Driverless Tram Rams into 10 Cars in Kolkata in India

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In Kolkata in India on Thursday morning, when a driverless tram barreled on and rammed into 10 cars at an intersection. Read full story  here at......Driverless Tram Rams into 10 Cars in Kolkata in India

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Mother, daughter to appear for exams together

Kolkata: Displaying a never-say-die spirit, Bharati Devi, a 40-year-old mother of three, is all set to appear for her secondary examinations this year along with her daughter in northern West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district.

Bharati, who works at a child education centre along with her married daughter Sanchita, is sitting for the examinations at Sunitibala Sadar Girls High School as an external candidate. Read More................Mother, daughter to appear for secondary exams in Bengal

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Husband tried to sell wife for Rs.25,000

Kolkata: The evils of child marriage not only shattered the promising career of 17-year-old Amina Khatun but also took an ugly turn when her husband tried to sell her off for Rs.25,000.

Amina, a resident of Mograhat in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas district, was married off to Riyaz Lashkar against her wishes, while she was studying in Class 7. She was not only a brilliant student, but also a class topper. Read More................Her husband tried to sell her for Rs.25,000

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Boy smiles, teacher slaps

A Class VIII student of a state-aided south Calcutta school was hospitalised on Thursday after he and five other boys were allegedly slapped hard and hit on the back by a teacher for “smiling” in class.

Sources said Souvik Chatterjee of Jadavpur High School vomited and collapsed on a bench after being allegedly struck by his Bengali teacher Sushanta Naskar during the sixth period of the day, prompting the authorities to rush him to the nearby KPC Medical College and Hospital. Read More................Boy smiles, teacher slaps

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Hitler once worshipped as Kalki God in elite Kolkata homes

New Delhi: If Britain-based historian Nicholas Goodricke-Clarke is to be believed, German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler was "compared to Kalki, the last avatar of Vishnu" by an Indian spiritualist, practitioner of occult and Nazi sympathiser from Kolkata, Savitri Devi.

Hitler was even worshipped in elite Bengali homes in Kolkata, says the writer at a time when Bollywood actor Anupam Kher will be essaying the role of the Nazi dictator in a new biopic to be directed by Rakesh Ranjan. Read More................Hitler once worshipped as Kalki in elite Kolkata homes

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'Muddy lake' becomes pilgrim destination

Below is height of Blind Faith:

NAKALI: A dried-up and polluted lake in eastern India has become a major pilgrimage site attracting thousands of people a day after claims that its mud cures cancer and other diseases.

At the lake in Nakali village, 70 kilometres (45 miles) south of Kolkata, families smear each other in the dark, gluey "miracle mud", defying government attempts to prevent the site becoming a religious attraction. Read More................'Miracle lake' becomes pilgrim destination

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The simplest musical instrument

Rajeev Kumar of Calcutta, India, is well-known locally for playing the harmonica, specifically, using only his right nostril. For added show, Kumar plays two harmonicas simultaneously, with nostril and mouth.Read More................The simplest musical instrument

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59-year-old woman passes higher secondary exam

Kolkata: She is 59 but her enthusiasm towards studying is as fresh as any teenage student. Nurjahan Begum from Cooch Behar passed her higher secondary examination this year from Rabindra Open School in the district.Squeezing time out of domestic preoccupations, Nurjahan managed to appear for the exam to fulfil her long-cherished dream. She had passed her secondary exam in 1969 and then had to leave school after her marriage to Saidul Haq. Read More................59-year-old woman passes higher secondary exam

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A miracle? Immersed Kali idol resurfaces

KOLKATA: An immersed Kali idol near Howrah apparently rose from its watery vault in the Hooghly, convincing thousands of a miracle and turning a temple into a pilgrimage spot on Monday. A bunch of rationalists has since tried to reason that it had a more earthly explanation: a hurried immersion, combined with a trick played by the tide. Read More................A miracle? Immersed Kali idol resurfaces

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Couple fights at airport for 6 hours

KOLKATA: A six-hour drama unfolded at Kolkata airport on Sunday afternoon as a married couple screamed, swore and scuffled in front of hundreds of onlookers. The woman ended up missing her flight, which led to more trouble with her in-laws.

The woman, a South African, had married an NRI from Kolkata in Cape Town recently. She arrived in the city on Sunday morning, her first trip to visit her in-laws. But within hours, a quarrel broke out and she decided to leave the city. Read More................Couple fights at airport for 6 hours

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‘Ghost’ Restaurant

Kolkata: If you move into a rundown building off a national highway in Howrah this November and are ushered in by a skeleton to a cob webbed dining hall, don't shriek.

