Coochbehar, 4th May: A woman and a baby were killed while three people were critically injured today following firing by the BSF at Balavut border area near Toofanganj in this district, as the security personnel tried to control an unruly mob. Superintendent of Police, Coochbehar, Kalyan Banerjee told that a woman tried to cross the […]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Agreement between Bata & Kolkata
Bata India Ltd (BIL) has restructured its agreements with the Calcutta Metropolitan Group with whom it has set up a joint venture to develop its riverside properties in Batanagar in West Bengal where it has a large factory. BIL will receive Rs. 100 crore upfront in cash following this recast. The company said it was […]
IGNOU runs a study centre to educate sex workers and their children
Kolkata, 4th May : Taking education to sex workers and prisoners in jail in West Bengal, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has decided to waive fees for them. “To start with, IGNOU has decided to select the red light district of Sonagachi here from where 26 sex workers are likely to join courses […]
Kasab in Indian judiciary
The judgment was hardly surprising given the accused pleaded guilty during the course of the trial (although he later retracted) and more than 650 witnesses testified against Kasab, backed by video grabs of him walking around the attack site with an AK-47 rifle in hand. Add to that intense public pressure for awarding the harshest […]
“They might be a big party in Delhi but in West Bengal we are a bigger political party,” – Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, 2nd May : Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday accused the Congress of acting as agents of the Communist Party. Acoording to Mamata Banerjee, “We showed a lot of flexibility. But from the beginning they started saying that they will not share seats in Murshidabad and other parts of north Bengal. […]
Nine killed & eight injured in thundershowers
Kolkata, 3rd May : Lightning strikes killed seven people and injured eight others, while two persons were electrocuted during thundershowers in different parts of the state last night. Sources today said two persons – identified as Archana Manna (19) and Lakhsmi Kotal (45) – were killed when lightning struck them at Daspur in West Midnapore […]
Alleged Maoists killed a villager
Jhargram, 3rdMay : The bullet-ridden body of a local rice mill worker was found on a road in Jamda area of Jhargram town this morning, SP, West Midnapore, said. The fatality, Ram Mandi, accustomed to lecture against Maoist philosophy in the area. Fourteen to fifteen suspected Maoists broke the door of Mandi’s house last night […]
“Should it be done by Akshay?”
Akshay Kumar renowned as Akhy of Bollywood landed himself in trouble after his supposed obscene act during Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. During the show, Akshay Kumar walked to wife Twinkle, seated in the front row, and asked her to unbutton his jeans. Akshay forgot that it was not his bedroom. But next time remember […]
Flying mammals returned to Badurtala
Barasat, 1st May: The ecologists expressed shock over a recent news of deaths of a few thousands of bats due to hot weather condition in Asansol in West Bengal, while on the other thousands of such flying mammals were saved by the inhabitants of a remote village Patsabdalpur in North 24 Parganas by as long […]
May Day – The ‘Labor Day’
Kolkata, 1st May: A huge number of workers here celebrated the ‘Labor Day’ on Saturday by demonstrating for their rights on the streets of Kolkata. Various labor organizations and trade unions marked this day, also known as May Day or International Workers’ Day, by raising slogans for labor rights to prevent retrenchment and improve working […]