KOLKATA: A key partner in India’s ruling coalition withdrew support from the government on Tuesday in protest over economic reforms unveiled last week, in a blow that threatens the administration of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Published 18 Sep, 2012 07:52pm
KOLKATA: A batch of home-brewed liquor thought to have been laced with the highly toxic chemical methanol has killed 143 people in eastern India, an official said on Thursday.
Published 15 Dec, 2011 09:59pm
KOLKATA Sheathed in 26,500 tonnes of high-tensile steel and capable of handling 100,000 vehicles a day without a...
Published 17 Jul, 2010 12:00am
NAKALI A dried-up and polluted lake in eastern India has become a major pilgrimage site attracting thousands of...
Published 26 May, 2010 12:00am
MARGRAM (India): India’s West Bengal admitted on Wednesday it was falling behind in its battle against bird flu as...
Published 24 Jan, 2008 12:00am
KOLKATA: They have been a feature of Kolkata's streets for more than a century, but communist authorities in the...
Published 30 Nov, 2006 12:00am