Rizwan case: Calcutta HC asks three cops to surrender Nov 19, 2008
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday cancelled the interim bail granted to the three police officers accused in the Rizwanur Rahman death case. The officers Ajoy Kumar, Sukanti Chakraborty and Krishnendu Das who got interim bail from the city sessions court on October 1 were given three days to surrender before the 14th metropolitan magistrate's court. (Times of India)
Dispur hints at third force Nov 19, 2008
Wednesday , November 19 , 2008. Assam industries minister Pradyut Bordoloi in Guwahati on Tuesday. (Calcutta Telegraph)
In-form Yuvraj praised by captain Nov 19, 2008
"Yuvraj is definitely a front-runner" for test selection, Srikkanth was quoted as saying Tuesday in The Telegraph in Calcutta. "Over the years, he has already shown he's a match-winner in one-day internationals. I see Yuvraj as a potential match-winner in tests too.". (International Herald Tribune)
India policeman refuses to serve Nov 18, 2008
By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta ... He was earlier posted in a relatively peaceful district north of Calcutta. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pilgrimage to Calcutta Nov 18, 2008
Restored graves at Holy Trinity Chapel, an Armenian church and cemetery built in 1867, in the Tangra district of Calcutta ... Eventually, some Persian Armenians - including my ancestors - left and set up their own businesses and communities here, landing first on India's western flank in Surat and nearby Bombay, the present-day Mumbai, and then moving to the river banks in northeast India that led to Calcutta's founding as a sprawling manufacturing and port city ... At its zenith, Calcutta was... (International Herald Tribune)
BCCI okayed Dhoni trip Nov 17, 2008
Calcutta: Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni s appearance in an exhibition match in Bhandara in the middle of an important series has raised quite a few eyebrows. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), however, maintained that they did nothing wrong by allowing the players to participate. (Calcutta Telegraph)
CMCH patients refuse to eat lunch Nov 17, 2008
Posted: Nov 17, 2008 at 0254 hrs IST Kolkata, November 16 Protesting against the poor quality of food and erratic timings of meals, patients of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) refused to eat their lunch on Sunday. Around 1:30 pm, when lunch was served in all the wards of the hospital, patients of the Rammohan ward refused to eat saying that the lunch time was scheduled at 11:30 am. (Kolkata Newsline)
S Dasgupta: Looking for the real Nehru Nov 17, 2008
The list explains why Nehru was so offensive at the opening of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute in Calcutta, 1961. There he spoke of bogus spirituality, the absurdity of running away from the daily problems of life in the spirituality the profundities of undergrad radicalism and then stalked off. (India Times, India)
In 'Poppies,' an unusual quartet makes the voyage out Nov 16, 2008
"Sea of Poppies," the first novel in Amitav Ghosh's Ibis trilogy, follows a polyglot 19th-century cast from rural Bihar to exhilarating, crowded Calcutta to the perilous quarters of a sailing ship ... The Ibis is, in fact, sailing toward Calcutta under the command of Zachary Reid, a 20-year-old freedman from Maryland. (Boston Globe)
Dhoni'd a reference Nov 16, 2008
The Calcutta High Court ruled on Wednesday that criminal proceedings be started against Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar, former BCCI chief and federal government minister Sharad Pawar and four other board officials. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Will the real Obama stand up, please? Nov 16, 2008
It means nothing to people like us from Calcutta, if you call it Kolkata, because both identities exist maturely, she says. If RK Narayans Malgudi Days brings alive a fictional South Indian to 00004000 wn to viewers across the country, irrespective of age and demographic, so does Arun Kolhatkars very Marathi Jejuri. (India Times, India)
Lawyer, neta, actor Ajit Panja dead Nov 15, 2008
Moving to the national scene, he was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1984 from the Calcutta North-East constituency ... He was elected to the Assembly thrice from the Burtolla constituency while the Calcutta North-East constituency sent him to Parliament six consecutive times, the last on a Trinamool Congress ticket in 1999. (Times of India)
