Monthly Archives: May 2010

Police & Railways combined to make strategy to undertake Maoist threat

Kolkata, 6th May: Police and railway authorities today discussed here a joint strategy to counter Maoist threat and measures to improve passengers’ security. The high-level co-ordination meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Eastern Railway general manager V N Tripathi which was also attended by a number of senior police and railway officials. The meeting […]

Bravery Awards: Women empowerment rings

Kolkata, 6th May: Announcing the 18th Godfrey Philips Bravery Awards for the states of West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Harmanjit Singh, General Secretary, said that this year Godfrey Philips Bravery was focusing on women’s empowerment with the launch of the ‘Amodini Award’ for individuals or organisations who have contributed towards that objective. // […]

NPT, CTBT prejudiced: WB Government

Kolkata, 6th May: Calling the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) ‘discriminatory’, M K Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal, on Thursday, said India has consistently and in a principled manner opposed such treaties and has refused to give up. // “While India has consistently and in a principled manner opposed […]

Exhibition train of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary

Kolkata, 6th May: Indian Railways will run an exhibition train Sanskriti Express to celebrate Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary and showcase his life and philosophy. The train, to be flagged off by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee May 9, will touch important stations in various parts of the country before returning to Kolkata May […]

Kolkata gets the priority of Spicejet flight

Kolkata, 5th May: A Spicejet plane, flying from Pune to Kolkata via Delhi, made a priority landing at the NSCBI airport this morning after the commander became suspicious about the gender of a foreign burqa-wearing passenger, airport officials stated. The aircraft, SG 208, was taken to an isolated bay and the burqa-clad passenger and another […]

Visva-Bharati celebrated Tagore anniversary

Kolkata,4th May  : To commemorate the 150th Birthday Celebration of Rabindranath Tagore, Ministry of Culture, Government of India has responded to Visva-Bharati’s proposal to bring out the four volume Rabindra Chitrabali by granting the first installment of the budgeted amount. Visva-Bharati has also received positive feedback on its other proposals in connection with the year-long […]

Subrata Mukherjee rejected Congress for TMC

Kolkata, 4th May : Sparking a spree of speculations, former city mayor and Congress state working president Subrata Mukherjee announced on Tuesday that he will be formally leaving the Congress and joining the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, ahead of the municipal elections. However, Mukherjee said he will reveal the reasons behind his decisions on Wednesday. […]

Is Congress CPI(M) agent?

Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee says, “If we have to bow our heads, we will bow before the people. Not before a fly or a CPM agent.” “Up to 30th May you wait my friend. Congress will prove its substantial presence and support of the people in Bengal and Calcutta,” Bhuniya adds. Trinamool may just have […]