Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday lost her cool with a woman journalist who posed an uncomfortable question, sternly telling her not to be a “mouthpiece” of the West Bengal’s ruling Marxists. The journalist asked Banerjee to comment on the Left parties’ allegation that the railways was splurging money in advertisements. An [...]
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Mamata loses cool, shouts at journalist
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Serious challenges to internal security: PM
February 1st, 2011 |
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The internal security situation was by and large stable but serious challenges and threats remained, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Tuesday. Addressing a meeting of chief ministers on internal security here, the prime minister said there were “serious challenges and threats” from left wing extremism, cross border terrorism and fundamentalism. He said left wing [...]
Mamata buckles under anti-land acquisition stir, cancels Sankrail project
January 14th, 2011 |
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In an irony of sorts, Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday announced shifting of a proposed railway coach factory from Sankrail in Howrah district following vehement anti-land acquisition protests. Announcing shifting of the project at a function in Borai of Hooghly district, Banerjee said: “I will not forcibly set up the coach [...]
Pranab, Mamata discuss Bengal law and order, alliance
January 10th, 2011 |
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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee discussed the law and order situation in West Bengal with Congress heavyweight Pranab Mukherjee here and the formation of an alliance ahead of the assembly polls later this year. Banerjee, the union railway minister, and Mukherjee, the finance minister, held talks Sunday night. “Whenever we get time, we talk between [...]
Gadkari slams UPA over corruption, says NDA will rule in 2014
January 8th, 2011 |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) began its two-day national executive here Saturday with party chief Nitin Gadkari launching a blistering attack on the UPA government on charges of rampant corruption, and pledged to work even harder to capture power in New Delhi in the 2014 general elections. “Congress under the UPA-II presides over an empire [...]
Bengal firing: Village tense, Mamata meets locals
January 8th, 2011 |
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Police raids were on in Netai village near this Maoist hub in West Bengal Saturday a day after seven people were shot dead and 12 wounded allegedly by Marxist-backed assailants. Groups of villagers were seen huddled together, mourning the deaths, while anxiety was writ large on the faces of those whose family members lay critically [...]
Chidambaram flayed over leakage of letter to Buddhadeb
December 27th, 2010 |
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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monday asked Home Minister P. Chidambaram to explain how his letter to Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was leaked to the media while the West Bengal chief minister is yet to get it. “The home minister owes an explanation for this partisan approach,” the CPI-M politburo said in a statement, referring to [...]
Buddhadeb slams Trinamool Congress over nexus with Maoists
October 11th, 2010 |
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West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has slammed the Trinamool Congress for creating unrest in the state and having a nexus with Maoists. Addressing a rally here on Sunday, Bhattacharjee said: “Trinamool Congress is creating problems everywhere. They only believe in violence and unrest. They are having nexus with the Maoists and creating problems in [...]
Maoist strike disrupts train services in West Bengal
September 28th, 2010 |
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The indefinite strike called by the People”s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA), a forum sympathising with the Maoist movement, has hit train services here on Monday. Several express trains were halted at various junctions in Medinipur district to prevent any kind of mishap in the wake of Maoist shutdown call. The stranded passengers complained of [...]
MiG 27 crashes in West Bengal, pilot safe
September 24th, 2010 |
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A MiG 27 aircraft crashed at Duria village in West Bengal”s West Midnapore District during a routine sortie this morning. The pilot ejected safely. According to sources, the incident took place 8:25 a.m. 40 kilometers from the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal. An inquiry has been ordered into the accident.
President Patil to lay foundation of new Kolkata Metro
September 22nd, 2010 |
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President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will on Wednesday lay the foundation of the Metro railway extension project at Joka, located on the city”s southern fringes. The Metro will connect large areas of neighbouring South 24-Pargana district with BBD Bagh and is part of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee”s plan to expand the network. West Bengal Chief Minister [...]
Sept. 13, 1833: Imported Ice Chills, Thrills India
September 13th, 2010 |
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1833: Nearly 100 tons of ice, cut in blocks from frozen New England lakes earlier in the year, arrives in Calcutta. The first shipment of ice imported to India soon fires up a market for cold drinks in a country unaccustomed to such a chilly luxury.
The transoceanic operation, undertaken by the Tudor Ice Co., began [...]
Moily to inaugurate two-day RTI convention in Delhi
September 13th, 2010 |
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Union Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily will inaugurate the two-day fifth Convention on the Right To Information (RTI) here today. The theme of the convention is “RTI: Challenges and Opportunitiesâ€. The Central Information Commission has been organizing this annnual convention every year since 2006. Minsiter of State for Communication and Information Technology, Sachin [...]
At least 50 dead, 150 injured in West Bengal train accident
July 19th, 2010 |
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At least 50 people were killed and 150 injured after a speeding Sealdah-bound Uttar Banga Express rammed into three coaches of the stationary Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express at Sainthia station in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, about 190 km from Kolkata, early Monday, railway authorities said. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee confirmed the 49 deaths, expressed regret, saying [...]
4 CRPF men killed in second naxal attack today
May 19th, 2010 |
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In a new round of attacks, and second one in the same day, Maoists have killed four jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force [CRPF] on Wednesday in Midnapore district of West Bengal.
According to the sources, a landmine blew up a vehicle that was carrying the jawans. Several other jawans are seriously injured and [...]
Godrej enters LED Display Market
April 16th, 2010 |
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The traditional brand Godrej Appliances has made an entry in the LED display series on Thursday by introducing wide range of LED TV sets in Kolkata.
Godrej was introduced to the world of consumer electronics with the release of CRT television in Andhra Pradesh in September 2008.
The chief operating officer for appliances division George [...]
India surrounded by difficult neighbours: Parliamentary panel
April 15th, 2010 |
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India is surrounded by “difficult” neighbours and it is of “utmost importance” that the country builds “deterrent capabilities” to safeguard the nation, a parliamentary panel said Thursday.
At the same time, parliament’s standing committee on defence deprecated the fact that the ministry had been allocated only one-sixth of the additional funds it had sought for the [...]
Storm toll rises to 128, victims say relief inadequate
April 15th, 2010 |
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A day after a violent storm lashed parts of Bihar, West Bengal and Assam, the body count climbed to 128 Thursday. There is mounting anger and helplessness among the hundreds of thousands rendered homeless as they say food, medicines and temporary shelters have been hard to come by.
At least 81 people died in Bihar, while [...]
Storm kills 16, hundreds homeless in Bihar
April 14th, 2010 |
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A massive storm hit Bihar’s Araria, Purnea and Kishanganj districts on the border with West Bengal Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and rendering hundreds homeless.
“A storm with high wind velocity hit the entire Seemanchal region including Araria, Purnea and Kishanganj and badly disturbed normal life,” Vayasji, principal secretary in the disaster management department, told [...]
Suspected Maoists kill CPI-M workers in West Bengal
April 10th, 2010 |
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Suspected Maoists killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporters in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district as the indefinite shutdown called by the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) entered the second day Saturday.
The two bodies were found in the Bandhgora area of Jhargram sub-division in the district Saturday. The duo has been identified as [...]