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Chambers of commerce laud ‘forward-looking’ Budget
25 Jun 2016 6:09 AM ISTThe Chamber said it was encouraging that the state has also been able to achieve a robust growth of seven times in agriculture and four times in...
Neil O’ Brien passes away at 82
25 Jun 2016 6:08 AM IST Neil O’Brien, the “grandfather of quiz game in India”, as described by well known quizmaster Siddhartha Basu died in the city on Friday. He was 82...
India’s first govt-owned stem cell preservation unveiled in city
25 Jun 2016 6:07 AM ISTThe country’s first state government-owned stem cell preservation centre started its formal functioning at the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata...
13-year-old girl found dead in her room
25 Jun 2016 6:06 AM ISTMystery shrouds the death of a 13-year-old girl at Tamluk in East Midnapore after her body was found in a first floor room of their house on early...
Cops nab snatching racket kingpin
25 Jun 2016 6:05 AM ISTIn a major breakthrough, the Detective Department of the Kolkata Police arrested the kingpin of a racket that operates in the city and its outskirts...
Girl denied entry to school for being married, ends life
25 Jun 2016 6:04 AM ISTIn a tragic incident, a school girl committed suicide after she was asked not to visit the school. The incident triggered tension at Datan in West...
Another arrested in engineer’s death case
25 Jun 2016 6:04 AM ISTThe prime accused in connection with the murder of Romit Mondal was arrested on Friday night.Police said the accused Baptu Naik alias Deep had thrown...
79 city police officials transferred to districts
25 Jun 2016 6:03 AM ISTFor the first time in the history of the city police, 79 officers have been transferred in the district taking merger of city and the state police one...
Heavy rains lash sub-Himalayan districts of West Bengal
25 Jun 2016 6:02 AM ISTCooch Behar received 153 mm rainfall since Thursday, the highest in the state. The neighbouring Jalpaiguri district received 69.2 mm rainfall, while...
School bus rams into pillar; driver dead, students injured
25 Jun 2016 6:00 AM ISTPolice said that the bus, belonging to Loreto Convent School at Middleton Street, was on its way to Park Circus from Science City when it lost control...
Bengal FY17 budget promises 22 lakh jobs, no new taxes
25 Jun 2016 5:56 AM ISTState Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Friday placed a full-fledged budget for 2016-17, proposing a 9.1 per cent rise in tax collection against the...
Government inks pact with ISRO for geo-tagging assets under MGNREGA
25 Jun 2016 5:35 AM ISTThe Rural Development Ministry has inked an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for geo-tagging the assets created under...