dignmore.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
After losing the Tata Motors' Nano project, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee can 1 Vote(s)
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Kalna, Oct. 11: A 75-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by members of a Puja committee last night for not shelling out Rs1,001 as subscription money.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Siliguri, Oct. 11: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today regretted the assault on drivers of vehicles without Gorkhaland or GL number plates, but said cars with WB numbers were unwelcome to the hills.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
The farmers' land restoration movement spearheaded by the Trinamool Congress and SUCI is now pushing the West Bengal government to get a fresh industrial project at the Nano site.
Hindu Press International (Free subscription) | yesterday
KOLKATA, INDIA, October 9, 2008: Durga Puja is on the fast track to becoming a branded affair. Corporate sponsorships of Durga Puja in West Bengal have increased by 30 per cent in 2008--at rates ranging from five to ten million rupees, depending on the locality. Corporations are taking over the entire marketing rights of the puja event, and sponsors are adopting crowd-pulling activities to hard sell...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
West Bengal may have lost out on Tata's Nano project and despite a strong opposition from the Left Front against India's civil nuclear deal with the United States, the state government is making all possible efforts to see that a nuclear power park is set up in the state.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Calcutta, Oct. 11: A bus ran over a boy at the Khanna cinema crossing around 10.30 pm.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Siliguri, Oct. 10: Tourists to north Bengal may face problems getting taxis from New Jalpaiguri station as cabbies have decided not to ply vehicles after an attack on some of them.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Calcutta, Oct. 10: The CPM will make Mamata Banerjee's "destructive, anti-state politics" a key poll plank, hoping to reap some dividends from the debris of the Nano project in Singur.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Behrampore, Oct. 10: A mason and a labourer died of rabies in Murshidabad because the vaccine to cure it was not available in the government hospital nearby.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Calcutta, Oct. 10: Three persons were arrested today from Jharkhali in the Sunderbans for their alleged involvement in the death of a tiger.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
New Delhi, Oct. 10: The CPM has criticised the Tatas for the first time since the company took the Nano project out of Bengal, saying "like Mamata Banerjee", it had a right to be "unreasonable".
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Land is the main thing. I have heard that the land in West Bengal was given at one rupee. But in my Gujarat, the land will be sold to Tatas at market rate.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Siliguri, Oct. 10: The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited realised Rs 3.66 lakh from 94 Puja committees in and around Siliguri for overdrawing power. The irregularities were detected in raids conducted from October 5 to 8.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Days after the Nano car project went out of West Bengal and found a new home at Sanand in Gujarat a 'Nano Banchao Committee' on Friday organised a dharna at Singur.
