Indian hope Saurav Ghosal scripted the biggest win of his career when he upstaged world no 13 and reigning champion Adrian Grant to sail into the semi-final of the Indian Challenger squash tournament in Kolkata on Thursday.
Kishwar Jahan, mother of Rizwanur Rahman, on Tuesday prayed in the Calcutta High Court for criminal proceedings against former Kolkata police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee and another senior police officer.Rizwanur, who was under tremendous pressure to separate from his legally married wife Priyanka Todi, daughter of Ashok Todi, allegedly at the instance of the police, was found dead beside rail tracks on September 21 last year.
A Kolkata court on Tuesday extended for four days the police remand of former big bull Ketan Parekh in connection with the Rs 120 crore (Rs 1.20 billion) Calcutta Stock Exchange scam, even as it granted bail to another accused.
Describing Wasim Akram as a legend, Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dav Whatmore said the former Pakistan captain will play the mentor's role in the team's campaign in the third edition of the Indian Premier League.
He took the CAT three times. Third time lucky, he finally got a call from IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta and Lucknow.
'Whatever the legal position, it is my understanding that in practice, the Indian authorities have always treated Hindu refugees from Pakistan and Bangladesh far more sympathetically than Muslims,' notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday held that computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman's death in September last was a suicide and not murder.
'You have been surrounded from all directions, if you want the safety of your troops and your personal safety, we will give you eight hours to make up your mind to surrender.'
Former national security advisor M K Narayanan was on Sunday sworn in as the West Bengal Governor by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice M S Shah at the 'Throne Room' of the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata.
Calcutta HC dismisses United Bank of India's decision on technical grounds
Directed by Dibakar Banerjee, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy will release on April 3.
We celebrate Dassera and regard it as an auspicious day as a day of victory of good over evil! So was 16 December! It is time we regard this day as auspicious as Dassera in future, observes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Banerjee had on Saturday invited the agitators for closed-door talks, but the offer was turned down by them.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted life to two death convicts in the 2002 American Center attack case in Kolkata with a rider that the mastermind will remain behind the bars till death and the other will spend at least 30 years in jail without remission.
The cowardly act of terrorism has not dented his strength. He will continue to visit Mumbai and like always, will stay at the Oberoi-Trident.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to probe the mysterious death of Rizwanur Rehman and submit the report before it within two months. In an interim order, Justice Soumitra Pal observed that the CID could not hold an inquiry into the mysterious death of the computer graphics teacher under the given circumstances. Rizwanur's body was found on the railway tracks on September 21 following his marriage to Priyanka, daughter of influential industrialist Ashok Todi
'The EC's role in this is questionable. What is the reason for this delay? Are they waiting for instructions?'
Second seed Ashutosh Singh and fifth ranked Vivek Shokeen scripted identical facile victories to romp into the second round of the Indian Oil Servo National Grasscourt Championships in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Led by CBI joint director Arun Kumar, the seven-member team of the Central agency's special crime branch spent more than an hour near the railway tracks in the Patipukur area of Kolkata's northern fringe after taking over the investigation from the state CID following an order of Calcutta High Court. The team includes forensic experts.
'He felt that he had no place in the BJP and he was wrong.'
The West Bengal government on Thursday said it has received applications for 21 SEZs in the IT sector, of which six were in the final stage of approval. A SEZ set up by Wipro was already functioning in the state, while the other six can take up construction soon. A wireless technology research centre was being set up at Calcutta University. Commenting on WB's progress, State IT Minister Debesh Das said starting IT in 1999-2000 by 2005-06 the state witnessed 17-fold increase.
Ketan Parekh was denied bail by a court in Kolkata on Monday, and remanded to police custody till January 28 in connection with the Rs 120-crore (Rs 1.20 billion) scam at the Calcutta Stock Exchange.
The CBI is understood to have come to the conclusion that Rizwanaur Rehman, a computer graphics teacher of Kolkata, had committed suicide and is likely to book two members of the Todi family and two police officers alleged abetment.
J Vishnu Vardhan and Rushmi Chakravarthy won the men's and women's titles respectively at the National Grasscourt Championship.
George Telegraph shock East Bengal Nigerian striker Shaheed Olawale scored twice in a 3-1 victory in the Kolkata Premier Football League.
Prayers were held across the Missionaries of Charity centres and churches all over the state to mark the late Roman Catholic nun's birth anniversary and to also commemorate her journey to sainthood on September 4.
CAT fever is hotting up. AKRS Srinivas, director, TIME, Mumbai, tips you on how to score well.
The first show of the season showcased collections from five new designers.
In a blow to the prestige of the saffron brigade, Bharatiya Janata Party's national vice president Mukul Roy along with son Subhranshu, rejoined the Trinamool Congress on Friday, with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other leaders of the state's ruling party welcoming the prodigal back to the fold.
Hereditary genes you know... Bengalis have good hair, says model Somana Chakraborty who left Kolkata in 2005 and has ever since become a Mumbai girl.
The Calcutta high court on Friday quashed a criminal case against NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul and his son Angad Paul in relation to shares of Caparo Maruti Limited.
We bring you excerpts from Mother Teresa's Nobel Prize acceptance speech
Records and statistics of former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
In order to mark the sainthood of Mother Teresa, the government of India granted the trade mark registration.
"For the last one month a rather strange broadcast is being heard over the radio...The broadcast only says 'Neta Subhas Chandra transmitter...wanted to speak," this was written by Netaji's nephew Amiya Nath Bose in a letter to his brother in 1949 as revealed by one of the secret files on the leader declassified by the West Bengal government.
The Kolkata giants beat Calcutta Port Trust 2-0 in the IFA Premier Division Football League.
he had asked the chief secretary to take steps for renaming Bangalore.
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