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Three prominent institutes of higher studies in West Bengal-Jadhavpur University, Calcutta University and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta are reported to be testing the feasibility of collaboration for setting up Meta University-a ...  

Since the 19th century, the Bengali capital, Kolkata, has been known for some of India’s greatest artists, like the filmmaker Satyajit Ray and the writers Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chattoapdhyay ... and North India has always ...  

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Indian Premier League (IPL) victory party at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday turned out to be one of the biggest in the recent past. The party was so big that it even dwarfed the Twenty-20 World Cup victory ...  

on 24th May, 2012, Kolkata formally joined the global SlutWalk movement, with over a hundred young men and women marching for the cause in the sweltering heat of summer. On the web, netizens bring the event alive through discussions, photos and videos.  

Police used bamboo sticks to beat back huge crowds thronging the streets of Kolkata on Tuesday as the city's victorious Indian Premier League (IPL) team received a raucous welcome home. Gautam Gambhir, captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders, led celebrations ...  

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is in JV pact with Burn Standard Co for wagon components unit. This JV will set up 10,000 bogies/yr capacity unit in West Bengal and to invest Rs 200 crore in West Bengal wagon unit, reports CNBC-TV18. It touched ...  

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in the Eden Gardens stadium in the city of Calcutta to celebrate the victory of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. The cricket team's owner, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and the ...  

KOLKATA: TeamLease Services and Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT), gained over 136 applications of job hunters throughout West Bengal during the Job Fair and Career Seminar held in several cities like Kolkata and Uluberia. The Job Fair ...  

In 2011, the United Nations Academic Impact Programme named University of Calcutta as one of the 10 global hubs and the country's only university to work on the principles of peace and conflict resolution. It also features at the third spot on the India ...  

Banerjee’s role in Indian democracy, especially when it comes to support for economic decisions, has certainly been divisive. Many have called ... into Bengal if Banerjee eased her stand on issues critical to the US, mainly FDI (foreign ...  

Business TodayDidi hits Kolkata street against fuel hikeDaily News & AnalysisBy DNA Correspondent | Place: Kolkata | Agency: DNA Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee hit the street on Saturday evening to step up pressure on the Congress-led UPA government against the recent petrol price hike ...Congress criticizes Mamata Banerjeet rallyTimes of IndiaPetrol price hike: Mamata Banerjee takes her protest to...  

India's original plan was to have the same agreement with Yangon University. The military, however, is said to have put its foot down apparently because Yangon University students have always been seen as staunch supporters of Suu Kyi and it did ...  

The HinduA Kolkata show all the wayTimes of IndiaChepauk was dressed in a sea of yellow on Sunday evening as Team Chennai faced Team Kolkata in the final encounter of the IPL. Disappointed they might have been about the result, but the local crowd got exactly what they wished for - a match high on ...Kolkata bracing up for extending warm felicitation to KKRCricketnext.comDidi,CPM praise KKR in one voiceIndian ExpressKKR players get grand...  

Kolkata, May 25: The West Bengal government has entered into an MoU with the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and the Burn Standard Company Ltd (BSCL) to set up a railway wagon and component factory in East Midnapore's Jellingham, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Friday. - Indiatalkies.com  

KOLKATA: Just when the wind of change swept the entire state and turned the seat of power on its head, it seems Calcutta University managed to remain insulated, with its top boss Suranjan Das - appointed the vice-chancellor of the institution ...  

Seven members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have surrendered with weapons in West Bengal's Jhargram district, police said Wednesday. This follows an appeal from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Jhargram Superintendent of Police...  

Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) West Bengal's left parties Wednesday threatened to hit the ... leader Surya Kanta Mishra told IANS over phone. Communist Party of India state secretary Manju Kumar Majumdar called the petrol price hike the United Progressive Alliance ...  

I ended up going to Kolkata (Calcutta, India) and Darjeeling for my 10-day travel period for my study abroad program. I had hoped to see some of the Himalayan peaks, but it was bad weather so we just shivered in the cold grayness of Darjeeling.  

Criminal investigation in India all too frequently, begins and ends with a forced confession extracted from a person detained by police, who may have nothing to do with the crime. The process persecutes the innocent and allows crafty offenders to go free. This story tragically, is yet another report that substantiates this practice.  

It is hard to imagine the level of brutality that awaits some Indians; men in India do not hesitate to openly beat women in a public setting, and this time, once again, the suspects are police. A poor woman suffering from a cold, leaving a doctor's visit, was beaten and molested by border police.  

