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  • nsa ajit doval to visit bengal

    NSA Ajit Doval to visit Bengal

    India | October 26, 2014 21:56 IST

    Kolkata: Two days after NIA Director General Sharad Kumar visited the Burdwan blast site, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is scheduled to visit the state tomorrow and likely to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.  According

  • devotees perform kumari puja across bengal

    Devotees perform Kumari puja across Bengal

    India | October 02, 2014 13:04 IST

    Kolkata: Devotees converged at the Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission for Kumari Puja, the worship of a girl as the Durga Puja carnival reached its climax in West Bengal

  • dhakis face uncertain future

    Dhakis face uncertain future

    India | October 02, 2014 11:26 IST

    Kolkata: ‘Dhakis' are integral to almost all festivities in Bengal but the art of playing the huge barrel-shaped membranophone instrument is dying a slow death.Most of the ‘dhakis' or men who play the ‘dhak' hail

  • president lauds bengal s effort to improve technical

    President lauds Bengal's effort to improve technical education

    India | August 23, 2014 18:24 IST

    Domkal (WB): President Pranab Mukherjee today appreciated the West Bengal Government's initiative to expand and improve technical education through polytechnics and said it was a right step to empower the youth with updated technology.More and

  • bengal celebrates independence day

    Bengal celebrates Independence Day

    India | August 15, 2014 12:06 IST

    Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee unfurled the tricolour at the Indira Gandhi Sarani and observed a colourful parade marked by tableaus depicting rich cultural heritage as West Bengal on Friday celebrated India's 68th Independence Day.On

  • india s first fish hospital to come up in bengal

    India's first fish hospital to come up in Bengal

    India | August 13, 2014 13:32 IST

    Kolkata: India's first hospital to treat diseased fish and offer solutions to farmers will come up in West Bengal by mid-2015, an official said on Wednesday.The construction of an initial setup with 25 water tanks

  • bengal turns to bug to prevent malaria

    Bengal turns to bug to prevent malaria

    India | August 07, 2014 13:27 IST

    Kolkata: West Bengal plans to use a bug to control the mosquito population that is responsible for malaria and dengue.According to the director of state health services, B.R. Satpathi, a particular variety of the bacteria

  • african lion extinct siwalik elephant once roamed bengal

    African lion, extinct Siwalik Elephant once roamed Bengal

    India | July 22, 2014 11:42 IST

    Kolkata: Several animal species, which are either extinct or seen only in Africa, thrived 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in the wilds of Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore districts, according to senior scientists of the

  • encephalitis toll climbs to 52 in bengal

    Encephalitis toll climbs to 52 in Bengal

    India | July 21, 2014 13:27 IST

    Siliguri (WB): With the death of three patients in North Bengal Medical College and Hospital here, the encephalitis toll in West Bengal rose to 52 today.  The three patients died in a span of nine

  • 47 people die of japanese encephalitis in bengal

    47 people die of Japanese encephalitis in Bengal

    India | July 19, 2014 16:54 IST

    Siliguri (WB): A total of 47 people have died of Japanese encephalitis in the last 11 days in North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, a top health official said.“So far 47 patients have died of

  • alipurduar becomes bengal s 20th district

    Alipurduar becomes Bengal's 20th district

    India | June 25, 2014 17:49 IST

    Alipurduar (West Bengal): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday declared Alipurduar as the state's 20th district, carved out by bifurcating the state's northern Jalpaiguri district.Speaking at the official function here marking the creation

  • bengal kalyani univarsity alleges seat for money scam

    Bengal Kalyani univarsity alleges seat-for-money scam, demands probe

    India | June 22, 2014 18:18 IST

    Kolkata: Alleging a seat-for-money scam, the vice chancellor of Kalyani University has written to the West Bengal government that more students than the sanctioned strength were admitted to a college, and has sought a probe.Kalyani

  • bus operators refuse to budge from 3 day strike in bengal

    Bus operators refuse to budge from 3-day-strike in Bengal

    India | June 21, 2014 20:55 IST

    Kolkata: Bus operators today said they would not defer or cancel the three-day strike called from June 25 till the West Bengal government declared an increase in fares.  “We have requested the state transport department

  • bengal s kanyashree scheme to be showcased at london summit

    Bengal's Kanyashree scheme to be showcased at London summit

    India | June 20, 2014 17:49 IST

    Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the state government's initiative to empower the girl child - the Kanyashree scheme - will be presented at the first "Girl Summit" to be held

  • monsoon reaches odisha bihar bengal to hit eastern up by

    Monsoon reaches Odisha, Bihar, Bengal, to hit eastern UP by Friday

    India | June 18, 2014 23:44 IST

    New Delhi: After a five to seven-day delay, the southwest monsoon today hit Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal, cheering farmers and bringing relief from prolonged spells of heat and humidity, and is expected to reach

  • make bengal trinamool free says state bjp

    Make Bengal 'Trinamool-Free', says state BJP

    India | June 08, 2014 19:55 IST

    Kolkata: On the lines of Narendra Modi's clarion call of “Congress-free India” before the Lok Sabha polls, BJP's West Bengal unit today gave a call of “Trinamool-free Bengal” for the Assembly polls in 2016.  “Narendra

  • democratic order has collapsed in bengal cpi m

    Democratic order has collapsed in Bengal: CPI-M

    India | June 03, 2014 6:40 IST

    Kolkata: Alleging that the democratic system has collapsed in West Bengal, the CPI-M Monday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of unleashing violence on workers of all opposition parties and common people and urged the masses

  • mamata holds fort in bengal with consolidation of muslim

    Mamata holds fort in Bengal with consolidation of Muslim votes

    Politics | May 20, 2014 16:17 IST

    Kolkata: The BJP made inroads in West Bengal winning two seats, but Narendra Modi's dream run was halted by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee who benefited from the 28 per cent vote share of Muslims

  • bjp mocks at tmc s landslide win in bengal

    BJP mocks at TMC's landslide win in Bengal

    India | May 17, 2014 23:36 IST

    Kolkata: Mocking Trinamool Congress's spectacular performance in the Lok Sabha polls as “good for nothing”, BJP state president Rahul Sinha today said they would have done better if the Election Commission had been active in

  • bengal matinee idol dev wins from ghatal

    Bengal matinee idol Dev wins from Ghatal

    India | May 16, 2014 18:28 IST

    Kolkata: Reigning Bengal matinee idol and Trinamool Congress candidate Dev Friday won Ghatal Lok Sabha seat, trouncing his opponent Santosh Rana of the Communist Party of India by a massive margin of 260,939 votes.Dev romped

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