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Shovan Chatterjee is Kolkata’s 37th Mayor »
Kolkata: June 06 BySaadia Azim Six time councilor of ward number 131, Shovan Chatterjee is the 37th mayor of Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee along with her councilors and party leaders today elected Shovan Chatterjee as the mayor of...
PAK TERRORIST KASAB RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE »
By SUNIL Sonkar Mumbai, May 06 — The lone surviving gunman of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Ajmal Amir Kasab was sentenced on Thursday to death by hanging. The convicted Pakistani man was one of the ten...
Terror Scare; Emergency Landing For Spicejet »
By NIMY Sara Joy Kolkata, May 5 – An emergency landing was made for the Pune-Delhi-Kolkata Spicejet at the Kolkata today. The scare aroused as the on-board passengers overheard conversation of two co-passengers on taking over the...
Congress Trinamool alliance break-up before Kolkata Municipal Elections »
By Saadia Azim, May 1st, Kolkata The Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance that won the first non Left Lok Sabha Elections in West Bengal in thirty years has broken up for the Kolkata Municipal Elections. The Congress...
UPA wins the cut motion while the opposition unity fails »
By JIT Mukherjii New Delhi, 27th April: The UPA could win the cut motion quite easily as the opposition got divided at the last moment. RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav walked...
Mamata Express: Rail Budget Spares Freight Hike, No Hikes In Fares, Rules Out Privatisation »
By SUNIL Sonkar New Delhi, Feb. 24 — Social responsibility, says Mamata Banerjee, to be top consideration of railways. She adds that railway connectivity is the key to the growth of the country and delayed administration and...
Lt Gen V K Singh Next Chief Of Army Staff »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 22 — Lt Gen V K Singh, presently GOC-in-C, Eastern has been appointed the next Chief of the Army Staff, in the rank of General with effect from the afternoon of March...
Jyoti Basu’s Eyes Donated, Condolences Pouring In »
By Ajitha Menon Kolkata, Jan. 17 — Eyes of the late veteran communist leader Jyoti Basu has been donated in keeping with his wishes. Basu had also donated his body in his lifetime and it will be...
Comrade Jyoti Basu: The Tall Mass Leader »
Jan 17th (Obituary) By Saadia Azim Kolkata, Jan. 17 – Ninety six year old Marxist leader Jyoti Basu struggled for life for sixteen days before breathing his last at 11.41 a.m on Sunday at the AMRI hospital at...
BREAKING NEWS: Veteran Marxist Leader Jyoti Basu Passes Away »
By SUNIL Sonkar Kolkata, Jan. 17 — JYOTI BASU PASSED AWAY AT 11.47 AM SUNDAY. CPM patriarch Jyoti Basu left the earthly world on Sunday at 11:47 am. Biman Basu, Chairman of the Left Front coordination committee,...
Prime Minister for mass movement in Bengal against Left Government »
Jan 16th. By Saadia Azim Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has advised the West Bengal Pradesh Congress leaders to launch a mass movement against ongoing political violence in the state. A delegation of WBPCC leaders had gone to...
Mamata’s issues ultimatum to Maoists to give up arms »
16th Jan’2010 . By Saadia Azim ool Chief Mamata Banerjee has issued an ultimatum of seven days to the Maoists of Lalgarh to give up arms or else face people’s movement. Addressing a rally at the Jhargram...
Seven Killed In Sagar Stampede »
By Ajitha Menon : Kolkata : Seven pilgrims were killed and over nine injured in a stamped at Jetty no. 3 of Lot 8 in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in the early hours today....
‘Kishenji’ aides held in Lalgarh with landmines »
Saadia Azim Kolkata , Jan 12th. Six suspected Maoists allegedly close aides of elusive Maoist leader ‘Kishenji’ have been held by the Central forces in the ‘metalla’ jungle near Salboni in West Midnapur district. Rajiv and Ranjit...
Major Fire In Ultadanga Slum Of Kolkata »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 12 — A major fire has broken out in the sprawling Basanti Colony slum area in Ultadanga, Kolkata. The entire colony, adjacent to the railway line, is in the grasp of the...
Knight Riders Want To Make Kolkata Proud: Shahrukh Khan »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 11 — Superstar Shahrukh Khan arrived in Kolkata today to take stock of his IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders. He attended the ongoing coaching camp of the Knight Riders at the CCFC...
Improvement In Jyoti Basu’s Health »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 10 – There has been marginal improvement in the health of the ailing former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu. His central nervous system is showing slight response but his condition is...
Jyoti Basu’s Condition Deteriorates »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 9 — Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu’s condition has deteriorated. According to a medical bulletin issued by AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, today, he is retaining fluid and his urine output has...
AIIMS Specialists To Be Consulted On Jyoti Basu’s Treatment »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 8 — Specialists of the AIIMS, New Delhi, will be consulted today by the doctors at AMRI, Kolkata, regarding further treatment of the ailing former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu. The...
PM Visits Former West Bengal CM Jyoti Basu »
By AJITHA Menon Kolkata, Jan. 7 — Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh visited veteran communist leader Jyoti Basu in hospital in Kolkata today. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya accompanied Dr Singh...
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