Kolkata, Dec 3 : The All India Minority Forum (AIMF) demanded immediate action against Pakistan based terror groups at a prayer meeting here today.

The prayer meet was held in memory of the victims of Mumbai terror attacks.

The President of AIMF, Idris Ali said that politicians both at the national and state levels should realise that there was an urgent need to provide security to the people. The government should ensure peace and security for all citizens irrespective of religion, caste, creed and class.

Kolkata, Dec 2 : Intellectuals and celebrities led a candlelight vigil here last evening against the Mumbai attacks.

Filmmakers Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen, writer Sunil Gangopadhyay and singer Usha Uthup participated in the rally to denounce terror.

The group sang songs and lit candles in the memory of the victims of the recent terrorist attacks that killed at least 183 people and injured scores more.

Singer Usha Uthup appealed to remain united in the face of terrorism.

"Action is needed and the priority as I have been saying is oneness, solidarity and unity. If we want peace, we have to be Indian," she said.

Kolkata: Tyre-maker Dunlop India Ltd on Sunday declared suspension of work at its Sahaganj plant in the Hooghly district, leaving the future of over 1,200 workers in uncertainty.

Kolkata, Nov. 28 : West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today condemned the terror attacks in Mumbai.

He said it was a challenge for the people of the country to remain calm and resolute and to try to overcome the menace unitedly.

He also expressed a hope for a robust national response to terrorism and added that there was no doubt in his mind that foreign forces are behind this attacks.

He offered his condolences to the families of the victims of the attacks.

Kolkata, Nov. 26 (ANI): Kolkata''s jewellers are all smiles despite the global slowdown being suffered by markets across the world. The goldsmiths here didn’t shift to machine-made jewellery but adhered to their handmade process.

This decision, which was once believed as the main reason for their backwardness by several people, is today reaping them rich dividends.

When the US market was booming, jewellers in other parts of India and the world started mass production of low-carat gold jewellery, which was the craze in the United States. But now with the recession in the US there are no takers for that.

Kolkata, Nov. 25: As cars roll into the parking lot of the shopping mall off the Eastern Bypass in Kolkata, the drivers are met with women parking attendants, a rare sight in India.

These women guide the cars into the earmarked slots. They put on the parking tickets and even collect the money with great aplomb.

An initiative by the Sabita Swanirbhar Goshti, this parking attendants venture has provided gainful employment to 11 underprivileged women in the Santoshpur area.

The women were struggling to make ends meet when Goshti came up with the idea.