West Bengal exhorts financial players to invest in state
August 23rd, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The union urban development ministry and the West Bengal government Thursday exhorted banking and financial institutions to set up their branches at its International ... Read more...
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Kolkata airport’s new terminal operational by October
May 9th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The new terminal of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, which is being constructed under the modernization plan of the airport, is scheduled ... Read more...
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‘New Kolkata airport to be ready in three-four months’
April 30th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The modernisation of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here is nearing completion and it may become operational in the next three-four months, Union ... Read more...
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Amend booklet mentioning Netaji’s death: Forward Bloc
October 16th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front ally All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Sunday demanded the amendment of a booklet published by the Lok Sabha secretariat that says Netaji ... Read more...
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Ramdev: From Himalayas to political heartland, via yoga
June 3rd, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) At 46, Baba Ramdev is one of India's youngest spiritualists. The sprightly, bearded, saffron robe-clad yoga guru, now being courted by the government as he ... Read more...
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Air India cancels 14 flights from Kolkata
April 30th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Air India cancelled 14 flights from Kolkata and combined some flights in a rescheduled roster Saturday as the strike by almost half of the state-run airline's ... Read more...
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Four Air India flights from Kolkata cancelled
April 29th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Four Air India flights from Kolkata airport were cancelled Friday, putting passengers to great inconvenience as the strike by a section of pilots of the state-run ... Read more...
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Eight flights cancelled in Kolkata
April 28th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Eight Air India (AI) flights from Kolkata airport were cancelled Thursday, putting passengers to great inconvenience, as the strike by pilots of the state-run airline entered ... Read more...
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Lufthansa passenger dies in flight
January 29th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) A Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Singapore with 300 passengers on board Saturday made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport following a medical complication related to a passenger. ... Read more...
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Orissa police threaten strike over assault on colleague
January 24th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24 (IANS) The police association in Orissa Monday threatened to launch a strike to protest an alleged assault on their colleague by a ruling party MP in Cuttack while he ... Read more...
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Orissa MP booked for assaulting cop
January 24th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) Bhartruhari Mahtab, an MP from Orissa's ruling Biju Janata Dal, was Sunday booked for attacking a police officer who prevented his supporters from entering a museum complex, police ... Read more...
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Dense fog disrupts flights, trains in Kolkata
January 14th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Heavy fog threw air services out of gear at the international airport here Friday as 40 flights failed to take off while train schedules were also disrupted, officials ... Read more...
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‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’ Music Launched
October 29th, 2010 - 11:59 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 29, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The music of Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey was launched in a suburban hotel tonight among a lot of paaparazi and the cast and crew of ... Read more...
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Artists celebrate 64th Independence Day by painting on rice grain
August 15th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati/Aurangabad, Aug 15 (ANI): On the occasion of 64th Independence Day here on Sunday many artists marked day by arousing nationalistic feelings and patriotic fervour among people of all ages in their ... Read more...
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3151 tourist visas issued under ‘Visa on Arrival’ scheme
July 18th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 18(ANI): Union Tourism Ministry has said that it has issued 3151 visas under the "Visa on Arrival" (VoA) scheme to attract more foreign tourists to the country.The government had ... Read more...
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Russian woman raises suspicion, flight makes emergency landing
May 5th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) A Delhi-Kolkata-Dhaka Spicejet Flight with 123 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at the airport here Wednesday after the pilot and crew members found the movements of two ... Read more...
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Air India employees suspended on molestation charge
March 2nd, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Two Air India employees were suspended Tuesday by the airline on charges of 'misbehaviour' and alleged molestation of a nine-year-old girl at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International ... Read more...
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Modernisation work of Kolkata airport satisfactory: minister
January 5th, 2010 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) The modernisation work of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport was progressing satisfactorily, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Roy Monday said of the ... Read more...
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‘Netaji was waiting for big come back in 1950s’: Declassified CIA document
November 30th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
By Shreeraj Gudi
New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): In a first instance of its kind, the United State Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified and released records that estimate that most Indians ... Read more...
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Congress ally’s shutdown fails to impact life in West Bengal
November 24th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) Normal life remained virtually unaffected in West Bengal Tuesday despite a dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI), an ally of opposition Congress-Trinamool Congress ... Read more...
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Ambuja Realty opens City Centre II in Kolkata
September 19th, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) Real estate major Ambuja Realty Saturday opened its much-awaited City Centre II which has a mall and a five-star hotel and was built at a cost of Rs.275 ... Read more...
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Researcher slams Pakistani diplomat’s comments on Netaji
June 23rd, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) An organisation of researchers working on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's life and ideals Tuesday termed as a "factual fallacy" Pakistani former foreign secretary Shahryar Khan's comments that ... Read more...
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Mamata returns home to tumultuous welcome
May 24th, 2009 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Hours after being allocated the coveted railways portfolio, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee arrived here Saturday evening to a tumultuous reception.
Welcome arches were put up across the city, ... Read more...
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Youth with swine flu symptoms admitted to hospital
May 20th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) A youth, suspected to be afflicted with the H1N1 virus or swine flu, was admitted to a government hospital here and kept under observation in an isolation ward ... Read more...
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Now, Ramadoss comes in support of Prabhakaran
April 26th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Apr 26 (ANI): A week after Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief Karunanidhi's statement that he did not see Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Prabhakaran as a terrorist, Pattali Makkal ... Read more...
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Tagore, Bose pictures can stay, as poll panel softens stand
April 1st, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Pictures of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore can continue to adorn the walls of the state secretariat in West Bengal without violating the election code of ... Read more...
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Poll panel order raises storm
March 31st, 2009 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) An Election Commission directive that government buildings cannot have pictures of any minister or political functionaries other than Mahatma Gandhi, president and state governors has kicked up a ... Read more...
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Netaji died in Taihoku air crash: Italian Envoy
January 23rd, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan 23, (ANI): Italian Ambassador in India, Alessandro Quaroni said on Firday that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died in 1945, in an air crash at Taihoku and therefore there is ... Read more...
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Thousands pay tributes to Netaji in Orissa
January 23rd, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) Thousands of people in Orissa paid tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, one of the most influential leaders of India's freedom movement, on his 112th birth anniversary Friday.Statues ... Read more...
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Thick fog disrupts normal life in Kolkata
January 15th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan 15 (ANI): Thick fog disrupted normal life and delayed air and rail traffic in Kolkata.
General visibility at the city airport dropped to low impermissible levels resulting in rescheduling ... Read more...
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Noted freedom fighter’s son commits suicide
January 15th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 15 (IANS) The son of noted freedom fighter Colonel G.S. Dhillon, who was a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and a member of the Indian National Army, committed ... Read more...
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Rs.16-bn upgrade of Kolkata airport launched (Lead)
December 29th, 2008 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Monday set the ball rolling for a Rs.16-billion upgrade of the international airport here, which will include a new terminal, modern taxiways and ... Read more...
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Kolkata airport modernisation to be launched on Monday
December 29th, 2008 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel will inaugurate the modernisation project of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here Monday evening.The total cost of the project is around ... Read more...
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Kolkata airport upgrade to be completed by May 2011
December 24th, 2008 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) The modernisation work of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here will be completed by May 2011, a senior official familiar with the projectsaid. Civil aviation minister ... Read more...
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West Bengal gets first Centre for Perishable Cargo
September 27th, 2008 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) West Bengal Friday got its first Centre for Perishable Cargo (CPC) at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here. It was inaugurated by Minister of State for ... Read more...
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