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CAT Online Tests To Continue »
By AJITAH Menon A change in the company conducting the CAT test or even a return to the paper-pencil test format was all possible in future, depending on an enquiry which would soon be conducted jointly by...
Maruti Omni not safe as taxi says WB transport minister »
By SUNIL Sonkar KOLKATA, India: Though all the 15-year-old diesel taxis in Kolkata have been phased out and the supply of new Ambassador cars as replacement tardy, the West Bengal government refused in allowing Maruti Omnis as...
Kolkata Man’s Homage To 26/11 Victims »
By Ajitha Menon : Siraj Hussain of Kolkata has a unique homage for the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. He has engraved a story from the Koran titled ‘Sura-e-Kahf’ on a metallic map of...
Jan Ahaar Opens At Howrah Station »
By Ajitha Menon HOWRAH, India: There is good news for railway passengers. Mamata Banerjee’s ‘Jan Ahaar’ opens its doors today at Howrah station. The railway minister, known for her populist agenda, had announced in her budget speech...
CPIM’s call for unity in the Left »
The first meeting to assess the bypoll debacle turned out to be the opportunity for the CPIM, to call for unity within the Left. Besides confronting the bitter criticism from the main opposition Trinamool Congress the CPIM...
Watch celestial firework on Nov 17/18 in Kolkata »
By SUNIL Sonkar KOLKATA, India: Come November 17 and 18 Kolkata will experience brilliant celestial firework when the Leonid meteor would shower startling streaks of light. The Director of MP Birla Planetarium Debiprosad Duari said, “The Leonid...
Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act : Maheswata Devi »
Writer and Activist, Maheswata Devi, has demanded that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, be immediately repealed. She said the step was essential to prevent further alienation of the citizens in Manipur. She said...
Left Losing Popularity in Bengal : Pranab »
By Ajitha Menon : The CPI(M)-led Left Front government in West Bengal is losing popularity in the state according to Mr Pranab Mukherjee, President, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee. Addressing the press at the Congress party office...
Mamata and allies win nine of the by-elections seats »
By Saadia Azim: It is the writing on the wall. The Trinamool Congress and the Congress alliance won nine of the ten by-elections assembly seats in West Bengal today keeping upto the winning track record they...
Mamata to sue Buddhadeb Bhattacharya »
By Saadia Azim: Mamata Banerjee will take the CPI(M) and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to court for defaming her party. She said the CPI(M) and the Chief minister in particular had been maligning her and the Trinamool Congress as...
Taxi strike in Kolkata; Over 7000 taxis goes off the roads »
By NIMY Sara Joy KOLKATA, India: Taxi owners and drivers of Kolkata are under threat as the Calcutta High Court ordered banning of all 15-year old vehicles from the road. Taxi unions call an indefinite strike to...
Major fire in a store in Sydney, Australia »
Fire has been engulfed a hardware warehouse in Sydney on Monday morning. The flames send a plume of dense, black smoke into the inner-city sky as dozens of gas cylinders exploded inside. A major road was blocked...
Somen a top Maoist leader arrested »
A top Maoist leader who was responsible for operations in West Bengal & neighbouring Orissa & Jharkhand was arrested by the CID on Saturday. The CID on Saturday arrested the 55 years old Maoist leader, known as...
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