http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Thu, 03 May 2012 11:06:57 GMT Thu, 03 May 2012 11:06:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Dukes_day_out_with_Nijoloy_children_127919 Madhyamgram (West Bengal), Prince Andrew, the second son of British Queen Elizabeth II, Thursday visited a home for the destitute here in North 24 Parganas district and was overwhelmed by the "amazing" talents of the inmates there.&quot... Thu, 03 May 2012 11:06:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Violent_clashes_arson_mark_shutdown_in_Bengals_Terai_Dooars__127593 Darjeeling: Violent clashes and arson marked the indefinite shutdown in northern West Bengal's Terai and Dooars regions called from Monday by a faction of the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad (ABAVP) and supported by the Gorkha Janmukt... Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:08:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/West_Bengal_planning_new_renewable_energy_policy_127174 Kolkata: The West Bengal government is mulling a new policy on renewable energy, an official said Thursday."We are planning to bring in a policy on renewable energy. It will be a policy on co-generation and generation of electricity by using... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:30:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Major_fire_doused_on_10th_floor_of_South_Kolkata_building_126558 Kolkata: A major fire broke out on the 10th floor of a multi-storied building in South Kolkata's posh business hub of Chowringhee Thursday evening. It was extinguished after an hour, the fire department said.Ten fire tenders were pressed into... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:56:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Mild_quake_hits_Bengal_Bihar_126518 Siliguri: An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit West Bengal and other parts of eastern India early Wednesday, the meteorological department said. There have been no reports of loss of life or property so far.Parts of Bihar also ex... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:35:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Now_fire_in_Bengal_bus_depot_minister_says_sabotage_126419 Kolkata: Kolkata continued to play with fire when the record room of the West Bengal government-run Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC) was destroyed in a blaze Sunday. A state minister later called it a case of sabotage."At a time... Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:35:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Oxford_to_take_Indian_school_toppers_126382 Kharagpur (West Bengal), Oxford University has decided to allow the toppers of ISC and CBSE exams entry to its undergraduate courses from 2013, an university official said.The vice chancellor professor of Oxford, Andrew Hamilton, Friday expressed ... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:16:31 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/_Fire_at_two_health_care_facilities_126240 Kolkata: Dozens of patients were evacuated from a premier referral hospital here after a major fire, bringing back memories of a hospital inferno that killed 94 people.  Another fire broke out in a nursing home in West Midnapore district.... Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:57:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Bengal_assembly_adjourned_following_Trinamool_legislators_death_126135 Kolkata: The West Bengal legislative assembly was adjourned following the death of Trinamool Congress lawmaker Ajit Bhunia here early Monday morning.Bhunia, 58, a senior leader of Trinamool Congress from Daspur in West Midnapore district died f... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:03:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/11_killed_in_road_accident_in_Bengal_126081 Bankura (West Bengal), March 17 (IANS) Eleven people, including two children, were killed and six injured Saturday when a trekker, in which they were travelling, collided head-on with a lorry coming from the opposite direction in West Bengal's B... Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:36:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Post_UP_Bengal_Congress_softens_stand_on_Trinamool_125612 Kolkata: After its poor showing in the Uttar Pradesh polls, the Congress appears to be softening its stand towards ally Trinamool Congress. This is already evident in West Bengal where the state Congress chief, who had adopted a belligerent post... Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:50:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Murder_accused_CPIM_leader_attacked_with_shoe_125578 Midnapore (West Bengal), March 6 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former minister Sushanta Ghosh, who is facing murder charges in the Midnapore skeleton case, was attacked with a shoe by a man Tuesday, police said.&quot... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:15:22 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Normal_life_hit_in_Bengal_but_high_attendance_at_secretariat__125224 Kolkata: Streets wore a near-desrrted look with few vehicles and people venturing out, but air services remained normal and government offices recorded high attendances in West Bengal where normal life was hit due to a nationwide strike called b... Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:35:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/_Few_people_on_road_trains_affected_in_Bengal_125190 Kolkata: Streets wore a near empty look and train services were disrupted as protestors put up blockades at various railway stations Tuesday in West Bengal where normal life was partially hit due to a nationwide strike called by 11 trade unions.&nb... Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:02:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Bengal_officials_wings_clipped_after_taking_on_minister___125088 Kolkata: A day after he accused his minister of warning him to withdraw his order closing illegal saw mills, a top forest official in West Bengal had his wings clipped.Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Mirza Asghar Sultan, who had ma... Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:22:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Mercury_dips_again_in_Punjab_and_Haryana_124568 Chandigarh: After a rise Monday morning, temperatures have dipped again in Punjab and Haryana.  Patiala in Punjab and Karnal in Haryana had thick fog, reducing the visibility to 350 metres.   Amritsar was the coldest place in Pu... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:03:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Work_with_us_for_Siliguris_development_Mamata_to_Railways_124461 Siliguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday urged Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi to look into the possibilities of working together with the state government for the development of the Siliguri area of Darjeeling district. &... