Petrol price hiked by Rs.6.28 plus taxes, industry welcomes move (Second Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi,May 23 (IANS) India's state-controlled refiners hiked prices petrol by a steep 6.28 per litre, exclusive of taxes, effective midnight Wednesday to compensate losses incurred by them for selling ... Read more...
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Dragonair to link Kolkata and Hong Kong
May 23rd, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) International air carrier Dragonair, a part of Cathay Pacific Group, will launch a new service between Hong Kong and Kolkata, the company announced Wednesday.The service to ... Read more...
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Coast Guard inducts Dornier aircraft
May 23rd, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) In a bid to enhance its capability in West Bengal and Odisha, the Coast Guard Wednesday inducted a new Dornier aircraft with state-of-art sensors and equipment ... Read more...
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Not pulling out but will protest petrol hike: Mamata
May 23rd, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Miffed over the steep rise in petrol prices, announced Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said her Trinamool Congress would protest against the hike ... Read more...
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Petrol prices hiked by Rs.6.28 per litre plus taxes (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Petrol prices have been hiked by Rs.6.28 per litre, exclusive of taxes, effective midnight, it was announced here Wednesday.Petrol will cost Rs.73.14 per litre ... Read more...
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‘Pained and insulted’, Mahasweta quits Bangla Akademi
May 23rd, 2012 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Eminent author and Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi chairperson Mahasweta Devi Wednesday announced her decision to quit the post after a name recommended by her for the prestigious ... Read more...
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16 young players from across India to play in Milan
May 23rd, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Sixteen budding players from across the country have been selected through a five-month-long football talent hunt to represent India at a youth football tournament to be ... Read more...
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Sony to phase out feature phones by September
May 23rd, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Sony Mobile Communications (India), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese technology giant Sony, has decided to phase out feature phones (non-smart mobile phones) by the end of ... Read more...
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Seven Maoists surrender in Bengal
May 23rd, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Seven members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have surrendered with weapons in West Bengal's Jhargram district, police said Wednesday.This follows an appeal from ... Read more...
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Knight Riders beat Daredevils, qualify for main IPL final(lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 2:00 am ICT by IANS
Pune, May 23 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders continued their good run and secured their maiden final berth in the Indian Premier League(IPl) final with a convincing 18-run win over ... Read more...
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Mamata government rates itself, gives top marks: CPI
May 22nd, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Taking pot shots at West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government, veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A.B. Bardhan Tuesday said it has on its own ... Read more...
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Daiwik Hotels to launch five hotels in pilgrimage centres
May 22nd, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Kolkata-based Daiwik Hotels is planning to launch five hotels in key pilgrimage centres across India with an initial investment of Rs.180 crore in the next 30 ... Read more...
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Poverty forces Bengal mother to sell child for Rs.2000
May 22nd, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Unable to take care of her seven-month-old child due to extreme poverty, a mother in West Bengal's Nadia district sold her infant to a meat seller ... Read more...
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Apex court permits access to Kalighat temple’s sanctum sanctorum (Lead)
May 21st, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday permitted devotees to access the sanctum sanctorum of Kolkata's Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the deity.An apex court bench of ... Read more...
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Walk out of UPA over special package demand: Rajnath to Mamata
May 21st, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Asking Trinamool Congress to withdraw support from the 'incompetent' UPA government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh Monday said his party will support Mamata ... Read more...
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Vested interests running malicious campaign: Mamata
May 21st, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Lashing out at her detractors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that her government has been subjected to "relentless and baseless malice" and ... Read more...
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Apex court permits access to Kalighat temple’s sanctum sanctorum
May 21st, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday permitted devotees to access the sanctum sanctorum of Kolkata's Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the deity.An apex court bench ... Read more...
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Government trying to resolve rupee crisis: Pranab
May 20th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Expressing "great concern" over the sharp fall of the rupee, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said the central government was trying to resolve the issue."It ... Read more...
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Knight Riders beat Pune Warriors to finish as second-placed team (Lead)
May 20th, 2012 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Pune, May 19 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders cruised into the play-offs in style beating Pune Warriors by 34 runs in their last league encounter of the Indian Premier League ... Read more...
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Woman in Kolkata alleges rape by tenants
May 19th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) A woman was allegedly raped by two of her tenants in north Kolkata last month, police said Saturday, adding she complained that her attackers had also ... Read more...
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Mamata’s claim on completing work not right: Congress
May 19th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Countering the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government's claim of 100 percent completion of work, alliance partner Congress Saturday said the government has still a lot ... Read more...
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Singur land failure a disappointment: Mamata
May 19th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Saturday described her first year in office as a success story barring her failure to return land taken from unwilling farmers for ... Read more...
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RBI to defend rupee from falling further (Lead)
May 18th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The rupee recovered after falling to its third straight daily record low against dollar Friday and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) promised more intervention to ... Read more...
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Rupee dips to new intra-day low of 54.91 to a dollar
May 18th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The Indian rupee slumped to a new intra-day low of 54.91 against a dollar Friday even as the Reserve Bank of India assured further intervention in ... Read more...
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Mamata asks MCA to reconsider ban on SRK
May 18th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Standing by Shah Rukh Khan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday appealed to the Mumbai Cricket Association to reconsider its five-year ban on the ... Read more...
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Would love to continue for audiences’s sake: Soumitra Chatterjee
May 18th, 2012 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) Terming the love and blessings of the audience as the biggest award, 77-year-old Dadasahab Phalke recipient Soumitra Chatterjee Thursday said he would love to remain in ... Read more...
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BOC India’s three plants in advanced stages of commissioning
May 17th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) Industrial gas manufacturer BOC India, a member of the Germany-based the Linde Group, Thursday said its three plants at Jamshedpur, Taloja and Rourkela are in the ... Read more...
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SRK drunk and abusive? MCA says yes, star says no (Roundup)
May 17th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan was at the centre of an ugly row Thursday with allegations that he had got into a brawl with security personnel ... Read more...
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Woman accuses Bengal cop of misbehaving with her
May 17th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) A woman in South 24 Parganas district near here has lodged a complaint against a police station chief for allegedly misbehaving with her, police said Thursday."We ... Read more...
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Kirti Azad backs Shah Rukh
May 17th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and former cricketer Kirti Azad Thursday came in support of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, saying cricket officials were ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh was drunk, but that’s not a crime: Mumbai ACP
May 17th, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Iqbal Sheikh, Mumbai assistant commissioner of police (ACP), confirmed Thursday that film star and Kolkata Knight Riders' owner Shah Rukh Khan was in a drunken ... Read more...
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MCA ban on Shah Rukh Khan not finalised: Rajiv Shukla
May 17th, 2012 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The final decision to ban Bollywood star and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan from entering Wankhede cricket stadium will be taken only ... Read more...
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Child strangled for gold earrings in Bengal
May 16th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Attracted by a five-year-old girl's gold earrings, a middle aged man strangled her to rob the ornaments in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said Wednesday. ... Read more...
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West Bengal in no hurry to repeal act
May 16th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) A West Bengal official Wednesday defended the government's decision not to repeal the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, an eyesore for developers, saying other ... Read more...
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Pakistan band Raeth set for Bollywood debut (With Images)
May 16th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Pakistani band Raeth, popular for songs like "Bhula do" and "Waada", is all set to foray into Bollywood with upcoming film "Marksheet", based on education ... Read more...
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