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Tangra Chinatown, situated in the eastern part of Kolkata (Calcutta) India, is one of the Chinatowns in the city that still has the largest number of Indian Chinese living in the area as compared to any other city in the rest of India. The significan

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  • Assault and robbery in Tangra

    Posted on Monday April 27th, 2009 at 10:50 in news

    A gang of three robbers were held and arrested on Sunday April 26, 2009 for a robbery bid and assault in Tangra which happened last month on March 25, 2009.The Telegraph India report,Police said on March 25 morning at around 11.00am , the three men â...

  • Canadian Chinese in Kolkata Passport problems

    Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 in news

    On Monday 20 2009, a Canadian national by the name of Chiu The Che, 38, was arrested at the Kolkata International Airport on the charge of traveling on a fake passport. He was formerly an Indian national of Chinese origin staying in the Tangra Chinat...

  • Bantala Leather Complex to get Sector V status

    Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 07:00 in news, leather tanneries

    The West Bengal Government are planning to declare the Bantala Leather Complex as a notified area. A notified area is any land area which has been earmarked by legal provisions. The reasons given for doing by the Chief Minister’s Secretariat is tha...

  • Tangra Chinatown street light up

    Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 11:43 in news

    The streets in and around Tangra and Tangra Chinatown got new street lights installed. What was once a poorly lit street has now brighten up significantly and one of the biggest beneficiaries is the Tangra Chinese Restaurants which will attract more ...

  • Calcutta Leather Complex in a mess

    Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 12:14 in news, indian news, leather tanneries

    Calcutta Leather Complex located at Bantala, around 14km from Science City is touted as the largest integrated leather complex in the world with a total land mass of 1200 acres. It is a project which is larger than the Tata Nano one in Singur as the ...

  • Bantala IT Complex

    Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 02:22 in news, indian news

    How many of you know that there is a Calcutta Leather Complex in Bantala which is around 14km from Science City. The leather complex has a land area of around 1200 acres and will be the new home of the polluting tanneries in Tangra, Topsia and Tiljal...

  • Indian Chinese association lucky draw 2009

    Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 01:10 in news, chinese new year

    The Indian Chinese association lucky draw for the Tangra Chinese New Year 2009 has been announced. The first prize goes to no. 208, the second prize to no.70 and the consolation prizes go to no. 86, 109, 236, 89, 243 and 75.But how to claim the prize...

  • Tangra Chinese New Year Fete Raffle Lucky Draw Results

    Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 22:48 in news, chinese new year

    The Lucky draw winning number of The Tangra Chinese New Year fete's raffle as organized by the Tangra Chinese Youth Club are as follows,The second column is the ticket number as one can make out also, and the third column represents the item won.The ...

  • day 5 of Tangra Chinese New Year

    Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009 at 01:39 in news, chinese new year

    Basically celebrations are over for the Tangra Chinese New Year as regards public event.Now relatives invite each other to a feast as a New Year get togetherthough it has already started during the New Year celebrations. Afteralmost a week of celebra...

  • day 4 of Tangra Chinese New Year

    Posted on Thursday January 29th, 2009 at 03:36 in news, chinese new year

    Today is another day of the Annual Tangra Chinese New Year Fete, the new year celebration has subsided somewhat after all the feasting and hanging out doing nothing of note. For indigestion, one can have a "Digene" tablet and it tastes good too. The ...

  • day 3 of Tangra Chinese New Year

    Posted on Wednesday January 28th, 2009 at 08:06 in news, chinese new year

    This is day 3 of the Tangra Chinese New Year celebrations. It is the start of the feast where relatives or friends started inviting each other to their feasts which may be eight courses Chinese cuisine or Indian food buffet. Let's not forget that tod...

  • day 2 of Tangra Chinese New Year

    Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 07:11 in news, chinese new year, lion dance

    Tangra Chinatown witnessed several groups of Lion Dance group new year visit mostly based from outside Tangra. Quite a few of these groups consisted mostly of Indians and make up of just the requisite number of persons, one play the drums, one or two...

  • day 1 of 1st lunar month of Tangra Chinese New Year

    Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 07:34 in news, chinese new year, lion dance

    Tangra Chinatown Lion Dance groups started vising homes in the early in the morning on Jan 26 2009 (day 1 of first month of the Chinese calendar year of the Ox), that is around 1.00am. One is sure to get awaken with the rhythmic beats of drums, cymba...

  • Xaviers 150

    Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 01:50 in news, colleges, schools

    St. Xavier's College, Calcutta celebrated its 150th year on Jan 21 2009 when the current Chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee inaugurated the celebrations. It was originally planned to have the Prime minister of India, Dr. Manmohan ...