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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Kolkata</title>
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		<title>Three prisoners flee from police van</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Three prisoners Tuesday fled from a prison van after it was hit by a truck in West Bengal&#8217;s North 24 Parganas district, police said here.

&#8220;They were travelling in the van when it was hit,&#8221; a police official told IANS.	 	
The three under-trials &#8212; Ganapati Singh, Balbir Ram and Monirul &#8212; along with six ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/three-prisoners-flee-from-police-van-247301/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Three prisoners flee from police van</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sex workers&#8217; children becoming school dropouts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sex-workers-children-becoming-school-dropouts-247288/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kolkata, Dec.22 (ANI): A large number of children of sex workers drop out from school at the secondary level out of embarrassment over their family background or lack of financial support and remedial tuition.

Till primary level, queries from peers on family are limited. But children studying in standard V to VIII are curious enough to .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sex-workers-children-becoming-school-dropouts-247288/">Sex workers&#8217; children becoming school dropouts</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Four cops injured in West Bengal landmine blast</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/four-cops-injured-in-west-bengal-landmine-blast-247084/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Four police personnel were injured in a landmine blast in West Bengal&#8217;s Maoist-stronghold of West Midnapore district, police said Tuesday.

Officials said the incident took place late Monday near Rathbera of Dahijuri locality in the district. A police team was on its way to a trouble zone to rescue a family allegedly attacked by .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/four-cops-injured-in-west-bengal-landmine-blast-247084/">Four cops injured in West Bengal landmine blast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Left Front saw ground beneath slipping away in Bengal (Flashback 2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The year 2009 did not turn out well for the state&#8217;s ruling Left Front as the general elections dealt it a big blow. Lalgarh, which became a battleground for Maoists and the security forces, only added to the government&#8217;s woes.

Here are 10 landmark events from West Bengal in 2009:	 	
1. The April-May Lok .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/left-front-saw-ground-beneath-slipping-away-in-bengal-flashback-2009-246743/">Left Front saw ground beneath slipping away in Bengal (Flashback 2009)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bhutias are back spreading warmth in Kolkata</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bhutias-are-back-spreading-warmth-in-kolkata-246666/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aparajita Gupta</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - It&#8217;s winter in Kolkata and sure enough it has brought in its wake the Bhutias - Tibetan traders who descend from the hilly regions of north and northeast India to sell colourful woollens. City folks await their arrival eagerly.

Along a stretch of central Kolkata, a large number of them set up shop. Their ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bhutias-are-back-spreading-warmth-in-kolkata-246666/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Bhutias are back spreading warmth in Kolkata</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Two killed in police firing in West Midnapore district</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Two people were killed when security forces opened fire on suspected Maoists at Kalaboni village in West Bengal&#8217;s West Midnapore district Sunday night.

A senior police officer said the incident occurred after the joint forces of central paramilitary troopers and state armed police, deployed in the area to flush out the ultras, returned the .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/two-killed-in-police-firing-in-west-midnapore-district-246632/">Two killed in police firing in West Midnapore district</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Discussions can resolve Gorkhaland state issue: Pranab Mukherjee</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that discussions are the only way to resolve the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland in Darjeeling region of West Bengal.

Addressing the media on the sidelines of a function in Kolkata, Mukherjee observed that the Government was ready for talks, but nobody should impose ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/discussions-can-resolve-gorkhaland-state-issue-pranab-mukherjee-246612/">Discussions can resolve Gorkhaland state issue: Pranab Mukherjee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Debt-ridden family of three commits suicide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Unable to get out of a debt trap, three members of a family committed suicide in West Bengal&#8217;s Hooghly district, police said Sunday.  

The bodies of Samir Nandi, 70, his wife Sangita Nandi, 65, and son Ujjal Nandi, 32, were found hanging from the ceiling fan hooks in their Chandannagar house by ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/debt-ridden-family-of-three-commits-suicide-246588/">Read : Debt-ridden family of three commits suicide</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists abduct two cops, kill two CPI-M workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-abduct-two-cops-kill-two-cpi-m-workers-246558/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Suspected Maoist rebels killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers and abducted two policemen in West Bengal&#8217;s West Midnapore district Sunday, police said.

