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Articles by Krittivas Mukherjee
IAEA chief arrives in India as nuclear row rages
Mohamed ElBaradei arrives in India today amid political tension over the nuclear deal likely to spark snap elections.
Updated on Oct 08, 2007 12:35 PM IST
Reuters | Krittivas Mukherjee, Mumbai
Actor Sanjay Dutt takes up carpentry in jail
The actor chooses carpentry over gardening, cooking, weaving, farming and metal-work, among other jobs.
Updated on Aug 08, 2007 07:22 PM IST
Reuters | Krittivas Mukherjee, Mumbai
Paid labour awaits jailed Sanjay Dutt
One of the highest paid in the film industry, the actor will have to choose between cooking, carpentry, farming or weaving for just a dollar a day.
Updated on Aug 01, 2007 06:13 PM IST
Reuters | Krittivas Mukherjee, Mumbai
Bollywood's Dutt no stranger to controversy, jail
Throughout his life, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has frequently faced adversity, but usually triumphed, with millions of fans solidly behind him.
Updated on Jul 31, 2007 03:33 PM IST
Reuters | Krittivas Mukherjee, Mumbai
Dismal show by Bollywood in mid-year report card
Star appeal, big budgets and swanky foreign locales have all failed to bring cheer to Bollywood as it struggled to make a profit in the first half of 2007.
Updated on Jun 28, 2007 07:17 PM IST
Reuters | Krittivas Mukherjee, Mumbai
Mumbai mafia riding on property, film boom
It appears that a new generation of mob bosses are trying to cash in on Mumbai's property and cash-flush Bollywood.
Updated on Jun 14, 2007 08:32 AM IST
Reuters | Krittivas Mukherjee, Mumbai
Sex education creates storm in India
Moves to bring sex out of the closet have kicked up a morality debate between educators who say sex education will reduce HIV rates, and critics who fear it will corrupt young minds.
Updated on May 15, 2007 12:34 AM IST
Reuters | Krittivas Mukherjee, Mumbai
Bollywood to have its first theme park
The theme park, due to open in 2008, will have Bollywood cafes, a hall of fame, museums, Bollywood rides, sets, shoot visits and simulator experiences.
Updated on Apr 27, 2007 04:09 PM IST
Reuters | Krittivas Mukherjee, Mumbai
Reality check for Shilpa Shetty on UK TV show
Sheltered, that is, until she decided to walk into "Celebrity Big Brother", the British reality TV show.
Published on Jan 19, 2007 12:46 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee (Reuters), Mumbai
Too much flesh means trouble
Indian police have an unusual undercover surveillance job this week, scanning the ramps and observing models at a top fashion show to check that no one intentionally displays too much flesh.
Updated on Dec 08, 2006 07:47 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee | Reuters, Mumbai
Farmer suicides touch record
The spate of suicides in Maharashtra takes the toll to over 900 this year and the wave shows no signs of abating.
Updated on Sep 24, 2006 11:43 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee (Reuters), Mumbai
Bollywood dances to 'new' India tune
"New directors are now making shorter films where heroes and heroines don't lip-sync songs," says a music director.
Updated on Mar 26, 2006 09:16 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee (Reuters), Mumbai
He killed people, now he kills time
After years of tormenting crime dons, the past has returned to haunt the erstwhile poster boy of police force.
Published on Feb 24, 2006 07:43 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee (Reuters), Mumbai
Culling over, cleanup begins
Eleven of the 12 people quarantined have tested negative.
Updated on Feb 24, 2006 05:46 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee (Reuters), Mumbai
Govt's fingers crossed as six more quarantined
Authorities have launched a door-to-door check for anyone with fever in a bid to contain the outbreak of bird flu.
Updated on Feb 21, 2006 12:22 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee (Reuters), Mumbai
India quarantines 3 as bird flu spreads faster
India began a door-to-door search for people with fever, quarantining three babies in hospital.
Published on Feb 20, 2006 05:16 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee (Reuters), Mumbai
Bird flu: India records first suspected death
The suspected case, a 27-year-old poultry farm owner, died on Friday.
Published on Feb 19, 2006 01:43 PM IST
None | Krittivas Mukherjee and Kerstin Gemlich (Reuters), Mumbai/paris
Finally, West Bengal on Infosys radar
West Bengal, which has attracted almost all big names in IT, has finally persuaded Infosys to take a look at its investment potential.
Updated on Aug 19, 2004 03:09 PM IST
PTI | Krittivas Mukherjee (IANS), Kolkata
Rlys to run on green fuel
After years of research, officials are planting saplings of Jatropha and Karanjia, the seeds of which yield green fuel strong enough to run diesel locomotives.
Updated on Oct 24, 2006 06:37 PM IST
PTI | Krittivas Mukherjee(IANS), Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee
Love her, hate her, but you can't ignore her. Trinamool Congress chief is temperamental, at times even supercilious, but always on her voters' mind.
Updated on Apr 27, 2004 01:58 PM IST
PTI | Krittivas Mukherjee (Indo-Asian News Service), Kolkata
Govt to engage HIV positive people in AIDS policymaking
India may soon involve the HIV infected in anti-AIDS projects to make such policies more effective.
Updated on Mar 08, 2004 05:23 PM IST
PTI | Krittivas Mukherjee (IANS), Kolkata
'Toxic cola' issue spurs anti-pollution activism
West Bengal has suddenly woken up to the dangers of of food and water pollution after 'pesticides' were found in Coke and Pepsi beverages.
Updated on Aug 16, 2003 01:50 PM IST
PTI | Krittivas Mukherjee (IANS), Kolkata
Coca-Cola factory slows production, fires workers
The slowdown came even as a state Govt report found that sludge from the factory contained high levels of lead and cadmium.
Updated on Aug 09, 2003 05:26 PM IST
PTI | Krittivas Mukherjee (IANS), Kolkata
War stirs storm in Cola cup
Students of Jadavpur University claim that their newly 'invented' Cola-hol will not only quench thirst but also be the conscientious Indian's alternative to the American beverages.
Updated on Apr 14, 2003 04:08 PM IST
PTI | Krittivas Mukherjee (Indo-Asian New Service), Kolkata