- GEECL Markets and Distributes Coal Bed Methane in India for the First Time By : Country News
Great Eastern Energy Corporation (GEECL) a part of YKM Holdings Group and the pioneers in bringing in technology for exploration and development of Coal Bed Methane............ - AMI-Partners: SMBs In India to Spend US$480M on Storage This Year By : Country News
Small and medium businesses (1-999 employees) in India are set to invest more than US$480 million on storage products and services this year, up by over 35% over last year. Much of this growth will come from small businesses (SBs, or companies with up to 99 employees) which comprise 99% of India’s SMBs by number of firms.... - SEZs good for West Bengal's industrial development: Karat By : Kolkata News
Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat has defended the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in its eastern bastion, and said the project is good for the industrial development of West Bengal. - Jute mill workers in West Bengal go on indefinite strike By : Kolkata News
Jute mill workers belonging to 20 unions in West Bengal went on an indefinite strike from today to press for their demands like clearance of past dues of gratuity, ESI, bonus and dearness allowance. - Kolkata's girl suicide not connected with Saddam footage By : Kolkata News
Police here today discounted reports that a girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself after watching a gruesome video of former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein's execution. - CPI-M for curbing futures trading in essential commodities By : Kolkata News
The CPI-M today criticised the UPA government for not curbing futures trading in foodgrains, which has led to a 'sharp rise in prices of foodgrains and food articles'. - Kolkata teenager hangs herself over Saddam's execution By : Kolkata News
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's execution has had a mixed reaction in India. While the government expressed its disappointment over his execution, the Left and some sections of the Muslim community accused the US of masterminding the Iraqi leader's killing, and there were the Shiatte population in different Indian towns who expressed jubilation over the hanging. - CPI-M against proceeding with Indo-US nuke deal By : Kolkata News
The CPI-M today said the Centre should not proceed with the Indo-US nuclear deal without clearing all extraneous terms and foreign policy implications of the bilateral agreement for atomic cooperation. - Trinamool activists vandalise WBIDC office over Singur By : Kolkata News
Continuing their party's strident campaign over Singur land acquisition, Trinamool Congress activists today vandalised the office of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), the nodal agency for acquiring land at Singur. - Nuke deal to hurt India's independent foreign policy: CPI By : Kolkata News
The Indo-US nuclear deal would hurt India's independent foreign policy and the CPI would adopt a resolution on the issue at its National Council meeting, the party's National Secretary D Raja said today. - No notification for land acquisition at Nandigram: government By : Kolkata News
The West Bengal government today said no notification for acquisition of land at Nandigram in East Midnapore has been issued and a rumour about this that was deliberately spread had sparked off violence in the area. - Situation peaceful in East Midnapore By : Kolkata News
Situation remained under control in Nandigram, which had witnessed mob violence with over a dozen policemen injured when locals objecting to the acquisition of land for Salim group's proposed special economic zone (SEZ) in East Midnapore district, clashed with police. - Situation peaceful in East Midnapore By : Kolkata News
Situation remained under control in Nandigram, which had witnessed mob violence with over a dozen policemen injured when locals objecting to the acquisition of land for Salim group's proposed special economic zone (SEZ) in East Midnapore district, clashed with police. - Trinamool rejects Bengal govt Status Report on Singur By : Kolkata News
The Trinamool Congress today rejected the status report on Singur released by the West Bengal government and demanded that it immediately publish a list of farmers whose land had been acquired for the Tata Motors' project. - Fire destroys entire slum in north Kolkata By : Kolkata News
More than 300 shanties were gutted when a fire broke out in a slum in the wee hours of Wednesday in north Kolkata's Ultadanga area. - Army rules out handing over two officers to police By : Kolkata News
The army today ruled out the handing over to police of two officers forcibly freed by soldiers from a police station here . . . . - Army, Kolkata police debate legal rights after vandalism By : Kolkata News
Can police arrest an army officer on charges of attempted molestation? That was the raging question Tuesday . . . . - Nandigram land acquisition only after discussion: Buddhadeb By : Kolkata News
In a bid to defuse tension in Nandigram, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Sunday said that land for an industrial project there would be acquired only after discussions with the local population. - Left Front hopes for talks between Buddhadeb, Mamata By : Kolkata News
West Bengal's ruling Left Front today hoped that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee would hold talks on the Singur issue with the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government after her recovery. - Strike to disrupt life in West Bengal Thursday By : Kolkata News
The 24-hour nation-wide general strike Thursday called by the Left parties to protest against the government's economic policies is expected to disrupt normal life in West Bengal. - Mamata on warpath against acquisition of farmland for Tata auto unit By : Kolkata News
