Bengal government hobbled by staff ineptitude: Mamata
byKolkata, April 8 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said that the state’s development was being hampered as many government employees affiliated…
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`We’ll never see the like of Thatcher again’
byLondon, April 8 (IANS) “We’ll never see the like of her again,” said a friend of Britain’s former prime minister Margaret Thatcher who died…
UPA will complete its term: Kamal Nath
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath Monday said the Congress-led UPA government will complete its full term and the general…
Left Front ridicules Mamata’s numero uno claim
byKolkata, April 8 (IANS) Taking a jibe at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that West Bengal was the number one performing state in the…
British queen sad over Thatcher’s death
byLondon, April 8 (IANS) Queen Elizabeth was saddened Monday on learning about the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, a media report…
Deport our bodies to Pakistan, not us: Hindu refugees
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Fear of deportation looms large over a group of 479 Pakistani Hindu refugees as their visas expire Monday but…
‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher is dead
byLondon, April 8 (IANS) Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first woman prime minister who was admired as the “Iron Lady”, died Monday after suffering a stroke….
WikiLeaks cables on Rajiv baseless, unfounded: Congress
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The WikiLeaks cables on the late Rajiv Gandhi were “baseless” and “unfounded”, the Congress said Monday and hit out…
Thatcher is dead
byLondon, April 8 (IANS) “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first woman prime minister, died Monday after suffering a stroke. She was 87, Sky News…
Bengal to free 22 political prisoners
byKolkata, April 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government will later this month release 22 political prisoners, languishing in various state correctional homes (jails) for…