15th Kolkata Film Festival was inaugurated by Mani Ratnam, who described Kolkata as the city of films and his mentor Mrinal Sen....
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 Dhaka, Manila, Jakarta and Kolkata are topping a new list of major Asian cities vulnerable to the effects of...
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Chartered Bank opened its first overseas branch in India, at Kolkata, on 12 April 1858. Eight years later the Kolkata agent described the Bank's credit locally as splendid and its business as flourishing, particularly the substantial turnover in rice bills with the leading Arab firms. When The Chartered Bankfirst established itself in India, Kolkata was the most important commercialcity, and was the...
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(DID), Remo D' Souza and Geeta Kapur, were severely injured and admitted to Belle Vue hospital in Kolkata when they had a scooter accident while shooting for the reality show there.Remo was riding a scooter and Geeta was sitting on the side-car when the accident occurred. Though Geeta was discharged from the hospital late Monday night, Remo's condition is bad as he has multiple fractures on his right...
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Kolkata, Nov 2: Members of a fan club of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan in Kolkata celebrated his 44th birthday with much fervour and offered special prayers on Monday.While ''King Khan'' as the heartthrob of millions is popularly known also had a birthday bash in Mumbai, his fans in Kolkata spent every moment throughout the day by praying for his long life and wishing him luck.Members of the Shah...
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Soudhriti Bhabani, Kolkata, Nov 01 : They have been trained to sniff out danger and now dogs with Kolkata Police will be taught to react quickly in a crisis situation - independent of their handlers."We will train the dogs so that they can function like trained human security personnel in real life situations. The grooming will be the same as the training programmes for canines in the elite National...
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KOLKATA:People travelling to USA from Kolkata now have reason to cheer. German carrierLufthansa, which operates three flights out of Kolkata each week, has enteredinto codeshare agreements with American carriers Continental Airlines andJetBlue, allowing seamless travel throughout USA."Many Indianpassengers travel onward to the US and these codeshare flights considerablywiden the travel options available...
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Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen today said that she longed to be back in Kolkata from where she was bundled out on November 21, 2007 after violent street protests by the All India Minority Forum. "I have left everything in Kolkata and I long to return there. I never wanted to leave, but as the government was pressurising me constantly I was forced to," Ms Nasreen said speaking over...
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Kolkata, Nov 2(ANI): Members of a fan club of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan in Kolkata celebrated his 44th birthday with much fervour and offered special prayers on Monday.While 'King Khan' as the heartthrob of millions is popularly known also had a birthday bash in Mumbai, his fans in Kolkata spent every moment throughout the day by praying for his long life and wishing him luck.Members of the Shah...
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AirAsia held an auspicious celebratory event in the city of Kolkata today, to commemorate its successful inaugural flight from Kolkata - Kuala Lumpur. Kolkata is one of the airline’s latest Indian destinations which opened for sale recently, alongside Kochi andThe occasion was honourably graced by the presence of the Honorary Consul for Malaysia in Kolkata H.E. Mr. Sanjay Budhia, Honorableof West Bengal...
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