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West Bengal govt. considering reservation for Muslims

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:49:00 -0500

Sensing ground slipping from beneath their feet, the Communist Party Marxist-led West Bengal government has started to woo Muslims. In its latest move, the government has indicated to consider reservation in employment for Muslims on the pattern of Andhra Pradesh.

Up in smoke: 2 years of toil

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:12:00 -0500

His mother and sister are dead, his father is fighting for life and his house has been reduced to ashes — Hridesh Shaw has lost count of his losses.

Pirated Aamir in teacher course

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:04:00 -0500

Schoolteachers across Burdwan are seeing Taare Zameen Par to learn how to deal with slow-learners. They are showing pirated CDs of the film on a dyslexic child.

Cheat physician arrested

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:01:00 -0500

A physician, Dr Sujit Kumar Ray, was arrested from Muri in Jharkhand yesterday on charges of duping Rs 20 lakh of the owner of a private nursing home, Mr Parimal Maity.

Schoolboy claims kidnap plot

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:25:00 -0500

A 12-year-old boy claimed to have been abducted on his way back from school on Friday afternoon in Howrah. However, he returned home after only a few hours.

12-year-old Deepika, succumbs to injuries

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:01:00 -0500

The youngest member of the ill-fated Sahu family, Dipika (12), succumbed to her injuries at Howrah District Hospital’s surgical ward for women on Friday.

Braveheart rues futile saviour role

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:59:00 -0500

Jubo Malik woke up to attend to his six-year-old son on Wednesday night when he spotted tall flames leaping out of Ram Bahadur Shaw’s room at 276 GT Road.

‘Fiancee’ cries foul

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:27:00 -0500

Paramita, the 18-year-old “fiancee” of slain Forward Bloc worker Indrajit Chakrabarty, today denied that she had attempted suicide yesterday.

Woman dies as house catches fire

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:35:00 -0500

A 41-year-old woman died as their hut at 276 GT Road near Kaji Para More in Howrah district caught fire last night. The police suspect that the incident was not an accident.

Sucide bid

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:38:00 -0500

The fiancee of Indrajit Chakraborty, who was killed in the police firing, tried to commit suicide on Wednesday.

Star address cheat held

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:13:00 -0500

Serial con man checked into Rs 50,000 suite without cash

Power boost for pumps

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:11:00 -0500

CESC will chip in with a Rs 4-crore project to help the civic body minimise waterlogging.

It is a moment of crisis: All India Forward Bloc

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:47:00 -0500

“It is a moment of crisis for the Left Front. The government should learn that it cannot be run by the police bent on murdering our people,” AIFB State Secretary Ashok Ghosh said.

Buddha orders probe into police firing

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:32:00 -0500

Terming as ''very unfortunate'' the death of six Forward Bloc activists in police firing in West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Wednesday said a magisterial probe had been ordered into it.

W Bengal crippled by Forward Bloc bandh

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:06:00 -0500

West Bengal was crippled on Wednesday as a 24-hour shutdown was enforced by ruling Left Front constituent Forward Bloc to protest police firing on its supporters that left six people dead. Train and bus services were affected and sporadic violence has led to over 200 arrests.

Strike hits normal life across West Bengal, its duration cut

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:05:00 -0500

Normal life across West Bengal was hit on wednesday as Forward Bloc, a constituent of the state's Left Front government, enforced a 12-hour general strike protesting the killing of its five activists in police firing.

Mild tremor felt in south Bengal

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:29:00 -0500

A mild tremor was felt in some areas of South Bengal on Wednesday morning.

Train services disrupted in Bengal

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:28:00 -0500

Train services were disrupted today in Kolkata as a result of the 24-hour bandh called by the Forward Bloc.

31 turtles seized

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:26:00 -0500

Thirty-one turtles were seized from a woman by GRP officials at the Howrah Station today.

Truck swerves on dug-up Howrah road, kills boy

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:17:00 -0500

A truck negotiating a dug-up road veered off course and crushed to death a Class XI student in Howrah tonight.

Two killed, 60 injured in mishap

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:44:00 -0500

Two teachers were killed and 60 students injured, 13 of them seriously

Motorcyclist dies

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:28:00 -0500

Motorcyclist Rajib Patra, 26, a resident of Howrah’s Ichhapur, died on Dasnagar Road

'Eggs, chicken curry being served as mid-day meals in WB'

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:16:00 -0500

hildren were suffering from fever while boiled eggs and chicken curry were being served as mid-day meals in some schools in bird flu affected districts of West Bengal, the WBPCC said on Friday.

Mayor in Maidan muddle

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:50:00 -0500

Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, who gave his back-to-Maidan call at Town Hall on Tuesday, is in deep trouble for his role in a protest book fair in defiance of a high court order that left the city’s lungs scarred.

Mukesh to bring gas to Bengal by 2011

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:48:00 -0500

Reliance Industries’ keenness to bring gas to the state within two to three years

Quack widow held for killing daughter

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:44:00 -0500

Sutapa Bag, widow of Jayanta Bag, who was found dead with his daughter Piyasi at their Jagachha home last year, was arrested from Domjur on Thursday

Road death in Howrah’s Malipanchghara

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:13:00 -0500

unidentified youth was killed after the motorcycle

Flu belies govt claim

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:11:00 -0500

Culling operations are also being carried out in Howrah for the past two days.

Bird flu case surfaces in Shamsherganj

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:00:00 -0500

A new case of bird flu has been registered in the Shamsherganj block of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district

CID confirms Jagaccha quack’s suicide

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:24:00 -0500

CID’s chargesheet submitted at the CJM court, Howrah today confirmed that Jagachha quack, Jayanta Bag had indeed committed suicide.“Jayanta Bag (35) and his wife Sutapa Bag (32) killed their nine -year-old daughter