tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9869135196716011272010-02-04T21:16:10.698+05:30Premier West Bengal Web News Channel!AAnoreply@blogger.comBlogger319125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986913519671601127.post-42776398246670052342010-01-28T11:55:00.000+05:302010-01-28T12:02:17.756+05:30

Overruling the Army Chief, Defence minister A K Antony has ordered disciplinary action against four generals for their alleged involvement in the Sukna land scam in West Bengal. This comes following the Army Chief's softened stance towards the alleged senior military secretary  also his close aide and principal staff officer to the Army Chief. The 4 are accused to have helped a Siliguri based

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New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who had visited Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu in a Kolkata hospital a day before his death, Monday said "a huge pillar" in the political firmament has fallen. "Jyoti Basu has just passed away!... Deeply grieved and send our prayers and condolences. A huge pillar in the Indian political firmament has fallen. The nation is in grief,"

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National Security Adviser MK Narayanan has been appointed as the new governor of West Bengal, while former Union home minister Shivraj Patil will take Governor of Punjab. Patil will also be the Administrator of Chandigarh. Mr E S L Narasimhan, the Governor of Chhattisgarh, has been transferred as the Governor of Andhra. With Narayanan's new posting, NSA will now go to either former Foreign

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Veteran communist leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyothi Basu has passed away on sunday after fighting with a prolonged illness. He was hospitalised early in January with a severe pneumonia attack and his health got worsenend over the last week. He was 95 years. Basu started his political career associating with student unions while studying in UK. He joined the communist party and

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Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan Saturday visited a city private hospital where Marxist leader Jyoti Basu is described by doctors attending on him as in a very critical condition.Bachchan, who was here in the city to promote his film "Rann", spent half-an-hour at the hospital and spoke to doctors about Basu's condition. "He waited with all of us on the ninth floor of

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The 95 year old CPI-M patriarch Jyoti Basu's health has deteriorated over the past few days and his condition is said to be extremely critical, says the doctors attending him at the private hospital in kolkatta where he is admitted. Except for the heart, the functioning of most other organs have failed. He has been put on ventilator support after suffering a pneumonia attack early in January. On

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Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) After Gujarat, Amitabh Bachchan starrer "Paa" has now been declared tax-free in West Bengal.The tax exemption will help reduce ticket prices and will further help the movie business in its long run, said a statement. Produced by AB Corp and distributed by Reliance BIG Pictures, "Paa" is an emotional story of a father-son relationship that had Amitabh playing Auro, a 12-

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Kolkata, Nov 15 (IANS) Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman captivated thousands here with his mellifluous tunes comprising hip-hop, funk and jazz.A huge audience at the Salt Lake stadium Saturday was left yearning for more after the three-hour live "Jai Ho" concert of the maestro who presented a delightful cocktail of hard rock, rap and Arabian music. Oriental music fused with western as Rahman

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The Maoists violence continue to  grip Lalgarh and surrounding areas of West Bengal with the State government struggling to control the troubled region. The Stae government has deployed increased paramilitary forces to flush out the militant dominated areas. Meanwhile the Maoists are forming human shield with women and children in the village to resist the attack of the security forces.  The

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Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee is learnt to be the key contender for the post of Union Railways Minister. After tough bargaining for portfolios, DMK not satisfied with the Congress proposal of Ministries has walked out what is seen as Mamatas's gain. Now it is almost sure that Mamata would get the Railways portfolio. The TC which is the forerunner among the Congress allies, too had its

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With LS elections around the corner, all parties are at their best to  strike deals to fight their common opponents.And alliances play an important role here. As doubted, Congress has joined hands with the Trinamool Congress to fight the ruling Left government in West Bengal.  Cong leader Pranab Mukherjee who has discuseed with TMC leader Mamta has said that the two parties will jointly fight

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Popular Bengali actress Shatabdi Roy will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections for Trinamool Congress.This was informed by TMC Chief Mamta Banerjee on Monday. Announcing the party's decision to field  Shatabdi for the elections, Mamta however did not disclose any details on the constituency from where the actress would contest. She also confirmed that TMC has reached on a deal with the