Former minister Ajit Panja passes away Nov 14, 2008
He rose to become the WBPCC president in 1980 and in the 1984 Lok Sabha polls, he was elected from the Calcutta North East constituency. In the Rajiv Gandhi Government, he held the portfolios of Minister of State for Planning in 1985 and Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies in 1986. (NDTV.com)
India cricket board faces charges Nov 13, 2008
The High Court in the Indian city of Calcutta has ordered criminal proceedings against senior officials on Indian cricket's governing body. The court says six top officials from the Board of Control for Cricket in India should face perjury charges. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal Lead $200 Billion Loss Among India's Richest Nov 13, 2008
Indians who felt the heat of the meltdown have not exactly become paupers,'' said Anup Kumar Sinha, professor at the Calcutta, in Kolkata. They will probably realize anew the importance of the real economy and reconcile to the vagaries of the financial markets. (Bloomberg)
More of this story Nov 12, 2008
Holloway had already made two trips to Calcutta, India by the end of the war. Simonsen, a field engineer for Chesapeake Energy, has bought a house in the west end of Searcy where he resides with his son and his wife. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
India Marxists 'guilty of murder' Nov 12, 2008
By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta ... A court in the Indian state of West Bengal has found two Communist leaders guilty of murdering a woman who opposed a Tata car plant near Calcutta. (BBC News -- South Asia)
First India-Bangladesh train link Nov 12, 2008
The diesel engine pulling five newly-painted coaches left Calcutta early on Sunday morning but arrived in Dhaka about two hours late ... In the 1990s, direct buses began running between Dhaka and Calcutta for the first time ... The full Dhaka to Calcutta passenger service will start within the next few weeks. (Yahoo News -- Bangladesh)
* Many hands make light volunteering Nov 12, 2008
It is only about 90km from Calcutta, where we had spent the first three days of our holiday taking in markets, temples and exhaust fumes ... After Calcutta, its heaven ... The Sunderbans Jungle Camp is one of 20 run by Help Tourism, a Calcutta-based organization that channels at least 75 percent of its profits to the local people, who share ownership and help run its projects in the northeast and east of India. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Policeman held for India blasts Nov 11, 2008
By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta. The blasts took place in busy areas. (BBC News)
Russian nuclear death sub 'was due for delivery to India' Nov 11, 2008
J Lewis, Calcutta, India. Why does India need Nuclear Attack Subs. (Times Online)
Satellites map cholera outbreaks Nov 11, 2008
They found cholera outbreaks in Kolkata (Calcutta) in India and Matlab in Bangladesh occurred soon after seasonal rises in sea temperature which in turn lead to increases in phytoplankton densities. Professor Rita Colwell, from the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland has been studying cholera outbreaks for over 30 years. (BBC News -- Science)
SC grants Todi one-week breather Nov 11, 2008
Salve said SC had directed suspension of the trial court proceedings till Calcutta High Court decided Todis writ petition challenging CBI action in filing a chargesheet against him and others. Todis complaint was that CBI had exceeded the HC order, which had only sought a sealed cover report, and filed the chargesheet accusing the businessmen o 00004000 f abetting Rizwans suicide. (Times of India)
Nath against job cuts Nov 10, 2008
Calcutta, Nov. 9: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) expects capital expenditure for the 93 million new GSM line contracts to be lower than the projected cost of Rs 40,000 crore because of the global financial crisis. Under present conditions of falling commodity prices, we expect some benefit in cost, company CMD Kuldeep Goyal said. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Lay off Ponting...for now Nov 10, 2008
That tour was lost because Steve Waugh enforced a follow on allowing the Indians back into the Calcutta test. Australia won its first series in decades there in 2004 with the side at its strongest, but only just. (The Australian)
175 years later, West Bengal case goes on and on Nov 9, 2008
