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Runners for races in Kolkata

Following are the acceptances for the races to be held here on Wednesday.
1. The Pendragon Handicap 1400 m 2.15 pm: Agnation 60, Secret Hero 59, Earl Of Warwick 58.5, Firing Power 56, Corsica 50.5.
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Mamata formally quits Lok Sabha after winning assembly bypoll

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday resigned as a member of the Lok Sabha from South Kolkata constituency following her maiden entry to the Assembly in a recent bye-election.

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Dunlop suspends work at Bengal tyre factory

Work at tyre-maker Dunlop's factory in Sahagunj area of West Bengal's Hooghly district was suspended on Saturday, five months after a similar temporary shut down in April.

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Stop operation, we will hold arms for a month: Maoists

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The Maoists on Tuesday announced they were prepared to hold arms for a month if the West Bengal government halted the joint security forces' operation to build a congenial atmosphere for dialogue.

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First in decades: Bengal ministers plunge into pujas

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For the first time in three-and-a-half decades, West Bengal's ministers have openly joined in organising Durga Puja celebrations, shedding the political diffidence of the previous leftist government,

Ganguly laughs off Afridi's remark on Sachin

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday laughed off Shahid Afridi's remarks that Sachin Tendulkar was uncomfortable against Shoaib Akhtar's pace, a claim which the Pakistani speedster had made

Mamata to Maoists: No talks with violence on

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has made it clear that the peace process that her government has initiated with the Maoists will be discontinued and joint operations intensified against them, unless the rebels shun violence.

Mamata wins Singur case

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday won a major legal battle against Tata Motors when the Calcutta high court ruled that her government was well within its rights to re-acquire nearly 1,000 acres of land in Singur that the previous state government had allotted to the automobile major for its now defunct Nano plant.

Record bypoll win for Mamata

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Mamata Banerjee could not have asked for better Puja gifts. Wednesday brought “three cheers” for the chief minister of West Bengal. She not only won Bhowanipore Assembly seat by a record margin (78 per cent) and snatched Basirhat North Assembly seat from the Left Front, but also received a most favourable Singur ruling from Calcutta high court.

Mamata government's Singur land act valid: High court

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday upheld as valid the Singur act passed by the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal scrapping the land lease given to Tata Motors in the area.

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