Everything you need to know about Dhakuria Kali Bari: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Dhakuria Kali Bari: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Florence, May 23 (IANS/AKI) A 68-year-old American tourist underwent emergency surgery to remove a kidney after he was stabbed in Italy's Florence city.
Islamabad, May 19 (IANS) Though Hindus have richly contributed in the economic prosperity and development of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province since pre-partition days, they are today faced with the dilemma of survival and living "dangerously".
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Ranbir Kapoor, who is playing the role of a travel videographer in his upcoming film- 'Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani', revealed some of his travel secrets while promoting the film in Mumbai.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) Ram Kali, 107, Uttar Pradesh's oldest prisoner, died late Sunday at the Bulandshahr jail, 403 km from here, police said.
Jaipur, May 10 (IANS) The second edition of Rajasthan Fashion Week (RFW) 2013 began at the Fairmont here Friday with Mumbai-based designer Vikram Phadnis showcasing Rajasthan's traditional outfits and accessories for both men and women.
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) The over 200-year-old Kalighat Kali temple, one of the city's landmarks visited by tens of thousands of devotees and tourists every day, is set for a makeover, thanks to the intervention of the judiciary.
Ranchi, May 10 (IANS) A senior constable was arrested in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on charges of trying to sacrifice two girls, police said Friday.
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) West Bengal Police Tuesday quizzed four more people, including a director of one of the Saradha Group of companies, as 41 vehicles of the group were "secured" in the aftermath of the collapse of the chit fund company.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Busy schedules of parents are increasingly deprieving their children of their company and hence, they are growing up cocooned in their own world. A study by Assocham Ladies League (ALL) shows that over 65 percent of youngsters between the age of eight and 24 get to spend less than one hour with their parents.
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Bollywood's famed Kapoor family has made a lot of contribution to the film industry, and it is keeping up with the times, says late superstar Shammi Kapoor's actor son Aditya Raj Kapoor, awaiting the release of his project "Parents".
Rayagada District (Odisha), April 27 (ANI): At least 20 persons have been killed and 25 injured, 12 of them seriously, after a tractor carrying a marriage party fell into a gorge in Odisha's Rayagada District on Friday.
New Delhi, April 18 (ANI): Hundreds of devotees in Delhi offered special prayers at temples on the occasion of the Maha Asthami on Thursday, which marks the penultimate day of the nine-day Navratri festival, dedicated to Hindu mother goddess.
Siliguri (West Bengal), April 15 (ANI): Hindu devotees in Siliguri pierced their bodies and hung from metal hooks while paying homage to Lord Shiva to mark the end of the Bengali calendar.
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) Devotees thronged the temples of goddess Kali at Kalighat and Dakshineshwar and people greeted each other with sweets as West Bengal ushered in the Bengali new year 1420.
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) Contrary to his big screen image of a villain, in real life Pran is a "gentleman" with an immense attitude to "professional behaviour", says Amitabh Bachchan and adds that he is happy that the 93-year-old has been named for the Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha feels that the Dadasaheb Phalke award has come to Pran, an actor par excellence, "too late" but adds that the 93-year-old deserves the honour and it is "better late than never".
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) The Dadasaheb Phalke Award has come in late for Bollywood's iconic villain Pran, says his daughter Pinky. Members of the film fraternity too feel the same.
Tripoli, April 11 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Libya have held discussions over existing bilateral cooperation in oil and gas fields and ways to boost them.
Rome, March 22 (IANS) Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Friday that a diplomatic row over returning the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen had been "necessary" to make sure the two men did not face the death penalty.
Johannesburg, Feb 15 (ANI): The upcoming Indian film Kai Po Che, a film about cricket, politics and love, has wowed the audience at the Berlin film festival on Thursday.
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Concerned over the "inhuman" living conditions in a state-run home for vagrants in the metropolis, the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) has ordered the state government to conduct a probe into the reported death of 96 inmates last year.
Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) As peace returns to Kashmir, Bollywood too is returning -- with cast and crew to shoot in dream outdoor locales of the snow-filled valley -- much before almond and cherry blossoms herald spring.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore has been named for the Padma Bhushan on the eve of 64th Republic Day.
