OCC Kolkata Meet (Informal Entrepreneurs Meet in Kolkata) Summary

January 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal government will give 25 acres land to scam-tainted IT company Satyam Computers in the state if they want it, Information Technology (IT) Minister Debesh Das said here Friday. 'If they want it, we will definitely give it.

February 13th, 2009 Do you own a Start up? Do You plan to tell the whole world about your new company? Do you think You want to Meet, Share and Discuss with the Entrepreneurs Across India and Beyond? Have you joined Enbase Yet? Enbase is the website dedicated to all you entrepreneurs and web admins. You get the most comprehensive list of start-ups across the country which is being updated and growing every hour.

March 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - An irate mob broke windows of a mini-bus and set it ablaze after the vehicle ran over a youth in a West Bengal town Monday, the police said. The incident took place Monday morning in Salkia town of Howrah district, adjoining Kolkata.

September 14th, 2005 According to NCAER survey Delhi and Mumbai continue to be the major centres of wealth in India, accounting for half of the roughly 20,000 crorepati (owner of 10 million Rs. or more) households in India.

May 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - In order to tackle cyber crime, the Kolkata police joined hands with the Public Relations Society of India, Kolkata Chapter and Calcutta Telephones and organised a workshop here to spread awareness about cyber security. Cyber crime still remains a vague phenomenon for most Internet users, as they are not aware as to what actually constitutes cyber crime and what laws are against it.

February 16th, 2009 NOIDA - Two suspects have been arrested from Kolkata for the Rs.4 million fraud by a BPO employee who allegedly diverted insurance funds into accounts opened in Britain under false names, the police said Tuesday. The latest arrests were made a month after key accused Edward Burns, senior executive of a leading BPO firm here, was arrested Jan 17.

February 16th, 2009 NOIDA - Two suspects have been arrested from Kolkata for the Rs.4 million fraud by a BPO employee who allegedly diverted insurance funds into accounts opened in Britain under false names, the police said Tuesday. The latest arrests were made a month after key accused Edward Burns, senior executive of a leading BPO firm here, was arrested Jan 17.

November 15th, 2007 We in Kolkata / Calcutta are being hit by a Category 5 cyclone Sidr. It has been overcast from late night with chilly winds blowing.

April 28th, 2005 "If a woman is tortured, the first thing police do is arrest her in-laws, even though they are elderly. What if I am tortured by my daughter-in-law? All 498A(a section that deals with physical and mental torture of women) does is put people like us behind bars, it will never put my daughter-in-law behind bars.

June 14th, 2008 BSNL / Kolkata Telephones reduced the pricing of unlimited broadband plans across the board and introduced several new plans for home users and business. The 256 Kbps unlimited broadband plan is now priced at Rs.

July 18th, 2006 Starting this Wednesday, the Hong Kong government plans to have 200,000 youths search Internet discussion sites for illegal copies of copyrighted songs and movies, and report them to the authorities. The campaign has delighted the entertainment industry, but prompted misgivings among some civil liberties advocates.

September 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - Days after West Bengal scrapped an IT township project, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) Tuesday said the Left Front government needs to "re-prioritise" its policy of allocating land for industry and more importance should be given to information technology. NASSCOM chairman (eastern region) V.V.R.

July 7th, 2007 Waterlogged streets and flooded homes everywhere in Kolkata thanks to inept Kolkata Municipal Corporation and heavy rains last few days. Personally we haven't suffered.

March 3rd, 2005 In Kolkata AIDS prevention has a new mascot – Bula di. Note: "di" is a Bengali suffix (short form of "didi") which means elder sister.

May 16th, 2007 I got a ping from Google India's R&D department. They are looking for leadership role and were apparently quite impressed with my online resume; which hasn't been updated for about 5 years or more.