The matter, which is now in the Calcutta High Court, has been pending for 175 years, making it perhaps the country's longest-running case. The property belonged to Raja Rajkrishna Deb, a 17th-century landlord of Bengal's Shovabazar royal family. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Deep-frying on the Cheap, with an Indian wok Nov 9, 2008
When I reluctantly flew home from India a few Novembers ago, I was so enamored of the food that I headed straight to Curry Hill to buy every exotic ingredient in the cookbook I had picked up in Calcutta. I worked through my infatuation rather quickly without a full-time cook on staff, though, and the mango powder and nigella seeds and ajwain soon drifted toward the back of my cabinet with other objects of my inevitably short-lived affection. (Epicurious.com)
Govt rethink on polio oral vaccine Nov 8, 2008
Saturday , November 8 , 2008. New Delhi, Nov. 7: The health ministry has for the first time signalled its concerns about the efficacy of a vaccine it has been using against polio, saying it is ready to examine new strategies to accelerate eradication efforts. (Calcutta Telegraph)
• Church news Nov 8, 2008
Rahman was born and raised in a Muslim home in Calcutta, India ... He earned a master's degree in Christian education from Golden Gate Theological Seminary in California before returning to Calcutta to work under Mark Buntain. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Midnight movie test, again Nov 8, 2008
Saturday , November 8 , 2008. Rushdie, Mehta (below). (Calcutta Telegraph)
Grave fears for India burial site Nov 6, 2008
Conservationists hope to restore the site, which lies in a densely-populated part of Calcutta ... "This is a little piece of Scotland in India, a green space in a densely populated part of Calcutta," said James Simpson of the Edinburgh-based conservation architects Simpson and Brown, who has visited the site several times ... "Even the gravestones are made of Scottish stone - granite and marble, some of it brought all the way from home. "All these people made Calcutta such a Scottish city back... (BBC News -- UK)
Foreign funds come in torrents Nov 6, 2008
Thursday , November 6 , 2008. OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. (Calcutta Telegraph)
All for Obama, Amartya counts the gains Nov 6, 2008
Thursday , November 6 , 2008. Sen, Obama: In support of Barack. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Seer hails national tag for Ganga Nov 6, 2008
Thursday , November 6 , 2008. Shankaracharya of Dwarka Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati in Sonari. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Birlas to file fresh civil suits against Lodhas Nov 5, 2008
However, later on, the Calcutta High Court stayed the order but said that new chairmen cannot be appointed in both the companies. Harsh Lodha, the younger son of R S Lodha, is on the board of both Birla Corp and Vindhya Telelink and was supposed to fill up the post of chairman in both firms. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Killers sketch released Nov 5, 2008
Assam police had requisitioned the services of Calcutta-based portrait builder Debasish Banerjee to prepare the sketch of the suspect. Banerjee, who also works for the CBI and West Bengal police, had helped Assam police solve several crimes in the past. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Bollywood meets 'Idol' by way of New Jersey Nov 5, 2008
"And a love for old Bollywood." His mother ran a video library on the ground floor of their home in Calcutta, which exposed Pal to every Bollywood release between 1979 and 1991 - films with names like "Disco Dancer.". "It was conceivably the worst storytelling years in Bollywood history," Pal says. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Sea of Poppies' brings color, life to Indian history Nov 4, 2008
His well-researched details of life in 19th-century India reincarnate this misplaced piece of history, from the humble mud-walled rural homes and vivid streets of Calcutta to the underlying political tensions and collision of values and morality. Language enlivens Ghosh's pages as well especially the period Anglo-Indian pidgin and lascar jargon that spices dialogue with a rich phonetic authenticity. (USA Today -- Life)
Rock in the face of terror Nov 4, 2008
The Great Indian Rock shows will now travel to Shillong, Bangalore, Calcutta, Hyderabad and culminate at Pune on November 15 and hopefully there too, it will unite the hearts and minds of ordinary young people in the face of terror. The Morung Express News Add to. (MorungExpress)
