Flu knocks on Kolkata doors Five more districts in West Bengal have been affected by bird flu, officials said here on Thursday.
38 ULFA rebels surrender Altogether 38 militants of the proscribed ULFA laid down weapons before the top officials of the Indian Army at Tamulpur in western Assam on Thursday.
ULBs work on, finally Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) elected in October last year will finally start functioning with the State government late on Thursday evening notifying the reservation for the posts of presiding officers, including that of mayor and deputy mayor in the eight city corporations in the State.
Release Nanda's passport: SC The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the CBI to release, within a week, the passport of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, allegedly involved in receiving a kickback in the Rs 1,150 crore Barak missile deal with Israel.
Dawood aide to pen his story One of the closest associates of Dawood Ibrahim, Fazl-ur-Rahman alias Fazlu, currently languishing in a Bihar jail, has, of late, realised that pen is mightier than the gun.
Anjumoni Rabha, a separatist rebel belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom or ULFA, receives a rose from the Army's Lt Gen B S Jaswal during a ceremony at Tamulpur in Assam on Thursday. AP
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