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With curtains down for LS speaker Somnath Chatterjee, the retirement  for the WB leader from active politics also comes with a series of eventful experiences. Sharing hs experience as the LS Speaker, Chatterjee felt the cash for votes scam ahead of the trust vote turned out to be the most unfortunate incident during his tenure. And the worst personal blow was when his party CPM expelled him for

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The Mamata led trinamool Congress in West Bengal is pressing for  a deal with the Congress to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Though a consensus is yetr to be rached on this, its learnt that the party members are keen to strike a deal on the seat sharing basis between the two ahead of the polls. Meanwhile AICC has maintained that a final decision would be taken only by the high command,

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Ahead of elections, West Bengal govt has announced a series of sops across all sectors including the poor and urban. The major highlight includes Rs. 1000 crore package on housing scheme for the rural and urban sectors. The Finance Minister also announced a Rs. 25 crore for IT industry in an effort to boost the sector amid economic slow down. The goverment also announced a Rs 370 crore  package

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Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who visited Salt Lake stadium in Kolkatta to lay the foundation stone of East-West Metro Railway was greeted with black flags by Trinamool Congress women supporters.   Waving  black flags at the stadium by the women activists also slammed the leader laying the foundation stone calling it a political gimmick ahead of the general elections. --MP

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West Bengal too will get a hub for its team of National Security Guards as soon as a proper sit for this is identified. This would be the the country's eastern hub for the NSG base. As of now Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas district has been considered for the hub and Koikhali near the city airport for its anti-hijacking squad. NSG Chief was in the the State and met with the CM to discuss on

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Railways Minister has announced a compensation of Rs lakh to the victims those killed in the Friday's mishap of Coramandel Express travelling from Howrah to Chennai. Those injured have been declared an aid of Rs 50,000. The mishap occured near coastal Jajpur district of Orissa derailing 14 boggies. Rescue operations are still underway and many bodies are said to be trapped among the damaged

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The Rail Minister's interim rail budget presented on Friday bought some cheer to the West Bengal this time. The major highlight was the announcement of the extension of the Kolkata metro rail from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar. Others include extension of Kolkatta- Darbhanga Mithilanchal Express to Sitamarhi. Both Howrah-Gwalior Chambal Express and Howrah- Agra Cantt Chambal Express has been extended

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Sitarist and daughter of popular sitarist Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar will perform in Kolkatta on Sunday at the Science City auditoruim as a part of charitable activities. This is the first time the sitarist is performing with her band in India  which will satrt with the city of Kolkatta. The show organised by the Rotary Club is intended  for a good cause, to raise funds towards the treatment

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With the general elections around the corner, the West Bengal government is sincerely hoping for an early green signal from the Center for the State's chemical hub at Nayachar.Even as the opposition parties are against it, the West Bengal government is pressing for its final clearance which was proposed under the Centre's PCPIR scheme. Though Nandigram was the initial proposed site, it was

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Congress Legislative Party (CLP) in West Bengal has blamed the CPM led WB government for the lapse in the security provided to the Trinamool Chief Mamata Baneerjee during her recent visit to Lalgarh. The region is mainly of tribal population has been tense following the agitation between the CPm and tribal activists. The ong even demanded an explanation from the CM for the reason why she was

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The Center government has given nod for the set up of medical college in West Bengal thathof the likes of  AIIMS in New Delhi. Two such medical college has been proposed of which one has been identified in Raiganj of North Dinajpur district in West Bengal. The new hospital would be facilitated with multi speciality centers which is estimated to cost Rs 823 crore. The hospital would have 960 beds

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Mother Teresa's successor and superior General of the Kolkatta based Missionaries of Charity, Sister Nirmala has been honoured with this year's Padma Vibhushan award, the country's second highest civilian honor. Expressing gratitude at the honor Sister Nirmala said that it belonged to Missionaries of Charity and all those who have been working and helping with whatever good accomplished by the

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Jalpaiguri district in northern Bengal is in a state of tense after attacks against a ABAVP leader by alleged GJM activists. Adding fuel to fire, ABAVP supporters retaliated by torching three houses of GJM supporters which has mounted the communal violence in the region. On the wake of increased tension, WB chief Minister has called the GJM for talks. Tthe Tribal group, ABVAP is very much opposed

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