Rough estimates from plantation companies have pegged production loss in excess of 100 million kg (mkg) across India which is valued at around Rs 2000 crore. Usually, plantation companies in Assam and West Bengal produce around 15 per cent of the total tea during March-April.
Prof Deepankar Choudhury of the department of civil engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai has received the 'Young Scientist Award' of the Indian Science Congress Association for the year 2004-2005.
Tea estates across Assam and West Bengal, which were hitherto closed owing to the lockdown, opened in April.
There will be corresponding price revisions on petrol and diesel in other states on account of change in dealer commission
Swarms of immature pink locusts and adult yellow locusts are currrently active. Not only are fresh locusts swarms expected to arrive in the coming weeks, but even those already present in India have mated and are breeding new offspring.
Tourist arrivals in India have risen by 25.5 per cent between January 2004 and September 2004 compared to the corresponding period last year.
'I'll give it to the vaccine manufacturers without guarantees, take the payment in advance and give me the supplies.' 'The moment you give me one lot of supply, I'll give you more.'
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India's banking sector, dominated by more than two-dozen state-run lenders, has been hobbled by its highest bad-loan ratio.
Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Mamata Banerjee's strategy of soliciting tinsel town's support towards causes and fielding actors in elections.
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Anuradha Saha had died in 1998 allegedly due to negligence by doctors attending on her.
What has Tehelka's greatness to do with an act of sexual assault by its editor-in-chief, asks Shivam Vij
'An officer had to command the regiment for the Republic Day parade -- and that officer happened to me.' 'It should not be viewed on the basis of gender,' says Captain Preeti Choudhary, the only woman officer to from the Indian Army to be part of a contingent at the Republic Day Parade 2021.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday presented the Banga Vibhushan awards to 13 luminaries from various fields.
Congress MP Adhir Choudhury has pegged the loss at Rs 17,000 crore.
May adopt dtrict action including prosecution and property attachment.
Dalits constitute nearly 16 per cent of the vote and 38 seats are reserved for them in the assembly, reports Satyavrat Mishra
The most significant transfers effected by Gen Bikram Singh was that of former Director General Military Operations, Lt Gen AK Choudhury, to an insignificant, non-operational post as General Officer Commanding, Bengal Area, based in Kolkata, reports RS Chauhan
Geetanjali Krishna explains why this may slow down India's fight against corruption.
The Maoists who are trying to gain a stronghold in Assam have 114 identified cadres working in the state, as per the information gathered by the special task force of Assam Police that was constituted to study the menace.
A Kolkata-based scientist has come up with a concept of a 'solar summer shirt' which will come with with inbuilt solar cells and fans to keep the wearer cool during hot days.
Congress has sent out a clear signal of taking the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal head on by making three leaders from the state as Union ministers, two of them bitter critics of Mamata Banerjee.
Jihadi outfits like Lashkar-e-Tayiba are planning attacks in Odisha and Maharashtra besides making fresh recruitment efforts in the Northeast, Assam DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, NTPC chairman and managing director Arup Roy Choudhury said the company plans to invest Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) in the current fiscal and was confident of the capex plan.
Complan and Horlicks, which claim to make kids taller in India, do not make any such claims in the UK
Oct-Dec current account deficit narrows
The only flag bearers of Bengal Inc were Umesh Choudhury, vice-chairman, Titagarh Wagon; Sanjay Bansal, head, Ambootia Tea, S K Banerjee, head, Makaibari Tea.
India's Shagun Choudhury fired a total of 83 (64+19) to clinch the silver medal in the women's individual trap event and the trap gold went to the hosts in the 2nd Asian Shooting Championship Patiala.
The Assam police are focussing on plans to ensure that those who returned to the northeast in panic from other parts of the country go back, state Director General of police Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said on Tuesday.
IOC said the movement of prices in the international oil market and INR-USD exchange rate shall continue to be monitored closely
'The TMC forgets that if people don't stand by you, your party will never win.'
The state-owned bank also disclosed in the report that its overall staff strength declined by 7,452 employees during the last fiscal, but it has decided to recruit 9,500 clerical staff during 2012-13 to meet the growing needs of the bank.
Indeed has seen an increase in listings for drivers, food delivery runners, and other service providers.
Three police personnel and a member of pro-talks faction of the militant National Democratic Front of Bodoland was arrested along with arms and ammunition on charges of gun running on Thursday.
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