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Chambers of commerce laud ‘forward-looking’ Budget

25 Jun 2016 6:09 AM IST
The 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 IST
The 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 IST
Mystery 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 IST
In 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 IST
In 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 IST
The 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 IST
For 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 IST
Cooch 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 IST
Police 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 IST
State 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 IST
The Rural Development Ministry has inked an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for geo-tagging the assets created under...
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