State-owned PSU, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is strengthening its share in rural India.

This time, BSNL has come up with a new scheme for rustic regions of Uttar Pradesh.

Under this novel plan a landline connection will be available at monthly installments of just Rs 20. This scheme is exclusively for those living in rustic areas of Uttar Pradesh.
 
Mr. Rajech Kumar, BSNL general manager for marketing in the state, said, “The upcoming scheme will be exclusively launched in the villages in August.”

Siliguri, July 12 : Members of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJMM), wa

Hooghly (WB), July 11 : Trinamool Congress today announced that it would renew its agitation against the Tata Motor''s car factory at Singur from Monday.
"There is no question of supporting the Tata Motors small car project. We will oppose it," said Becharam Manna, convenor of Trinamool Congress controlled Krishi Jami Raksha Committee.
"The Government will have to return the 400 acres of fertile land to the owners," Manna said.
Meanwhile, work at the Tata Motors project is going on smoothly. About 2000 workers were working in the project.
Tata Motors started to build its factory in Singur in January 2007 to make the world''s cheapest car.

Kolkata, July 6: Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) General Secretary Prakash Karat has warned the UPA Government that it runs the risk of sacrificing India's independent foreign policy, i

Kolkata, July 6 : A slight intensity earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Open-ended Richter Scale struck West Bengal late on Saturday night.

Kolkata, July 5 : As many as 53 out of 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal have a high concentration of voters who happen to be illegal migrants from Bangladesh. Similarly, the fate of forty Assembly seats in Assom depends on the votes cast by Bangladeshi infiltrators. All this has been revealed by a recent report of the union home ministry on infiltration from India’s neighbour. The report has been prepared on the basis of facts and figures provided by the Task Force on Border Management and Assom’s former governor S. K. Sinha. 

According to the report, at present there are 80 lakh Bangladeshi infiltrators in Bengal, 55 lakh in Assom, 4 lakh in Tripura and 5 lakh in Bihar(Katihar, Purnia and Kishenganj districts) and Jharkhand(Sahebganj district).