March 11, 2013
AAI to take over Mizoram airport
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) will soon take over Mizoram's Lengpui Airport to expand operations, an official said Monday.
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Kolkata
January 17, 2013
Organic food gets a push in Kolkata
Business captains, hoteliers, diplomats and marketing professionals participated in a dinner and food festival to promote organic food products in the city.
November 23, 2012
Government ups Kolkata airport modernisation cost
The government Thursday approved the revised cost-estimate to renovate and upgrade Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. The project is estimated to cost Rs.2,325 crore now.
October 18, 2012
Recession-hit US architecture firms eye India
Hit by the meltdown, American architecture companies are seeking greener pastures and are keen to explore business avenues in India's expanding infrastructure sector.
October 10, 2012
Durga idols hit international markets online, target NRIs
With the internet expanding exponentially, can Kolkata's traditional idol makers stay behind?
October 08, 2012
Bengal to reorganise excise deptartment, registration offices
Cash-starved West Bengal is taking steps to reorganize its excise department and registration offices to garner an additional revenue of about Rs.650 crore annually, finance minister Amit Mitra said Saturday.
September 18, 2012
Roofers to start production soon at cement plant
Kolkata-based Roofers Group Monday said it would start commercial production at its newly-built cement plant in West Bengal's West Midnapore district within a couple of days and increase production three-fold within one-and-a-half years.
September 12, 2012
United Bank cuts interest rates on loans above Rs.1 crore
United Bank of India has reduced interest rates by 0.75 percent to 2.75 percent on medium and small loans above Rs.1 crore with effect from Sep 10, the public sector lender said on Tuesday.
September 10, 2012
CSIR to build India's first innovation complex
In an initiative to marry science and industry, the head of India's premier industrial research and development body Friday exhorted business leaders to contribute to the setting up of the country's first Innovation Complex near Kolkata.
November 08, 2012
Loss of man-days down in West Bengal: Mamata
The man-days lost in West Bengal due to shutdowns and strikes have vastly reduced since the Trinamool Congress government came to power, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata Wednesday.