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Foxy Lady

Saturday 11 July, 2009

Megan Fox is not a person but a state of mind. She ministers heterosexual male fantasies like a reigning deity and makes drooling adolescents out of the best of men.
The Maximalists

Saturday 11 July, 2009

Have you exhausted shorts, jumpsuits and every other frills-free attire in your wardrobe this summer? Then go chic with something that has wowed fashionistas everywhere and has accumulated a cult following in India as well — the maxi dress.
Talk
Back on Track

Saturday 11 July, 2009

No way, I will never leave this industry. The business of cricket just kept me very busy...
Legalising gay sex will ‘force people to emulate them’

Saturday 11 July, 2009

The representatives of All Faith Forum, an organisation representing different religions in Kolkata, condemned the Delhi High Court’s verdict legalising gay sex between consenting adults saying that it will “force people into such behaviour”.
Soon, green strip laden with fruits, flowers to adorn Kolkata canals

Saturday 11 July, 2009

The Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project, with funds from the Asian Development Bank, is gearing up to convert the 41 km stretch along the banks of the city’s canals into a a green strip.
Lathicharge on GJM men prompt indefinite strike

Saturday 11 July, 2009

Demanding release of some of their supporters, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha workers went on a rampage on Friday and set fire to the house of a GNLF leader in Darjeeling district.
High Court wants govt to submit notifications

Saturday 11 July, 2009

On the issue of auctioning the surplus land held by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authorities near the Kona Expressway...
Drug mafia behind bars, cops out to prolong his stay

Saturday 11 July, 2009

After the arrest of Assam-based drug lord Haji Samsul Haque Talukdar alias Pakhi Miyan from Durgapur in Burdwan on June 21, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence is busy preparing the court case to make it impossible for him to get a bail.
Inspection team lands in city market but finds no foul play

Saturday 11 July, 2009

The Enforcement Branch of Kolkata police on Friday carried out inspections against hoarding of potatoes at several vegetable markets in the city on Friday.
Minister unhappy as govt turns potato vendor

Saturday 11 July, 2009

State Minister for Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs Sushanta Ghosh has slammed the plan of state Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta of setting up government stalls at 12 markets of Kolkata to sell potato at Rs 13 per kg.
Students on ‘lock-up’ protest in Lalgarh

Saturday 11 July, 2009

Students of a High School in Binpur on Friday locked up classrooms, which are used as camps by security forces engaged in anti-Maoist operations at Lalgarh.
After dip in footfall, timings of Maitreyee Express rejigged

Saturday 11 July, 2009

The Indo-Bangladesh Maitreyee Express, which runs between the two countries over the weekend, will ply with changed timings from August 15.
Old vehicle ban
No change in stand, stalemate over ban continues

Saturday 11 July, 2009

With the deadline of enforcing the ban on 15-year-old vehicles from plying in Kolkata drawing near, there is no sign of any softening of stand of the transport department and the operators.
Now, panel to monitor fees in schools

Saturday 11 July, 2009

To do away with steep hike in fees in private English-medium schools in the state, the School Education department will form a committee to monitor the fees structure in schools.
On land, Bengal minister clips industry wings

Saturday 11 July, 2009

In a snub to Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Minister for Land and Land Reforms Abdur Rezzaq Mollah has curbed the freedom of choice for industrialists.
Strike called off midway but bus owners dig in their heels

Saturday 11 July, 2009

The strike called by private bus operators in Howrah affected thousands of people, including schoolchildren, on Friday.
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