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen Friday shot dead a man and his son in Pakistan's Quetta city, a day after three deadly blasts killed at least 84 people, a media report said.
Moscow, Jan 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 50 Yemeni women were arrested last year on murder charges with most of them accused of killing their husbands, the Yemeni interior ministry has said in a report.
London, Jan 1 (ANI): Pakistan has released four more Afghan Taliban prisoners, including former justice minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) Pakistan has freed four senior Taliban leaders, including a former justice minister, at the request of the Afghan government.
Bangalore, Dec 25 (IANS) In a pulsating contest typical of any encounter between the arch rivals, Pakistan beat India by five wickets in the first T20 tie in a jam-packed Chinnaswamy stadium here late Tuesday.
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Shocked over gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in the capital, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says it is "atrocious and unforgivable" and that "even an animal would not behave so".
London, December 6 (ANI): A new has demonstrated for the first time that a simple breath test could be used for colorectal cancer screening.
London, December 5 (ANI): A breath-test that they can accurately tell if a person has bowel cancer has been developed.
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee distributed Kali Puja 'prasad' and greeted guests from various parts of the state and abroad as long queues of people were seen at her residence here Wednesday.
Amritsar, Oct.23 (ANI): Pakistani rights activist and former minister for human rights Ansar Burney performed the Kumari Puja here.
Islamabad, Oct 20(ANI): Former Pakistan captain Wasim Bari has been assigned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to represent it at the two Twenty20 matches between and All Star Pakistan XI and an International World XI teams.
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IANS) Former India cricketer V.V.S. Laxman who has played many a memorable innings at the city's hallowed Eden Gardens Thursday attributed his success to goddess Kali at the Kalighat temple.
Kolkata, Oct 15 (IANS) Hundreds of kites dotted the sky above the sprawling Brigade Parade Ground here Monday at the one-day International Kite Festival which kicked off the Kolkata Tourism Festival organised by the West Bengal government.
The Hague, Sep 17 (IANS) PSV Eindhoven suffered a shock 0-1 loss at FC Utrecht, while leaders FC Twente maintained their perfect record in the Dutch football's Eredivisie.
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will pay his first visit to his home state West Bengal after taking over the nation's top post Sep 14-16 during which he will be accorded a civic reception by the Mamata Banerjee government, officials said.
Srinagar, Aug 28 (IANS) People have started calling it the Shah Rukh Khan factor -- Kashmir perhaps could not have had better brand ambassador than the Yash Chopra film unit shooting in the valley.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today greeted the nation ahead of the auspicious occasion of Onam, which marks the beginning of the harvest season.
Delhi Police have prepared major arrangements during Janmashtmi for the visit of Lazmi Narayan Temple. Due to heavy gathering and security reasons, police have deployed major security arrangements during the festivals.
Karachi, July 25 (ANI): Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Bari has handed over his charge of Director of Education and Anti-Corruption at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after an unfruitful wait of three weeks for his contract to be extended.
Directed by Rajan Khosa under the banner of Children's Film Society-India, Gattu is a story of small child who is very poor but his dreams are bigger. Gattu cant afford to go to school but always sees the slogan 'Truth with victory in the end' in the school where he lives.
Bangalore, July 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party, particularly its patriarch L. K. Advani, is a strong advocate of fixed tenure for legislatures to avoid pre-term elections. However his party's waiting game over ending the infighting in its ruling Karnataka unit is making his own partymen in the state pine for assembly polls ahead of term.
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Nandita Das says that "Gattu" is the first work by Children's Film Society, India to be released commercially.
Lahore, June 30 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued termination notices to 18 of its employees in a bid to reduce its administrative expenses.
Islamabad, June 20 (ANI): A three member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has concluded the Kohistan killings case, stating that the girls in question have been found alive and the claim of the killings was false.
Islamabad, June 17 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activist Farzana Bari has said the identities of the two girls presented before the fact-finding commission, constituted by the apex court to probe the Kohistan video scandal, are controversial.
Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) They exulted in joy and distributed sweets when Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's candidature for the country's presidency was announced Friday. Now they are eagerly waiting to be neighbours of India's first citizen.
Washington, June 15 (ANI): Researchers who examined the link between metabolic syndrome and cognitive disorders has stressed the need for new lines of research to identify effective therapeutic targets.
