Mohammedan Sporting(Kolkata) holds hosts Viva Kerala (2-2)… and other news

Mohammedan Sporting(Kolkata) holds hosts Viva Kerala (2-2)
Kannur, Feb 7 (UNI) Mohammedans Sporting, Kolkata holds hosts Viva Kerala by 2-2 in the inaugural match of the third EK Nayanar Gold Cup Football Tournament …
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Water crisis sparks cave-in fears up north
KOLKATA: Underground water reserves on the city's northern fringes are drying up faster than in Kolkata and could lead to a major subsidence along the banks …
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Book fair & rally rush clog traffic across city
KOLKATA: The mammoth Left Front rally at Maidan and the penultimate day of Book Fair at Milan Mela ground threw Sunday traffic out of gear. …
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Jerseys of Kolkata Knight Riders become purple
Just as he did with the jerseys of Kolkata Knight Riders. All to shore up merchandise sales. That act might have ruffled a few feathers. …
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Law to free locked land may not meet expectations in West Bengal
Kolkata: A new law to free thousands of acres of land locked up in the closed factories of West Bengal may fall short of state government expectations, …
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13 states tell Centre they will have none of Bt brinjal
At all the public discussions held in the country starting from Kolkata on January 13, the environment minister has faced stiff resistance against the crop. …
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Enriched by outsiders

Hindu Business Line

That is why Mumbai is rich and Kolkata is not, says PV INDIRESAN. Instead of extending my ideas on higher education, I will now write on the exciting …
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150 families affected after fire breaks out at Kolkata slum
PTI, Sunday February 7, 2010, Kolkata Around 150 families living in a slum at Behala on the outskirts of Kolkata were affected after a fire broke out in the …
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Kolkata gets new 4-Star hotel

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Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS) The Sonnet Group of Hotels announced the launch of its new 4-Star property at Salt Lake area here. “While 5-Star hotels in India are …
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Upcoming rail budget fuels hope, complaints in Bengal

Thaindian.com

By Aparajita Gupta Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) Having received a bounty of projects from the railway budget last year, people in West Bengal are waiting …
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Accused in Vedic case is shot dead… and other news

Accused in Vedic case is shot dead
Kolkata, Feb. 6: Abdul Hype, better known as Kelo Bhola, one of the prime accused in the high-profile Vedic Village case, was shot dead near his house at …
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Cong, Trinamool set for standoff over KMC polls
The Congress and ally Trinamool Congress are set for a hard bargain on seat-sharing months ahead of the crucial elections to the Kolkata Municipal …
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KMDA biz park project out of back burner
KOLKATA: The biggest ever land sale proposed in the city has been brought out of the back burner and revived after a two-year gap necessitated by the …
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Dowry torture: Doc held
KOLKATA: An NRI doctor was arrested hours before he flew out on the charge of torturing his wife for dowry. Tarif Rahman (32) is based in London, …
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Maoist rebels back Mamata
… ahead of the meeting of the chief ministers of the four Naxal-infested eastern Indian states with Union home minister P. Chidambaram in Kolkata. …
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Kolkata's Green Mall aims to reverse global warming
By Ajitha Menon Kolkata, Feb. 6 (ANI): Green is in, and a mall has come up in Kolkata to further the cause of the Green brigade. Nine kilometres outside the …
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Stop operations against Maoists: Kishenji

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Kolkata, Feb 6: Maoists leader Kishenji said on Friday, Feb 5 that they will hold talks with the Center only if it stops operation against them. …
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One killed, five injured in Kolkata road accident
KOLKATA: One person was killed and five were critically injured when a speeding trailer lost control and hit five vehicles on the second Hooghly bridge here …
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'Kolkata's energy refreshes me'
By Suruchi Gupta Scottish actor Brian Denis Cox was in Kolkata for the Scotland-Kolkata Cuts film festival. Known for his roles in movies like X-Men, …
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HC upholds death for Aftab
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Friday upheld the death sentence to don Aftab Ansari and his associate Jamiluddin Nasir in the attack on the American Center …
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Cops in blind alley on teen's fatal fall… and other news

