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Maoists being encouraged by civil society: WB guv

Maoists were getting encouragement from civil society and support of well-minded citizens was required to stem the menace, West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan said on Friday. "The Maoists are......

WB accident is Maoists' 65th strike on railways

The Jhargram train attack that killed at least 75 people on Friday is the latest of the over 65 Maoist attacks in the past one year that have targeted the railways. The Left-wing extremists have......

Cyclone Laila may hit again; WB, Orissa on alert

Authorities in West Bengal and Orissa on Thursday issued alerts to people in coastal regions and asked fishermen not to venture into the Bay of Bengal. The Indian Meteorological Department said......

Maoists call 48-hr bandh in WB, Jharkhand, Orissa

Maoists on Thursday called for a 48-hour bandh in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa from April 26 in support of their demand for producing four of their arrested cadre before court.......

WB cops nab Maoist mastermind behind Silda attack

In a prize catch, the West Bengal police on Tuesday night arrested top Maoist leader Venkateswar Reddy, the suspected mastermind of the attack that killed 24 Eastern Frontier Rifles personnel in......

WB extends $1.5 bn loan for developing rural roads

The World Bank will extend a loan of $1.5 billion (about Rs 6,800 crore) to India for building 24,000 km of all-weather roads in the rural areas of seven economically poor and hilly states like......

WB, fastest growing IT hub in India

With West Bengal aiming to become one of the top three IT states by 2010, contributing 15-20 per cent of the country's total IT revenue, a number of IT majors are today doing significant business......

WB health projects in trouble

World Bank has discovered serious cases of fraud and corruption in the five health sector projects dealing with eradication of tuberculosis and malaria and HIV/AIDS control schemes. The probe into......

WB approves $600 m loan for Indian farmers

The World Bankapproved on Wednesday one of its largest support packages to India with a $600 million loan and credit designed to transform access to financial services for Indian farmers. The......

RIL to invest Rs 4000 cr in WB

Reliance Industriesannounced on Wednesday an investment of up to Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) in West Bengal for setting up an agro-retail chain across the state besides bringing natural gas from......

#RIP KK: 'The tears won't stop'

'I have lost a piece of my heart. I can cry me a river and write words & words.. but I can never completely express what he means to me.''They say, only the good die young .. and he was the best......

Mary Ann Gomes wins maiden National chess crown

Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes wonher maiden national title after drawing her final round game against WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty, in the Velammal 38th National Women's Premier Chess Championship,......

Gomes in sight of maiden National crown

Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes of AAI inched closer to her maiden National Premier Chess Championship title as she drew with International Master Eesha Karavade of Maharashtra in the tenth and......

Sethi, Joshi shocked

Seven-time World billiards champion Geet Sethi of Gujarat and former National and Asian champion Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra suffered reverses in the league stage of the LIC-BSNL Senior National......

Kerala takes 179-run lead

Kerala takes 179-run leadRanji Trophy: Complete coverageCaptain Sreekumar Nair and Sureshkumar shared seven wickets amongst themselves as Kerala took control of the Ranji Trophy Plate Group 'A'......

Kruttika wins Jr. Nat. girls' chess

Third seed Kruttika Nadig of Maharashtra clinched the 19th National Junior girl's chess championship on a better progressive score after a three-way tie with second seed Tania Sachdev of Delhi and......

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