Durgapur

Police said five men attacked the woman and her male friend were attacked between 8 pm and 8.45 pm, snatched her phone when she tried to call for help, and took turns in raping her.

‘Will you be sent to detention too?' TMC's jibe at PM Modi speaking in Bengali at Durgapur rally

Taking to its X handle to react to PM Modi’s speech in Bengali at the rally, the TMC wondered if the Prime Minister would be sent to detention as well.

Students in West Bengal get addicted to flavoured condoms to get 'high'

“Soaking condoms in hot water for a long time breaks down large organic molecules and creates alcohol compounds. This compound is keeping the youth intoxicated," said Durgapur RE College Model School chemistry teacher Nurul Haque.

IHG plans to open 150 hotels in India in 10 years

"India is the third largest growth market for IHG after US and China. We plan to open 100 to 150 new properties in India over the next ten years," Shantha De Silva, head of South West Asia, IHG, told reporters here.

SAIL to sell stakes in three units via auction

MUMBAI (Reuters) - State-run Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has received approval 'in principle' from the government to sell stakes in three units, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

West Bengal gearing up to welcome new investments: State Fin Min

Amit Mitra, Finance Minister of West Bengal, says the state is expecting a deluge of investments by both national and multinational firms in the coming years and is persistently working towards setting up the requisite infrastructure to provide a smooth passage to them.

India's first greenfield airport takes off!

India's first private Greenfield airport in Durgapur, West Bengal is now operational. Developed by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects limited, the company which says it is also the first in India to launch an Aerotropolis.

SAIL to scale down investment by 22% to Rs 9K cr

State-owned steel maker SAIL plans to scale down investment by nearly 22 percent to Rs 9,000 crore on expansion and modernisation at 5 integrated plants during the next fiscal.

Despite coal shortage state utilities reluctant to buy fuel

As ironical as it may sound, on the one hand power capacity addition has taken a hit due to shortage of coal, on the other, some state generation utilities are refusing to buy more fuel as there are no takers for the expensive electricity produced from these stations.

CCI directs MoEF to accord clearances on Sail's Gua mine

The Cabinet Committee on Investment has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests to accord clearance to Sail's Gua iron ore mine, a site in Jharkhand which is crucial in the PSU's Rs 43,000 crore expansion plans.

Concerned over grey mkt growth, Sebi wants one regulator

Expressing concerns over a fast-growing grey market in the financial sector, Sebi chief U K Sinha today called for a single watchdog to regulate all entities collecting public money under various illegal means.

PSU losses of Rs 6000 cr controllable: CAG

Criticising the Public Sector Undertakings under the West Bengal government, the Comptroller and Auditor General has said that with better management of its resources, PSUs' accumulated losses of more than Rs 6,000 crore could have been 'controlled'.

SAIL-Kobe enters into JV to produce iron nuggets

State-run Steel Authority of India has formed a joint venture with Japan's Kobe Steel for producing 500,000 tonne iron nuggets in a year at Durgapur plant in West Bengal.

Nifty Train to Wealth: How to profit from volatile markets

In troubled times like the one we are going through, lets see what our market experts have to dish out as pearls of wisdom and advise and lets see what investors have on their minds as well.

Alstom-Shanghai Electric JV will take about a year for nods

The joint venture between French engineering group Alstom and Shanghai Electric Group will take around a year’s time for approval, reports CNBC-TV18.

SAIL plans to spend $350m in JV with Japan's Kobe

State-run SAIL reported a drop in net profit at Rs 1,507 crore for quarter-ended March 2011 compared to Rs 2,085 crore for the same period last year. It sales were flat on a year-on-year basis, coming in just under Rs 11,950 crore.