Railways launches Jan Ahaar for passengers at affordable priceKOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s dream project to provide hygienic and tasty food to passengers at subsidised rates came true on Friday. Mahato slapped with fresh charge of helping MaoistsKOLKATA - People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) leader Chhatradhar Mahato, who was arrested in September this year, was accused in a fresh case Wednesday for helping Maoists during a gunbattle with the joint forces in West Bengal. Two men found shot dead in West Bengal districtKOLKATA - Two men were found shot dead near a forest area in West Bengal’s Maoist-hit West Midnapore district Wednesday and police said they suspected that the guerrillas had killed them. Jet Lite plane makes emergency landing, all passengers safeKOLKATA - Around 150 passengers and four crew members of a Jet Lite flight had a narrow escape Tuesday when the aircraft was hit by a bird soon after take-off from the airport here and had to make an emergency landing, airport sources said. Three Bangladeshi militants arrested in KolkataKOLKATA - Three suspected Bangladeshi militants were arrested in Kolkata Tuesday with counterfeit currency with a notional value of Rs.30 lakh, police said. AEC chief Kakodkar downplays terror threatKOLKATA - Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Anil Kakodkar has said work on India’s nuclear programmes will continue as usual despite media reports of the country’s nuclear power plants being placed on alert and being made more secure to prevent a terror strike. Goethe Institut to organise year-long cultural fest in IndiaKOLKATA - To promote and strengthen bilateral ties, Germany’s cultural arm Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan plans to organise a year-long festival at 15 locations across India in 2011. Fiery Buddha takes on Mamata at Left Front rallyKOLKATA - West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on Monday finally shook off the lethargy which had affected the CPI(M) in West Bengal after the general elections, and tore into the policies of the opposition Trinamool Congress. ICRA forms joint venture in NepalKOLKATA - Credit rating agency ICRA Monday signed a pact with Himalayan Infrastructure Fund Ltd of Nepal to set up a joint venture to replicate its rating businesses in that country, the company said. Emirates to operate 12 flights from KolkataKOLKATA - Dubai-based Emirates Airline is all set to increase its weekly flights to 12 from the city from Dec 3, a company official said here Monday. Both CPI-M, Trinamool misusing funds: Kabir SumanKOLKATA - Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, who is now a Trinamool Congress MP, has said that he did not see any difference between West Bengal’s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the opposition in misusing funds allocated for development work, causing much embarrassment to his party. CPI (Marxist) blames Trinamool party of hobnobbing with MaoistsKOLKATA - Communist Party of India (Marxist) has blamed the State’s main opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) party of supporting the Maoist rebels. Two Kashmiri men held with arms in West BengalKOLKATA - Two young men from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested for allegedly possessing firearms and live cartridges, police said Sunday. Blind ornithologist seeks to create digitised bird-call directoryKOLKATA - He is blind but can recognise more than 200 types of birds by their calls. He treks in the high Himalayas with gusto, transcending his physical inabilities to commune with nature. Trinamool alleges Mamata’s phones tapped
Government to revive closed West Bengal fertiliser unitsKOLKATA - The government will revive the two closed state-owned fertiliser units in West Bengal through public-private partnership (PPP), a senior official said said Saturday. Two suspected militants arrested in KolkataKOLKATA - Kolkata city police on Saturday arrested two alleged militants from Palpakuria in the Kazi Para area of Barasat locality here and also recovered some ammunition from them. Government plans venture capital fund for prospecting minesKOLKATA - The steel ministry is in talks with a financial institutions to promote a venture capital fund for funding the prospecting of iron ore mining, Steel Secretary Atul Chaturvedi said here Saturday. Steel production to be 124 mn tonnes by 2011-12: MinisterKOLKATA - Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday said India’s annual steel production would touch 124 millions tonnes by 2011-12. West Bengal cathedral co-named after Mother Teresa, MaryKOLKATA - For the first time, a cathedral in West Bengal has been co-named after Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, a nun who made Kolkata her home and workplace for 68 years caring for the poor and the infirm, and Mother Mary. Four bank employees murdered in West Bengal districtKOLKATA - Four employees of a nationalised bank were killed and a senior official critically injured by unidentified assailants inside a branch in West Bengal’s Nadia district, police said Friday. CID recovers stolen antique idols in ChennaiKOLKATA - CID’s Economic Offences Wing has recovered antique idols stolen from a village temple in Thiruvarurur district of Tamil Nadu, police said on Friday. People walk in Kolkata to spread awareness on climate changeKOLKATA - People from all walks of life participated in a procession to spread awareness on climate change here on Friday. Mamata now wants to have rail coach factory in Singur
Ramsarup inks accord to sell power to West BengalKOLKATA - Ramsarup Industries, which has interests in steel, power and infrastructure businesses, Friday said it has signed an agreement with the West Bengal government to sell power to it. Mamata game for joint venture with West Bengal in Singur
Kolkata students take out street march for the underprivilegedKOLKATA - Holding placards and banners, privileged and underprivileged students participated in a walkathon here today. Man kills himself by jumping in front of Kolkata metro trainKOLKATA - A 35-year-old man committed suicide by jumping on the railway tracks of Kolkata metro at Rabindra Sarobar station here Friday. Most of Bengal’s ruling parties against advancing assembly pollsKOLKATA - Ignoring the views of a minor partner, the majority of West Bengal’s ruling Left Front (LF) constituents say there is no need to advance the state assembly polls slated for mid 2011 just because of “some electoral setbacks”. Shutdown in West Bengal enters second dayKOLKATA - The 72-hour shutdown called by the Maoist-backed People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) entered its second day Friday, partially affecting life in West Midnapore’s Jhargram sub-division. |
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