Ghosts will take orders from you with a welcome smile and goblins will pop out of frames on walls to sit beside you in a ghost restaurant being constructed by world-famous conjuror P C Sorcar (junior). Read More................Coming up: P C Sorcar’s ‘ghost’ restaurant

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Man buries infant daughter

KOLKATA: A father of a three-day-old girl allegedly buried her in front of his house at Howrah's Liluah Kona Naskarpara on Thursday night. Read More................Man buries infant daughter, detained

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Indian jail inmates on hunger strike over cricket

KOLKATA, India – Hundreds of prisoners in an eastern Indian jail went on a hunger strike after authorities refused to allow inmates to watch one of India's biggest cricket tournaments on cable television, officials said on Monday.

About 500 prisoners in the eastern city of Kolkata had requested cable television to watch the Indian Premier League (IPL), a Twenty20 cricket tournament being played in South Africa at the weekend. Read More................Indian jail inmates on hunger strike over cricket

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Day it rained money on streets

KOLKATA: This will make you wish you were on Jawaharlal Nehru Road around 1 pm on Wednesday. It rained money on this sizzling afternoon. Crisp Rs 500 notes, some in bundles, others loose and lazily floating to the ground. It wasn’t lady luck showering her bounty, but officials of a company trying to duck an income tax raid. Read More................Day it rained money on streets To avoid deductions at IT raid

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Man killed over a cigarette

KOLKATA: One man died and another is battling for life in a city hospital after a misunderstanding spiralled out of control and took a violent turn in Gobra, Park Circus, on Tuesday. And, it was all over a cigarette. Read more.............Kolkata man killed over a cigarette

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Girl lynched for stealing betel nuts

Kolkata: An 11-year-old girl was lynched and her two friends seriously injured by locals, after they were caught stealing betel nuts Wednesday in a West Bengal village, the police said.The incident took place at Mridhara village under Khandaghosh police station in Burdwan district, some 95 km from here. Read more..................Girl lynched in West Bengal village for stealing betel nuts

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Ghost attacks in house

KOLKATA: Sukumar Das, the inspector-in-charge of Khardah police station, got the shock of his life when he picked up the phone on Monday afternoon. The agitated voice at the other end pleaded with the inspector to rush to his aid as soon as possible. Was it a thief? A local tough? A fraudster? No. Ratan Das, the caller, was complaining of ghost attacks in his house.

Das said strange things were happening in his house at Midland Place in the Rahara area over the past fortnight. Often, family members saw household items toppling out of shelves. "One day, the door of our refrigerator suddenly developed cracks and fell off. We also saw flower vases trembling and falling on the floor without anyone even getting near them," complained Das, a clerk at Barrackpore court. Read more.......................Ghost attacks in Khardah house

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Accused flees, namesake in jail

KOLKATA: Ever heard of proxy in jail? But that is exactly what has happened with a 35-year-old man, who has been behind bars for more than four months because he is the namesake of an accused in amurder case. Read more.......................................Accused flees, namesake in jail

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Soldier with bullet in body denied dues

Former BSF constable Pijush Kanti Bhattacharya has been living with a militant’s bullet in his body for over a decade but it is the pain of being a forgotten soldier that hurts the most.

Justice S.P. Talukdar of Calcutta High Court eased some of that pain on Thursday when he gave the director-general of the BSF two weeks to ensure that Pijush got everything that a soldier injured in the line of duty was entitled to.

Critically wounded in an encounter with extremists in Manipur in 1997, Pijush has been surviving on a monthly pension of Rs 1,913, far less than what he had been promised.

“I wrote to the director-general in July 2006 and waited a year for a reply but he didn’t bother sending one. I have faith in the judiciary but I will believe that justice has been done only after receiving my dues,” the former constable told Metro from his home in Adi Kasempur village, Barasat. He lives there with his 72-year-old mother, wife and teenaged son. Read more........................................Soldier with bullet in body denied dues

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175 years later, Case goes on and on

Kolkata: The wheels of Indian justice grind slowly, but there are times when they don't move at all — as has happened with the record-breaking case of an erstwhile Bengali royal family's property. The matter, which is now in the Calcutta High Court, has been pending for 175 years, making it perhaps the country's longest-running case. Read full story....................175 years later, West Bengal case goes on and on

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