Everything you need to know about East Midnapore: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about East Midnapore: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
United Nations, May 1 (IANS) A new UN report Monday warned that despite signs that economic growth has resumed in some regions, the global employment situation is alarming and shows no signs of recovery in the near future.
Macao, Apr 30 (Xinhua-ANI): A rare piece of parietal-bone relic of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, has been enshrined for public worship in the Macao East Asian Games Dome on Monday afternoon shortly after it arrived from Hong Kong.
Lalgarh (West Bengal), April 24 (IANS) West Bengal aims to give 60 days of work to each household under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the coming year, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday.
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London, Apr 24 (ANI): Peter Andre's cafe has been slammed by health inspectors for having dirty floors and overflowing garbage bins.
Washington, April 21 (ANI): A new study in India has revealed that women with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) receive inferior or less aggressive treatment compared to men.
Jakarta, Ape 21(ANI): Ten men and a woman have been publicly caned for gambling and indulging in immoral behavior under the Islamic law that is followed in the conservative Aceh province of Indonesia, according to the authorities.
As per reports actress Jennifer Aniston has sold two of her New York apartments. The actress had to bear a loss of $500,000 in this deal.
New York, April 21 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Aniston has reportedly sold two of her New York apartments at a loss of $500,000.
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday alleged that an official at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's secretariat was not being arrested despite a non-bailable case against him and was using his clout to subvert the legal process.
Margao, April 20 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) disciplinary committee Friday fined East Bengal's Australian striker Tolgay Ozbey for assaulting the Nehru Stadium's senior ground supervisor Raju Adpaikar during an I-League clash here in January.
Margao, April 20 (IANS) Dempo made history in Indian football here Friday as they won the I-League crown for a record fifth time with a goalless draw against East Bengal at the Nehru Stadium here in Fatorda.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The 19th century paintings of Kalighat in West Bengal mirrored a phase of socio-political transition when the feudal Bengali gentry was opening up to European influences under pressure from the East India Company.
Moscow, April 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A UN commission has found serious human rights violations committed by Syria's opposition movement, a Russian minister has said.
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) A woman in West Bengal attempted suicide after she was molested and her family members were beaten up by a group of people for her refusal to join the Trinamool Congress, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Against the backdrop of tensions in South China Sea and China's assertiveness, India and the US Tuesday held their fifth regional dialogue on Asia-Pacific, with US Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell lauding India's "enormously important" role in the region.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) India and the US Tuesday held their fifth regional dialogue on Asia-Pacific to take stock of the present strategic, economic and security situation in the region, amidst rising tension in South China Sea over territorial disputes and a defiant North Korea's failed attempt at a rocket launch.
New Delhi, Apr 17 (ANI): Expressing happiness over the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election results, which clearly indicate a major victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior party leader Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that urban voters are fed up with the Congress party.
New Delhi, Apr 17 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on Tuesday leading in all three municipal corporation areas of Delhi.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Against the backdrop of tensions in South China Sea and the recent defiant rocket launch by North Korea, India and the US Tuesday will hold a dialogue on issues related to East Asia, part of a string of interactions that seeks to impart a fresh momentum to India-US ties.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): At least 20 percent of polling was registered till noon in the ongoing Delhi municipal polls on Sunday.
London, Apr 15 (ANI): A pub in London, where David Beckham used to drink with his grandfather, has been saved from being taken down.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta on Sunday expressed confidence that his party would win in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): Polling for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections for 272 seats is going on today.
Moscow, April 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four Russian warships from the Pacific Fleet, as well as support vessels, warplanes, helicopters and naval infantry, will leave the country's Vladivostok city Sunday for a joint exercise with Chinese naval forces, said a spokesman for the fleet.
Baghdad, April 13 (IANS) Iraq will start receiving 40 Boeing commercial airplanes, as the first step in re-establishing its scheduled commercial aviation operations, Xinhua reported.
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) People came out of their homes and offices, buildings developed cracks and Metro services were halted Wednesday as twin tremors from the massive earthquake that hit Indonesia were felt in west Bengal, including capital Kolkata.
Washington, April 11 (ANI): During the last interglacial period, approximately 120,000 years ago, Dead Sea came close to drying up entirely, researchers under a drilling project have found.
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): Reacting to report of hijacking of 17 Indian citizens by Somali pirates, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi has called for the need to establish a global treaty to combat such crimes on high seas.
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Italian lovers can now gift roses from West Bengal to their sweethearts, with the state government planning to tap the European nation's market for exporting the flower, said an official here Sunday.
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) A young jilted lover stabbed a girl to death in front of her father in East Midnapore's Tamluk, some 80 km from here, police said Sunday.
Beijing, April 6 (IANS) China has published a list of six Islamist terrorists who trained in Pakistani camps and announced it was freezing their funds and assets.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Two of the largest networks from emerging nations with socialist tilts - the Youth Time and the World Public Forum - have forged a link with India's youth. With help from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), they have set up an "India Youth Forum".
London, Apr 1 (ANI): F1 racer Paul Di Resta's glamorous cousin Alanna has been fined for speeding at 100mph.
