US plane for joint exercises lands as left opposes

A United States Air Force aircraft landed at the NSC Bose International airport on Friday for the joint India-US air exercise amidst protest demonstration by Communist Party of India (Marxist).......

President's plane develops problem, flight delayed

A technical snag detected in the special aircraft of President Pratibha Patil as the IAF Boeing 737 was being readied for takeoff on Wednesday morning from the NSC Bose International airport in......

60-yr-old held for molesting Japanese woman on flight

A 60-year-old man was arrested in Kolkata on the charge of molesting a Japanese woman midair in a Bangkok-Kolkata Thai Airways flight, airport sources said on Friday. The woman complained to the......

Doval accompanies top officers to Burdwan blast site

Top security and intelligence chiefs of the country including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Monday visited the blast site in Burdwan and assessed the progress of investigations into it.......

AAI to develop 50 low-cost airports

The state-owned airport operator Airports Authority of India is planning to develop 50 new low-cost airports across the country to cope with the growing air traffic. Announcing this at a conference......

CSE scam: Cops arrest one

After a hiatus of over a year, the city police swung into action arresting a person, Alok Biyani, in connection with the multi-crore scam at the Calcutta Stock Exchange in March 2001.Biyani, a......

Sporting coach, players injured in accident

The coach and ten players of Goan football club Sporting Club de Goa were injured when their team bus, on way to the airport, overturnedat Kolkata on Wednesday. Police said the accident, at......

Depleted Indian team for SAFF tournament

A 20-member Indian squad, led by Debjit Ghosh,left for Dhaka on Wednesday to take part in the SAFF football championship, beginnng onJanuary 10.The Indians, who clinched the title in the last two......

Indian colts leave for under-19 World Cup

The Indians colts, tagged 'favourites', left this morning for Dhaka to take part in the Under-19 World Cup, from February 15.The 14-member squad, led by Hyderabad all-rounder Ambati Rayudu, left in......

Batting let the team down: Ganguly

India skipper Sourav Ganguly admitted that batting had let his team down in the final of the Asia Cup tournament in Colombo, but asked all to keep faith in the side which had put up a spectacular......

East Bengal's Asean conquest on CD

A compact disc (CD) capturing the rare moments of East Bengal's historic Asean Cup win in Jakarta has hit the stands in Kolkata.The 45-minute CD tells the entire story of East Bengal's Asean......