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Bhopal kids drinking poison water: Dominique Lapierre
Expressing solidarity with the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, French author and activist Dominique Lapierre has said the children growing up in the affected area are drinking “poisoned water”.
Gyanendra will continue to be 'king' in Puri temple
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev might lose his 239-year-old crown after monarchy is abolished in Nepal, but he will continue to enjoy special religious rights as a "king" in India's ancient Jagannath temple in Orissa....
Three states, four forest reserves, how many tigers?
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) says in its latest census report that the Nagarhole-Mudumalai-Bandipur-Wayanad reserve forests that straddle three states in the Nilgiris has about 266 tigers....
Who is responsible for president's embarrassment in Latin America?
The president, who was on her maiden foreign visit, had to face an almost empty senate in Brazil during her address and had to call off her address to the Mexican parliament at the last minute. ...
Don't blame the black cat for a bad day: Experts
If a black cat crosses the road, many an Indian will wait for someone else to walk down the path first, thinking bad luck will befall him otherwise. This is a classic example of superstition in an insecure person...Videocon warehouse burnt down in Kolkata
About 100 TV sets and refrigerators were destroyed as a warehouse of electronics goods manufacturer Videocon caught fire in Salt Lake, northeastern Kolkata Saturday afternoon....
Poila Baisakh
it is basically a harvest festival that celebrates the beginning of crop cycle in Bengal...
Basu wants Chakraborty in state secretariat
Communist Party of India ? Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu today expressed his desire to include West Bengal Sports and Transport minister Subhash Chakraborty in the party?s state secretariat, as well as the central committee....
No child's play: A bank run by and for street children
The cashier counts the currency notes carefully, makes an entry in the passbook and hands it over to the waiting customer through a tiny window. But this is no ordinary bank - as both the cashier and consumer are actually street children....
Next winter, ghunghats will be back in new avatar
The old Hindu tradition of covering the head with a dupatta promises to be back in vogue. As a chic replacement of the ghunghat, Indian fashion designers have included ample hoods and cowl necks in their autumn-winter collections."Cowls and hoods are replacements of 'dupattas' and 'ghunghats' that Indian women wear on their heads," Sucheta V Merh said. ...- 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
editor
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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 ...
rishab
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27 February, 2008 03:42:46
how are we informed that our receipt has been received and processed? n by what date?
rishab
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27 February, 2008 03:42:46
how are we informed that our receipt has been received and processed? n by what date?
Chiranjib
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15 February, 2008 07:33:23
It is very pathetic. Prasenjit(the son) was my friend and he was very polite and down to earth character. I got the news yesterday night ...
vivek
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09 February, 2008 12:51:53
Really it is a great tragedy..for a topper student(hridesh) of maria's day school...why always good people has to sacrifice...i could not find out..and the culprit...of ...