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) Compared to potential threats from nuclear states, nuclear terrorism is a more urgent threat, the online edition of China's People's Daily warned Thursday.
London, Mar 28 (ANI): Scientists have suggested new age for 'The Great Rift Valley of East Africa'-the birthplace of the human species- asserting that it may have taken much longer to develop than earlier believed.
Washington, March 28 (IANS) Herpetologists have rediscovered a single specimen of the Bururi long-fingered frog during an expedition to Burundi. The species was last spotted in 1949 and was feared to be extinct after decades of turmoil in the East African nation.
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) West Bengal Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee was Tuesday inducted as chairman of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) at a board meeting where it was decided to convert Rs.128-crore debt of the cash-starved company into equity to improve its financial health.
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) A West Bengal court Tuesday sent former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP Laxman Seth and two of his associates, who allegedly plotted the violent incidents in Nandigram in 2007, to judicial custody till April 10.
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) The Chatterjee Group (TCG) chairman and co-promoter of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) Purnendu Chatterjee Monday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the eve of a crucial board meeting of the cash-starved company.
Moscow, March 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket successfully put a US telecom satellite into orbit Monday, space officials said.
London, Mar 26 (ANI): Katarina Witt says that growing up in East Germany worked in her favour as she didn't have to worry about finances because her sport was supported by the state.
Moscow, March 26 (IANS) A Russian rocket carrying a US telecommunications satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan Sunday.
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) East Bengal will have to go to Iraq for the AFC Cup match against Arbil next month without their English coach and Australian star striker as a fall-out of the Iraq war.
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Nearly three million years ago - at a time when climate conditions paralleled those of present times - sea levels stood about 66 feet (20 meters) higher, a new research has revealed.
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Haunted by scams and bullied by its allies, the Congress may have appeased Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by paving way for her nominees to enter the Rajya Sabha, but the development has rekindled discontent among West Bengal Congress members.
Moscow, March 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian rocket will carry a US telecommunication satellite into space Sunday.
Thousands of displaced women and children in Syria will soon get a relief as the Unicef is soon going to work on urgent issues related to health, education and other needs, said a UN spokesman.
United Nations, March 24 (IANS) The Unicef will address urgent issues related to health, education and other needs of thousands of displaced Syrian women and children, a UN spokesman said.
New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will be leaving for the Republic of Korea on an official visit to the nation on Saturday.
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government has instituted the Krishi Ratna award for the best farmer in a block, Finance Minister Amit Mitra announced in his budget speech Friday.
London, Mar 23 (ANI): Tamara Ecclestone, whose boyfriend Omar Khyami has been found out to be an ex-convict who was jailed for 18 months for selling stolen expensive watches, is standing by her man and not dumping him despite his criminal past.
London, March 17 (ANI): A new study has lowered past estimates of sea-level rise, but warns that it's still a drastic change.
London, March 17 (ANI): A new study has lowered past estimates of sea-level rise, but warns that it's still a drastic change.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Researchers have discovered fossils of a previously unknown group of Stone Age people from two caves in south-west China, which give an unusual glimpse of a recent stage of human evolution with startling implications for the early peopling of Asia.
Damascus, Mar 14(ANI): People detained by the Syrian authorities are being systematically and routinely tortured, an Amnesty International report has claimed.
Damascus, Mar 14(ANI): People detained by the Syrian authorities are being systematically and routinely tortured, an Amnesty International report has claimed.
New Delhi, Mar 12 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday said that India's partnerships with the major world powers continue to develop.
London, Mar 9 (ANI): A group of Iranian women have stripped off for a new video calling for more sexual freedom for women in their native country.
Beijing, Mar 7(ANI): China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has called on the United States to respect his country's interests in the Asia-Pacific region.
Beijing, Mar 7(ANI): China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has called on the United States to respect his country's interests in the Asia-Pacific region.
London, Mar 4 (ANI): Justin Bieber showered his girlfriend Selena Gomez with kisses on his 18th birthday party, as the singer/actress flew from Florida specially for the evening.
London, Mar 4 (ANI): Justin Bieber showered his girlfriend Selena Gomez with kisses on his 18th birthday party, as the singer/actress flew from Florida specially for the evening.
Washington, Mar 3(ANI): US President Barack Obama has warned that he is "not bluffing" on the issue of considering military action against Iran to prevent that country from developing a nuclear bomb.
Washington, Mar 3(ANI): US President Barack Obama has warned that he is "not bluffing" on the issue of considering military action against Iran to prevent that country from developing a nuclear bomb.
London, Feb 29 (ANI): Genome analysis of Oetzi the "Iceman" has revealed new clues of what could be described as the world's oldest murder case.
London, Feb 29 (ANI): Genome analysis of Oetzi the "Iceman" has revealed new clues of what could be described as the world's oldest murder case.
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has always been prepared to go to the extra syllable in his tireless crusade against the dumbing down of Westminster oratory, has earned a place in the record books by uttering the longest word ever used in a Commons speech.
