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February 18, 2016 The police beating that opened America’s eyes to racial segregation laws
20.8K Total Views On the evening of February 12, 1946, Isaac Woodard, a 26-year-old black Army veteran, boarded a bus in Augusta, Georgia. Earlier that day, he’d been honourably discharged, and he was heading to Winnsboro, South Carolina to reunite with his wife. The bus driver made a stop en route. When Woodard asked if […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 15, 2016 To defeat Mamata, CPI(M) and Congress weigh some unique alliance strategies
Photo Credit: IANS 15K Total Views The intensely polarised politics in West Bengal is edging closer to an unorthodox flexibility as the Congress and the Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), separately search for a way for the arch rivals to box in Mamata Banerjee. The Plan A under consideration in […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 15, 2016 As the city’s young move out for studies or jobs, an industry is taking their place to take care of the senior citizens left behind.
Photo Credit: Rana Chakraborty 31.4K Total Views A drive down Kolkata’s spine, the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass that connects the north and south, will tell you what the city is really worried about. Between signboards advertising new-age condominiums, five-star hotels and schools with “world class” facilities are a number of ads by hospitals and pharma companies […]