Oct.8 (ANI): Heaps of old tyres were destroyed in a massive fire that broke out at a warehouse here on Friday.The fire broke out after midnight and ... Read more...
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Bodies of three minor girls found in Uttar Pradesh
September 27th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 27 (IANS) The mutilated bodies of three minor girls have been found lying near the railway tracks in a town in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district, police said Monday.
The bodies of ... Read more...
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Pak sending six-member team for Tour de Delhi cycling competition
July 18th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 18 (ANI): The Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF) would be sending a six-member team for the Tour de Delhi cycling competition starting August 29.PCF secretary Idris Haider Khwaja said that a ... Read more...
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Kolkata mayor: Trinamool keeps people guessing
June 3rd, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Speculation was rife Thursday on who will be the new Kolkata mayor, with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee saying a worker and not a leader will be ... Read more...
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CPI-M to dissect debacle, speculation on Kolkata mayor
June 3rd, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) meets here Thursday to deliberate on the reasons for the ruling Left Front's dismal performance in the West Bengal civic polls ... Read more...
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Rizwanur’s brother rejected by voters
June 2nd, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Even as the Trinamool Congress swept the Kolkata municipal polls, one of its star candidates, Rukbanur Rahman - brother of Rizwanur whose mysterious death shocked the city ... Read more...
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