Every morning at around 11am, a piece of theatre plays out in the lane next to the single-storey home of chief minister Mamata Banerjee. After police have stopped the traffic on Harish Chatterjee Street and pushed back curious onlookers, from her home emerges a convoy of vehicles that resembles the cavalcade of no other Indian chief minister. It consists of just three cars – two police vehicles following behind a small, black hatch-back...  

West Bengal government on Tuesday raised Rs 1,500 crore as state development loan (SDL) from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), thus raising 25 per cent of its projected borrowing in the first two months of the financial year. So far, the West Bengal ...  

To celebrate Kolkata's eternal love for Chinese cuisine, Zodiac, the multi cuisine restaurant at Fortune Select Loudon, relives the heydays of China Town cuisine in Kolkata - delicacies that have grown to be a veritable part of the Indian heritage.  

West Bengal government on Tuesday raised Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) as state development loan from the Reserve Bank of India [ Get Quote], thus raising 25 per cent of its projected borrowing in the first two months of the financial year.  

Targeting her Marxist opponents again, West Bengal [ Images] Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee [ Images] alleged that Communist Party of India-Marxist was plotting with Maoists to kill her with the help of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and ...  

Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist Monday termed the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a bid by the US to “harvest fruits” of West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee regime, a leader they had cultivated in the past when she was in the opposition. “They (US) had cultivated [...]  

(PR-inside.com) Globsyn InfoTech (Globsyn InfoTech) operates as a IT company, principally engaged in providing software and applications for management of finances. The company offers comprehensive personal finance information on stocks, mutual funds, loans, credit cards. It also operates research and development centers, which are located at Kolkata and Mumbai in India and in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Its Kolkata facility is one of largest...  

Mumbai/Kolkata, MAY 7 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s love affair with the Taj Hotels continued on her third official visit to India in the past 14 years. In Kolkata 14 years ago as the US First lady, Clinton had chosen to stay at the Hotel Taj Bengal, an official from the Taj [...]  

Reform halted Many companies are now worried that the entire state of West Bengal seems to be in a policy paralysis. Recently, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chose to stop over in Calcutta ...  

Calcutta, May 18: The Bengal government scored a small victory today when a division bench of Calcutta High Court stayed an arbitration proceeding initiated by The Chatterjee Group, the private promoter of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL). TCG had taken HPL ...  

New Delhi, May 20 : Asserting that the law and order situation in West Bengal is a matter of grave concern, Communist Party of India (CPI) lawmaker D. Raja on Sunday said Mamata Banerjee might have completed a year as chief minister in the state, but there ...  

Kolkata, May 6: Former West Bengal chif minister and Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday took a dig at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to the city, saying that the present Trinamool Congress government is one of the US' favourites. - Indiatalkies.com  

The entire stretch of the Wallajah Road in Chennai, in some ways, evokes the spirit of Kolkata. Walking on the pavements without ... One building also accommodated information, tourism and transport departments of the West Bengal government.  

Kolkata, May 24 : Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), India’s one of the largest food products marketing organizations, on Thursday announced the launch of Amul PRO, its new Whey Protein Malt Beverage brand. R. S. Sodhi, Managing Direc ...  

Calcutta: Defending champions Bengal bowed out of the Santosh Trophy on Sunday. Needing a win to keep their hopes alive, after losing to Maharashtra in their opening match, Bengal played out a goalless draw with Kerala in their second match of the group A ...  

Kolkata, May 23 : Manipal Hospitals, a leading healthcare provider group, in association with Advatech, the first global company to offer customized medical tourism services ... with other leading hospitals in India and abroad. As a part of the initiative ...  

Kolkata being the center of East India holds a great significance in our retail expansion plans. "Titan Eye Plus is pleased to announce the opening of its two new stores store in Kolkata. Today, we have 32 stores in the East India and 18 stores in West ...  

The Calcutta High Court Friday granted anticipatory bail to Preeti Surekha, one of AMRI Hospital directors, against whom an arrest order was issued after a fire last December claimed 94 lives, mostly patients. Surekha was granted bail by the...  

The best it can do is petition the Centre for a debt relief package – which is what Mamata Banerjee is doing. If Mamata could issue her own bonds endlessly, West Bengal would have become the next Greece. # 4: The options: What happens when you are part ...  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged non-resident Indians from the state to invest funds and expertise in upgrading healthcare. “I know most of these people love their country very much, I urge them to come and invest money and ...  

Business TodayFinance minister hints at debt relief for three states, not just BengalTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: Amid pressure from Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday indicated that he could not offer concessions to one state and would look at a package for three debt-afflicted states - Punjab, ...Weak rupee actually helps India: CLSAMoneycontrol.comMukherjee says no austerity measures...  