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Dibakar Banerjee's "Shanghai" has broken even and the director says his aim was to create a profit-making venture and not a blockbuster.
Islamabad, June 12 (ANI): Rights activist Dr Farzana Bari, who had visited Pakistan's Kohitsan district as a part of the fact-finding team to meet the five women who were condemned to death by a tribal jirga, said it could not be confirmed whether all the five women are alive.
Kohistan, June 10 (ANI): Questions have been raised over the fate of five Kohistani women, who were condemned to death by a local jirga after a mobile phone footage emerged of them dancing and singing with men at a village wedding, even after social activists have vouched for their safety.
New York, June 9 (IANS) A US court has issued a temporary order of protection against a Long Island pharmacist following his alleged assault on the president of New York Kali Mandir Hindu Temple, an elderly, disabled left-leg amputee.
Rome, June 8 (IANS) At least three people of a family were killed and 10 others injured after two residential buildings crumbled in Italy following a blast, Xinhua reported.
Islamabad, June 7 (ANI): The five Kohistani women suspected of having been murdered by their families, are alive, said Farzana Bari, a member of the team sent to Kohistan on the orders of the Supreme Court to ascertain the status of the women.
Islamabad, June 7 (ANI): The five Kohistani women suspected of having been murdered by their families, are alive, said Farzana Bari, a member of the team sent to Kohistan on the orders of the Supreme Court to ascertain the status of the women.
Rome (Italy), June 7 (Xinhua-ANI): Two residential buildings collapsed in southern Italy on Thursday following a big explosion caused by a gas leak, injuring at least 10 people.
New York, May 29 (IANS) "Gattu", a film about a street kid's ambition to be a kite flying champ, made a mark at the New York Indian Film Festival by winning two awards - best film and best young actor award for child artist Mohd. Samad.
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) An American brewery faced widespread criticism and protests from the Hindu community after it named its latest drink after goddess Kali, but ironically enough liquor is one of the essential offerings made to a deity widely worshipped throughout Bengal and symbolises femnine energy.
London, May 24 (ANI): British stuntman Gary Connery has become the world's first skydiver to leap 2400 feet and safely land without deploying a parachute.
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Friday granted anticipatory bail to Preeti Surekha, one of AMRI Hospital directors, against whom an arrest order was issued after a fire last December claimed 94 lives, mostly patients.
Washington, May 15 (IANS) A US brewer says it is "scrambling" to rename its new beer "Kali-ma", after the Hindu goddess Kali, following an outpouring of criticism from Hindus with the issue being raised in the Indian parliament.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The issue of a beer named "Kali-Ma", after the Hindu goddess Kali, being sold by a company in the US was raised in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding that the government immediately summon the US ambassador.
Kathmandu, May 14 (IANS) Thirteen Indians on a pilgrimage and two crew members were killed when a 20-seater plane slammed into a cliff in western Nepal Monday, authorities said. The six who dramatically survived included three Indians including two young girls.
Kathmandu, May 14 (IANS) Thirteen Indians were among the 15 people killed when their 20-seater aircraft slammed into a cliff in western Nepal Monday, less than seven months after 10 Indian tourists were killed in an air accident. Six people miraculously survived the crash.
Kathmandu, May 14 (IANS) At least seven Indians were among those killed when an airplane carrying 21 people crashed on a cliff in western Nepal, less than seven months after 10 Indian tourists were killed in an aircrash.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) After its nominees won the mayoral elections unopposed in the east and north municipal corporations in the national capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday scored a triple bagging the vaunted post in south Delhi also.
BJP has clinched all the three mayor seats in the trifurcated MCD in Delhi.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) An increasing number of women are now stepping out in the world of literature to shape up the voice of feminist authors, feel well-known women authors and publishers.
London, Apr 27 (ANI): Egypt's new Islamist-dominated parliament is preparing to introduce a controversial law that would allow husbands to have sex with their deceased wives up to six hours after death.
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) The AMRI Hospital authorities are planning to reopen a portion of their complex in Dhakuria, sealed off by Kolkata Police after a major fire choked 94 people to death in one hospital building last December.
