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I wanted to study history at Presidency

The Telegraph India 2009-11-07 Shashi Tharoor was in Calcutta last week, his first visit to the city after assuming office as junior foreign minister in May. His packed schedule didn't permit a stop at St Xavier's Collegiate...

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65 % polling in West Bengal

12 people held; 3 polling officers removed on charges of bid to influence voters — Photo: Sushanta Patronobish Railway Minister and Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee arriving at a polling station in Kolkata to cast her vote....

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Suspected Maoists gun down 3 in Lalgarh

Kolkata: Suspected Maoists gunned down three persons in the Lalgarh region of West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district late on Friday even as elaborate security arrangements were being made for Chief Minister Buddhadeb ...

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India Eco Summit: Q with Tarun Das

Tarun Das, who stepped down as chief mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industry early this week, has been associated with the holding of the annual India Economic Summit since the launch of its first edition in 1985. Das...

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STel's domestic debut soon

Calcutta, Nov. 7: STel, a joint venture between Bahrain Telecom and the Siva group, plans to start rolling out GSM services in India during the fourth quarter of the current financial year. The company is raising funds worth Rs...

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Concor plans to take on pvt firms

Plans to expand container depots, take up stakes in ports. In order to take on competition from private operators, state-owned Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) is adopting a strategy that includes setting up dedicated...

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A stream in my garden

Pruned tea bushes and rain make up the plantation world in the dooars. I felt a bit like him when we were driving from Siliguri to Matelli, a tea estate in Jalpaiguri. The Dooars are relatively plain, and the hillocks covered...

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Casino: $166M Win Was Slot Malfunction

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach man thought he hit the jackpot. He thought he won $166 million on a slot machine at the very popular Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near I-4 in Tampa. However, as soon as the crowds departed,...

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Forecast India, weather India, meteo India

India weather, weather New Delhi, weather weekend forecast season, the weather in the mountains, the weather on the coast, the weather on the beach, sea water temperature, weather in the capital, the weather in the mountains,...

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Former CPI-M legislator shot at, seriously injured

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator Subhas Soren was shot at by unidentified men in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Saturday evening, police said, amid speculation that the...

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