”Calcutta” News

Rugby coach Hadden calls on Gray to brighten Scots

EDINBURGH (AFP) – Under-pressure Scotland coach Frank Hadden has insisted that he is focusing 100 percent on England and not worrying about the possibility he
03 19 2009 11:19PM (...more)

Hadden calls on Gray to brighten Scots

EDINBURGH (AFP) – Under-pressure Scotland coach Frank Hadden has insisted that he is focusing 100 percent on England and not worrying about the possibility he
03 19 2009 6:41PM (...more)

Johnson wants more from England rugby players

BAGSHOT, England (AFP) – England manager Martin Johnson challenged his team to raise their game after naming an unchanged matchday 22 here on Wednesday for his side's 03 19 2009 2:23PM (...more)

Snake charmers hold street protest in India

CALCUTTA, India – Nearly 1,000 snake charmers held a protest in eastern India Tuesday, playing their flutes as they marched through the streets demanding the right to perform with live snakes. Shows featuring cobras and other live snakes have been banned in 02 20 2009 2:44PM (...more)

Just A Minute With: Arnab Ray on blogging in India

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Popular Indian blogger Arnab Ray has entertained thousands of readers on his blog Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind (http://greatbong.net) for over four years. Ray, who lives in the U.S., talks
12 30 2008 8:41AM (...more)

Maradona returns to Argentina after India trip

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina national coach Diego Maradona has said his charity visit to India was
12 10 2008 9:53AM (...more)

Diego Maradona inaugurates soccer school in India

CALCUTTA, India - Diego Maradona was greeted by thousands of fans Saturday as he helped inaugurate a football school on the first day of his visit to promote the 12 9 2008 4:11AM (...more)

Scrabulous RIP?

Fans of Scrabulous were furious when the highly addictive but obviously pirated online version of Scrabble suddenly disappeared last week. Hasbro, Scrabble's copyright owner, sued the creators of Scrabulous and forced it off the popular Facebook social networking website , where the game had more than a half-million daily users.
08 6 2008 5:59PM (...more)

Kolkata eyes graveyard tourism

KOLKATA (Reuters Life!) - The dead are an unlikely tourist attraction, but authorities in Kolkata are promoting the graveyards of India 's former colonial capital to woo foreigners trying to trace their roots.
07 25 2008 9:18PM (...more)

Former British India capital eyes graveyard tourism

KOLKATA, India (Reuters Life!) - The dead are an unlikely tourist attraction, but authorities in Kolkata are promoting the graveyards of India 's former colonial capital to woo foreigners trying to trace their roots.
07 25 2008 8:18PM (...more)