West Bengal
CESC hikes Electricity Charge from February
The State Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered the “provisional” hike with effect from February
McDolands make its way back to Kolkata
McDolands at Park Street address is expected to open its gates to the city food-lovers by the end of April, nearly six months after an explosion had had greatly damaged the Park Street outlet ....
Death strikes due to denied treatment
Rajpati Devi from Kharagpur expired on the streets of Kolkata because she was denied treatment at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute....Mobile phone hunt in Jagacha twin murders
Police are searching for a missing cellphone of Srabonti Ghosh, who was found murdered, along with her eight-year-old daughter, at her Jagacha home on Tuesday....Fire broke out in a coconut oil factory in Domjur
The fire that broke out in a coconut oil factory in Domjur, Howrah, on Tuesday evening was doused around 10 the next morning....Fresh row at JU campus
Jadavpur University students held demonstrations and gheraoed the dean of student affairs for more than two hours claiming that there were major inaccuracy in the arts faculty voters’ list....6 held in Kanchrapara killing
Police has arrested six persons in connection with the murder of housewife Chandana Das at Kanchrapara....Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to meet Buddha today
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has agreed to meet chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tomorrow. Bimal Gurung, the Morcha president, will lead a seven-member delegation to Writers’ Buildings in Calcutta....Man escapes with minister’s purse and cellphones
Despite a security cover, a petty thief managed to get close to a VIP train cabin, numbered ‘8’, and flee with a purse and two mobile handsets belonging to Minister of State for Forests Bilashibala Sahis....Bangladeshi student commits suicide after teacher's rebuke
A Bangladeshi girl has committed suicide in a hostel in West Bengal after being reprimanded by her teacher for playing volleyball with boys outside the campus,...Pepsico to procure 30,000 tonne potato from West Bengal farmers
Pepsico India Holdings Pvt Ltd plans to procure at least 30,000 tonne of potato from West Bengal by 2010 for Fritolay, the food division of the company. At present, the company procures 12,000 tonne potato from the state....Frito Lay organises training programme for rural women
In order to boost self employment and augment daily income of rural women, the Frito Lay division of Pepsico India Private Limited has begun a six-month long training programme in five districts of the state. ...Police suspect abducted student lied about incident
A day after a student of Entally Hindu Balika Vidyalaya alleged of being abducted on her way to Madhyamik examination centre, police today said that she could be lying as every time she gave a different version of what had happene...Goons snatched Rs 5 lakh in cash and cloth worth Rs 10 lakh
In two incidents unidentified goons snatched Rs 5 lakh in cash and cloth worth Rs 10 lakh from two persons ...Mid-air monsters harass hostess
Cabin crew member hits back for indecent proposal from trader duo...Foxed cops sniff inside job in raid
Thirty-six hours after a gang of 15 looted cash and jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh from the Das household in Kanchrapara, police are only sure about the operation being a planned one....
Man wins apartment after five decades in rented flat in Howrah
Mahendra K. Goenka, a man who lived in a rented flat in Howrah town for the past 50 years, has won a contest that gives him an apartment in Eden City Mahestala...Mercury dip with light rain
The Met office on Tuesday warned of light rain in Calcutta and the coastal districts in the next 24 hours...CRPF thin, clashes in Nandigram
CPM and Trinamul supporters have resumed clashes in Nandigram since some CRPF and Indian Reserve Force personnel were pulled out yesterday and rushed to Orissa and Darjeeling. ...Candidate gets police escort to exam centre after spurned tutor threatens her
A police escort has been provided to a Madhyamik examinee at Amta in Howrah, following threats from her former tutor. The girl was threatened after she spurned the advances and a proposal for marriage by her tutor....Hand grenade, bullets found in Howrah station
The railway police Monday night found a hand grenade and 16 bullets from eastern India’s busiest railhead Howrah station...Railway employees suspended
Two Eastern Railways employees were suspended today after both were found responsible for the squabble that took place between Ticket Collectors (TCs) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Howrah station ...Tigress mauled by villagers and caught
A Bengal tigress climbed trees, hid behind barns and bushes and ran across fields to escape armed villagers before being stoned, thrashed and caught in a Sunderbans village this morning....
Ghisingh tastes his own medicine
The man who used to shut down Darjeeling with a snap of his fingers was today shut out of the hills he once lorded over....Suicide for job and love lost
A young man killed himself in a Burdwan village on Thursday out of despair for not getting a job, which made the girl he loved marry elsewhere. ...Checker, cop fight at station
An argument between a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) and an RPF constable over who would take into custody a ticketless passenger turned into a scuffle, which led to the ransacking of a TTE booth at Howrah station on Sunday...TMC workers block Howrah Bridge
Trinamool Congress supporters blocked road at various places in the city, including the busy Howrah bridge which led to traffic snarl....Bonding with the have-nots
Having his roots entrenched in a modest economic background himself, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh knows the pain of not having access to credit to meet the most basic requirements of life. This very reality drove Ghosh to form Bandhan — the second most influential micro finance institution (MFI) in the world, according to the Forbes magazine....Madhyamik exam begins
The examinees can call it a perfect day. The first day of this year's Madhyamik examinations witnessed smiling faces with examinees wishing to pass off the other examinations with equal ease. The allotment for an additional 15 minutes for reading question papers was quite a hit among examinees. However, a blind candidate from a school in Purulia was about to lose a year due to the callousness of the headmaster. ...CM wants films to reach out to poorest of the poor
Chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today detailed how far the state has fallen short of assisting the poorest of the poor....- Chatwal plans mega hotel projects in Punjab
- WBJEE 2008 - West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination 2008
- 500 TCS staffers resign
- One killed, three injured in Howrah fire
- Three of family found dead
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28 February, 2008 12:12:56
Police arrested two youths on charges of snatching a hand bag of Ms Bilashibala Sahish, minister of state, forest department, near Tikiapara carshed while she ...
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