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Mamata walks 9 km during two roadshows in Kolkata, Dum Dum

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday held two road shows in support of Trinamool Congress candidates in Dum Dum and Kolkata, walking nearly nine kilometres in a day. IMAGE: West......

2 die as Cyclone Remal tears through Bengal, heavy rain to continue

At least two persons died in West Bengal and its coastal areas suffered extensive damage to infrastructure and property, as Cyclone Remal tore through the state and neighbouring Bangladesh with......

The Soldier Who Became A Legend

A fortnight after he became the face of the Indian soldier in the Kargil war, on July 8, 1999, Vikram Batra died. He was mortally wounded after fighting through the night while recapturing Peak......

Meet Vikram Seth, the actor

Third Stop: Kolkata Have you read Seth's First Stop: Chennai? Have you read Seth's Second Stop: Bangalore?If he weren't such a good writer, our man could well have ventured into acting.So it seemed......

'China's interest is our interest'

The current opposition of the leftist parties -- particularly, the Communist Party of India-Marxist -- to the agreement (the so-called 123 agreement) with the US on civil nuclear co-operation and......

Global economy returning to normalcy: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday the global economic downturn which had affected Indian economy as well, is now coming to an end with slow return to normalcy. "We have been through a......

Accept pay cut to avoid jobloss, Air India to staff

Faced with a grim scenario, Air India management has asked its employees to consider the financial crisis facing the company and accept proposals to cut wages and other costs in order to avoid job......

McChowmein? He made it a reality

The man who wants to create a McDonald's-style chain of Indian-Chinese food insists there's a subtle difference between improvising and massacring a cuisine. A little over four years ago, when......

Left unions' nationwide strike hits normal life

Claiming that Thursday's general was a near total success in left-ruled West Bengal, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) declared that the agitation would not send any wrong message to prospective......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

'I Am Not So Bad In My Real Life'

'My mother puts up with me beating everybody up through the film but before the film comes to an end, she stops it.''She is like, "I know what's happening next, I don't want to watch".'......

Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff on 10 Ka Dum this week

This will be one star-studded episode of 10 Ka Dum. Salman Khan will be joined by Arbaaz and Sohail, and the brothers have a ball on the show. Sohail promoted his new production, Kisaan, as its......

'I am a difficult person to get along with'

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Purab Kohli's fave MJ number

Former veejay and Rock On!! star Purab Kohli was deeply upset when Michael Jackson passed away into the ages. The young actor always regarded the icon as a part of his......

Bollywood gets ready for Lara's Goa wedding

The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.After getting married in a civil ceremony, Lara Dutta and......

Bangladesh cricketer fined for overstaying in India

IMAGE: Saif Hassan travelled with the Bangladesh team as a back-up opener for the Test series which they lost 0-2 against hosts India.. Photograph: Bangladesh Cricket/Twitter Bangladesh cricketer......

Majola recalls South Africa's 1991 India tour

Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola citied how Indian people lined the streets of Calcutta in 1991 to welcome the South Africa team as it undertook its first tour of the......

Cricket South Africa to honour Tendulkar

Cricket South Africa (CSA) will honour Indian cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar, at the historic Standard Bank International Pro20 match at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban on January 9, 2011.......

Bradman in India

ThoughBradman only played Test cricket abroad in England during his 20-year career, the Australians would traditionally make a stopover in Colombo. It was on one of these trips in 1948 that the......

Tendulkar's farewell series: Team India arrive in Kolkata

There was no Diwali break for the Indian cricketers ahead of their series against the West Indies as 11 team members including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived on Sunday afternoon. Four Test......

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