Net flight tickets to cost more too Nov 1, 2008
Saturday , November 1 , 2008. Oct. 31: Big airlines have decided to impose a transaction fee of Rs 350 for economy class and Rs 500 for business class on Web tickets, which had so far been free of the charge. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Laxman doubles the pain Oct 31, 2008
Eight years after he destroyed Australian dreams in Calcutta, Laxman did his utmost to bury them in New Delhi, where Anil Kumble waited until the elegant batsman had raised his double-century before declaring the Indian innings at 7-613. Few batsmen have tormented Australian teams during their era of dominance as has Laxman, and with his unbeaten 200 at Feroz Shah Kotla, brought up with a lofted on-drive off the bowling of Michael Clarke, he took India a step closer to weakening Australia's... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Czech collector skips India bail Oct 30, 2008
By Amitabha Bhattasali BBC News, Calcutta. The two men were arrested in June (Photo by Mrinal Rana). (BBC News -- Europe)
An epic tale of traffic Oct 29, 2008
Deploying what a critic once called his "Tolstoyan concern with realities," Ghosh conjures up a broad array of tales and characters, including peasants such as Deeti, a child bride forced by the English East India Company to plow under her food crop to grow poppies instead; her husband, an addicted Ghazipur factory worker who spends his days processing the drug; and the motley crew of sailors aboard the Ibis, a former slave ship refitted to take the product from the port of Calcutta to addicts... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Warrant issued against Todis Oct 28, 2008
The Calcutta High Court on August 14 said Rizwanur was forced to commit suicide and asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file charge sheets in the lower court against six people - Ashok Todi, Pradip Todi and four police officers Gyanwant Singh, Ajay Kumar, Sukanta Chakraborty and Krishnendu Das. So far, Gyanwant has not been charge sheeted. (Sify.com, India)
AirAsia gets nod to fly to India Oct 27, 2008
AirAsia-X meanwhile will fly to places like New Dehli, Bombay, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Calcutta, he added. He said AirAsia would initially invest between RM5mil to RM7mil to set up infrastructure in India and he is confident that it will do well. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
India Maoists forge new alliance Oct 25, 2008
By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta. Maoists have a presence in 182 districts of India. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Rage derails travels plans Oct 23, 2008
Niraj Khowala, who works in a private bank in Mumbai, reached Calcutta on Wednesday morning with his wife and two children to take the Howrah-Patna Janshatabdi Express ... The cancellation of Calcutta-bound trains from north India has resulted in the rake crisis. (Calcutta Telegraph)
KCP-MC owns up to Imphal blast Oct 23, 2008
Thursday , October 23 , 2008. Imphal, Oct. 22: The Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council) this evening claimed responsibility for last night s bomb blast near Ragailong village gate on the outskirts of Imphal where a large crowd had gathered to watch gamblers enjoy lagao, a popular dice game in Manipur. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Chicago No. 8 in new global cities list Oct 22, 2008
The top spot went to New York, while Kolkata, India formerly known as Calcutta finished the list of 60 cites. Were delighted with Chicagos performance in the rankings, said Rachel Bronson, vice-president of programs and studies for the Chicago Council of Global Affairs. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Mother Teresa anniversary marked Oct 22, 2008
By Sanjoy Majumder BBC News, Calcutta ... Special prayers have been held at the tomb of Mother Teresa in the Indian city of Calcutta to mark the 10th anniversary of her death ... Lucas SirkarCalcutta archbishop. (Yahoo News -- India)
India bombing 'kills at least 17' Oct 22, 2008
By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta. At least 17 people have been killed and 20 injured in a bombing in the north-east Indian city of Imphal, police say. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Profoundly Indian Oct 22, 2008