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:20:22 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Nine_Bangladeshi_inmates_flee_juvenile_home_in_Bengal_124428 Murshidabad (West Bengal),  Nine Bangladeshi children, inmates of a juvenile home in West Bengal's Behrampore district, Saturday fled from the detention centre in the early hours of Saturday, police said.  “Yes, nine children ha... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:36:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Health/Medical_group_opposes_leniency_to_accused_AMRI_doctor_124223 Kolkata: The Indian Medical Association Saturday said no leniency should be shown to AMRI Hospital managing director and veteran doctor Mani Chettri, as it would set a bad precedent if one hospital director was shown mercy while others languished i... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:43:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/West_Bengal_takes_steps_to_revive_MAMC_124163 Kolkata: The West Bengal government has urged Bharat Earth Movers Ltd, Damodar Valley Corp and Coal India to sign a shareholders agreement to revive the Mining and Allied Machinery Corp (MAMC) plant in Durgapur, shut down for more than two decades.... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:08:59 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Congress_downplays_differences_with_Mamata_123792 New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday played down its differences with United Progressive Alliance constituent Trinamool Congress (TMC), saying the Mamata Banerjee-led party was an alliance partner in West Bengal and in the central government.&quot... Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:36:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Delhi_shivers_at_33_degrees__coldest_so_far_123625 New Delhi: Chilly winds left Delhiites shivering Saturday morning -- the coldest of the season so far with a minimum temperature of 3.3 degrees Celsius."It is the coldest Dec 24 in the last five years. In 2010, the minimum temperature recor... Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:45:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Kolkata/Kolkata_blaze_Hospital_directors_bail_plea_rejected__123565 Kolkata: A West Bengal court Wednesday rejected the bail plea of AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, an accused in the hospital fire which killed 93 people Dec 9.The court also turned down the prosecution's plea for his police custody and o... Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:22:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Kolkata/AMRI_case_Directors_police_custody_extended_by_3_days__123538 Kolkata: A West Bengal court Tuesday extended by three days the police custody of six Advanced Medicare & Research Institute (AMRI) Hospital directors facing trial in connection with the devastating fire in the medical facility that left 93 ... Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:44:15 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Mamata_Banerjees_mother_passes_away_123474 Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's mother Gayatri Devi passed away at a hospital here Saturday morning following an illness. She was 81."The chief minister's mother passed away around 8.30 a.m. at SSKM Hospital," Tr... Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:41:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Bengal_hooch_tragedy_toll_121_victims_mostly_poor_123458 Diamond Harbour (West Bengal), Dec 15 (IANS) One of the worst ever hooch tragedies in India continued to unfold Thursday, leaving 121 people dead and over 100 in hospitals, as more victims - mostly rickshawpullers, labourers and hawkers - report... Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:12:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Moonshine_kills_63_in_Bengal_village__123441 Diamond Harbour (West Bengal),At least 63 people, mostly rickshaw pullers and labourers, died and 80 others were hospitalised Wednesday after consuming spurious liquor in a West Bengal village. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the government w... Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:07:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Kolkata/Day_after_Killer_Kolkata_hospital_turns_into_ghost_house_123368 Kolkata: A day after India saw its worst hospital fire, the AMRI Hospital Annexe 1 building Saturday stood like a ghost building with pieces of glasspanes and stone slabs strewn all around, soot and blood stained floors, the smell of death an... Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:42:20 GMT http://samachaar.in/Kolkata/At_least_73_killed_in_Kolkata_hospital_blaze_123360 Kolkata: More than 70 patients in Kolkata's well known AMRI hospital were killed along with three staffers when a blaze started in the basement of the annexe building early Friday and toxic fumes quickly spread to the other floors, trapping hun... Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:35:32 GMT http://samachaar.in/Kolkata/Hospital_fire_death_toll_now_61_Mamata_123351 Kolkata: The death toll in the fire tragedy in the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata early Friday has shot up to 61, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here.She said 41 of the bodies had been brought to the state-run SSKM Hospital in So... Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:43:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Kolkata/20_feared_dead_in_Kolkata_hospital_fire_Minister_123350 Kolkata: At least 20 people were feared to have suffocated to death in a massive fire that broke out at the AMRI hospital in Dhakuria of south Kolkata early Friday, West Bengal Municipal Affairs minister Firhad Hakim said."From whatever ... Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:06:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Kishenjis_niece_identifies_his_body_123166 West Midnapore (West Bengal),  The body of one of the top Maoist leaders Kishenji, who was killed in a gun fight with security forces, was Saturday identified by his niece Deepa Rao, Maoist ideologue P.Varvara Rao said."Deepa has identi... Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:38:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Kolkata/12_pilgrims_killed_in_Bengal_accident_122726 Kolkata: Twelve pilgrims going to Puri in Orissa were killed and 14 injured when their bus was hit by an oil tanker in West Bengal's West Midnapore district in the early hours of Friday, police said.An officer manning the state police control r... Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:03:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Pranab_dons_the_priests_robe_during_Durga_Puja_122432 Miriti (West Bengal), Oct 5 (IANS) Far from the 2G spectrum row and chairing meetings of G-24 countries, union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has yet again donned the priest's robe for the traditional Durga Puja celebrations at his ancestral... Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:39:32 GMT http://samachaar.in/Festivals/___Guns_give_way_to_Puja_revelry_in_Maoist_belt_122418 algarh (West Bengal), The festivities of Durga Puja, in celebration of the goddess and her 'children' descending on earth, have begun across West Bengal -- including in the Maoist belt of West Midnapore district, otherwise synonymous with violence.&... Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:12:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/250_mn_World_Bank_credit_for_West_Bengal_farmers_122400 Washington: The World Bank has approved a $250 million credit and loan to the West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project (ADMIP) for increasing agricultural production of small and marginal farmers.About 139,000 hectares of... Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:41:49 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Court_calls_Singur_land_act_valid_122319 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday declared as valid and constitutional the Singur land act passed by the West Bengal government led by Mamata Banerjee.Delivering the judgement in a packed court room, Justice Indra Prasanna Mukherjee ... Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:08:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Hopping_from_Germany_to_galaxy_to_Kashmir_at_Puja_pandals_122127 Kolkata: Hopping around Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata this year could take you on a tour of Germany  Kashmir and even planets and asteroids! With budgets running into millions of rupees  organisers are set to usher in the socio-religious c... Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:51:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Injured_man_resembling_Delhi_blast_suspect_arrested_in_Howrah_121998 Kolkata: A man in his late thirties with injuries similar to that caused in an explosion and resembling the sketch of one of the suspects in the Delhi High Court blast has been arrested in West Bengal's Howrah district, according to police.Syed ... Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:34:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Bengal_Congress_leaders_meet_Rahul_complain_about_Trinamool_121906 Kolkata/New Delhi: A group of 25 Congress leaders from West Bengal Monday called on party general secretary Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi and complained to him that the Trinamool Congress was trying to "finish off" the party in the state.T... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:57:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/__West_Bengal_to_be_christened_Paschim_Banga_Minister_121297 Kolkata: The West Bengal government and the opposition parties Friday unanimously decided to rename the state Paschim Banga, state Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee announced.  ”It has been unanimously decided by all the parties... Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:25:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/One_killed_35_injured_in_Bengal_train_accident__120923 Kolkata: One person was killed and at least 35 people were injured when the engine and six coaches of the Bangalore-bound Guwahati-Bangalore Express derailed and were hit by a passenger train passing on the adjacent tracks in West Bengal's Malda... Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:23:53 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Mamata_tames_pricey_hilsa_120522 Kolkata: By a curious coincidence, within days of new Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shooting off a missive to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to help lower the price of Bangladeshi hilsa, the hugely popular but expensive fish now costs less.&nbsp... Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:31:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Mamata_announces_projects_for_north_Bengal_120516 Siliguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday launched a host of projects for north Bengal and slammed the main opposition Left Front for trying to ignite problems in the hills.The projects include air service between Cooch Behar ... Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:33:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/__Shutdown_in_Siliguri_Dooars_against_Darjeeling_accord_120507 Siliguri (West Bengal), July 18 (IANS) Life in West Bengal's Siliguri sub-division and Dooars in neighbouring Jalpaiguri was partly hit on day one of a 48-hour shutdown to protest the tri-partite Darjeeling accord signed Monday.  The shutd... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:29:31 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Pintail_adds_another_twist_in_Darjeelings_politics_120493 Sukna (West Bengal), July 18 (IANS) Witness to several twists and turns in the politics of West Bengal's troubled hill areas, the Pintail village, a tourist resort, Monday was the venue of a new accord on setting up a new development agency for the ... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:08:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Mamata_announces_sops_for_Maoistaffected_areas_120343 Nayagram (West Bengal), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday announced a development package for Maoist-affected districts, asserting that violence will not be tolerated.  on her first visit to rebel-affected districts after ... Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:10:32 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/___In_Singur_farmers_line_up_for_land__finally_120227 Singur (West Bengal), July 8 (IANS) The municipal office in this industrial town in West Bengal throbs with activity as hundreds of farmers gather daily to submit their applications for reclaiming land.   Hope is running high among fa... Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:46:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Singur_welcomes_verdict_on_Greater_Noida_land_return_120160 Singur (West Bengal), The farmers of Singur in West Bengal Wednesday expressed happiness over the Supreme Court's decision to quash the acquisition of land in Shahberi village of Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida."We are happy that the farmers ... Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:32:53 GMT http://samachaar.in/West_Bengal/Court_rejects_Tatas_plea_on_Singur_land_119961 Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Monday rejected Tata Motors' plea to restrain the West Bengal government from returning land in Hooghly district's Singur to farmers from whom it was taken by the Left Front regime for the company's smalll car p... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:41:05 GMT