The two CPI-M workers - Jyotindranath Mahato and Manik Midha - were abducted with two others by the Left wing ultras from Balodhoba village Saturday night, police said.	 	
Their bodies ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-abduct-two-cops-kill-two-cpi-m-workers-246558/">Read more : Maoists abduct two cops, kill two CPI-M workers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Border dispute not to come in way of trade ties with China: Pallam Raju</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/border-dispute-not-to-come-in-way-of-trade-ties-with-china-pallam-raju-246490/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju has said that the border dispute would not affect trade ties with China.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar here, Raju said: &#8220;Ties with China are guided by &#8220;positives&#8221; including trade.&#8221;
&#8220;India and China share a great economic partnership and we both are growing ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/border-dispute-not-to-come-in-way-of-trade-ties-with-china-pallam-raju-246490/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Border dispute not to come in way of trade ties with China: Pallam Raju</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amartya Sen for curriculum review in primary education</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/amartya-sen-for-curriculum-review-in-primary-education-246472/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen feels there is an urgent need to review the curriculum at the primary level to make home task redundant and private tuition unnecessary.

&#8220;There is an urgent need to review the curriculum at the primary level.	 	
&#8220;The children at the primary level have to suffer for a heavy study .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/amartya-sen-for-curriculum-review-in-primary-education-246472/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sex workers&#8217; children become school dropouts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sex-workers-children-become-school-dropouts-246418/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - : Most of the children of sex workers  in Kolkata  have  become school dropouts at an early age,  owing  to family background besides lack of financial support.

Till  the  primary  classes, queries from  peers  on  family  are limited but as the children .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sex-workers-children-become-school-dropouts-246418/" title="Sex workers&#8217; children become school dropouts">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists kill four CPI-M men in West Bengal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Four Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists were allegedly shot dead by Maoists and their associate People&#8217;s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) in West Bengal&#8217;s West Midnapore district, police said Friday.  

They also set fire to a sponge iron factory and several vehicles in the district.	 	
Police said CPI-M worker Sisir Jana .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-kill-four-cpi-m-men-in-west-bengal-246157/">Maoists kill four CPI-M men in West Bengal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists kill three CPI-M men in West Bengal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-kill-three-cpi-m-men-in-west-bengal-246058/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Maoists and their associate tribal group People&#8217;s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) allegedly killed three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists and set on fire a sponge iron factory and several vehicles in West Bengal&#8217;s West Midnapore district, police said Friday.

According to police, the leftist ultras abducted three CPI-M workers from Bandhagara and  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-kill-three-cpi-m-men-in-west-bengal-246058/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists, tribal activists torch former Left worker&#8217;s house</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Maoists and their associates Peoples Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) members torched the house of a former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker at West Midnapore districts Radhanagar area Thursday evening.

Police said a few hundred PCAPA members along with some Maoist rebels took out a huge rally in the area close to the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-tribal-activists-torch-former-left-workers-house-245713/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Maoists, tribal activists torch former Left worker&#8217;s house</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>It costs him Rs.39,000 a month to house government cattle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Dhaniram Mallick never imagined that maintaining 26 cows thrust on him by West Bengal lawkeepers could bleed him to penury.

Mallick, a resident of Naxalbari&#8217;s Hatibiha area in Darjeeling, runs a cattle house which till some time ago gave him enough profits to feed his family.	 	
But one fine September morning, police seized 26 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/it-costs-him-rs39000-a-month-to-house-government-cattle-245175/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : It costs him Rs.39,000 a month to house government cattle</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>No aggressive Chinese posture towards India&#8217;s skies: IAF</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - There was no aggressive posturing from the neighbouring Asian superpower China and no apprehensions of air threats, a senior Indian Air Force (IAF) official said here Tuesday.

&#8220;I personally do not see any aggressive posture that we need to get hyper about. We are fully prepared to protect our skies,&#8221; Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (Eastern  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-aggressive-chinese-posture-towards-indias-skies-iaf-244352/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian  Air Force to rope in UAV&#8217;s for surveillance  in  Maoist-infested areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The Indian Air Force on Tuesday said  that it  is  planning to rope in unmanned aerial  vehicles  (UAVs)  to conduct surveillance in Maoist-infested areas of the country.

