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Eight killed in lorry-trekker collision in West Bengal

From correspondents in West Bengal, India, 10:30 PM IST Eight people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a trekker vehicle and a lorry in West Bengal's Murshidabad district Monday. Police said the mishap...

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Cruise on Ganga from Kolkata to Varanasi

Tourists will now be able to revisit the country’s colonial past from Kolkata to Varanasi through the 1,280 km cruise on the river Ganga with West Bengal Tourism launching the service from tomorrow. “This is the first cruise on...

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Bengal PPPs land in acquisition row

The land question is becoming a major obstacle in implementing the much-desired Public Private Partnership projects (PPP), especially in West Bengal. The Planning Commission has just completed appraisal of 15 odd projects which...

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Cong MLA beaten up after attack on CPI-M leader

CONG VS CPM: A Congress legislator was beaten up in West Bengal on Wednesday. Kolkata: A Congress legislator and a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader were injured and an office of the Revolutionary Socialist Party...

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Left Front: Trinamool creating anarchy

KOLKATA: At a time when a natural calamity has devastated the lives and properties of people, the State-wide move mounted by Trinamool activists “to create terror and tension has created an atmosphere of anarchy in West...

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Congress to bring in major changes in AICC

In a bid to give a new thrust to the organisation after the Lok Sabha elections, Congress would soon bring in major changes in the AICC and is likely to follow the 'one-person-one-post' formula. The changes will be in tune with...

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Who will sit next to Advani?

For many of us in school, it was all about sitting next to our friends or best friend in class. Bharatiya Janata Party leaders it seems haven't outgrown that stage. It's not such an innocent thing for BJP leaders in Parliament....

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Meira Kumar set to be elected LS Speaker today

Congress candidate Meira Kumar is all set to be elected as Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. She takes over as the first ever woman Speaker and first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Five-term Lok Sabha MP Meira Kumar...

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Presidential address to reflect govt's priorities

The first meeting of the expanded Union Cabinet on Saturday is understood to have discussed and approved the President's address to the joint sitting of Parliament on June 4. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired the meeting,...

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Manmohan Singh to stake claim to form govt today

The countdown has well and truly begun for the second innings of Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister. He is all set to stake claim today to form the next government with letters of support from the UPA's alliance partners,...

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