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2 held for baby theft in Kolkata

In a dramatic twist in a case of baby theft from Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMCH), the police has recovered the stolen newborn from a childless couple’s house in Karaya area in a successful operation on Sunday evening.

CPM may go for new model

The CPI(M) seems to be in a dilemma over the contour line of its ideological resolution. The question to follow the China or the Cuba (Latin American socialism) line is pressing the party satraps to go for a new model of its own in sync with the changing times.

Trinamul to contest over 100 seats in UP

In what may irk the Congress, its UPA ally Trinamul Congress on Sunday said it will contest over 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh on its own and establish its presence in Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand in the upcoming Assembly polls.

Trinamul man attacks asst. headmaster

After back-to-back assaults on college principals, the assistant headmaster of a Nadia school was attacked by a Trinamul Congress activist. Dipak Guha Roy, the assistant headmaster of Kendriya Adarsh Vidalaya at Madanpur in Chakdah police station area was allegedly caught by the collar and dragged out of his chair by a Trinamul Congress activist Dilip Guha after he refused to promote some students who had failed.

Woman delivers on road, dies

At a time when chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who also holds the health portfolio, is persistently urging the medical fraternity to serve the patients with care, a woman died after giving birth to tw

Fiscal deficit management need of the hour: Pranab

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Faced with a widening fiscal deficit due to a dip in revenue and growth in expenditure, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called for containing the shortfall, saying it should be within a

AMRI Hospital director refused bail

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A court on Friday refused bail to AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, arrested in connection with the Dec 9 fire incident in the high-cost health facility that left 94 dead.

Agarwal, now admitted at

Woman gives birth on road, dies after no admission by hospitals

Denied admission by two government hospitals, a woman died on Friday after giving birth to twins on the pavement, bringing the state-run medical setup under the scanner yet again for alleged negligenc

After 19 months, Kharagpur-Tatanagar night trains to resume

Night running of trains in the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section of South Eastern Railway which had remained suspended after the Jnaneswari train accident at Jhargram in West Bengal on May 28, 2010, will re

Indian economy doing a good job: Stiglitz

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Noted economist Joseph Stiglitz on Wednesday praised Indian economy's performance, saying the country had been doing a good job when institutions in the US and several other countries faltered.

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