Mahanavami being celebrated the countrySeptember 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - Mahanavami festival is being marked across the country on Sunday, the 3rd day of the Durga Puja festival. In West Bengal, a large number of people from different walks of life are thronging the specially set up Durga Puja pandals.
Mild quake in West BengalSeptember 21st, 2009 KOLKATA - A low magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of West Bengal, including state capital Kolkata, Monday afternoon, the weatherman said. "We've received reports of mild tremors from different parts of the state.
Now, Mamata to upgrade railway hospital to medical collegeSeptember 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday announced here that her ministry would take an initiative to upgrade the existing South Eastern Railway (SER) Hospital into a well-equipped medical college. "The SER Hospital will be developed with all modern facilities and it will soon be converted into a medical college.
Canada, India bilateral trade to almost treble in five yearsSeptember 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Bilateral trade between India and Canada is expected to grow threefold in five years, according to Gerald Keddy, the parliamentary secretary to the North American country's international trade minister. "We are looking at a bilateral trade of $14 billion in the next five years," Keddy said at a press meet here Wednesday after inaugurating the Canada Trade Office.
Steam engine chugs down the memory lane in KolkataAugust 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - A heritage train pulled by a century-old steam engine was recently flagged off in Kolkata to commemorate the trip of the first passenger train from Howrah station 155 years back during the British rule. The first train in Eastern India had run from Howrah station on August 15, 1854.
Kolkata dock handles record container traffic in JulyAugust 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - Kolkata Dock System of the Kolkata Port Trust has handled a record high monthly volume of container traffic of 34,287 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July, a company release said here Wednesday. "Kolkata Dock System has set a new landmark in handling the highest container traffic in a single month since its inception in 1977, surpassing its previous handling record of 33,219 TEUs handled in June, 2009," the release said.
Mamata take charge of railway ministry in KolkataMay 26th, 2009 KOLKATA/NEW DELHI - Concerned over the plight of people in cyclone-hit West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee broke tradition Tuesday to formally take charge of her railways portfolio at the Eastern Railway headquarters instead of New Delhi. "I have to be with the people in my state at this hour.
Mamata wins Kolkata SouthMay 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee registered her sixth consecutive victory from the Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat, trouncing her nearest rival, Rabin Deb of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) by 219,571 votes. Banerjee, who has been winning from this seat since 1991, had defeated Deb in 2004 also.
It's Chak De! Kolkata in Lok Sabha pollsMay 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - The people of this eastern metropolis, known for their political orientation, have left far behind their counterparts from the other four metros in terms of the voting percentage for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. Around 66 percent voters in the five constituencies covering Kolkata city and greater Kolkata cast their votes in the last phase of elections in the country Wednesday, according to state Chief Electoral Officer Debasish Sen.
Hottest day of season in KolkataMay 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - This eastern metropolis recorded the season's hottest day Friday with the mercury soaring to 41.8 degrees Celsius, the weatherman said. No respite seems in sight for the denizens of this city as the weatherman has warned that the heat wave condition in other south Bengal districts would continue for the next 48 hours.
China Eastern Airlines to increase flights from KolkataApril 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - China Eastern Airlines Co, one of China's leading state-owned carriers, Wednesday said it will increase its flight services from Kolkata to Kunming from June. 'We will have seven flights from Kolkata to Kunming a week from June.
Shyam Sistema to launch mobile telephony in KolkataApril 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Shyam Sistema Teleservices Ltd, a joint venture between the city-based Shyam Group and Russia's Sistema, Wednesday announced its plans to launch mobile services in Kolkata next month. The joint venture company, in which Sistema has 74 percent holding and Shyam has the remaining 26 percent, will introduce services in other eastern states after the Kolkata launch, said Alexander Chinyaev, Sistema's chief representative in India.
Paramount Airways to fly to Kolkata by JuneFebruary 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - After entering the southern and western markets of the country, private carrier Paramount Airways is now planning to launch services to the eastern sector by June. 'We are looking at June to begin operations to and from Kolkata,' the Chennai-based company's managing director M.
'More railway terminals needed in Kolkata'February 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - This metropolis needs at least three more terminals to split the growing rail traffic load, chairman of parliamentary standing committee on railways Basudeb Acharia said Saturday. 'Passenger rate in Eastern and South-Eastern railway is growing by 4.5 percent per year.
Central government neglecting tourism in West Bengal: MinisterFebruary 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - State Tourism Minister Manabendra Mukherjee Friday alleged that the central government is promoting and marketing many tourist destinations but neglecting West Bengal. 'The central government is always promoting and marketing Delhi, Agra and Goa as tourist destinations.
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