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Argentina vsVenezuela friendly: India all set for Messi magic
An Indian history is only hours away from the making, with the first ever FIFA Official International Friendly in the country set to kick off on Friday (7pm IST) featuring superstar Lionel Messi-led s
Menon calls on Bengal CM
National security adviser Shivshankar Menon on Wednesday called on chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the Writers’ Buildings. This meeting assumes significance before Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s two-day visit to Bangladesh, which will commence on September 6.
Justice Soumitra Sen resigns
Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court resigned on Thursday, five days before his impeachment motion was to taken up in the Lok Sabha.
"I have put in my papers today," Justice Sen, against w
Stringent security arrangement for Messi and Co
With Lionel Messi's Argentina all set to play their FIFA international friendly match against Venezuela on Friday, the police are not taking any chances and tight security arrangements have been put i
Organisational goof-up ahead of Messi match
In yet another case of organisational mismanagement, the police on Thursday spotted security-related loopholes in the media accreditation cards for the Lionel Messi-starrer Argentina versus Venezuela
Lionel Messi arrives in Kolkata for Venezuela friendly
Lionel Messi kept his date with the football crazy city as he landed in the wee hours of Wednesday but by giving miss to the thousands of hysteric fans who gathered at the airport in the unearthly hou
A flight to remember for a Messi co-passenger
Muscat-based marine engineer Amrit Sarkar who boarded Qatar Airways' flight No QR 294 will forever remember his flight from Doha to Kolkata all his life as you don't always have the privilege of being
Jet lagged Messi attends full practice session under new coach
Argentina captain and star forward Lionel Messi, who arrived in the wee hours today, defied jet lag and fatigue to join his teammates for a full practice session under new coach Alejandro Sabella at t
Investment in Bengal only if no hostilities: Tata
Tata Group will invest in West Bengal only if it is satisfied that the state government has no hostility towards it, the conglomerate's chairman Ratan Tata said here on Tuesday.
"There is a need for
A little Argentina in Kolkata
Hours before superstar Lionel Messi is slated to set foot in this soccer-mad city, a little Argentina has sprung up in the southern outskirts of India's eastern metropolis.
An 18-foot flex cut-out of
