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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.
A Tribute : Arthur C. Clarke , The Final Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke, a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age, died early Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since 1956. Here is the tribute.....Indian Idol reignites Gorkhaland fire in Darjeeling
India's Darjeeling hills have come alive with fresh demands for a separate state within India for the Gorkha people, with protests threatening the area's renowned tea and tourism industries....Hockey debacle: shock and despair grip India
A heartbroken hockey fraternity on Monday reacted in anger and demanded the ouster of Indian Hockey Federation President K P S Gill following the team's unprecedented failure to make the cut for the Beijing Olympics. India created a dubious history as they lost to England 2-0 to miss the bus for the quadrennial games for the first time in 80 years....
First woman engineer from Bengal
She was a backbencher in college, a bridge enthusiast and is now a television addict. She is also the first woman engineer in West Bengal. She studied mechanical engineering....City gets fatter, courtesy malls
Kolkata is getting fatter and the signs are ominous. With shopping malls and multi-cuisine restaurants sprouting in every corner of the city, more and more Kolkatans are indulging in binge eating that has swelled the number of obese people. And, it is not only the adults who are guilty of not watching their calorie intake. Even children in Kolkata are fast putting on weight, raising the risk of fat-related diseases....Check your thalassaemia status before marriage
As beta-thalassaemia is an inherited haemoglobin disorder, both the husband and wife should undergo a test to detect thalassaemia. In most cases the newborns become thalassaemic when both parents happen to be beta thalassaemia carriers....Indian middle-class is finding new ways to flaunt their wealth
The Indian middle-class is finding new ways to flaunt their wealth. Instead of tea, it’s wine that’s high on shopping lists, writes Andrew Buncombe...Cactii of rarest kind in a hamlet in Gangadharpur, Howrah
What began as the need to fulfil a daily exigency, turned into a lifelong passion for flora and Soumen Aditya, a 37-year old self-taught botanist in a remote Howrah hamlet, now boasts of a greenhouse that preservs some of the rarest of the rare cactii....BPO tips for minorities
A career development programme for economically backward Muslim youngsters from Urdu and Bengali-medium backgrounds has made Nafisa upbeat about her chances of landing a BPO job....- 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 ...