Addressing  the  media  in Kolkata, Air Marshal  S.K.  Bhan,  Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-air-force-to-rope-in-uavs-for-surveillance-in-maoist-infested-areas-244316/">Indian  Air Force to rope in UAV&#8217;s for surveillance  in  Maoist-infested areas</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>West Bengal government reviews security scenario</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The West Bengal government Tuesday held a high-level meeting to review the stepped up security arrangements across the state in view of a central intelligence agency&#8217;s inputs that Taliban-trained terrorists could target vital installations in the city.

Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty held talks with state Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh and Kolkata .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/west-bengal-government-reviews-security-scenario-2-244269/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>West Bengal government reviews security scenario</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The West Bengal government Tuesday held a high-level meeting to review the stepped up security arrangements across the state in view of a central intelligence agency&#8217;s inputs that Taliban-trained terrorists could target vital installations in the city.

Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty held talks with state Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh and Kolkata .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/west-bengal-government-reviews-security-scenario-244267/">West Bengal government reviews security scenario</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thieves caught emptying house, owner feeds them rosogollas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - In an example of Gandhigiri, a man fed sandesh and rosogollas to two petty thieves who were caught red-handed while stealing valuable items from his house at Kamardanga village in West Bengal&#8217;s North 24 Parganas district.

The two teenage thieves, Bablu Mistry and Tapas Das, had sneaked into Jayanta Gutpa&#8217;s house by breaking open .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thieves-caught-emptying-house-owner-feeds-them-rosogollas-244198/">Original source &nbsp;: Thieves caught emptying house, owner feeds them rosogollas</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;West Bengal has made adequate security arrangements&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/west-bengal-has-made-adequate-security-arrangements-243883/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The West Bengal government Monday said it has made adequate security arrangements across the state acting on a central intelligence agency&#8217;s input that a few Taliban-trained militants have sneaked into the country and might launch attacks on vital installations.

&#8220;The state director general of police and the Kolkata Police commissioners have received the intelligence ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/west-bengal-has-made-adequate-security-arrangements-243883/">Original article on  : &#8216;West Bengal has made adequate security arrangements&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bengal bus-trailer collision toll rises to 23</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bengal-bus-trailer-collision-toll-rises-to-23-243786/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The death toll in Sunday&#8217;s bus and truck-trailer collision in West Bengal rose to 23 Monday, with four people succumbing to their injuries since midnight, police said. At least 20 more injured people are in hospital.

While three people died in the Uluberia hospital, another died in the S.S.K.M. hospital in the city, police .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bengal-bus-trailer-collision-toll-rises-to-23-243786/">Original article &nbsp;: Bengal bus-trailer collision toll rises to 23</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>21 dead, 22 injured in Bengal bus-trailer collision</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/21-dead-22-injured-in-bengal-bus-trailer-collision-243652/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The death toll in Sunday&#8217;s bus and truck-trailer collision in West Bengal rose to 21 Monday after two more people succumbed to their injuries, police said. At least 22 people have been injured in the accident.   

The incident took place at Kulgachia in West Bengal&#8217;s Howrah district, police said.	 	
The 22 ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/21-dead-22-injured-in-bengal-bus-trailer-collision-243652/" title="21 dead, 22 injured in Bengal bus-trailer collision">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>19 dead, 21 injured in Bengal bus-trailer crash (Second lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - At least 19 people were killed and 21 others injured as a bus and truck-trailer collided head-on at Kulgachia in West Bengal&#8217;s Howrah district Sunday night, police said.

&#8220;We recovered 12 bodies from the spot. Seven others died in the hospital. The toll may go up as 14 of the injured were serious,&#8221; said .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/19-dead-21-injured-in-bengal-bus-trailer-crash-second-lead-243573/">Original article &nbsp;: 19 dead, 21 injured in Bengal bus-trailer crash (Second lead)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>West Bengal Governor urges GJM activists to call off fasting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Outgoing West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Sunday urged the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists to discontinue their fasting protest.