Activists of the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday brought traffic in Kolkata to a standstill, protesting against police action against their party chief Mamata Banerjee. - Flood situation grim in Bengal, toll crosses 50 By : Kolkata News
Floods continued to wreak havoc in many parts of West Bengal with the death toll crossing 50 in last seven days, officials said Tuesday. - Road, rail traffic disrupted following Trinamool Congress blockade By : Kolkata News
Road and rail traffic in the metropolis and surroundings were thrown out of gear this morning following an hour-long blockade by the Trinamool Congress to protest the "forcible" acquistion of agricultural land for the Tata Motors car project at Singur. - Land war brings Trinamool, Cong together; Mamata assaulted By : Kolkata News
The fertile farmlands of Singur, the site of Tata Motors' proposed small car unit, became the launching pad for a new political alignment in West Bengal bringing the hitherto sparring Congress and Trinamool Congress under one umbrella to fight the communists over land rights of farmers. - Third front cannot be formed without programme: Buddhadev By : Kolkata News
Despite talk of formation of a third front at the national level, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee today said that it could not be formed without a concrete programe. - Incessant rains lash Kolkata as city prepares for Durga puja By : Kolkata News
Heavy rains lashed Kolkata city today as the city woke up to pray for the Mahalaya puja, inundating several parts of the city and messing up preparations for the annual Durga Puja festival. - No change in RBI market borrowing programme: Mohan By : Kolkata News
The market borrowing programme by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would remain in line with budget projections, the central bank's deputy governor Rakesh Mohan said here today. - IBM to add 3,000 more employees in 18 months for east By : India Corporate News
IBM India will hire 3,000 more employees to expand its Kolkata centre operations over the next 18 months. - 20 dead in West Bengal cyclone By : Kolkata News
At least 20 people have died in a severe cyclonic storm that swept West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas, East and West Midnapore Districts yesterday. - Train derails, services affected at Howrah By : Kolkata News
Four coaches of a local passenger train derailed at Howrah railway station here, disrupting rail traffic. - Twenty dead in West Bengal cyclone By : Kolkata News
At least 20 people have died in a severe cyclonic storm that swept West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas, East and West Midnapore Districts. - CSE index stay firm with marginal gain By : Kolkata News
The Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) today remained bullish and rose moderately. - Task Force on Security asks for strengthening border vigil By : Kolkata News
A meeting of the state-level Task Force on Security in West Bengal today called for strengthening counter intelligence and surveillance along the Indo-Bangladesh border against terrorism, infiltration and transborder crime. - 'I am in Birla Corporation with all authority': R S Lodha By : Kolkata News
Taking a dig at his detractors, M P Birla group flagship company Birla Corporation Limited Chairman R S Lodha today reiterated that he was at the helm of affairs with full authority. - Subhas has gone mad: Jyoti Basu By : Kolkata News
"He has gone mad" said veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu for being called Lord Krishna of the present age by the West Bengal minister Subhas Chakraborty. - Kolkata carnival ushers in Durga Puja By : Kolkata News
A colourful carnival to usher in the four-day long ‘Durga Puja’ has started here and in other cities and towns of West Bengal. - Bengal minister raises eyebrows with worship By : Kolkata News
In West Bengal, the land of communism and its band of non-believers, there is a revolt suddenly from within. - We do not want to blindly imitate China: Karat By : Kolkata News
The CPI(M) was against blindly imitating Chinese model of development, its general secretary Prakash Karat said here today. - Kolkata Metro extension proposal under consideration By : Kolkata News
A proposal to extend Metro Rail services from Tollygunge to Thakurpukur and Joka on the southern outskirts of the metropolis is being considered, Metro Railway general manager Sudha Chobe said here today. - India moving towards full integration of 8,500 Afghan refugees By : Kolkata News
India is successfully moving towards full integration of 8,500 Hindu and Sikh refugees from Afghanistan and it is only a matter of time before they are naturalised, according to a senior UN official. - Security stepped up in Kolkata after seizure of arms By : Kolkata News
The recovery of several firearms from the Babughat area about two weeks before the Durga puja festival has prompted police to step up security across the city. - India's emerging IT hub wakes up to e-security By : More India News
E-security is the buzzword in Kolkata's emerging IT hub following incidents of cyber crimes. - Bengal family of 'witches' left in lurch By : Kolkata News
An entire family of 15 in a West Bengal village was hounded out of their home after the members were branded witches and accused of practising black magic that caused death of humans and livestock. - Call centre girl arrested for US credit card fraud By : More India News
A call centre employee who allegedly splurged on online shopping with credit card numbers of the company's US clients was arrested here. - Madrasas in Bengal chant Vande Mataram voluntarily By : Kolkata News