In Laxmangarh, the rich landlords are a pack of animals stork, buffalo, wild boar and raven who feed on the village until there is nothing left for anyone else, and the rest are forced to climb onto the packed buses that lead to the world outside Dhanbad, Calcutta (Kolkata), Delhi to find work. In Delhi, the rich are driven around in air-conditioned cars, protected from the pollution that takes years off a man s life. (Frontline)
India gives Australia historic thrashing Oct 21, 2008
In 2001, it was spectacularly ambushed by an apparently beaten Indian team in Calcutta ... That was in March 1998, when it lost by an innings and 219 runs in Calcutta. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
IIMs' new pick for jobs: IT companies Oct 19, 2008
IIM Calcutta, for instance, has contacted around 22 IT firms for campus recruitment this year against 12 that participated last year. The IT companies contacted include Google, Amazon, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, Tech Mahindra, TCS and IBM.. (India Times)
IIT-Kharagpur student held with heroin Oct 19, 2008
He moved Calcutta High Court against his expulsion and got a ruling in his favour from the court, which said Priyankar should be given another chance. Members of the IIT senate met after the judgment and said they had to abi-de by the order and allowed him back. (India Times, India)
Jug Suraiya: Devonair hero Oct 19, 2008
Back at Calcutta airport, the customs man was convinced i was smuggling something in from Nepal. He rummaged through my bag. (India Times, India)
CJI wants tainted judges weeded out Oct 16, 2008
Around the same time, he also recommended to the Prime Minister impeachment proceedings against Calcutta HC judge Soumitra Sen for alleged financial misconduct. 1 | Latest in India. (Daily News & Analysis)
Hand wash drive to fight diseases Oct 16, 2008
Thursday , October 16 , 2008. School children at a hand wash camp in Ranchi. (Calcutta Telegraph)
India and the financial crisis: Drawing the wrong lessons Oct 15, 2008
A measure of the extent to which the course had changed came for me a few months ago in Calcutta when I heard the Communist chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadev Bhattacharya, say: "Some people say globalization is bad for the poor and must be resisted. I tell them that is not possible. And" - the emphasis is mine - "even if it were possible, it would not be desirable.". For decades, the theory of development economics had suffered from two intertwined historical circumstances - the... (International Herald Tribune)
Wanted Bangladeshi held in India Oct 14, 2008
By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta. A man alleged to be one of Bangladesh's leading gangsters has been arrested in the Indian city of Calcutta ... Subrata Bayen was detained on Saturday night by Special Task Force officers, Calcutta police say. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Marcus Evans Conferences to Present 'Effective Logistics Management Training' Oct 13, 2008
Dr. Swapan Kumar Bhattacharyya has pursued his education under the University of Calcutta and is a well known consultant in Logistics y Chain Management ... Dr. Bhattacharyya is also teaching at IISWBM Calcutta University and other institutes. (JCN Network, Japan)
Metro gets licence, to open in 8 weeks Oct 11, 2008
"Not only that, Metro officials will have to send their stock statements to the marketing board on a regular basis. Any legal dispute with the supply major has to be settled in Calcutta High Court and not in Germany, because that would make things worse for farmers," Chatterjee said. "Metro Cash would be allowed to do wholesale trade only. And, purchase can only be made with trade and APMC licences, the question of fixing a minimum amount of bill does not arise," Chatterjee said. (Times of India)
Calcutta's 'neighborhood of books' Oct 10, 2008
Calcutta's 'neighborhood of books ... Sandhya Tiwary said shutting down the open-air book kiosks on Calcutta's College Street would be a mistake ... It's the real Calcutta,'' she said. (Boston Globe)
Ponting ton puts India on back foot Oct 10, 2008
Until yesterday Ponting's highest score in India was his 60 in Calcutta in 1998. As the only survivor of Australia's 1996 visit to New Delhi there was 12 years of pent-up pressure on the captain who was injured for much of Australia's 2004 triumph in India. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Prop for shipbuilding on way Oct 8, 2008
Wednesday , October 8 , 2008. OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. (Calcutta Telegraph)
