Petrol prike hike: Mamata to march on Kolkata's streets in protest

NDTV Correspondent | Friday May 25, 2012, Kolkata

In what is likely to be a quaint sight, the West Bengal Chief Minister will march from Jadavpur to Hazra in south Kolkata. Her close aid and Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy did his bit yesterday, participating in a Trinamool Congress protest in the city.

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Two-day taxi strike in Kolkata from June 6

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 24, 2012, Kolkata

Commuters in Kolkata will face a tough time on the roads with the biggest union of the taxi operators calling a 48-hour strike from June 6 demanding enhanced night charges.The government recently announced that the commuters would have to pay 15 per cent as night charges between 10.30 pm and 6 am

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Schoolchildren display paintings on Kolkata Metro station walls

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 24, 2012, Kolkata

The walls of Esplanade and Park Street Metro stations in Kolkata have been transformed into a huge canvas with thousands of school children displaying their paintings on the subject of malnutrition.

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IIM-Calcutta Executives batch bags Rs 24 lakh in average salary

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 21, 2012, Kolkata

The fifth batch of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta's (IIM-C) Post-graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX) got placed successfully with the highest salary offered being Rs 28 lakh per annum. The batch comprised 44 students, of whom seven did not participate in the placement process. The average salary was around Rs 24 lakh per annum, according to an IIM statement.

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Supreme Court allows entry of devotees inside Kolkata's Kalighat temple

NDTV Correspondent | Monday May 21, 2012, New Delhi

The Supreme Court today stayed the Calcutta High Court order which had banned the entry of devotees into the sanctum sanctorum of the famed Kalighat temple in Kolkata.

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On one year of Mamata Banerjee's government, Kolkata treated to 'Ma Mati Manush' song at traffic signals

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 20, 2012, Kolkata

In addition to Rabindranath Tagore songs, pedestrians and motorists in the city are now being treated to a song glorifying the theme "Ma Mati Manush" at traffic intersections to commemorate the completion of the first year of the Mamata Banerjee government.

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Woman alleges rape by tenants, says they filmed the incident

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 19, 2012, Kolkata

A woman was allegedly raped by two of her tenants in north Kolkata last month, police said on Saturday, adding she complained that her attackers had also filmed the entire incident which deterred her from reporting the case to the police earlier.

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Farmers to get Rs 1000 a month till Singur case is settled: Mamata Banerjee

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 19, 2012, Kolkata

Farmers in Singur, who unwillingly parted with their land for the Tata Nano car project and did not take compensation, would be given Rs 1000 a month, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced today.

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Cartoon row: Mamata loses cool, storms out of live TV session

Press Trust of India | Friday May 18, 2012, Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lost her cool and stormed out of an interactive TV session in Kolkata when members of audience asked her about the arrest of a professor for forwarding a cartoon lampooning her.

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Visva-Bharati wants to bid again for World Heritage tag

Press Trust of India | Friday May 18, 2012, Kolkata

Visva-Bharati University will make a fresh bid to include Rabindranath Tagore's abode Shantiniketan in the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites, though such an attempt last year had ended in failure.

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