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Kolkata police getting modernized

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:03:00 -0500

Kolkata Police is ready to initiate its biggest modernization project to guaranteed world class service in all segments to the people of Kolkata.

Time to get back to pen & paper

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:01:00 -0500

India Post has come up with a innovative way for keeping alive the habit of letter writing by appointing postmen who will come to your doorstep every time you need to post a letter.

Multiplex boy finds and returns bag with Rs 1.22 lakh

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:22:00 -0500

The money in the bag could take him three years to earn. But that’s something Gopal Saha, 21, did not even wait to find out.

Some trivia about Indian Railways

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:13:00 -0500

some nice facts you should know about indian railways .

Jodhaa Akbar: A commercial, historical and aesthetical failure

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:07:00 -0500

Jodhaa Akbar is a poor film, which flopped miserably. Commercially and aesthetically this film is nothing but packaging of stars and sponsors with a very poor taste.

State wants two years to shift Esplanade bus terminus

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:07:00 -0500

The state government will seek two years from Calcutta High Court to shift the Esplanade bus terminus. The court, in September last year, had set March 29, 2008, as the deadline for the government to shift the terminus beyond three km of Victoria Memorial Hall.

Regressive separation of the sexes?

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:24:00 -0500

TIMES NOW has found that certain colleges in Chennai have forced male and female students to keep out of each other's way, so much so that students cannot even walk on the same roads. This is all ostensibly in the name of Tamil culture.

Callous Metro Railway messes with Anjolie Ela’s mural worth crores

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:16:00 -0500

What happens when an artist gifts a painting worth a few crores to the people of Calcutta through a government agency that could not be bothered about its worth? Chances are, the work of art is vandalised.

Bird flu affects badminton

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:47:00 -0500

The bird flu epidemic, which resulted in the culling of millions of chickens in the West Bengal, has severely affected the game of "Shuttle Cock" industry, and consequently the game of badminton.

Lest we forget...

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:48:00 -0500

A book entitled Sottorer Apanjan containing a list of those killed by police or political rivals