The GJM activists are undertaking a 96-hour long fasting to press for the creation of Gorkhaland state.
Gandhi on Sunday demitted the office of the West Bengal Governor at the end of his five-year tenure.
His ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/west-bengal-governor-urges-gjm-activists-to-call-off-fasting-243565/" title="West Bengal Governor urges GJM activists to call off fasting">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>10 dead in bus-trailer collision in Bengal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - As many as 10 people died and 15 others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck-trailer  at Kulgachia in West Bengal&#8217;s Howrah district Sunday night, police said.

The accident occurred on the Mahishbathan Bridge when the Howrah-Gadiara route bus collided with 10-wheel trailer. The local people and the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/10-dead-in-bus-trailer-collision-in-bengal-243554/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : 10 dead in bus-trailer collision in Bengal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Administration&#8217;s apathy increases plight of homeless in Kolkata</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The plight of over one hundred thousand homeless people in the city remains invisible, as the state administration fails to trace their identification in the records.

The absence of identification papers and address proofs forces them to live on the pavements, beneath flyovers, along railway tracks and canal banks of the city.
According to the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/administrations-apathy-increases-plight-of-homeless-in-kolkata-243544/" title="Administration&#8217;s apathy increases plight of homeless in Kolkata">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mamata Banerjee highlights lacunae in Singur land</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has highlighted lacunae in the West Bengal Government&#8217;s offer of the Singur land to the railways for a proposed coach factory.

Addressing the media here, Banerjee pointed out the state government cannot solicit proposals for the land when the land was actually owned by the Tatas.
She also said that ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mamata-banerjee-highlights-lacunae-in-singur-land-243470/" title="Mamata Banerjee highlights lacunae in Singur land">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists shoot dead CPI-M activist in Lalgarh</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Suspected Maoists shot dead a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist in West Bengal&#8217;s Lalgarh region Sunday, police said.

West Midnapore district police sources said the body of CPI-M worker Dinabandhu Soren was found in a forest in Dharampur in Lalgarh in the morning.	 	
Soren, a resident of Kadamdiha village, was abducted from his .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-shoot-dead-cpi-m-activist-in-lalgarh-243467/" title="Maoists shoot dead CPI-M activist in Lalgarh">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Retrieving land allotted to Tata project not easy: Banerjee</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that it would not be easy for the West Bengal government to take back land allotted to Tata Motors in Singur.

A year ago, Tata Motors was forced to abandon is Nano car project in West Bengal, after Banerjee spearheaded a massive protest against the acquisition of farmers&#8217; .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/retrieving-land-allotted-to-tata-project-not-easy-banerjee-243402/">Original article &nbsp;: Retrieving land allotted to Tata project not easy: Banerjee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mamata announces Rs.5 lakh compensation for constable&#8217;s family</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced compensation of Rs.500,000 and a job for a family member of a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable who was shot dead Friday while on duty on a train.

Banerjee also conveyed her &#8220;deep condolences&#8221; to the victim Arun Bhadra&#8217;s family, an Eastern Railway statement said.	 	
However, it was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mamata-announces-rs5-lakh-compensation-for-constables-family-243327/" title="Mamata announces Rs.5 lakh compensation for constable&#8217;s family">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoist-backed group observes shutdown in Bengal, torches truck</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Activists of the Maoist-backed People&#8217;s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) Saturday torched a truck on the National Highway-6 while observing a 24-hour shutdown in three western districts of West Bengal, police said.

Police said the incident took place near Lodhashuli forest area in trouble-torn West Midnapore district Saturday morning as a group of PCAPA .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoist-backed-group-observes-shutdown-in-bengal-torches-truck-243311/" title="Maoist-backed group observes shutdown in Bengal, torches truck">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>No new states are to be created: Pranab Mukherjee</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Union Finance Minister Pranab  Mukherjee on  Saturday said that the nod for Telangana does not  mean  that new states would be created everywhere.

