Kolkata, Sep 2 : Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly said if the Nano project at Singur went elsewhere, West Bengal would become a dark spot and called for support to the cause of the TATAs and industry to create a future for the people of the State.

“The starting of the Nano project will be a beginning of an era in West Bengal which will completely revolutionalise the prospect of the state and the future of the youth of our state,” Ganguly said.

Kolkata, Sep. 1 : Special training is being provided to priests in Kolkata ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival of Bengalis devoted to Goddess Durga.

The need for providing such training was felt after noticing many a priests not paying due attention on their pronunciation skills of Sanskrit-based Shlokas.

Jayanta Kushari, an expert priest, is conducting the training programme where trainees of all age groups have enrolled themselves to acquire proper knowledge and work upon various areas of improvement.

Kolkata, Sep 1 : Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee today met West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi for the second day following his initiative to resolve deadlock over Singur issue.

Chatterjee, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the assembly, had an hour closed meeting with Gandhi today.

It could not be ascertained if Chatterjee delivered any communication from Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee to the Governor who wrote to her last Saturday, urging her to take part in the negotiations.

Kolkata, Sep 1 : Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said she is ready to hold talks with the Left Front-led West Bengal Government, but insists that the stir at the TATA Motors'' Singur project site would continue.

"Negotiations and agitation can go together," Mamata said after sending a Krishi Jami Raksha Committee delegation to met West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi on Sunday.

Earlier, the Governor wrote a letter to the Trinamool chief, urging her to take part in the negotiations.

Kolkata, Aug 30: Dr. Krishna Kumar Birla, the noted industrialist of the Birla family, died at his residence after a brief illness on Saturday morning. He was 90.

He served as a Member of the Rajya Sabha, and is survived by three daughters Nandini Nupani, Shobhana Bhartia, who is the vice chairperson and editorial adviser of Hindustan Times and Saroj Potddar.

Birla, who was the Chairman of Hindustan Times and several Birla Group of industries, was ill for the last fortnight.

His wife Manorama Devi Birla died about a month ago.

Kolkata, August 29 : Central committee member of the Communist Party of Marxist Shyamal Chakraborty on Friday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee has been censured by party’s Politburo for his anti-bandh stand and he has accepted the punishment.

“The Chief Minister has been censured by the Politburo for his anti-bandh stand and he has not opposed it and accepted the decision,” Chakraborty said.

Chakraborty said the "censure" is one of the several penal provisions in the CPM constitution.