Five Manipuri militants nabbed in Assam
June 8th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 8 (IANS) Five cadres of the Manipur-based militant outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) were arrested in Assam Friday, police said."Four cadres were arrested from Jorabat area on ... Read more...
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Injured anti-talk NDFB cadre arrested in Guwahati
May 7th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 7 (IANS) The Guwahati police Monday arrested a cadre of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) from a rented house here, a police ... Read more...
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Tripura gets India’s second free healthcare center for students
February 19th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 19 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Sunday inaugurated the Tripura Students' Health Home (TSHH), India's second such free healthcare center.The TSHH, the second center after the West ... Read more...
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31 ‘crorepati’ candidates in third phase of Bengal polls
April 22nd, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) The third phase of West Bengal assembly elections April 27, spread over the North and South 24 Parganas and Kolkata districts, will witness 31 'crorepatis' ... Read more...
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Abhishek, Deepika promote ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’ in Kolkata
November 28th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajitha MenonKolkata, Nov.28 (ANI): Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone promoted 'Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey' here over the weekend.Bachchan said he was very proud to play the main ... Read more...
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CPI-M leaders freed on bail in Tapasi Malik murder case
February 13th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Suhrid Dutta and party activist Debu Malik, who were last year sentenced to life for the murder of Tapasi Malik in Singur, ... Read more...
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CPI-M leaders get bail in Tapasi Malik murder case
February 11th, 2009 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Suhrid Dutta and party activist Debu Malik, who were last year sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Tapasi Malik in ... Read more...
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Save Nano Committee to prevent transfer of equipment
October 20th, 2008 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Singur (West Bengal), Oct 19 (IANS) Though Tata Motors has decided to shift its Nano plant to Sanand in Gujarat, many people in this rural pocket are yet to come to terms ... Read more...
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Panel holds second round of talks on Singur dispute
September 11th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 11 (IANS) The four-member team formed to study the contentious land acquisition for Tata Motors' Nano project in West Bengal held its second round of deliberations Thursday, with one of ... Read more...
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Mamata to meet governor on Singur
September 7th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Singur, Sep 7 (IANS) Indicating a breakthrough in the talks on the vexed Singur issue, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday announced she would meet West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi to find ... Read more...
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W. Bengal Governor hopes for a result on Singur impasse by Monday
September 7th, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Sept 7 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi has said talks to break Singur deadlock are on track and they would continue on Sunday. He also sais that he ... Read more...
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Gandhi invites Buddha for talks Sunday
September 7th, 2008 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who is chairing the talks between the state government and the Trinamool Congress-led opposition on the Tata Nano car issue, has invited Chief ... Read more...
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Emergency Left Front meeting on Singur impasse
September 6th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Sept 6 (ANI): The Left Front has scheduled an emergency meeting in Kolkata on Sunday to discuss the Singur impasse.
The emergency meeting of the Left Front on Singur would be ... Read more...
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Preliminary parleys on to resolve Singur impasse (Lead)
September 4th, 2008 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Hectic preliminary parleys were on at the Raj Bhavan here Thursday with West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi meeting various groups in his bid to thrash out an acceptable ... Read more...
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Talks Friday to resolve Singur stalemate
September 3rd, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) With West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi playing the mediator, the state's ruling Left Front government and the opposition Trinamool Congress-led Krishijami Jiban Jibika Raksha Committee (KJJRC) will ... Read more...
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Signature campaign for industrialisation in West Bengal
August 30th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IANS) Kolkata will experience a different kind of gathering Sunday, when a group of professionals will come out on the streets in support of industrialisation.The group, comprising engineers, IT ... Read more...
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Security tightened at Tata Motors’ Singur factory (Lead)
August 29th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Security at the Tata Motors' Nano plant at Singur in West Bengal was tightened Friday, a day after pro-farmer organisation Paschimbanga Kshet Mazur Samiti (PKMS) staged a demonstration ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb responsible for Singur standoff: Dasmunsi
August 28th, 2008 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) Blaming the ruling Left Front government in West Bengal for the Singur stalemate, Information and Broadcasting Minister and senior Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Thursday held Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Trinamool protests enter second day
August 25th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) The Tata Motors' Nano plant witnessed about 80 percent attendance Monday as protests by the Trinamool Congress against the small car project at Singur in West Bengal entered ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb rules out moving of Tata project elsewhere
August 24th, 2008 - 11:33 am ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Aug 24 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said that there was no question of Tata factory moving out of Singur in the wake of the company''s threat ... Read more...
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Trinamool to go ahead with Tata plant seige from Sunday
August 23rd, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Mamata Bannerjee's Trinamool Congress is sticking to its plans for an indefinite seige of the Tata Motors' small car project site at Singur from Sunday, party leader Partho ... Read more...
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Ratan Tata worried about Singur project: Nirupam Sen
August 22nd, 2008 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) Tata Motors chairman Ratan Tata is worried about his company's small car project in Singur, West Bengal Industries Minister Nirupam Sen said here Thursday night.Sen, after coming out ... Read more...
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Singur talks inconclusive, Mamata threatens indefinite agitation
August 21st, 2008 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee threatened to launch an indefinite agitation from Aug 24 after the much-awaited talks between West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Leader of ... Read more...
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