Mamata Banerjee files FIR against shoe-maker
New Delhi, Jun 24: The Indian Railways has lodged an FIR against a shoe-maker for using the Union Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee's picture in an advertisement."Railways has lodged the FIR against Ajanta Company in the Parliament Street police station. It was.....
Fuel price hike: CITU calls for 24-hr bandh in WB
Kolkata, Jun 26: CPI(M) backed trade union Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has called for a 24-hour state wide bandh in West Bengal to protest against the hike in petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG prices.The roads of Kolkata fell silent.....
Maoists kill three civilian in Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh, Jun 29: Maoists killed three civilians in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on charges of being police informers on Jun 28.The Maoists blowed with violence into Pattegaon village in Bastar district and kidnapped four people. The bullet-ridden bodies of three of them.....
Ranchi: Demonstration against police
Ranchi, Jun 26: Opposing the violence, anti Maoist operation, atrocities and crime perpetrated by the security forces of both Central and State police in the guise of Operation Green Hunt in the rural areas, hundreds of human rights activists held a.....
Kerala: LDF calls for strike over fuel price rise
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 26: CPI(M)-led ruling LDF has called for a bandh in Kerala to protest against the hike in prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG.Public transport and commercial vehicles were off the roads and normal life was crippled on Saturday,.....
Pak-bound ship with weapons detained in WB
Kolkata, Jun 26: A Pakistan-bound cargo ship, suspected to be carrying weapons and explosives, has been detained at West Bengal.According to TV news channels, the vessel has been detained off the Kolkata coast at the Diamond Harbour.Officials at the Harbour, who.....
2 held for providing SIM to Mumbai terrorists
New Delhi, Dec 6: The Kolkata police on Saturday, Dec 6 arrested one Tausif Rehman suspected of facilitating the November 26 Mumbai terrorists by providing SIM cards to the operatives.Rehman had reportedly supplied 22 SIM cards to one Mukhtar Ahmed Sheikh -- reportedly a Kashmiri policeman who worked as an auto-rickshaw driver in Kolkata. Sheikh has also been arrested.According to sources, one of the SIM card supplied by Rehman was used in the Mumbai terror attacks.He.....
'No decision on to extend CAS to more cities'
New Delhi, Mar 14: The government today said it had not taken any decision so far on extension of Conditional Access System (CAS) scheme, which had become functional in the notified areas of four metros of Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, to more cities.However, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had been asked to provide its comments on extension of CAS in Zone-II areas of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, it said.In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Information and Broadcasting.....