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10 dead as bus falls on rail tracks in Kolkata

New Delhi - At least 10 people died after a speeding bus plunged off a bridge and crashed on railway tracks in India's eastern metropolis of Kolkata on Saturday, police said. The bus plunged nearly 50 feet (15 metres) from the Bankim bridge on to the...

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Asian GP shifted to Kolkata

NEW DELHI: The Archery Association of India (AAI) has decided to shift the venue of the fourth Asian Grand Prix from Delhi to Kolkata. The event, scheduled to be held in the Capital from September 15 to 19, is being shifted to the ...

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Jewellery 'missing' from locker

A retired college teacher has lodged a police complaint stating that jewellery worth more than Rs 3 lakh was missing from his locker in the Dakshineswar branch of a nationalised bank.

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JEE tech counselling postponed

Counselling of the 490 physically challenged students on the state Joint Entrance Examination engineering merit list was postponed on Sunday after a scuffle between parents and board officials over new norms.

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Howrah buses in fitness farce

Getting a fitness certificate for a rickety bus in Howrah is far easier ' and cheaper ' than making the vehicle fit for the certificate.

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Mother waits for son to keep word

When Pradip Das left his Entally home on Friday afternoon for Rajgarh in Andul to attend the marriage ceremony of his cousin, he had promised his mother that he would take her to the marketplace on Saturday evening and buy a new deity for her puja corner.

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Grassroots in disaster fight

The civic body's failure to tackle emergencies has prompted the authorities to decentralise the disaster management mechanism up to the neighbourhood level with the involvement of clubs and professionals such as doctors and engineers.

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Braveheart in cancer battle

Pousali Guha Biswas has her heart set on banking. She studies through the week for entrance exams and lets her hair down on Saturdays, going out with friends and having phuchka by the roadside.

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Protest against cops

Residents blocked Paharpur Road for over half an hour on Sunday to protest police's failure to rescue a local boy, who disappeared while swimming in the Hooghly on Saturday afternoon.

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Flyover of fatal faults

Saturday's fatal mishap on Bankim Setu could not be blamed on racing buses alone.

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Body bags and tragic tales, the day after

Bodies being identified, bodies being wrapped in plastic sheets, bodies being carried on makeshift stretchers to the waiting hearse.

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Swine flu signs in city 28 yrs ago

Researchers in Calcutta saw a global swine flu pandemic coming more than two decades ago when they detected the H1N1 virus in both pigs and humans in the city.

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India, SA in same group

Calcutta: India have been placed alongside South Africa and a qualifier team in group C for the 2010 World Twenty20 to be held in the West Indies.

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CBSE option for South Point

Students of South Point High School, now affiliated to the state-run Madhyamik board, will have the option to write the CBSE exam from 2012.

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Paul, Singh snub prize

Calcutta: India players Subrata Paul and Surkumar Singh have refused to take awards from the All India Legal Aid Forum where President Pratibha Patil will be the chief guest in New Delhi on July 9.

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Kolkata Knight Riders could also face recession problems

Shah Rukh Khan said his Kolkata Knight Riders IPL team would face the same problems as other teams because of the economic downtrend. “We would have to marshal our resources. Of course we are the only team that made a profit last year. But without sponsorship of corporates it will be tough”, he said.

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Kolkata Knight Riders may play IPL matches in Gujarat

With their revenue-sharing dispute with Cricket Association of Bengal refusing to end, the Shah Rukh Khan-owned Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders has decided to shift few of its matches to Gujarat.

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It’s a learning experience: Mohammad Asaduddin

Having received tips from the likes of Sourav Ganguly and John Buchanan, former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin’s son Mohammad Asaduddin on Wednesday said he thoroughly enjoyed the experience of taking part in the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) trials.