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The man who led to Lalu Prasad's fall

Upendranath Biswas, a minister in the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, has lent the party an honest and clean image Apart from identification, names arouse association. The immediate......

IN PICTURES: Kolkata gears up for Durga Pujo

For the devotees of Maa Durga across the globe, the wait is almost over. But in Her 'home state' West Bengal, preparations for the most awaited 10 days of the year are progressing on a war footing.......

Indian American actor gets 7 years for extortion

Indian-American actor Vivek Shah, 26, of West Hollywood, California, was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million-dollar extortion scheme, US......

Allowance to Imams and Muezzins unconstitutional: HC

The Calcutta High Court ruled that an allowance announced by West Bengal government for Imams and Muezzins was unconstitutional and against public interest. A division bench comprising......

WB minister beaten up, held hostage by mob

West Bengal minister Nure Alam Chowdhury was on Sunday seriously injured by a mob which took him hostage following a dispute over a piece of land owned by a college in Rampurhat of Birbhum......

Mamata announces monthly dole to unemployed youth in Bengal

The West Bengal government on Thursday launched a scheme under which a monthly dole of Rs 1,500 will be provided to the unemployed youth in the state. Inaugurating the 'Yuvashree' scheme, Chief......

Mamata threatens action if Bengal refused loan waiver

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has threatened to take the fight against the Centre's 'economic deprivation' of the state to the streets of Delhi, on Thursday slammed the United......

West Asian market widens for Indian cos

West Asian countries have raised spending on infrastructure projects. This is good news for Indian construction companies, faced with slowing of orders within the country. Some have already won......

'Tata Group serious about a footprint in West Asia'

N Chandrasekaran, managing director and chief executive officer of Tata Consultancy Services, has consistently said he wishes to take the company beyond mature economies such as America and Europe,......

Tech Mahindra to expand base in West Asia

Information technology services company Tech Mahindra plans to expand its business in West Asia, where it has been witnessing strong growth over the past two years. Seeking to sustain the growth......

Indian Lunchbox wows west, and other gems from Telluride

India scored at the recently-concluded Telluride Film Festival, reports Aseem Chhabra. Something amazing happened at Telluride to a little film from India. Debutant filmmaker Ritesh......

South beat Central by 1st innings lead in Duleep Trophy, enter semis

Former champions South Zone progressed to the semi-final of the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament by pipping West Zone by virtue of a 313-run first innings lead after their four-day quarter-final......

South Zone put one foot in semis of Duleep Trophy

Former champions South Zone have virtually qualified for semi-finals after reducing West Zone to 156 for 6 in on the penultimate day of their four-day Duleep Trophy match in Chennai on......

Duleep Trophy: Aparajith, Pandey double tons hoist South

Double centuries by in-form Baba Aparajith and Manish Pandey helped South Zone amass 553 for 7 against West Zone on the second day of their four-day Duleep Trophy quarter-final in Chennai on......

West Indies 'A' take slender lead despite Kaul's heroics

India 'A' conceded a slender 47-run first-innings lead to West Indies 'A' despite a fighting half-century by Uday Kaul on the third day of the second unofficial Test in Shimoga, on Friday. At the......

CLT20: Will Mumbai Indians make Trinidad dance to their tune in semis?

Two aggressive and in-form teams clash in a battle of equals when Mumbai Indians face-off against West Indies outfit Trinidad and Tobago in the second semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20,......

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Q. where the ganga river ends
NAGIREDDY VITTALREDDY: A. more

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Q. WHAT IS BLACK FOREST HONEY ?
Azam Khan: A. Gangasar..bay of bengal in West bengal more

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Q. rupye ki girti kimat thamne ke liye Gold pe niryaat shulk badhaya gaya, lekin videshi Co. pe rok nahi, aesa kyun?
Mad Girl: A. Organic Forest Honey & Black Seed is a unique combination of organic honey from North West Zambia and fresh organic black seeds from Turkey....... more

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Q. RJD will be in problem if its supremo goes to jail.Is family matters more than individual leaders in political party?can we grow to have strong political parties without parivars( including the sangh)?
Samir Med: A. we are a westernly propped state. we are working as slave laborers for them. parliament also runs on western democracy model, in which we have to...... more

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Pawan's Attarintiki Daredi (7 Days) 1st Week Collection At Box Office

Trivikram Srinivas' latest directorial venture Attarintiki Daredi (AD) has concluded the first week at the worldwide Box Office with an excellent... ...

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India is the new flavour in Hollywood says Maddy

R Madhavan says filmmakers in West have realised the potential of Indian actors being able to take a film to wider audience which is why they want... ...

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NOL gets delivery of the 9,200-TEU Charleston, sixth of 12 shi

APL HAS gets delivery of the APL Charleston, sixth of twelve 9,200 Twenty foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) from Korea's Daewoo yards, 1st ordered as 10... ...

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VASCO's MYDIGIPASS.COM selected by IST Shareholder Services to strengthen application security

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., and ZURICH, Oct. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI) (www.vasco.com), a leading... ...

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2 killed after a bomb explodes near polio vaccination team in Peshawar

A bomb that exploded near a polio vaccination team in the volatile northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday killed at least two people,... ...

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