Kolkata

KOLKATA - Proving grit and determination can overcome physical disability, a team of 13 disabled people rowed their bamboo rafts up the Hooghly river from Haldia in East Midnapore to Kolkata -- a distance of more than 100 km.

KOLKATA - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday slammed the leaders of the Central Government for not giving State honours to the former West Bengal Chief Minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray after his demise.

KOLKATA - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday assured her full support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre over the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

KOLKATA - A Mercedes Benz, a war booty from the 1971 India-Pakistan clash that led to the liberation of Bangladesh, has been traced to the Eastern Command headquarters here.

KOLKATA - The Indian Navy has allowed people to visit its two war ships, INS Airavat and INS Savitri, in Kolkata to spread awareness about its functions.