The 37-year-old labourer Srikanta Shee hanged himself from a guava tree in the compound of his house at Gopalnagar-Sonapara at around 2 am, Officer-in-Charge of Singur police station Priyabrata Bakshi said.
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A woman and her 14-year-old daughter suffered injuries on Wednesday during a game-ride at Adlabs Imagica theme park in Raigad district near Mumbai, police said.
Promising young grappler Mangal Kadyan claimed India's first gold medal in the Asian Junior Wrestling Championship in Phuket, Thailand on Saturday.
'It was one of the greatest learnings in my life to see someone like the great Amitabh Bachchan go through such a tough phase.' 'He had been there, done it all and really didn't need to prove himself.' 'Yet, he channelised it all and came out with one of his best performances,' Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra tells Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com in a fascinating conversation about the films he has made and the actors he has worked with.
Out of a total amount of Rs 119 crore earmarked for giving compensation to the land-owners, Rs 83 crore had already been disbursed, the report said.
Social activists Aruna Roy, Mamta Jaitely and others were present during the entry and expressed solidarity with Dalit cause.
TC chief Mmata Banerjee was stopped from going to Singur for a party programme against hand over of land to the Tatas.
Kumar had told the court in evidence that unauthorised plywood partitions set up by the tenants inside the building had severely hampered passage when people from the balcony were rushed out to the open-air terrace, Saxena said.
India went down 2-4 to China in the league match of the women's Asia Cup hockey tournament.
India beat Singapore 16-0 to top Pool A in the women's Asia Cup hockey tournament.
The Indian women's hockey team beat Thailand 16-0 in the Asia Cup in Hong Kong.
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The concerned officials had been served notices to explain within 15 days why action should not be taken against them for their role in the incident.
Dinesh Trivedi, Rajya Sabha MP and Trinamool Congress general secretary, speaks on party chief Mamata Banerjee's hunger strike to protest the West Bengal government's decision to acquire 1,000 acres of agricultural land in Singur.
Raksha Bandhan festivities were little subdued this year owing to the coronavirus pandemic, with siblings having to rely on technology to wish each other.
Janata Dal-Secular's H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday took the oath of office at a mega-gathering, attended by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia and strong regional leaders like Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati and Sharad Pawar. The event was planned in such a way that it would serve as a giant display of opposition unity against the Bharatiya Janata Party. Is the BJP watching?
Three-way contest, an advantage for CPI-M in West Bengal
West Bengal: Congress to field candidates in all 294 constituencies
As expected, the possibility of a Congress-Trinamool electoral tie-up in West Bengal ended in a whimper with Bharatiya Janata Party remaining the bone of contention.
India resurrected their campaign at the Asian Games women's hockey tournament with a fluent 4-2 victory over Malaysia in a round-robin league match.
While six members of the family asphyxiated to death, one died due to injuries caused by the blast.
After holding the Australians 2-2 in the first session, the Indians caved in the second session in the women's hockey tournament at the Commonwealth Games.
There have been a lot of instances, when film titles have been picked from hit songs.
The wedding, which is billed as the India Inc's most expensive yet, was held at Antilla.
The National Commission for Women on Tuesday said it will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding dismissal of Union minister Nihalchand after his name came up in an alleged rape case.
The team won a four-nation tournament in Singapore, outclassing South Korea in the final.
India frittered away a 3-0 lead in the third women's Test between the two countries.
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All the newly elected MLAs have been invited to Patna after the Chhath festival for a joint meeting with Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Why has Mumbai's cyber police taken no action against these WhatsApp groups who everyday, commit offences under the Indian Penal Code? The police cannot be unaware of their existence, observes Shruthi Marathe.
The last two months of 2015 have some big Malayalam movie releases coming up.
Mithali Raj was named the captain of the Indian women's cricket team for next month's World Cup in South Africa.
With the Opposition demanding his resignation after his name cropped up in a rape case, Union Minister Nihal Chand Meghwal on Friday met Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh and is believed to have received the party's backing.
Defending Union minister Nihalchand Meghwal who has been issued a notice by a Jaipur court in a sexual assault case, Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajasthan unit on Thursday said there was no question of his resignation as it was a conspiracy by Congress leaders.
He shared a platform with West Bengal Congress chief Pranab Mukherjee, who invited him to rejoin the Congress.
Sukanya Verma lists significant memories in our 1996 recap.
