Potato prices may dip as Bengal plans stock cut The Times Of India KOLKATA | CHANDIGARH: Potato prices may drop as the West Bengal government is all set to offload 1 million tonne (mt) in the market by next week to rapidly cut excess stocks. Output in India’s second largest potato growing state doubled this year to touch almost 10 mt. But branded snack companies ...
Residential property prices dip 7% in Delhi, 15% in Kolkata Indian Express | Even as residential property prices move skywards elsewhere, two of the country's biggest metros, Delhi and Kolkata, are bucking the trend, reporting a decline of up to 15 per cent in the first quarter of this calendar year, said the housing regulator. | According to the Residex for the period Jan...
Market mantra in varsity success The Telegraph India Universities should come out of ivory towers and commercialise results of research, believes the man who headed a pioneering effort to turn around the fortunes of a British university. | "This is 21st century, universities need to reach out to the so...
Fair share of venom The Telegraph India Chakdaha in Nadia is known for its syrupy sweets — jilipi, chandrapuli, rasbora. But this time of the year, the town stands out for something quite the opposite — venom. | On the last Tuesday of the month of Sraban falls Sraban Sankranti, when snake ...
We haven't exited Kolkata: Ratan Tata The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Kolkata: West Bengal is very much a part of the group's identity, Chairman of Tata Sons Ratan Tata said, regretting that it could not do what it wanted to do in the Sate. | Mr. Tata was in the State on the occasion of the an...
Samsung focus on localisation The Telegraph India Calcutta, Aug. 18: Samsung India is in favour of higher localisation and has been working with the Indian Cellular Association (ICA) to develop component manufacturing. | The ICA is a lobby group of handset makers. | 'We manufacture (assemble) around...
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More money for drought-hit Bengal districts The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Leave of certain dept. staff cancelled | Chief Minister to tour affected areas | Kolkata: The West Bengal Government on Friday geared up to tackle the sit...
Onion prices drop again due to poor demand The Hindu | Special Correspondent | KURNOOL: Onion prices tumbled once again in the Kurnool market due to poor demand from the market. The average price declined to Rs. 400 per quintal which...
Singur no longer important, says Buddha govt Indian Express | The state government seems to have lost its interest in Singur, where Tata Motors had planned to build its small car manufacturing plant. The Minister of Commerce and Industries ...
More money for drought-hit Bengal districts The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Leave of certain dept. staff cancelled | Chief Minister to tour affected areas | Kolkata: The West Bengal Government on Friday geared up to tackle the situation in the 11 drought-hit districts hit by cancelling leave of cert...
Onion prices drop again due to poor demand The Hindu | Special Correspondent | KURNOOL: Onion prices tumbled once again in the Kurnool market due to poor demand from the market. The average price declined to Rs. 400 per quintal which was unviable for farmers. The prices ruled at Rs. 900 per quintal a f...
Mediclaim money proves elusive for KMC staff Indian Express | A large section of Kolkata Municipal Corporation employees has complained that they have not been reimbursed their hospital bills by the company in charge of providing mediclaim. | Since 2004 — when Subrata Mukherjee was the Mayor — the National In...
This year, 130 leopards poached in India Deccan Herald New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS): Saturday, September 04, 2010 --> | Watching a leopard stroll on sun-beaten tracks at dusk is a sight that never fades away, yet these big cats are now in danger in India. At least 130 leopards have been poached this year, say experts calling the figures 'alarming'. | Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra recorded the h...
Food inflation at 10.86 pc; fuel inflation accelerates The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Food and fuel inflation accelerated in the third week of August, maintaining pressure on the central bank to tighten monetary policy. Despite a muted global economic recovery and signs that India's booming growth may have peaked, the central bank is expected to raise rates by another 50 basis points in 2010. | Data released on Friday sho...
