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Kolkata, Apr 25 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) Sony India unveiled a new line of Cybershot cameras in Kolkata on Wednesday and revealed their expectation of reaching 45% market share in the current fiscal year. With 16 new models having the High zoom feature, which is currently the highest growing segment in the compact digicam market, [...]

 Kolkata, Mar 28 (IBNS) The regional Jisu Mahotsab came to an end on Wednesday with the occasion being graced by the Vatican Ambassador to India Salvatore Pennachio (Apostolic Nuncio). People and bishops from the eight Catholic dioceses including Asansol, Bagdogora, Baruipur, Kolkata, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Krishnagar and Raigunj, had flocked in large numbers to attend the [...]

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New Delhi, Mar 20 (IBNS) Controversial writer Salman Rushdie, now visiting India for an India Today Conclave, has slammed Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party for failing to win in Uttar Pradesh despite pandering to bigotry and Islamic groups. At the India Today Conclave 2012 in the national capital, Salman Rushdie minced not words in [...]

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New York, Mar 14 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS): Popular search engine Google on Wednesday celebrated the 101st birthday anniversary of origami grandmaster Akira Yoshizawa with a colourful doodle. Users can see the letters of the word Google decorated in the style of paper fold. The origami doodle on the homepage of the site is a creation by renowned [...]

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Kolkata, Mar 12 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS):  Popular epic storyteller Ashok  Kumar  Banker launched his new book titled  “The Forest of Stories” (Mahabharata series) here on Saturday. The book launch was organized by Starmark in association with Westland. On the occasion an interactive session was conducted by Trisha Ray, a young adult author writing for [...]

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Mumbai, Mar 12 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS)  Hero Motors, a leader in manufacturing of driveline products, on Monday inaugurated the second store of ‘OMA’, a lifestyle and home decor chain promoted by The Hero Group and Stalwart Home styles. The lifestyle store would reside at JW Marriot in Juhu and will be functional from Monday. [...]

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Kolkata, Mar 12 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) On a day when the Budget session of the Indian parliament opened, West Bengal Mamata Banerjee told a group of youths, representing various colleges in the city, that she will never allow Genetically Modified (GM) crops in the state. The youths who called on her at her residence [...]

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Kolkata, Mar 12 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) Global environmental pressure group Greenpeace has urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to stall the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, 2011 in parliament. Greenpeace India claimed West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has assured a group of youths, representing various colleges in the city, that she will never [...]

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Kolkata, Mar 10 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone for an international financial hub at New Town in Rajarhat in North 24 Parganas District near Kolkata on Saturday, saying that the move would attract investments and create jobs. Banerjee said the financial centre, billed as the second [...]

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Nevada, Mar 10 (Calcutta Tube / IBNS) A US based Hindu group has welcomed end of the tradition of publishing daily pictures of naked women on front page by Germany’s top-selling tabloid Bild. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA), said that although this change of heart came a bit late, but [...]

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