Cops in blind alley on teen's fatal fall
KOLKATA/HOWRAH: The mysterious death of a 17-year-old girl on Thursday evening continues to baffle investigators. Police have found that Samata Maloo died …
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Booking frenzy to beat LPG price
KOLKATA: The Kirit S Parikh Committee's recommendation to hike prices of petroleum products, including LPG, has led to a spurt in bookings for gas cylinders …
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Kolkata Book Fair sellers are smiling this year
The 34th edition of the Kolkata Book Fair may have been marred by glitches, but not everything has been bleak at the fair. The Family Bookshop stall was …
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Landlines fast disappearing from Kolkata
KOLKATA: The city, which got its first fixed-line telephone way back in 1882 barely six years after Alexander Graham Bell first developed the telephone and …
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Why Fair is Foul in Kolkata
When the lights went out for two hours on a peak Saturday evening, the International Kolkata Book Fair reached the nadir of its 34-year existence. …
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Horse Riding Interests Youths in Kolkata, India
"There are many other sports but I chose this sport, as it is extraordinary from the others, because in this sport you have to control a living being and in …
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Death sentences upheld for US cultural centre attackers

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KOLKATA, India — An Indian court upheld death sentences on Friday for two men convicted of involvement in a 2002 attack on a US cultural centre in which …
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Kolkata Horse Show
Show Jumping Medium (Accumulator): Major Krishnan Yadav from NC riding Mafia secured the first place, followed by Major Ravi Rathore from 61st Cavalry …
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YC takes out protest procession against Sena chief
Kolkata, Feb 5 (PTI) Youth Congress activists today took out protest processions in the city and burnt an effigy of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for …
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Death sentences upheld for US cultural centre attackers
Kolkata: A high court in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata upheld death sentences on Friday for two men convicted of involvement in a 2002 attack on a US …
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Mukesh, Kahlon shine during round one… and other news

Mukesh, Kahlon shine during round one
… Chandigarh 's Harmeet Kahlon and Mukesh Kumar of Mhow emerged joint leaders in round one of the Aircel-PGTI Players Championship at Kolkata on Tuesday. …
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Also in the fair: a book on Bt brinjal that grills Jairam
As Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh prepares to brave the anti-Bt Brinjal storm sweeping the country, Kolkata, too, seems to be doing its best to resist …
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Civic polls: Congress approaches Mamata
KOLKATA, Feb. 2: To ensure a smooth sailing in the coming municipal polls and to avoid a fiasco like Siliguri municipal polls, alliance partners, …
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Kolkata editor of Maoist mouthpiece dies in custody
The Kolkata Police Special Branch had picked up Dasgupta from his residence in Garia on October 6 last year, on charges of being associated with the …
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IIM-B, IIM-C launch own on-campus hiring
New Delhi: The Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) located at Bangalore and Kolkata will, in a break from tradition, start their on-campus hiring …
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Abheek Barua: Unrest in peace
The standard Kolkata bhadralok explanation of industrial decline in this period was that “labour trouble” did the state in. …
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Indian tea to get new look, logo
KOLKATA: The lady in black & white with a wicker-basket of three tea leaves strapped to her head — the 34-year-old India Tea logo — may soon fade into …
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SRK 'not sorry' for backing Pak players in IPL
New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan isn't rattled by the Shiv Sena's protests outside his house for supporting the presence of Pakistani …
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Britain welcomes new Dalai Lama talks with China
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks during a lecture titled "Art of Happiness" in Kolkata, Jan. 10, 2010. LONDON – Britain welcomed Monday …
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Amazing Kolkata
IT is my belief that you will seldom come across a city like Kolkata. Its history is both tragic and unique. Millions around the world are still attracted …
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Schools in awareness drive… and other news

Schools in awareness drive
KOLKATA: Techno India Hooghly students aim to create awareness among students as well as parents and the community in general on proper nutrition. …
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Hi-tech cop blueprint to combat Maoist
KOLKATA: With Union home minister P Chidambaram coming to Kolkata on February 9 to take stock of the anti-Maoist measures adopted in the four neighbouring …
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CBI arrests SEBI AGM for accepting bribe
Official sources said RP Singh, AGM of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Kolkata was arrested by the anti-corruption wing of the CBI on Sunday …
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Expert denied permission' to visit wetlands
KOLKATA: Ramsar Secretariat senior advisor (Asia-Oceania) Lew Young has expressed concern about the health of East Kolkata Wetlands after the state …
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MFI's to play a significant role in credit delivery to the poor
A fortnight later, another Kolkata-based MFI, the Village Financial Services (VFS) and its managing director and CEO Kuldip Maity announced plans to expand …
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'World has enough space for China, India'

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Kolkata, Feb 1 (IBNS) India and China have enough space to develop together, said Mao Siwei, Consul General of China in Kolkata. "I believe that the world …
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IIM-L introduces management to school students
By Ritwik Mukherjee Feb 01 2010 , Kolkata at its campus. The leading B-school brought in selected Class XI-XII students from 20 leading (including four from …
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IIM Lucknow's Ocumen 2010 mentors students from schools India… and other news

