India, Bangladesh to set up more border markets
July 27th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 27 (IANS) Dhaka and New Delhi are keen to set up eight more markets along the India-Bangladesh border in the northeastern states, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh start joint study to boost border trade
June 9th, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 9 (IANS) Senior officials from India and Bangladesh Saturday started a five-day joint study to examine facilities and infrastructure along the border and suggest measures to boost ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
India, Bangladesh to improve trade facilities along border
May 7th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 7 (IANS) Officials of India and Bangladesh will undertake a joint study next month to examine the infrastructure for trade and business along the border and also suggest ... Read more...
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Hundred dog bites a day and counting in Srinagar
April 11th, 2012 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 11 (IANS) Every dog seems to be having his day in the Jammu and Kashmir summer capital. The stray population of the canines in Srinagar is over 100,000 ... Read more...
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Four more Border Haats to be set up along India-Bangladesh border
March 23rd, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 23 (IANS) Dhaka and New Delhi have agreed to set up four more 'Border Haats' (bazars) along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, a minister said here Friday.A ... Read more...
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Mamata unveils Gitanjali Stadium in Tagore’s honour
August 10th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday unveiled a stadium named after the Nobel winning collection of poems Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore. She also said ... Read more...
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Student is youngest Marxist candidate
March 15th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) "It's an honour for me," says Shatarup Ghosh, the youngest Left Front candidate in the West Bengal assembly elections.Ghosh, who will turn 25 this month, ... Read more...
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CPI-M top brass takes on Mamata on her home turf
May 9th, 2009 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders, including general secretary Prakash Karat, are concentrating their election campaign in Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's Kolkata South constituency which goes to ... Read more...
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West Bengal chief minister’s house, Kolkata areas without power
March 31st, 2009 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Power supply was snapped in parts of central and south Kolkata, including to the West Bengal chief minister's residence and two leading hospitals, and Metro railway services were ... Read more...
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Kolkata Municipal Corporation starts e-transaction centres
February 3rd, 2009 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), for the first time, started computerised citizen service centres, where people will be able to make municipal transactions without queuing up at the ... Read more...
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