Text of president’s speech
August 14th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Here is the text of President Pranab Mukherjee's speech on India's 66th Independence Day-eve:My fellow citizens:It is a great privilege to address, for the first time, my fellow Indians living ... Read more...
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Rakeysh Mehra teams up with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for ‘…Milkha’
February 7th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) After Ashutosh Gowariker, another A.R. Rahman loyalist in Bollywood has had to switch to another composer. It is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra who has teamed up ... Read more...
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Political spats cloud Netaji birthday celebrations in Bengal (Roundup)
January 24th, 2012 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) West Bengal Monday paid glowing tributes to legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 115th birth anniversary, but the occasion was marred by ... Read more...
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Communists have no moral right to honour Netaji: Mamata
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday attacked the Left over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, saying the communists who once had once questioned his nationalism ... Read more...
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Sidhu bats for Modi as PM
September 24th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Former cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Navjot Singh Sidhu Saturday denied there was any difference of opinion within the party on its prime ... Read more...
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CPI leader Subramaniam dead
September 18th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) C. Subramaniam, one of the founding fathers of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Tamil Nadu and a veteran freedom fighter, died of old age ... Read more...
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Mamata flags off Kolkata-Singapore flight
August 1st, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday inaugurated the Singapore Airlines' subsidiary Silk Air's four day a week service connecting Kolkata with Singapore. She said ... Read more...
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New thinking needed to save Presidency, say experts
July 23rd, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Innovative thinking is needed to restore the past glory to Presidency University, that was earlier the Presidency College and produced gems like Swami Vivekananda and ... Read more...
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Amit Mitra: I have returned to my roots
April 19th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Khardah (West Bengal), April 19 (IANS) From air-conditioned boardrooms and state dinners to the heat and dust of rural campaigning. It is unfamiliar territory but Amit Mitra, secretary general ... Read more...
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Research must focus on sustainability: Experts
February 13th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 13 (IANS) Very little money is spent on research on the sustainable use of natural resources compared to what is spent on studies for their exploitation, experts said here Sunday, ... Read more...
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Barkha Bisht nervous about sharing screen with Mithunda
September 10th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 10, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Director Mahesh Manjrekar commenced shooting for his first Bengali film "Ami Subhas Chandra Bolchi", where Mithun is slated to play the protagonist. Barkha Bisht and ... Read more...
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Speeding train kills elephant in West Bengal
June 1st, 2010 - 11:46 pm ICT by ANI
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), June 1 (ANI): The speeding NJP-Bamundanga Intercity Express knocked down a female elephant in the Diana region of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District on Monday night.The jumbo, whose body was ... Read more...
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Doubting Netaji’s patriotism was a mistake: Buddhadeb
January 24th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday said that it was a great mistake on the part of the communists to doubt the patriotism of Netaji Subhas Chandra ... Read more...
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Agartala remembers Netaji on 114th birthday with a colourful rally
January 23rd, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by ANI
By Pinaki DasAgartala, Jan. 23 (ANI): The 114th birth anniversary of the charismatic leader of India's freedom struggle, Subash Chandra Bose, was celebratedhere on Saturday in a special way.On this occasion, ... Read more...
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Restoring lost glory of Presidency College won’t be easy
December 6th, 2009 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IANS) The who's who of Bengal went there to study, from Rabindranath Tagore to Satyajit Ray to Jyoti Basu to Amartya Sen. And now the 192-year-old Presidency College here ... Read more...
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Yechury has close links with Maoists: Mamata
November 12th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) All leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), particularly its politburo member Sitaram Yechury, have a close association with Maoists, Trinamool Congress chief and Railway ... Read more...
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BJP to field ace shooter Jaspal Rana from Tehri
January 29th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Partys Central Election Committee on Thursday decided to contest youth icon Jaspal Rana from Uttarakhands Tehri constituency in the forthcoming General Elections.BJP declared ace ... Read more...
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Remembering Netaji: His love for India, mystery ‘death’ in plane crash
January 24th, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose really die in a mysterious plane crash in Taiwan in 1945? And what about the letter written by him ... Read more...
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Jharkhand railway station named after Netaji
January 23rd, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 23 (IANS) Indian Railways Friday paid tributes to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose by renaming a railway station in Jharkhand after him.Railways Minister Lalu Prasad announced the new name ... Read more...
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Kolkata celebrates Netaji’s birth anniversary
January 23rd, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Cultural functions were organised in various parts of Kolkata to pay tribute to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 112th birth anniversary Friday. Hundreds of people ... Read more...
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Parliamentarians pay floral tributes to Netaji
January 23rd, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, leader of the house Pranab Mukherjee and opposition leader L.K. Advani led parliamentarians in paying floral tributes to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas ... Read more...
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