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Mamata kick-starts Kolkata's 'London makeover'
Aug 02, 2011
In a step towards fulfilling her poll pledge of sprucing up Kolkata to match London, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday kick-started an ambitious project for beautification of a stretc... Read More
Computers to monitor midday meal scheme
Aug 02, 2011
Quality of food, stocktaking and complaints. All these and more will soon be streamlined with the central government finalising plans for a computerised monitoring system of the midday meal scheme tha... Read More
Fearing Maoists, Bihar villagers flee homes
Aug 02, 2011
Hundreds of residents of at least six villages in Bihar's Rohtas district fled for their safety as Maoists threatened to eliminate them for not supporting them, police said Tuesday.... Read More
Suspected Pakistani spy held in Bihar
Aug 02, 2011
A man suspected to be a Pakistani spy has been arrested in Bihar's Araria district near the India-Nepal border, police said Tuesday.... Read More
Mamata flags off Kolkata-Singapore flight
Aug 01, 2011
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday inaugurated the Singapore Airlines' subsidiary Silk Air’s four day a week service connecting Kolkata with Singapore. She said the service will ... Read More
Five killed, 20 injured in Manipur blast
Aug 01, 2011
At least five people were killed and 20 injured in a powerful explosion Monday at a crowded marketplace in the capital of India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur, officials said.... Read More
Bihar stocks RSS books in government schools, says JD-U rebel
Jul 31, 2011
The Bihar government led by Nitish Kumar, utilising government funds for school libraries, purchased books propagating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideology a rebel Janata Dal-United (JD-U) l... Read More
Mamata announces sops for Muslims
Jul 30, 2011
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, unveilinging scholarships and sops for the state's minorities, Saturday accused the previous Left government of sowing confusion by announcing a “hurr... Read More
Mamata's committees: Too many cooks?
Jul 30, 2011
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's penchant for setting up expert committees on a range of issues has triggered a debate, with questions being raised about their motive and effectiveness.... Read More
Not possible to spoon-feed a region: Pranab
Jul 29, 2011
At a time when West Bengal is facing a financial crunch with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looking up to the central government to bail it out, union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday said no ... Read More