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A 'restaurant' for the destitute on Kolkata's rail tracks
One chapatti for 50 paisa, a plate of rice for Re.1, a bowlful of curry for Re.1...So reads the menu card of a "restaurant" on railway tracks that has been running here for the last 51 years. In times of high inflation, it is a godsend for the poor.
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...
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....