Addressing the media in Kolkata, Mukherjee said: &#8220;The demand  for Telangana was old and it does not mean that everywhere new states are to be created.&#8221;
Mukherjee ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-new-states-are-to-be-created-pranab-mukherjee-243302/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : No new states are to be created: Pranab Mukherjee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists claim credit for raiding train</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-claim-credit-for-raiding-train-243257/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Maoists Saturday claimed responsibility for ambushing a passenger train in Malda in West Bengal that left a railway policeman dead, police said.

Seven Maoists boarded the 605 Up Katihar-Malda train in the guise of passengers and attacked the Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel between Samsi and Milangarh stations in Malda district Friday night.	 	
Four .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-claim-credit-for-raiding-train-243257/">Maoists claim credit for raiding train</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Shutdown called in three West Bengal districts Saturday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/shutdown-called-in-three-west-bengal-districts-saturday-242960/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Activists of the Maoist-backed People&#8217;s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) Friday called a 24-hour shutdown in three western districts of West Bengal Saturday to protest the death of one of their supporters in police firing.

In a bid to prevent security forces from reaching the Pirakata outpost in West Midnapore district&#8217;s Satpati village, where .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/shutdown-called-in-three-west-bengal-districts-saturday-242960/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Shutdown called in three West Bengal districts Saturday</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police, Maoists trade fire in West Midnapore</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-maoists-trade-fire-in-west-midnapore-242598/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Police exchanged gunfire with a group of Maoists in a village in West Bengal&#8217;s West Midnapore district Thursday night. While police said no one was injured, a union minister of the Trinamool Congress claimed one person was killed and six others injured in the gunbattle.

The state police control room here said no one .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-maoists-trade-fire-in-west-midnapore-242598/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Police, Maoists trade fire in West Midnapore</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists kills four CPI-M men in West Bengal (Second Lead)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-kills-four-cpi-m-men-in-west-bengal-second-lead-242559/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Maoists rebels shot dead four workers of West Bengal&#8217;s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in West Midnapore district Thursday on suspicion that they were police informers.

The CPI-M activists were killed in two incidents.	 	
In the first incident, a group of heavily armed Left-wing extremists shot dead three CPI-M workers in a village ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-kills-four-cpi-m-men-in-west-bengal-second-lead-242559/">Maoists kills four CPI-M men in West Bengal (Second Lead)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists shoot dead three CPI-M workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-shoot-dead-three-cpi-m-workers-242480/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Suspected Maoists shot dead three workers of West Bengal&#8217;s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in a village close to Jhargram town in West Midnapore district Thursday on suspicion they were police informers.

A group of heavily armed extremists called out the three victims - Bijay Mahato, Manik Mahato, and Brihaspati Mahato - from .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-shoot-dead-three-cpi-m-workers-242480/">Maoists shoot dead three CPI-M workers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists shoot three CPI-M workers in West Bengal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-shoot-three-cpi-m-workers-in-west-bengal-242434/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Suspected Maoist rebels shot dead three activists of West Bengal&#8217;s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in a village in West Midnapore district, police said Thursday.

A group of heavily armed extremists called out the three victims - Bijay Mahato, Manik Mahato and Brihaspati Mahato - from their homes in Jhitka village in the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-shoot-three-cpi-m-workers-in-west-bengal-242434/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Maoists shoot three CPI-M workers in West Bengal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese military team visits an army base in West Bengal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinese-military-team-visits-an-army-base-in-west-bengal-242407/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - As part of bilateral exchange  programme and  Confidence Building Measure (CBM), a delegation  of  Chinese Army led by Lieutenant General Shu Yu Tai, Chief of the  People&#8217;s Liberation  Army&#8217;s  Tibet  Military Region  Command  visited  the Headquarters of the Corps based at Sukna ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinese-military-team-visits-an-army-base-in-west-bengal-242407/">Chinese military team visits an army base in West Bengal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for tough anti-Maoist operations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/buddhadeb-bhattacharjee-for-tough-anti-maoist-operations-242357/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is of the view that unless and until a comprehensive operation against the Maoists is initiated by the central government, the success of such a strategy would be tough and is bound to fail.

