July 5, 2007
Career needs of GeNext
The “first-ever” career lounge in the city — a hang-out, counselling centre and training institute rolled into one — will open in Chowringhee on Thursday.
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The next 48 hours will decide whether Tuesday’s torrent was a crescendo or just a curtain-raiser.
A monster is hovering in the Bay of Bengal, unable to make up its mind whether to hit Calcutta or move elsewhere.
More on Monster monsoon - Pray for wind: Calcutta faces threat of bigger torrent in 48 hours
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Even a kid would have wondered at the simple calculation: a year with 642 days!
More on Job given for 642 days a year - Facts of labour in NREGA records
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July 2, 2007
Matters of taste: Indians wake up to smoked food
I don’t smoke, yet I love it. Just not tobacco and inhaled. What I love is the faintly acrid, aromatic woody tang of smoked salmon, smoked sausage, smoked cheese or Lapsang Souching, the Chinese tea that is smoked over pinewood. Smoking foods has to be done carefully since if it is too intense, it can be astringent and drown out other tastes. Ideally it should be a counterpoint, not blending in completely into the dish, but offering an equal contrast so your palate can go from the first shock of the smoke to the taste of the dish itself and then back to the smoky taste and back again.
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July 1, 2007
Daughter killed in dowry fear
Stray dogs revealed the bitterest truth what people in Chandankiyari would have never known: murder of a girl by her father. Nirmal Mahto, who allegedly killed his 17-year-old daughter Jalshpi Kumaria fearing a hefty dowry demand, is absconding with his family.
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June 30, 2007
Boy in tug-of-custody tears
Four months shy of his fourth birthday, Somsubhra Roy found himself at the centre of a heart-rending tug of love in a packed courtroom of Calcutta High Court. The boy’s tears were of no avail as the law took its course on Friday afternoon and he was handed over to his father following a protracted custody battle.
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June 29, 2007
India's Chinese community
THE Chinese community in India is largely centred in Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) and has been a part of the city for two centuries.
Most of them are from the Hakka community and they specialise in shoe-making and leather-tanning.
The other members are of Cantonese stock and are mostly carpenters.
Kolkata's Chinatown is in an area called Tangra, which was once dominated by leather tanneries and is now known for its Chinese restaurants.
The community is also known for its dentists and hairdressing salons, which are patronised by Kolkata's rich and famous, says a report by news agency Inter Press Service.
It is reported that there are now 5,000 Indian Chinese living in Kolkata, where once there were 30,000.
Most of the residents have migrated to countries like the UK, US, Canada and Australia.
There was also a Chinatown in the city of Mumbai, but the population has decreased due to migration.
According to Mumbai-based tabloid Mid-Day, there are about 400 members of the Indian Chinese community still living in the city.
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June 28, 2007
Smiling all the way to the Bank
Preity Zinta’s dimpled smile is undoubtedly one of her best assets. And Dr Sunil Bhoolabhai, smile-care expert on the Femina Miss India panel, keeps it looking good. Most top Bollywood stars, including Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Madhuri Dixit and Kareena Kapoor, have had their smiles improved.
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June 27, 2007
TELL ME WHY DO CLOCK RUN CLOCKWISE
Why do clocks run clockwise? Mechanical clocks were invented in the northern hemisphere by inventors who were trying to make models of the sun’s movement in the sky. To watch the sun from the northern hemisphere, you have to face south. Then the sun will rise on your left and pass over your head to set on your right. Since the hour hand on the clock was made to follow the sun’s motion through the sky, it moves from left to right over the top of the clock, that is, clockwise. The hands are modelled after the shadow on a sundial.
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An unborn child bore the brunt of the Nandigram battle over land last night. Kamalini Das was stopped from going to hospital to deliver her baby, allegedly by Bhoomi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee activists, because her husband is a CPM supporter.
More on No mercy on even the unborn - Nandigram mother forced to give birth at home
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Indian police arrested three people in Calcutta and seized 183 kilograms (403 pounds) of coins after the central bank asked police to investigate an unusual coin shortage in the city, officials said Saturday.
Police officers raided a small business in the Girish Park neighborhood on Friday after receiving a tip that a gang was melting coins there to make into shaving blades and metal statues, local police chief Balai Kumar Sanpui said. The metal value of the coins is higher than their face value.
"We found seven steel cabinets and the coins were stacked into them to be melted later," Sanpui said.
Coin shortages in Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal state, spurred the Reserve Bank of India to take emergency measures, distributing millions of coins in an attempt to satisfy demand.
Every working day, 1,500 to 2,000 people stand in lines at the bank to exchange currency notes for coins, many planning to resell them for a profit.
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June 25, 2007
Farm milk everyday keeps asthma away
Little Rhea’s porcelain features contort with pain every time she suffers a fit of cough. In a matter of minutes, her pink face changes various shades to a painful blue, as she doubles over labouring to catch her breath. Rhea is a classic victim of asthma. But a study published recently in the journal Clinical and Experimental Allergy throws up some interesting facts that could come as a ray of hope for children like her.
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17-JAN-08 to 20-JAN-08
Netaji Indoor Stadium & Khudiram Hall Complex
Kolkata- India
International Mining Exhibition offers unparalleled business opportunities for the mining and minerals industry. The exhibition will be held with an unprecedented display of Mining Machinery, Equipment, Mineral Processing procedures, Latest technology & their innovative applications, Safety & Rescue Equipment and Communication & Logistics etc.
Organized By:-
Tafcon Group
C-60, Nizamuddin East
New Delhi, Delhi - 110 013 (India)
Phone: +(91)-(11)-24352141
Fax: +(91)-(11)-24355215
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| 21-DEC-07 to 23-DEC-07 Science City Kolkata- India Kolkata is getting a lot of attention for right reason and Garment & Leather Industry never had better than this. The fact the Government is keen to ensure that textile industry looks up has helped this sector tremendously.
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Rimita Naskar, the 23-year-old college student who went missing from her Salt Lake home on June 12, was brought back to the city from a Baruipur home-cum-madarsa on Thursday night. The home authorities had informed police.
More on Madarsa sends missing girl back, Rimita’s father claims compulsion by zari worker
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