n as rightist political parties are coercively making it mandatory for government school students to sing "Vande Mataram, the national song, students in madarsas.... - Abandoned foreign trawler found in Sundarbans By : Kolkata News
An abandoned foreign trawler has been found at Patharpratima in the Sunderbans in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. - Dasmunshi hails Trinamool's stand By : Kolkata News
Congress today hailed the Trinamool Congress' announcement of supporting the Congress candidate in the forthcoming parliamentary by-election in Malda constituency in West Bengal. - WB Chief Minister launches ICC Agri Business Inititive By : Kolkata News
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today launched Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Agri Business Initiative, a forum for the food industry. - One sentenced to life imprisonment for murder By : Kolkata News
A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a city court today for killing and severing the legs of his victim Mitan Das, both of whom hailed from the same village in Bihar. - CID links Mumbai encounter with Hingalganj arrests By : Kolkata News
CID sleuths here suspected the link of Pakistani national Md. Ali, killed in encounter with the Anti-Terrorist Squad at Antop hill in Mumbai today, with that of the two Pakistani terrorists.... - Kolkata couple buys plot on the moon! By : Kolkata News
Asking for the moon? A Kolkata-based couple has tried their luck to have a dream home on the lunar surface by purchasing two acres of land there for USD 100 from an agent through Internet. - IIM-C to relax faculty hiring norms in wake of reservations By : Kolkata News
The Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta) is planning to relax its faculty recruitment norms since more were required as the number of seats would expand to accomodate students under the quota regime. - Indo-Thai meet on FTA to be delayed: Thai official By : Kolkata News
The meeting between India and Thailand on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be delayed due to elections. - Lure of lottery win leads to arrest By : Kolkata News
The lure of winning Rs ten lakh in a lottery run by the West Bengal government led three persons to forge the winning ticket and the arrest of one of them. - EEPC planning to set up auto component park in West Bengal By : Kolkata News
The Engineering Export Promotion Council has taken initiative to set up an auto component park in West Bengal with the state Industrial Development Corporation, which.... - Jyoti Basu better, but still in pain By : Kolkata News
Veteran CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu was better today but still had pain in the right side of his hip, a day after he slipped and fell down at his residence. - West Bengal health minister skirts poor infrastructure issue By : Kolkata News
Skirting the issue of poor health infrastructure in the state, West Bengal Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra today called for creating better awareness of environmental hazards to prevent diseases. - Tusker electrocuted in West Bengal By : Kolkata News
A tusker died of electrocution in a West Bengal village after it touched a live wire in a maize field laid by the farmers to keep pachyderms at bay. - Twelve arrested, CD seized By : Kolkata News
Training of terrorists is depicted on a CD seized from 12 persons picked up today by the CID from both from the city and Basirhat in North 24 Parganas in connection with last week's arrests in the district of two Pakistani terrorists, intelligence sources said today. - Superstition should be discouraged : Buddhadeb By : Kolkata News
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee today asked people to go by logic and reason after yesterday's rush to temples to see deities drinking milk. - CID launches massive manhunt for suspected ISI linkmen By : Kolkata News
The Criminal Investigation Department today launched a massive manhunt for suspected ISI linkmen at Hingalganj and its adjacent areas in North 24-Parganas district along the Indo-Bangla border. - Arrested Pakistanis sent to police custody By : Kolkata News
Two suspected Pakistani terrorists arrested in West Bengal were sent Wednesday to 14 days of police custody, even as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) took charge of the case. - Injured student dies, statewide strike called By : Kolkata News
Soumik Bose, an engineering student of the Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) who sustained critical head injury during a campus clash Wednesday between two rival unions, died Saturday after remaining in coma for four days. - Help sought from Jharkhand for probing suicide in Kolkata By : More India News
Police in the city approached their counterparts in Ranchi today to assist in the investigation into the suicide here of Vinod Chirania, a fodder scam convict from Jharkhand. - Thai Airways plans more Indian destinations By : Kolkata News
Thailand's national carrier Thai Airways International (TG) has plans to start operations to Hyderabad, Bodh Gaya and Varanasi by October this year. - No retrenchment, but redeployment of WB govt employees By : Kolkata News
West Bengal government employees will not be retrenched but redeployed, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee assured a CPI(M) affiliated union today. - Forwrad Bloc sore with Somnath Chatterjee By : Kolkata News
The Forward Bloc today criticised Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee for "helping the Congress to bury the debate" on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in the uproar over..... - Somnath should not quit: Basu By : Kolkata News
Veteran CPI-M leader Jyoti Basu today said Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee should not resign under any circumstances. - Alert at Kolkata international airport By : Kolkata News