Addressing a rally here on Wednesday, Bhattacharjee said: &#8220;The Maoists are using internal infrastructure ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/buddhadeb-bhattacharjee-for-tough-anti-maoist-operations-242357/" title="Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for tough anti-Maoist operations">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists kill CPI-M activist in Lalgarh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-kill-cpi-m-activist-in-lalgarh-241899/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Suspected Maoists shot dead a Communist party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist in the Lalgargh region of West Bengal&#8217;s West Midnapore district Wednesday.

Police said Subal Mahato, who contested last year&#8217;s state panchayat (rural body) polls as a CPI-M candidate, was shot from point blank range at his residence in Chirakuthi in Lalgarh.	 	
A group ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-kill-cpi-m-activist-in-lalgarh-241899/">Maoists kill CPI-M activist in Lalgarh</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoist leader arrested in Lalgarh</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Security forces have arrested a Maoist leader allegedly involved in the abduction of a police officer and two constables in West Bengal&#8217;s Lalgarh.

West Mindapore district Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Verma told IANS Tuesday that Raju Adak, leader of a Maoist action squad, was nabbed from Jirapara under Lalgarh police station Monday night.	 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoist-leader-arrested-in-lalgarh-241558/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Maoist leader arrested in Lalgarh</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kolkata mass rally prays for success of Copenhagen climate summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kolkata-mass-rally-prays-for-success-of-copenhagen-climate-summit-241310/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Thousands of enthusiasts of green nature from different walks of life participated in a huge procession here for the success of the International Climate Change conference that commenced in Copenhagen yesterday.

The participants in the rally wanted to draw the world&#8217;s attention towards the famed mangroves of Sundarbans in West Bengal.
As part of the .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kolkata-mass-rally-prays-for-success-of-copenhagen-climate-summit-241310/" title="Kolkata mass rally prays for success of Copenhagen climate summit">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Raj Bhavan Kolkata turning green</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - On a day world leaders began discussing climate changes in Copenhagen, the Governor&#8217;s House here became the country&#8217;s first Raj Bhavan to launch a solar power project for supplying energy to the building.

President Pratibha Patil Monday launched the project by switching on 12 solar energy operated Light Emitting Diodes (LED) fixtures on the .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/raj-bhavan-kolkata-turning-green-241058/">Raj Bhavan Kolkata turning green</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists kill CPI-M activist, torch another&#8217;s house</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Suspected Maoists shot dead a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activist in West Bengal&#8217;s troubled West Midnapore district Monday, police said.

The body of Sanatan Pratihar, 44, was found near a forest at Pingboni area. 	 	
&#8220;The rebels also torched the house of another district CPI-M leader at Shalboni region this (Monday) morning,&#8221; police .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maoists-kill-cpi-m-activist-torch-anothers-house-240993/">Maoists kill CPI-M activist, torch another&#8217;s house</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>President Patil urges scientists to priorities research on food and energy security</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - President Pratibha Patil today urged the scientific community to take the initiative in meeting the requirement of food, water, energy and housing.

Addressing the concluding function of the Platinum Jubilee celebration of the Indian National Science Academy at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics here, Patil said that the role of scientists to deal with ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/president-patil-urges-scientists-to-priorities-research-on-food-and-energy-security-240897/" title="President Patil urges scientists to priorities research on food and energy security">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>President to attend closing ceremony of Indian National Science Academy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil will attend the closing ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee celebration of the Indian National Science Academy at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics here today.

The President is on a three-day visit to West Bengal.
Distinguished scientists from across the globe participated in the four-day long conference held here. Matters ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/president-to-attend-closing-ceremony-of-indian-national-science-academy-240764/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : President to attend closing ceremony of Indian National Science Academy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring lost glory of Presidency College won&#8217;t be easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The who&#8217;s who of Bengal went there to study, from Rabindranath Tagore to Satyajit Ray to Jyoti Basu to Amartya Sen. And now the 192-year-old Presidency College here is about to be bestowed a rare honour - university status. But many intellectuals, who are alumni of the hallowed institution and have seen its .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/restoring-lost-glory-of-presidency-college-wont-be-easy-240505/">Restoring lost glory of Presidency College won&#8217;t be easy</a>.]]></description>
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