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 […]
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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 […]
Land to the poor
Kolkata: The West Bengal government is planning to distribute for free at least 200,000 acres of state-owned land among underprivileged people in a bid to regain the political support it lost after the forcible acquisition of land for industrial projects. Gaining favour: A file photo of the Nano unit in Singur that Tata Motors had […]
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 […]
“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. […]
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 […]