Thursday 5 February '09
While the state government has been asking the Centre for more funds for children shelter homes in the state, it has still not formed a state advisory board...Friday 23 January '09
At a time when India and Pakistan are engaged in sabre-rattling following the terror attacks in Mumbai, experts from both the countries have joined hands and waged a war against a monster that threatens to throttle life.Thursday
22 January '09Corporate India appears largely unprepared to cope with terrorist attacks or to face any unconventional threat, if a recent study by a well-known consultancy firm is any indication.Monday
19 January '09The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) — a network of 27 science centres and museums across the country — is likely to go online by the middle of this year.Tuesday
13 January '09Despite a 2007 Calcutta High Court order that prohibits the use of open ovens and burning of leaves and branches within a three-kilometre radius of Victoria Memorial, pilgrims on their way to Gangasagar seem to be unmindful of it.Monday
12 January '09One glance at her and one might easily mistake her for a mystic heading towards the Gangasagar Mela— an event that draws more than 5 lakh pilgrims from different parts of the country to the state.Saturday
10 January '09Among hundreds of Gangasagar pilgrims temporarily camping at Maidan, there is a mystic, whose passion for spirituality led her to leave her government job and choose a path less travelled.Friday
9 January '09Months after the Tata Motors withdrew from the small car project in Singur, the State Commission for Women plans to prepare a proposal concerning alternative modes of livelihood for those women, who were to be employed under the project.Friday
9 January '09In 1992, he had walked for the first time all the way from Gujarat to attend the Gangasagar Mela in West Bengal.Thursday
8 January '09The indefinite nationwide strike called by the All India Motor Transport Congress from Monday and supported by its affiliates is threatening to affect the prices of essential commodities.Thursday
8 January '09The indefinite nationwide strike called by the All India Motor Transport Congress from Monday and supported by its affiliates is threatening to affect the prices of essential commodities.Thursday
8 January '09The indefinite nationwide strike called by the All India Motor Transport Congress from Monday and supported by its affiliates is threatening to affect the prices of essential commodities.Saturday
3 January '09Barely 10 days are left before Ganga Sagar Mela begins but a tug of war has already begun between the district administration and the Trinammol Congress-backed zilla parishad.Monday
22 December '08A Majority of the rural poor in West Bengal do not support land acquisition for industrial purposes, according to a survey conducted by the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) under the aegis of the Centre.Friday
19 December '08On the second day of the indefinite strike called by the Grameen Dak Sevak Employees’ Union, postal services across Bengal were paralysed with the Joint Entrance Examination candidates being among the worst hit.Thursday
18 December '08With crimes against women increasing 10-fold higher than all other crimes in the society, according to National Crime Records Bureau...Wednesday
10 December '08The Mumbai terror attacks have led to stricter vigilance at religious institutions, which draw huge crowds on a daily basis.Monday
8 December '08Fourteen-year-old Kudrat, a resident of Jessore in Bangladesh, was compelled by his family to work in a brick kiln in bordering North 24 Parganas.Sunday
7 December '08The Centre’s decision to reduce the prices of petrol and diesel may have come as a relief, but whether it will hold any benefit for commuters remains to be seem.Friday
5 December '08Partha Banerjee, a lower division clerk suffering from locomotive disability, had the opportunity to be a government employee. But he still depends on his colleagues to take him in and out of his office, the New Secretariat building, which is not barrier-free.Thursday
4 December '08On the occasion of the World Disability Day, experts pointed out that the 18,47,000-odd population comprising the physically-challenged in the state, were facing problems all fields of life — be it education, employment or transport facilities.Friday
21 November '08The state government’s plan to rebuild the Kumartuli heritage site may finally take off with the artisans agreeing to move to a temporary site at Rabindra Sarani.Monday
17 November '08Fourteen-year-old Sarina Khatoon was lured by an agent in Patharpratima village in South 24 Parganas to go to Kashmir for work. She has been missing since then.Saturday
15 November '08Childern's Day was observed in the city and its suburbs with schools holding special programmes and distributing gifts to children on Friday.Monday
10 November '08The government has taken over the job of making public the data on Bengal’s vector-borne diseases.
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