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Mamata Banerjee unfurls tricolour in Kolkata

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Mamata Banerjee unfurls tricolour in Kolkata
Thu 15 Aug 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday unfurled the tricolour at the Indira Gandhi Sarani here on Independence Day. She also inspected a guard of honour with the national... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

Muslims offer namaz on the eve of Eid-al -Fitr to mark the end of holy month of Ramzan at Red Road in Kolkata on Friday 09 August 2013

Festival Kolkata Muslims Photos Wikipedia: Eid al-Fitr

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Kolkata celebrates Eid with fervour
Fri 9 Aug 2013
Kolkata: Muslims across Kolkata gathered at the city's principal mosque, Nakhoda Masjid, since early morning to offer prayers and greet each other on Eid al-Fitr Friday. The festival marked... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

Navy ophthalmologists Capt. William Sray and Lt. Eva Chou remove a cataract from 101-year-old Irene Becerra.

Newstrack India Thu 8 Aug 2013
Flying eye hospital to land in Kolkata
Tweet Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) The world's only flying eye hospital - an international team of doctors aboard a modified aircraft - will land in the city Sep 9 to impart training to ophthalmologists here... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian A. Goyak)
Eye India Kolkatta Photos Wikipedia: Orbis International

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hold the Rope including devotees from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), participate in the Sri Krishna Rath Yatra in Kolkata on June 21, 2012. According to mythology, the Rath Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu God Krishna along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna's devotees

Newstrack India Wed 10 Jul 2013
Mamata flag offs Rath Yatra in Kolkata
Tweet Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the annual Rath Yatra amid chants of "Hare Krishna" here Wednesday. Thousands of devotees pulled the splendidly... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Kolkata Photos Religion Society Wikipedia: Ratha-Yatra

A beautiful evening at Abu Dhabi Corniche

Newstrack India Thu 15 Aug 2013
Abu Dhabi launches tourism campaign in India
Tweet Abu Dhabi, Aug 16 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), in association with India's leisure travel company TUI, has launched a... (photo: WN / Gaurav)
Campaign Culture India Photos Tourism Wikipedia: Abu Dhabi

We are treated as if we don't belong to India: Omar

The Siasat Daily Thu 15 Aug 2013
We are treated as if we don't belong to India: Omar
Srinagar, August 15: Pained by the criticism over the communal violence in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday demanded to know why... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India Jammu and Kashmir Photos Violence in Kishtwar Wikipedia: Jammu and Kashmir

Piyush Chawla -India Cricketer

The Times of India Thu 15 Aug 2013
Chawla gets NOC from BCCI to play for Somerset
NEW DELHI: Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla is set to play for English County Somerset as BCCI has given him the No Objection Certificate (NOC). Chawla is awaiting necessary... (photo: GFDL)
Cricket Photos Sport Star Wikipedia: Piyush Chawla

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The Hindu Thu 15 Aug 2013
Roche not to pursue patent on breast cancer drug Herceptin
In a development that will bring some relief to breast cancer patients, Swiss drug-maker Roche has said that it will not pursue the patent on Trastuzumab, used to treat... (photo: WN/Patricia)
Court Drugs Health Photos Wikipedia: Hoffmann-La Roche

Nagaland Chief Minister, Shri. Neiphiu Rio

The Times of India Thu 15 Aug 2013
Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio for early settlement of Naga problem
KOHIMA: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Thursday urged the Centre for early solution to the Naga problem for permanent peace in the state. "We have benefited... (photo: PIB)
Delhi Peace Photos Politics Wikipedia: Neiphiu Rio

Jewel - Jewellry Shop - Gold - Precious Metal.

The Hindu Thu 15 Aug 2013
Gold demand surges to 10-year high in Q2
Amid all the efforts being made by the Government to curb gold imports, demand for the precious metal in India zoomed to a 10-year high (310 tonnes) in the three-month... (photo: WN / patricia)
Business Market Photos Trading Wikipedia: Gold as an investment

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