Class Five student kidnapped for ransom
PTI | 19 Aug 2013, 7:47 AMBalurghat (WB): A class-V student was kidnapped and a ransom of Rs 15 lakh was demanded at Tapan in South Dinajpur district, the police said yesterday.Family members of Asif said
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Seven injured in Bengal bomb blast
IANS | 18 Aug 2013, 5:51 PMKolkata: At least seven people were injured Sunday when a bomb went off in a bus in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, police said.The incident happened in Barobhisa town in the
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Odisha does not have infra for utilising central funds: Ramesh
PTI | 18 Aug 2013, 10:24 AMKendrapara (Odisha): Union Minister Jairam Ramesh yesterday alleged that the Odisha government did not have the infrastructure to utilise central funds and failed on many
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Darjeeling was never a part of Bengal: Bimal Gurung
PTI | 17 Aug 2013, 3:29 PMKolkata: Claiming that historically Darjeeling was never a part of Bengal, GJM supremo Bimal Gurung today said that those opposed to the Gorkhaland movement and were dubbing
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Pro-Gorkhaland outfits form joint action committee
IANS | 17 Aug 2013, 6:28 AMDarjeeling: Several parties led by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Friday formed a Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee (GJAC) and called for a five-day agitation starting Aug 19
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Death toll rises to 11 in Odisha mine mishap
IANS | 16 Aug 2013, 12:34 PMBhubaneswar: The death toll in the mining mishap six days ago in Odisha's Sundergarh district climbed to 11 with local authorities Friday confirming one more death."The mutilated
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Refrain from 'crushing people's stir', Gurung says to WB govt
PTI | 16 Aug 2013, 9:04 AMKolkata: Urging the West Bengal government to refrain from “bulldozing masses of Darjeeling Hills with the barrel of gun”, GJM supremo Bimal Gurung yesterday indicated that
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Surya Narayan Patro hoists tricolour at Barabati Stadium
PTI | 16 Aug 2013, 7:37 AMCuttack: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management minister Surya Narayan Patro yesterday hoisted the national flag here on Independence day yesterday.Patro unfurled the tricolour at
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Security tightened in Bengal for Independence day
PTI | 15 Aug 2013, 9:07 AMKolkata: Security has been tightened in Kolkata and bordering districts of West Bengal today on the eve of Independence day, police said. “As per standard rules, we have
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Governor Narayanan refused to mediate in Gorkhaland crisis
PTI | 14 Aug 2013, 2:55 PMKolkata: West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan today ruled out the possibility of his mediation in the Darjeeling conflict.“Since I am the Governor, I cannot mediate in the
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Pangolin rescued in Odisha
PTI | 14 Aug 2013, 12:00 PMBerhampur (Odisha): A pangolin, rescued by forest officials near Digapahandi in Odisha's Ganjam district, was released to nearby forest, officials said today. The pangolin, an
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Gorkhaland stir to resume from Aug 19: Bimal Gurung
PTI | 13 Aug 2013, 5:47 PMDarjeeling: With the GJM having relaxed the indefinite bandh to demand Gorkhaland in the Darjeeling hills for four days from Independence day, its President Bimal Gurung today
