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Nine dead as speeding bus falls on Howrah rail tracks

Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms of the Howrah railway station near this West Bengal capital.

ISRO eyes 25 percent revenue growth in 2009-10

The Indian Space Research Organisation is expecting a 25 percent growth in its revenue in 2009-10, ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair said here Saturday.8:02 PM on July 04

Nine dead as speeding bus falls on rail tracks

Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms of the Howrah railway station near here.8:01 PM on July 04

Chandrayaan-II to be launched by 2013

India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-II is likely to be launched by 2013, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Saturday.7:32 PM on July 04

At least seven dead as bus falls on rail tracks

At least seven people died after the bus in which they were travelling fell off a bridge on the rail tracks near the Howrah station in West Bengal Saturday, police said here.6:01 PM on July 04

Mamata uses rail budget to needle Left Front

Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday lost no opportunity to needle West Bengal's ruling Left Front when she proposed a new rail line from Singur to Nandigram and sops for Lalgarh - areas in the state that have witnessed violent anti-Left agitations.11:32 PM on July 03

Medha Patkar stopped on way to Lalgarh

A 10-member team, comprising social activist Medha Patkar and her associates, was stopped near Debra locality by the police while they were on the way to violence-scarred Lalgarh in West Bengal Friday, a social activist said.11:00 PM on July 03

Mamata rains sops on West Bengal in her Railway budget

Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee rolled out her 'please all' budget Friday, making a large number of proposals ahead of the 2011 assembly elections in West Bengal.9:30 PM on July 03

Left Front criticises privatisation thrust in railway budget

Terming it a 'mixed' railway budget, West Bengal's ruling Left Front chairman Biman Bose criticised the privatisation schemes introduced in the new budgetary plans by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday.9:02 PM on July 03

UCO Bank to enter general insurance business

State-run UCO Bank will invest Rs.45 crore in its proposed general insurance company, a top bank official said here Friday.8:00 PM on July 03

Economists welcome Mamata's coach factory proposal

Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget proposal for setting up a railway coach factory at Kanchrapara in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district was welcomed by economists and locals who felt the project, if implemented, would generate employment and give a boost to the state's industrial sector.8:00 PM on July 03

Trinamool workers cheer Mamata's railway budget

'It's a budget for maa, mati, manush (mother, motherland and people),' is how a jubliant Trinamool Congress worker described party chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's rail budget presented Friday. Trinamool workers in West Bengal cheered the budget and said it will lead the party to victory in the next assembly polls.6:32 PM on July 03

West Bengal wagon makers rejoice over rail budget

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's pledge that her ministry will buy 18,000 wagons in 2009-10 has excited West Bengal's wagon makers Friday.6:30 PM on July 03

Burn Standard upbeat on takeover proposal by Railways

State-owned railway equipment manufacturer Burn Standard is hoping for a new lease of life following Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement that her ministry would speed up the process of taking over the ailing company's wagon units.5:00 PM on July 03

100 Maoists still hiding in Lalgarh: Official

More than 100 Maoist rebels were still hiding in Lalgarh forests and many of them are well-equipped with advanced fire arms and ammunitions, West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen said here Thursday.11:00 PM on July 02