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Bengal hooch tragedy prime suspect surrenders

Monday, January 16, 2012 - 17:11|0 Comments

  KOLKATA:   Noor Islam Sheikh alias Khora Badshah, prime suspect in the Sangrampur hooch tragedy in which 171 people were killed, surrendered before a court in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Monday, police... Read Full Story »

FMCG tops MBA graduates wish list; Hindustan Unilever as most-preferred recruiter

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 17:02|0 Comments

  KOLKATA:   The fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector has emerged as the sector of choice for business school graduates with Hindustan Unilever topping the list as the preferred recruiter, according to a Nielsen survey... Read Full Story »

Mamata skips anti-Congress stir

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:58|0 Comments

  KOLKATA:   At a time when her cabinet colleagues kept the heat on Congress, chief minister Mamata Banerjee distanced herself from street politics and kept herself busy reassuring the captains of industry at the state-... Read Full Story »

TMC-Cong rift widens in Bengal: alliance in peril?

Friday, January 6, 2012 - 17:28|0 Comments

  Kolkata:   The rift between the Congress in West Bengal and the Trinamool Congress has widened even further, raising questions about the future of the alliance at the Centre. In Kolkata, it has boiled down to a bare... Read Full Story »

Kolkata Marwaris feel the heat as Mamata Banerjee breathes fire

Friday, January 6, 2012 - 17:10|0 Comments

  KOLKATA:   The fire that devastated AMRI, an upmarket hospital, and claimed 90 lives on December 9 last year has resulted in collateral damage of an unusual kind. For the first time in living memory, many among Kolkata... Read Full Story »

Talk to all parties for consensus on Lokpal: Mamata to Centre

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 17:28|0 Comments

  Kolkata:   The Centre should talk to all political parties before arriving at a consensus on the Lokpal Bill, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said and stuck to her stand that it should be left to the... Read Full Story »

Quizzing and Fun

Friday, December 23, 2011 - 17:42|0 Comments

KOLKATA: Know Kolkata Quiz held at Modern High School for Girls, part of the ongoing Kolkata Festival saw some brilliant contests. Quizmaster for the morning was Mir. The quiz was all about who knew his or her city the best. The parents also... Read Full Story »

Recession: Infosys eyeing China, Malaysia

Friday, December 9, 2011 - 17:50|0 Comments

  KOLKATA:   IT giant Infosys is shifting its priorities to increase its revenues from the domestic market, as also other developing economies like China, Malaysia and South Africa on the back of slowdown in the US and... Read Full Story »

Infosys to hire 10,000 by March 2012: S Gopalakrishnan

Friday, December 9, 2011 - 17:49|0 Comments

  KOLKATA:   IT major Infosys Technologies will start construction work on its first software development centre in West Bengal, at Rajarhat near here, in three to six months, a top company official said today. ... Read Full Story »

Probability of global recession low: RBI

Friday, December 9, 2011 - 17:47|0 Comments

  KOLKATA:   On the back of widespread fears that Europe's sovereign debt crisis is pushing a global economic downturn, the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) on Friday said the probability of a worldwide recession is low.... Read Full Story »

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