Land acquisition and social justice The Times Of India | The Land Acquisition Act 1894 was formulated in much simpler times. There were few large projects in those days which could push up the price of surrounding land by a factor of ten in just a few years, a phenomenon not uncommon today. Take for instance the Nagpur hub airport p...
Lufthansa plans new flights between India, Germany The Times Of India | NEW DELHI: With India and Germany having recently enhanced their bilateral air traffic rights from 50 to 69 flights a week, premier German carrier Lufthansa will launch an all-business flight from Pune to Munich next month exercising new rights. | While the two countries have decided...
Gang of four loots Rs 4 lakh from finance firm The Statesman | KOLKATA, May 15: Three armed goons barged into the office of a finance company and looted Rs 4 lakh in broad daylight near Hazra Law College in south Kolkata today. No person was arrested in this connection. | Police said three youths entered into ...
Student rots in jail as govt busy with polls The Statesman | KOLKATA, May 15: A youth languishes in jail after being arrested on charges of using a fake Madhyamik admit card and registration certificate as the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is unable to complete an inquiry into the case in view of ...
PwC, KPMG to advise Bengal power dept, utilities The Times Of India | | KOLKATA: The state power departments WBSEDC and WBSETC have engaged consultants to advise them in capacity building and strategic management for taking forward the reform process with an aim to make the state PSU utilities best in t...
Religare picks: Sterlite Technologies, Rohit Ferro Tech The Times Of India | MUMBAI: Religare Securities has maintained ‘buy’ on Sterlite Technologies' and downgraded the target price to Rs 322 from Rs 384. The company’s Jan-Mar 2007-08 revenues and EBITDA have been in line with Religare’s estimate, wh...
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Integrated textile park in Howrah Projects Monitor | The Chamber of Textile Trade and Industry, headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, is planning to set up an integrated textile park in Howrah district, Vijay K. Binaykia, presiden...
Engineering graduates lap-up good salaries in FY-08 The Times Of India | KOLKATA: Forget the US recession and fears of an IT slowdown, engineering students across the country seem to be on a roll. Around 71% students across campuses lapp...
Violence continues in round two of Bengal panchayat polls The Times Of India | KOLKATA: Violence continued across five West Bengal districts on Wednesday in the second round of the three-phased panchayat polls with clashes between the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and rival political parties cl...
Pawar bats for private horticulture The Times Of India | NEW DELHI: Stressing on a greater role for horticulture in improving the economic condition of farmers, agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar on Monday asked private players to tap the huge potential offered by the sector. | Inau...
'Kolkata, Chennai airports' upgrade delayed by Plan Com' The Times Of India | | NEW DELHI: Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday held "constant objections" raised by Planning Commission responsible for the delay in modernisation of Kolkata and Chennai airports. | In a strongly worded letter addressed to Planning C...
Repoll ordered in 10 booths The Statesman KOLKATA, May 15 : Repoll has been ordered at ten booths in the second phase of the panchayat elections. The re-election in these booths scattered all over Hooghly, North-24-Parganas and Nadia is scheduled to be held on 19 May, senior officials of the state election commission said today. | No reports of repoll being ordered have been received so fa...
