SILCHAR : Tripura was a princely state during the British-raj and gateway to Shillong and Calcutta through Sylhet and Commilla, now in Bangladesh. Tripura was annexed to India in 1949. During the pre-independent days, the Maharaja of Tripura did not permit the Britishers to open tea gardens in Tripura. JC Das, a prominent personality in the tea industry, said most of the tea gardens in Tripura were opened by the land lords of undivided Bengal and ICS officers of Bengal as well as professors of Murari Chand College, Sylhet.
Calcutta High Court admits petition but no interim order
Tata Motors Ltd. on Wednesday filed a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court, challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 and seeking a directive from the court to declare it as unconstitutional and illegal.
At a time when the central government is on a spree of hiking petrol and diesel prices, is the telecom sector in the country consuming too much diesel to run its mobile towers?
Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests launched the Real time Ambient Noise Monitoring Network here today. In its first phase, it will cover 35 stations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. MoEF has also received Rs 200 crores under bioremediation for the first time to be used for cleaning operations in highly polluted areas.
President Pratibha Patil today said mass transport has become a necessity to avoid congestion and pollution.
She was speaking after laying the foundation of a new metro line connecting South Kolkata with central area of the city.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee and leaders of Trinamool Congress were present at the function, but there was no one from Left Fr
New Delhi: The National Capital Region (NCR) has emerged as the highest job generating city among the four major metros in India in April-August 2010, industry body Assocham said.
According to a survey by the chamber, NCR has created 34.2% employment followed by Mumbai (12.70%), Chennai (6.12%) and Kolkata (4.19%) in a sample of 2,40,314 employment opportunities generated in 60 cities during th
NEW DELHI: The National Capital Region has emerged as the fastest job generating city among the four major metropolitan cities in the country by fuelling a growth of 34.27 per cent in employment generation during the April-August period of the current fiscal over the corresponding period last year, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.
This recent report by Christian Aid based on study across 12 Indian cities explores whether they are ready to withstand climate-related disasters and presents detailed report for these cities including policy implications in relation to Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA).
This study initiates a discourse on urban risk reduction, inclusive of disaster and cl
