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'Companies need separate audit, risk management panels'
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Any company should have separate committees for audit and risk management and the latter should be accordingly represented on the company board, according to a British business school head.
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CII holds meet on International Women's Day
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Eastern Region organized a Conference and Exposition on Women Empowerment celebrating Women's Day on Monday.
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Kolkata experiences massive power cuts
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Parts of Kolkata experienced major power cuts Monday giving a tough time to thousands of students preparing for their final examinations.
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JD(U) burns Chidambaram's effigy on Maoist issue
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Janata Dal (United) West Bengal unit today burnt the effigy of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, protesting his comment on the party's alleged links with Maoist ultras.
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Outfit seeking separate Gorkhaland state slams West Bengal Government
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Madan Tamang, the leader of the ethnic Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, seeking creation of separate state of Gorkhaland slammed West Bengal Government for 'discriminating against the Nepali-speaking people'.
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UGC seminar on development communication begins
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A two-day national seminar on Development Communication-Role of Media began here on Monday at Vivekananda College under Calcutta University.
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One killed, another injured in road accident
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A girl was killed while her grandfather sustained serious injuries in an accident on Ghoshpara Road near Arya Samaj Road crossing under Jagaddal police station in North 24 Parganas this morning.
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Women's liberation fails to protect her against domestic violence
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Sanhita Ghosh (name changed) doesn't quite look like a traumatised woman. Attired in a jeans and a T-shirt, the 26-year-old always wears a smile, perhaps, to mask her battered existence.
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West Bengal Govt not to increase transport fare, taxi strike from Mar 23
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The West Bengal government today turned down a demand for increasing fares of bus, minibus and taxis following price hike of petrol and diesel while the Bengal Taxi Association (BTA) gave an indefinite strike call from March 23.
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Prince Andrew to visit Kolkata as part of India tour
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Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will arrive here on March eleven on the second leg of his week-long visit to India, beginning today in New Delhi.
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PETA urges Maoists to stop poisoning dogs
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PETA, the global watchdog for animal rights, today urged the underground Maoists not to poison dogs in their areas of operation.
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Three Nigerians, 2 Indians nabbed for credit card fraud
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A city court Monday remanded five people, including three Nigerian, in 14 days of police custody in a credit card fraud case.
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Kolkata sex workers rally for equality, social status
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Hundreds of sex workers and their children Monday marched across the city streets on International Women's Day, demanding social equality and recognition for their profession.
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Purulia girls fight off marriage for school
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Bina Kalindi, 12, wants to meet President Pratibha Patil. She also wants to go to school and become a teacher, an ambition that drives her father Parikshit Kalindi into fits on anger that often end in her being beaten up.
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Bargaining with Maoists is not on government's agenda, says W. Bengal Home Secretary
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West Bengal Home Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty has said that bargaining with Maoists is not on the state government's agenda.
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Engineer develops cheap diagnostic tool
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A Bangalore-based engineer has claimed to have developed a technology providing inexpensive, fast, accurate diagnosis which doctors can use anywhere and that will enable people, especially in rural areas to have access to hi-tech medical tests.
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Pranab refutes charges of public sector failing to perform
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It is fallacious to assume that either one of the two sectors — the private or the public — performs best; those capable of delivering do so whichever sector they may belong to, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Sunday.
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Former West Bengal legislator dies at 94
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A former West Bengal legislator from Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas Satyanarayan Singh died in a private hospital here yesterday afternoon following protracted illness.
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Governor releases book on Pranab Mukherjee
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West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan released a book titled 'Pranab Mukherjee: The All Season Man' at Raj Bhavan this evening in presence of the Union Finance Minister among other distinguished personalities.
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Tribals demand release of detained villagers in Midnapore
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Hundreds of tribal women Sunday staged a protest at a police station in West Bengal's West Midnapore district to demand release of 37 villagers detained during the joint forces' search for an abducted school teacher.
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Maoists should follow process of dialogue, says CPI-M
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The Maoists should follow proper procedure for negotiating with the government and establish a congenial environment before participating in any kind of dialogue, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Sunday.
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Jt forces battle Maoists to rescue teacher
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A fierce gun battle raged between the security personnel and Maoists in a West Midnapore forest Sunday as the forces tried to rescue a school teacher abducted by the rebels on Friday.
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Phone booths for prisoners in West Bengal jails
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They may be incarcerated but can now stay in touch with their families via telephone as the West Bengal government has decided to install phone booths in jails.
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NMDC embarks on huge expansion and diversification plans
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Public sector NMDC Limited,a Rupees 87,000 crore Navaratna enterprise,has embarked on an expansion cum diversification programmes worth over Rupees 35,000 crores in three years.
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Huge explosive haul from Maoist den in West Bengal
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Nearly 250-kg explosives were recovered from a Maoist den in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday, police said.
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