IIM Lucknow's Ocumen 2010 mentors students from schools India
From 125 schools all over India, top 19 schools were selected for the Ocumen 2010 (12 outstation schools, including those from Kolkata, Mumbai, Meerut, …
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Songs of the soil at Kolkata Festival
When a collective of folk musicians from Rajasthan came down to the City of Joy to be part of the Kolkata Festival, the enthusiastic music lovers were all …
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India Agency Arrests SEBI Official on Bribery Charge
… with the capital markets regulator's office in the eastern city of Kolkata on charges of demanding and accepting 2.5 million rupees ($53995) as bribe. …
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Maoists attack police posse, kill CPI-M activist
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Maoists attacked a police posse in strife-torn Purulia district, injuring eight policemen, and killed a Communist Party of …
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Paes planning to dabble in Hindi films
KOLKATA: While still going strong on the tennis court, Indian tennis doubles ace Leander Paes is also planning to dabble in Hindi films. …
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Women writers from 34 countries come together for unique project
Kolkata Six eminent writers from Asia took part in a unique round-table conference that began in Kolkata on Sunday. At the launch of Speaking for Myself: An …
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'Learn Chinese to tap benefits of bilateral collaboration'
PTI Kolkata India and China will increasingly collaborate in the education sector and to take advantage of the situation, it is essential for the young in …
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DB Kolkata Marks 150 Years of SDB Foundation
In the evening there was a short audiovisual presentation and prayer session and dinner for some 60 religious Sisters working in Kolkata. …
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Kolkata Confidential… and other news

Kolkata Confidential

Indian Express

When Sonia visited Kolkata recently to pay tribute to veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, the Congress tried to get Mamata to accompany her. …
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Flout no-honking rule, get booked
KOLKATA: After failing repeatedly to stop noise pollution in the city, the state environment department and Kolkata Police are ready to prosecute violators …
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Airhostess crashes car, battles for life
KOLKATA: A beautician yesterday, an airhostess and a fashion designer today. Just 24 hours after a drunk stylist ran over a policeman and a biker in Mumbai, …
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Book dismantles female stereotypes
KOLKATA: These were voices that spoke in a babel of tongues, their stories drawing from cultures as diverse and far-flung as Cambodia and Azerbaijan, …
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Shah Rukh security beefed up as Sena protests
Khan owns the Kolkata Knight Riders team. Sena activists “handed him a symbolic ticket” to Islamabad and tore up posters of his next film, …
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5 new faces in expanded CPM secretariat
KOLKATA: The Bengal unit of CPM on Sunday expanded its state secretariat from a 16-member body to an 18-member one. Three seats of the 16-member secretariat …
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Dengue, malaria shock in winter
KOLKATA: The winter is not finished with its unpleasant surprises. After swinging the city through its hottest and coldest days in a decade and triggering a …
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Indian beats end fest
KOLKATA: Prinsep Ghat reverberated with the earthy pitch of ghatam and mridangam on Sunday as Kolkata Festival, presented by The Times of India, …
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Sunday dedicated to little bookworms
KOLKATA: A Sunday in Kolkata Book Fair is always delightfully different. There are far more people in every nook and corner of the fair ground, …
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Shah Rukh Khan is on a promotion spree
And with the Indian Premier League (IPL) just round the corner, SRK is also getting his brands on board to promote his franchisee, Kolkata Knight Riders. …
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Brand SRK bags big bang deals for KKR… and other news

Brand SRK bags big bang deals for KKR
MUMBAI: Kolkata Knight Riders may have finished last in the 2009 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) but in no way cricket, or the lack of it, …
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Pak team denied visa for book fair
A Pakistani team was denied permission to participate in the Kolkata Book Fair by the Union Home Ministry. Though the Booksellers and Publishers Guild had …
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Kingpin held in permit racket
KOLKATA: A man believed to be the kingpin of the fake permit racket was arrested in the wee hours of Saturday. Janardan Garai was nabbed from his Joynagar …
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Tagore's complete works @ the click of a mouse
KOLKATA: Compiling the complete works of Rabindranath Tagore is by any means a daunting task. But two Kolkata-based IT professionals have taken the pains to …
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Magical evening with Shubha Mudgal
It was an enchanting evening that Kolkata will not forget in a hurry, one on which Shubha Mudgal regaled them with her inspiring, spirited performance. …
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Goons open fire near Ripon St
KOLKATA: A gang of goons opened fire in a busy central Kolkata street on Saturday morning reportedly to drive out a tenant. Local residents alleged that the …
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Scottish team to cycle to Kalimpong for charity
KOLKATA: It's an ascent from the mundane to the exhilarating. A group of journeymen from Scotland plan to cycle from Kolkata to Kalimpong a 665 km journey …
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Book fair plunges into darkness
KOLKATA: Book fair or cricket match, the state has failed to learn from its mistakes. After the Eden fiasco, it was Kolkata Book Fair's turn to see the …
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Kolkata projects to be named after Jyoti Basu

