Tag: Bengal

Duo line up investment in Bengal

Loknath Das

Calcutta: Bengal industry and finance minister Amit Mitra has disclosed two upcoming investments in the state – one, a state-owned firm teaming up with an overseas partner and the other with export potential. Shalimar Works, a state government-owned shipbuilding and repair firm is looking to partner with a Bangladeshi firm to form a special purpose vehicle, while IFB Agro, which is known for its liquor and seafood businesses, is setting up a manufacturing unit at Halidia to export shrimps. “Shalimar Works builds civilian vessels for Indian Navy and they have requested…

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The adventures of Suki: This Bengal cat probably travels more than you

Loknath Das

Suki’s vivid coat, which resembles that of a leopard’s, reflects the illustrious adventures that the Bengal cat has been on. From a canoe ride to a hike through a mushroom-filled forest, Suki is busy exploring the world with her human, Canada-based travel photographer Marti Gutfreund.   Gutfreund explained in an email to DesignTAXI that Suki entered her life after her last feline passed away. “My partner and I do a lot of hiking and camping together. [After] our last kitty passed away…we really wanted to have a pet that we didn’t always have…

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Technical glitch delays CBSE 12th result 2017 in West Bengal

Loknath Das

Thousands of students in West Bengal, who took the Central Board of Secondary Education Class 12 board examinations 2017, could not access their results because of a technical glitch at CBSE’s regional office at Bhubaneswar, hours after they were declared on Sunday. Authorities learnt that schools in Odisha and Chhattisgarh were also witnessing similar problems after they inquired with the Bhubaneswar office, which covers Odisha, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. They could not download the results for the Class 12 exam even after hours results were officially announced. “We managed to…

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WBBSE West Bengal (Madhyamik) secondary school exam results between May 24-31

Loknath Das

The results of the Madhyamik (secondary) Class 10 examination, conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), will be declared between May 24 and May 31, 2017. A WBBSE official has said that the results will be available at wbresults.nic.in and wbbse.org. “We may have tie up with some other websites from where the examinees will be able to check their results and their names will be announced at the press conference on the day of the results,” he added. On the issue of languages taught in West…

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West Bengal inn inventory at the rise

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The supply of lodge rooms in West Bengal is on the rise, with the total number of rooms inside the Indian kingdom predicted to growth by way of round 35% by way of the quit of the fiscal year. The monetary instances mentioned Sudesh Poddar, president of resort & eating place association of japanese India (HRAEI), as announcing that room supply is expanding especially strongly in Kolkata. “we have a total of approximately five,500 keys in Kolkata between two–superstar and 5–superstar centers which is predicted to the touch 7,500 by…

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