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Realty business hots up in Bengal
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Even as industrialists worry over the slow pace of reforms hitting industrial resurgence in West Bengal, one business is growing by leaps and bounds in the state -- real estate. Experts say realty today is one the fastest growing sectors in Bengal's otherwise gloomy economy. One example is Best Western, the world's largest hotel chain, which is upbeat about the state's real

Buried history

Every reunion, it is said, has a hint of the resurrection. The scores of tourists, Indian and foreign, visiting the silent tombs and cemeteries of Kolkata are doing just this. They are resurrecting

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'Central ministries not keen on Bengal'

Days after taking out a protest rally and skipping the third anniversary dinner of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) while disapproving the petrol price rise, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata

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Manmohan Singh promises new national policy on science and technology by year-end
The central government is planning to frame and introduce a new national policy aimed at boosting science and technology, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh revealed here on Saturday.

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Shah Rukh Khan in football to be big gamechanger: Baichung

Kolkata: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's proposed investment in football would be a game changer for the sport in the country, Indian football icon Baichung Bhutia said on Saturday.Khan, co-owner of

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Manmohan Singh lays foundation of Bose Institute in Kolkata
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone of the Bose Institute here on Saturday.

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