A Bangladesh Biman flight with 68 passengers on board landed at the NSC Bose international airport here this afternoon following a scare about a bomb planted in it. - Bomb scare on Bangladesh Biman flight By : Kolkata News
A Bangladesh Biman flight made an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport after a bomb scare caused by an anonymous call, an airport official said here. - Bengal cyber crime units beefed up to tackle economic offences By : India News
In the face of growing economic offences, West Bengal government has strengthened the cyber crime units of the Criminal Investigation Department of the state police and the city police's Detective Department. - Lufthansa to resume Kolkata-Frankfurt flights after 35 years By : Kolkata News
After 35 years, German airlines Lufthansa plans to resume operations of its passenger carriers from Frankfurt to Kolkata from December, with three weekly flights, airline sources said. - Trinamool Congress to interact with industrialists to clear doubt By : Kolkata News
To clear doubts in the minds of industrialists that the party was against any move to woo capital in West Bengal, main opposition Trinamool Congress (TC) is planning to organise a meeting between its Chief Mamata Banerjee and captains of indsutry. - Trinamool to boycott meeting convened by the Speaker By : Kolkata News
The stand-off between the West Bengal Assembly Speaker and the opposition Trinamool Congress continued today with the latter deciding to boycott tomorrow's meeting of the chairmen of the newly-constituted house panels called by the former, alleging that the party did not get 'proper justice' when the committees were formed. - Fire in Sealdah station By : Kolkata News
A fire broke out at a building of busy Sealdah railway station here this evening causing panic among the passengers. - Trawler capsizes, six fishermen rescued By : Kolkata News
trawler with six fishermen on board capsized and sank at the confluence of the river Hooghly and the Bay of Bengal at the Sandheads this evening, Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) sources said. - Help renovation of the damaged houses: Chandy By : Kerala News
Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Assembly Oommen Chandy today urged the non-resident Keralites to form a project to help renovation of the damaged houses constructed under.... - No changes in N-deal: Boucher By : Kolkata News
The US Friday allayed India's fears over the final shape of the nuclear deal between the two countries, maintaining that the pact would be on the lines of what was originally agreed.... - Boucher assures US will stick to July 18 statement By : India News
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher today assured that the final legislation to approve the landmark civil nuclear agreement would stick to a.... - US official confident of Senate approval to nuclear deal By : Kolkata News
Expressing confidence that the Indo-US nuclear deal would be cleared by the Senate, US Assistant Secretary of State Richard A Boucher today said the agreement would be implemented in its "true spirit" by President George W Bush after its approval. - US ready to show more flexibility in WTO talks: Boucher By : Kolkata News
In the backdrop of recent collapse of the WTO talks, the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard A Boucher today said the US was committed towards successful completion of the Doha Round and would like to see real progress taking place. - Bomb hoax in Kolkata building By : Kolkata News
An anonymous call that a bomb had been planted in a multi-storey commercial building housing several offices in the metropolis turned out to be a hoax today, police said. - Microsoft eyeing Indian video gaming, entertainment market By : Country News
Microsoft Corporation is targeting the video gaming and entertainment systems market in India. - Hundreds protest in Kolkata against Israeli offensive in Lebanon By : Kolkata News
Hundreds of people took to streets in Kolkata on Wednesday to protest against Israeli attacks on Lebanon. - Kolkata pavement dweller is a self-taught artist By : Kolkata News
When Ramzan Hussain living on the pavements of Kolkata had drawn his first portrait, a scratchy chalk painting at the age of six, he decided to go all the way in honing his skills. - In Kolkata, a battle won - but a war begins By : Kolkata News
Hell hath no fury like Buddhadeb Bhattacharya scorned. So it rained Buddha barbs in West Bengal over Jagmohan Dalmiya's victory in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) elections, and with it came even sharper matchers from the chief minister's critics and rivals within the party. - India should stop buying arms from Israel: CPI(M) By : Kolkata News
Condemning the Israeli bombing in Quana village in South Lebanon which left more than 60 people dead, the CPI(M), a key outside supporter of the UPA government, today demanded that India halt arms deals with Tel Aviv. - Buddhadev receives flak from S S Ray By : Kolkata News
The sharp comments by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee against the CAB President Jagmohan Dalmiya was criticised by former chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray as 'unbalanced and uncalled for'. - Nabard, NDDB to set up Rs 2000 cr project By : Country News
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) have joined hands to set up a Rs 2000 crore comprehensive animal husbandry project in the country. - West Bengal signs historic deal with Indonesia's Salim group By : Kolkata News
West Bengal's communist government Monday signed a historic deal with the Salim Group of Indonesia for investments up to Rs.200 billion (4.2 billion dollar) in infrastructure development in the state.
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