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Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Saturday announced that three of its projects will be named after late Marxist patriarch …
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CAT spares glitches in 2nd attempt
Similarly, 20-year-old engineering graduate Abhineet T, who appeared at EIILM centre in Kolkata and thought the paper went off well, received a mail asking …
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Land of milk and sugar… and other news

Land of milk and sugar

The Age

Natacha Butler samples the soul food of Kolkata and takes away sweet memories of a centuries-old tradition. There's much more to Kolkata than Mother Teresa …
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Army, police carry out mock drill
Vidyasagar Setu, better known as Second Hooghly Bridge — one of the gateways to Kolkata — was taken over by an Army unit on Friday night for a mock drill …
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Prometric can't promise glitch-free CAT retest
KOLKATA: A total of 11050 candidates, including 254 from Kolkata, who could not appear for CAT due to software glitches in the first round last November, …
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The Kolkata Book Fair this year has its share of surprises and disappointments
… viability of hold-in-your-hand-and-turn-the-pages print publications have clouded your mind, check out some of the titles at the Kolkata Book Fair. …
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Scare after flier asks plane to be taken to US
KOLKATA: A passenger on board a Jorhat-Kolkata Jet Airways flight gave everyone on board a scare on Friday when he repeatedly asked the pilot to fly the …
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Cannon found in sewer line
KOLKATA: A piece of history was unearthed from a smelly, choked municipal sewer line at Jyotinagar Colony near Sarbamangala Ghat in north Kolkata on Friday. …
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Lalgarh only concern, says home secretary
KOLKATA: The state government is so focussed on the Maoist problem in Lalgarh that it is willing to play down the daily political violence in other places. …
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The Old Home Town
KOLKATA: I flew in a few days ago to prowl my old home town and sniff out its current flavour. The most interesting part of the flight was when the aircraft …
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Haldiram owner, 4 others get life for murder bid
Kolkata: A Kolkata fast track court sentenced on Friday Haldiram Prabhuji confectionary chain owner Prabhu Shankar Agarwal to life imprisonment. …
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Kolkata passenger demands to be flown to Boston
Kolkata, Jan 29 (PTI) The passenger of a plane coming from Jorhat to Kolkata airport was detained here today after he demanded midair to be flown to Boston. …
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CPM faces leadership dilemma… and other news

CPM faces leadership dilemma
KOLKATA: After Jyoti Basu what? CPM mandarins in Alimuddin Street have all along parried such questions on grounds that the party is not run by an …
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PC to hold CMs' meet in city
KOLKATA: The Maoist menace is increasing in Bengal and so is the pressure on the state government from the Centre over tackling the problem. …
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Sewer project heat on civic board
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress councillors slammed the Left Front-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation board over a move to hand the second phase of the sewerage …
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Tata Steel Q3 net profit zooms 155% to Rs 1192 cr
MUMBAI/KOLKATA: Tata Steel on Thursday brought the cheer back to grim equity markets as its fiscal third quarter net profit grew sharper than expected on …
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Abdul Razzaq linked to Kolkata Knight Riders
However, a Kolkata official offered a contrary point of view. “We had talks with him pre-auction and we had some paperwork subject to IPL rules and …
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Prelude to 100 Pipers held in Kolkata
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IBNS) As a prelude to 100 Pipers Pure Music 'Mélange', Kolkata experienced a fusion of different styles and genres of music at The …
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I couldn't believe my ears: Saha
I knew I was on the radar, but never expected it today,” Saha told DNA from Kolkata. Though stunned, the 25-year-old wicketkeeper, it seems, won't let this …
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Indefinite taxi strike in Kolkata from Feb 2 deferred
Kolkata, Jan 28 (PTI) The indefinite taxi strike in West Bengal from February 2 has been deferred by 15 days following an assurance by Transport minister …
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Kolkata to have hospital like AIIMS
Kolkata, Jan 28 (PTI) A modern hospital will come up on the lines of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief …
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Mamata gets nowhere with demand on Kolkata metro rail extension
Banerjee had written a letter to the Prime Minister in mid-2009, demanding her ministry be given charge of the east-west corridor of the Kolkata metro rail. …
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