Abhijit Dey

A Class XI student, Abhijit Dey (17), was found dead by the railway track at Dakshindari near south Dum Dum on Monday around 7.30am, 11 days after he was reported missing.

Less than a month ago - on October 7 - a taxi driver had duped a homemaker, claiming the two Rs 500 notes that she had paid him with were actually Rs 50 notes.

Tripura produced a collective bowling effort to reduce Goa to 220 for eight and stand in the verge of taking the vital first innings lead in a Group C Ranji Trophy cricket match, here today.

Tripura took a vital first innings 116-run lead against Assam in the four-day Ranji Trophy plate-B match on the second day.

CHANDANNAGAR: With the festive season due to start, Chandannagar electricians are once again in focus for their innovative lighting displays at the pandals.

Around 15 delivery boys of an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) distributor at Sulekha More near Jadavpur were stopped by locals in Diamond Harbour on Wednesday when they were heading towards home in two vehicles to give money to their families.

60 out of 29,000 villages in Karnataka have been declared smokeless by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) with 100% LPG penetration in these areas.

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police on Thursday unearthed an export scam at one of the country’s oldest iron and steel company, IISCO. Four people, including an IISCO official, were arrested.

Abhijit Dey, assistant general manager-LPG, IndianOil, says they have received hardly any response."The declaration of high income and related giving up of subsidy is voluntary..

Manoj Tiwary returned to form with a patient hundred and helped Bengal take a 219-run first innings lead over Tripura in their Ranji Trophy Plate League encounter.

The officials of Gour Banga University (GBU) were scared to death after a toy pistol was seized from the SFI leader and local committee secretary Zakir Hossain on Thursday.

Among the many participants, the HSBC Bird Race also had an all woman team in the fray.

Gour Banga University is rocked by allegations of admission given to a girl in the education department in violation of the merit list.

KOLKATA: Two frail men pushing their small boat out to sea even as a storm builds up in the distance. The picture of their defiance of nature for the sake of survival (see page three), taken on the beach of Puri, has got city resident Soma Mallik (28) the coveted first prize in the Commonwealth Photographic Awards for the year 2002-03.

Overnight unbeaten batsmen Bishal Ghosh and Rakesh Solanki scored half-centuries and shared a 100-run partnership to ensure the valuable first-innings lead for the visitors

In rural Karnataka, 3,860 households will no longer have to waste time over fetching precious firewood, inhale soot or blow their lungs out to cook a day's meal.

The oil-marketing companies are sending text messages to LPG consumers asking them to give up subsidy if their spouse's annual income exceeds Rs 10 lakh, but they are clueless on how to implement the Centre's rule.