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Maoists release abducted teacher in West Bengal
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School teacher and CPI (M) leader Ranjit Duley, who was kidnapped by the Maoists at gunpoint from a school in Bankura district on March 4, was released unharmed in West Midnapore district.
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Governor airs security fears, lauds joint forces
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Governor M K Narayanan today expressed concerns over the security environment in the state but said the joint operation by the Central-state forces in the western part of the state has achieved some success as a result of which the Left-Wing Extremists have retreated into the forest.
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Ram Krishna Agarwal,chairman of CII West Bengal State Council
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Ram Krishna Agarwal was today elected the chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) West Bengal State Council.
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Construction allowed inside Victoria Memorial
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The Supreme Court Tuesday permitted construction of an administrative block inside the premises of the Victoria Memorial, the British era monument, in Kolkata.
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WBCHSE grants equivalence to CIE students
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West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE )has announced its recognition for students holding Cambridge IGCSE qualifications from University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE).
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Maoists release abducted school teacher
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Maoists have released a school teacher they had abducted on Friday last from a village in Bankura district of southern West Bengal.
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We are upset: Mamata Banerjee
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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her party is upset that the UPA government didn't take its ally into confidence before putting the Women's Reservation Bill on vote at the Rajya Sabha.
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'Declare seven Bengal districts Maoist-affected'
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Based on the information gleaned from arrested Maoist leader Venkatesh Reddy alias Deepak regarding the organisational network of the Maoists in West Bengal, the State's Criminal Investigation Department has recommended to the State Government that seven districts in south Bengal be declared as Maoist-affected.
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'Companies need separate audit, risk management panels'
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Any company should have separate committees for audit and risk management and the latter should be accordingly represented on the company board, according to a British business school head.
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CII holds meet on International Women's Day
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Eastern Region organized a Conference and Exposition on Women Empowerment celebrating Women's Day on Monday.
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Kolkata experiences massive power cuts
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Parts of Kolkata experienced major power cuts Monday giving a tough time to thousands of students preparing for their final examinations.
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JD(U) burns Chidambaram's effigy on Maoist issue
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Janata Dal (United) West Bengal unit today burnt the effigy of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, protesting his comment on the party's alleged links with Maoist ultras.
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Outfit seeking separate Gorkhaland state slams West Bengal Government
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Madan Tamang, the leader of the ethnic Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, seeking creation of separate state of Gorkhaland slammed West Bengal Government for 'discriminating against the Nepali-speaking people'.
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UGC seminar on development communication begins
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A two-day national seminar on Development Communication-Role of Media began here on Monday at Vivekananda College under Calcutta University.
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One killed, another injured in road accident
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A girl was killed while her grandfather sustained serious injuries in an accident on Ghoshpara Road near Arya Samaj Road crossing under Jagaddal police station in North 24 Parganas this morning.
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Women's liberation fails to protect her against domestic violence
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Sanhita Ghosh (name changed) doesn't quite look like a traumatised woman. Attired in a jeans and a T-shirt, the 26-year-old always wears a smile, perhaps, to mask her battered existence.
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West Bengal Govt not to increase transport fare, taxi strike from Mar 23
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The West Bengal government today turned down a demand for increasing fares of bus, minibus and taxis following price hike of petrol and diesel while the Bengal Taxi Association (BTA) gave an indefinite strike call from March 23.
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Prince Andrew to visit Kolkata as part of India tour
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Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will arrive here on March eleven on the second leg of his week-long visit to India, beginning today in New Delhi.
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PETA urges Maoists to stop poisoning dogs
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PETA, the global watchdog for animal rights, today urged the underground Maoists not to poison dogs in their areas of operation.
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Three Nigerians, 2 Indians nabbed for credit card fraud
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A city court Monday remanded five people, including three Nigerian, in 14 days of police custody in a credit card fraud case.
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Kolkata sex workers rally for equality, social status
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Hundreds of sex workers and their children Monday marched across the city streets on International Women's Day, demanding social equality and recognition for their profession.
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Purulia girls fight off marriage for school
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Bina Kalindi, 12, wants to meet President Pratibha Patil. She also wants to go to school and become a teacher, an ambition that drives her father Parikshit Kalindi into fits on anger that often end in her being beaten up.
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Bargaining with Maoists is not on government's agenda, says W. Bengal Home Secretary
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West Bengal Home Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty has said that bargaining with Maoists is not on the state government's agenda.
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Engineer develops cheap diagnostic tool
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A Bangalore-based engineer has claimed to have developed a technology providing inexpensive, fast, accurate diagnosis which doctors can use anywhere and that will enable people, especially in rural areas to have access to hi-tech medical tests.
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Pranab refutes charges of public sector failing to perform
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It is fallacious to assume that either one of the two sectors — the private or the public — performs best; those capable of delivering do so whichever sector they may belong to, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Sunday.
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