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  • 'New Kolkata airport to be ready in three-four months'
    Kolkata, April 30: The modernisation of the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here is nearing completion and it may become operational in the next three-four months, Union Civil....
  • Two killed after falling from overcrowded Mumbai train
    Mumbai, April 19: Two commuters were killed today when they fell off an overcrowded local train, an official said as the Central Railway's suburban services continued to be disrupted by sig....
  • Kolkata rocked by protests, counter protests
    Kolkata, April 19: Even days after the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor for circulating cartoons involving West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the city continued to be rocked b....
  • Mumbai autorickshaw drivers divided on strike
    Mumbai, April 15: Commuters may hope for some respite as a section of Mumbai's autorickshaw drivers, belonging to unions backed by the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, have dec....
  • SpiceJet makes precautionary landing at Mumbai airport
    New Delhi, April 13: Budget carrier SpiceJet said that its Ahmedabad-to-Chennai flight carrying 106 passengers and crew made a precautionary landing at Mumbai airport early today morning due to....
  • Kolkata auto drivers oppose fuel price hike,block roads in several parts of the city
    Kolkata, April 3: Road blockades in several parts of the city by its auto drivers almost crippled life as office goers and school children were left stranded in the middle of the roads on way t....
  • Six consortiums give bids for sea link
    Mumbai, March 19: Six proposals involving 18 top companies and consortiums have been submitted for India's second sea link, an official said today.

    The Mumbai Metropolitan Region ....
  • Mumbai celebrates Eid-e-Milad
    Mumbai, Feb 5: Homes, mosques, dargahs and madrassas were decked with flags and banners as Muslims across the city today celebrated Eid-e-Milad, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed, with prayers a....
  • Milad celebrated with gaiety in Hyderabad
    Hyderabad, Feb 5: Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed, was celebrated today with gaiety and fervor in Hyderabad and other parts of Andhra Pradesh.

    Meetings, ralli....
  • Special menus in Mumbai hotels for Republic Day
    Mumbai, Jan 24: As the country gears up to celebrate its 63rd Republic Day, hotels in this city are set to welcome guests with enticing special menus and dishes in the three colours of the nati....
  • Protest in Mumbai over toddler's murder
    Mumbai, Jan 19: Over 100 women from a slum in south Mumbai today demonstrated outside two police stations after a three-and-half-year-old girl from the area was found murdered, police said.
  • Mumbai Police claim to have 'broken' underworld's back-bone
    Mumbai, Jan 11: A top Mumbai Police official on Tuesday claimed that the force had 'broken the backbone' of the Mumbai underworld with a multi-pronged strategy.

    "There has....
  • Celebrations galore as 2012 dawns in Kolkata
    Kolkata, Jan 1: Some spent a romantic 'evening in Paris' while others went for a 'mysterious Egyptian night' as Kolkatans ushered in the New Year merrily wining and dining at st....
  • Wild celebrations in Hyderabad
    Hyderabad, Jan 1: Wild celebrations broke out in this city and other parts of Andhra Pradesh to welcome the New Year.

    The city lighted up with firecrackers and echoed with loud cheers....
  • Music, dance and crackers greet New Year in Bangalore
    Bangalore, Jan 1: With foot-tapping music, drum beats, dance, wild cheering and a burst of crackers, as the clock struck 00.00 hours, Bangaloreans greeted 2012 in style.

    Like every ye....
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