Kolkata, Feb.25 (ANI): At least 23 people, including 20 security personnel were injured after a clash at Salua near Kharagpur in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.
London, Feb 25 (ANI): Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has always been prepared to go to the extra syllable in his tireless crusade against the dumbing down of Westminster oratory, has earned a place in the record books by uttering the longest word ever used in a Commons speech.
Kolkata, Feb.25 (ANI): At least 23 people, including 20 security personnel were injured after a clash at Salua near Kharagpur in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.
London, Feb 24(ANI): The British intelligence service, MI5, has gathered evidence suggesting that as many as 40 young British men, mainly of Somali descent, are fighting alongside al Shabaab, the Somalian militia that is part of Al-Qaeda's loose terror network against UN-backed troops in the devastated country.
London, Feb 24(ANI): The British intelligence service, MI5, has gathered evidence suggesting that as many as 40 young British men, mainly of Somali descent, are fighting alongside al Shabaab, the Somalian militia that is part of Al-Qaeda's loose terror network against UN-backed troops in the devastated country.
London, Feb 21 (ANI): David Beckham has lent his support to a campaign to highlight the famine crisis facing 300,000 children in East Africa.
London, Feb 21 (ANI): Kobe Bryant's estranged wife Vanessa was in New York City with her kids over the weekend, looking for an apartment.
London, Feb 21 (ANI): Kobe Bryant's estranged wife Vanessa was in New York City with her kids over the weekend, looking for an apartment.
London, Feb 21 (ANI): David Beckham has lent his support to a campaign to highlight the famine crisis facing 300,000 children in East Africa.
London, Feb 20 (ANI): Muslim extremists in Britain, who have been jailed for serious terror offenses, are exploiting a security loophole to spread their message of hate from behind bars, it has emerged.
London, Feb 20 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned Israel that military action against Iran would not be a 'wise thing' to do, and insisted that economic sanctions and negotiations must be given 'a real chance' to convince Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
London, Feb 19 (ANI): Dozens of radicalised Muslims in Britain are being trained by militant Islamists to fight in a "holy war" for Al Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda inspired Somali terrorist group, it has emerged.
London, Feb 19 (ANI): Dozens of radicalised Muslims in Britain are being trained by militant Islamists to fight in a "holy war" for Al Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda inspired Somali terrorist group, it has emerged.
London, Feb 18 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned that Iran's nuclear ambitions are likely to trigger 'a new Cold War' in the Middle East, which would be more dangerous than that between the West and the Soviet Union.
London, Feb 18 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned that Iran's nuclear ambitions are likely to trigger 'a new Cold War' in the Middle East, which would be more dangerous than that between the West and the Soviet Union.
London, Feb 17 (ANI): The average Briton spends 29 minutes each morning on snooze in winter, compared to just 17 minutes in summer, a survey has found.
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Former American President Dwight D. Eisenhower had three secret meetings with aliens at a remote air base in New Mexico in 1954, a former US government consultant has claimed.
Cairo, Feb. 13 (ANI): Syria has rejected the Arab League's decision to open communication channels with the opposition and send a joint peacekeeping mission to the chaotic Middle East country.
London, Feb 11 (ANI): Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan has been banned from driving for two months after he was caught driving at 100 mph in a 30 mph zone on Friday.
London, Feb 10 (ANI): Don't expect much in terms of gifts this Valentine's Day if you are dating a German man, as a study has revealed that they are the stingiest.
London, Feb 9 (ANI): The Duchess of Cambridge took up her new role as a charity patron by visiting the National Portrait Gallery for her first major solo engagement.
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Al-Qaeda is currently at "its weakest state" since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, a top security adviser of Britain's Home Office has said.
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Al-Qaeda is currently at "its weakest state" since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, a top security adviser of Britain's Home Office has said.
London, Feb 8 (ANI): Geologists have found a new understanding to the mountain-building process, which had baffled them for decades now, a new study claims.
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): Easterners really do look at the world differently to Westerners, researchers say.
London, Feb 7 (ANI): Seven out of eight ladybird types in the UK have decreased since the harlequin was introduced in 2004, a new study has found.
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): Easterners really do look at the world differently to Westerners, researchers say.
London, Feb 7 (ANI): Seven out of eight ladybird types in the UK have decreased since the harlequin was introduced in 2004, a new study has found.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Katarina Witt, who shot to fame by winning two Olympic gold medals, has said that she was being closely watched by her own country's secret police, the notorious Stasi, than by any of her fans and followers.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Katarina Witt, who shot to fame by winning two Olympic gold medals, has said that she was being closely watched by her own country's secret police, the notorious Stasi, than by any of her fans and followers.
Dubai, Jan 31(ANI): A 28- year old woman has become the first train attendant not only in the Untied Arab Emirates, but in the Middle East.
Washington, Jan 31(ANI): Israel's possible military action against Iran's nuclear program will have a huge impact on the 2012 White House election, an assessment has said.
Dubai, Jan 31(ANI): A 28- year old woman has become the first train attendant not only in the Untied Arab Emirates, but in the Middle East.