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Rome, April 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated by prosecutors over accusations that he induced a witness to lie about alleged sex parties at his homes.
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Public sector National Insurance Company (NIC) Thursday said it is in the process of inspecting and assessing the claim for the damage caused due to a massive fire at AMRI Hospital that claimed 94 lives last December.
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) People greeted each other with a warm 'shubho nabo borsho' and exchanged sweets or visited temples to pray for a good year as West Bengal Saturday celebrated the Bengali new year 1419 or 'Poila Baishak'.
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Thursday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director S.K. Todi, who was booked with 15 others in connection with the fire tragedy at the medical centre that claimed 94 lives last December.
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Two army personnel rescued four people from drowning in river Hooghly after they were caught in a high tide here Sunday. Soldiers of Inland Water Transport (IWT) Operating Unit of the Corps of Engineers were involved in the rescue act.
Jaipur, April 7 (IANS) Supporters of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, arrested by the CBI for a staged shootout, clashed with police at three places here and damaged public transport buses and shops during a shutdown called by the party, police said.
Rome, April 3 (IANS) Defender Andrea Masiello of Italian Serie A football club Atalanta has been arrested for alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal.
Margao, March 31 (IANS) Defending champions Salgaocar Sports Club relied on a solitary penalty strike from Ryuji Sueoka to scrape past Air India in a 22nd round I-League clash at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Saturday.
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Wednesday granted bail to two directors of the AMRI Hospital who spent nearly four months in custody after they were arrested for the fire tragedy which claimed 94 lives late last December.
Kolkata, Dec.9 (ANI): Six board members of the Kolkata-based private super-speciality AMRI Hospital have been arrested by police on charges of negligence.
New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec 9 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the fire accident at AMRI Hospital in Kolkata.
Kolkata, Dec 9 (ANI): With over 70 people dying in a massive fire that broke out in the centrally air-conditioned private hospital at Dhakuria in the southern fringes of Kolkata this morning, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) lawmaker Basudev Acharya termed it a shameless incident and accused the West Bengal Government of working irresponsibly.
New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec 9 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday expressed his heartfelt condolences over the deaths of victims in the tragic fire at Kolkata's Amri Hospital.
Kolkata, Dec 9 (ANI): Hours after a major fire broke out at the AMRI Hospital in Kolkata, fire fighters and rescue workers continue to dig out bodies of patients, who were choked to death after being trapped inside the centrally air-conditioned private hospital located at Dhakuria.
New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec 9 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday expressed grief over the death of innocent people killed in the fire that broke out at the AMRI Hospital in Kolkata this morning.
Kolkata, Dec 9 (ANI): The death toll in Kolkata's AMRI hospital fire has climbed up to forty.
Kolkata, Dec 9 (ANI): At least 22 people are feared killed in a devastating fire which broke out in the basement of the AMRI hospital in Kolkata's Dhakuria area.
Kolkata, Dec.9 (ANI): A major fire engulfed a private hospital in Kolkata early on Friday morning.
Kolkata, Dec.9 (ANI): A major fire engulfed a private hospital in Kolkata early on Friday morning.
Islamabad, Dec 3 (ANI): Textile industry leaders in Pakistan have said granting the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India will eliminate value-added sector, which is providing jobs to millions and contributing more than any commercial sector of the economy to export earnings.
Kabul, Nov 6(ANI): Afghan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have captured a mid-level Taliban leader during a cordon and search operation in Afghanistan.
Karachi, Oct 20(ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given a thumbs-up to Pakistan's fight against corruption in the game, according to a news report.
London, Oct 4 (ANI): The inside of the nose could help pinpoint the time of death, especially if it was within the previous 24 hours, scientists say.
London, Sept 16 (ANI): Silvio Berlusconi hired more than 30 women, most of them prostitutes, to attend his infamous 'bunga bunga' parties at his mansion in Rome, Italian investigators said on Thursday.
Karachi, Sept 9(ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board's Education and Training Programme is paying dividends, as the players have stopped inviting scandals by ignoring strangers and staying away from prohibited ways of communication, according to programme in-charge Wasim Bari.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Onam.
New Delhi, Sep 8 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansai has greeted the people of the country on the auspicious occasion of Onam.