The HinduNo religion-based reservation, says MamataNorthern Voices OnlineKolkata, May 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday rubbished demands of reservation for Muslims on the basis of religion and said the idea cannot work as it is not permitted by the Indian Constitution.One year of Mamata Banerjee's government in BengalNDTVMamata walks out of show, calls students MaoistsIBNLive.comWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...  

The HinduDid Mamata-Hillary talk about foreign investment in retail? (West Bengal ...Newstrack IndiaKolkata, May 13 (IANS) The tete-a-tete between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, sweetened by plates of sandesh, the popular local sweet, suddenly threatens to leave a bitter aftertaste over whether ...Mamata Banerjee completes one year as CM: The change & afterHindustan TimesAlly & opposition...  

Calcutta, May 4: The Bengal government is keen to set up IT hardware parks in Kalyani, Bolpur and West Midnapore on a public-private-partnership basis. The state can provide up to 20 acres in each of these places and has sought proposals from interested ...  

IBNLive.comTalk less, work more: Congress to TrinamoolTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI, The achievements of the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal on Thursday came in for question with key ally Congress asking it to "talk less and work more", saying it was not known as to which of the promises had been implemented by it ...Crime against women has shot up in WB: NCW chiefHindustan TimesTalk less, work more: Cong to TrinamoolMoneycontrol.comall...  

Jayanta Talukdar, Deepika Kumari, Bombaila Devi and Cherovolu Swuro arrived in Gangtok yesterday, barely escaping the hottest day of the summer so far in Calcutta. “Calcutta was too hot for us to carry on with our practice. The Gangtok climate ...  

Kolkata, May 16: With the West Bengal government deciding to issue permits to Kolkata's hawkers without earmarking any permanent hawking zone, Magsaysay awardee Mahasweta Devi Tuesday said the hawkers should not be evicted as they were also part of the society. - Indiatalkies.com  

India’s modern great, Sachin Tendulkar, is due to receive formal congratulations for having scored a record-breaking 100 centuries from the West Bengal sports department, prior to the match scheduled to be played between the Mumbai Indians (for whom the ...  

Briefing the media after Hillary's departure from Writers' Building, Mamata said that she mooted the idea of further discussions between chief secretary Samar Ghosh and US ambassador to India Nancy Powell on investment possibilities. According ...  

Jagran PostCentre not helping Bengal at all: MamataIndian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Centre of not helping her government at all to overcome its financial crisis. “The biggest hurdle being faced by us is that the UPA government, which we are supporting, has not at all ...Mamata, Trinamool: Red to green, now yellow?Zee News (blog)'Queen of Democrazy' Mamata Banerjee at the crossroads of changeTimes...  

Kolkata, May 19: A woman was allegedly raped by two of her tenants in north Kolkata last month, police said Saturday, adding she complained that her attackers had also filmed the entire incident which deterred her from reporting the case to the police earlier. - Indiatalkies.com  

Calcutta, May 4: The Bengal government today suffered a temporary setback in the battle for the ownership control of Haldia Petrochemicals when Calcutta High Court refused an injunction on an international arbitration initiated by The Chatterjee Group (TCG).  

KOLKATA, India, May 8 (Xinhua) -- When she visited the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Sunday and Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meant business and assured that American businessmen will have investments in West Bengal.  

Calcutta, May 13: Darjeeling tea growers want global buyers to participate directly in the proposed e-auction of their varieties. The association feels the practice of limiting e-auction to local entities will not give the growers the desired returns.  

... Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are the twin topics of much discussion US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit this week to India has brought West Bengal and its Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee into focus because Ms Clinton chose to break her journey in Kolkata.  

Indian Railways ... and Saturdays. The government’s order is aimed at curbing crime in the city. Bengal govt to come up with biometric cards for NREGA beneficiaries 22-MAR-12 The West Bengal government will introduce bio-metric job cards to the National ...  

Is this the “change” we’ve been looking for? Filmmaker Aparna Sen begs to differ. She feels that it is the one metro that is unspoilt by senseless greed. “People are not as de-sensitised here as they are in Delhi and Mumbai. I find that they have a ...  

Kolkata, May 6 : The first motor sports team from West Bengal- “Speedy Bongs” was launched on Sunday and the squad will be participating in the upcoming Indian National Rally Championship (INRC). The team will take part in this season’s INRC ...  

PRESS CONFERENCE AGAINST EVICTIONS AND REPRESSION IN WEST BENGAL April 23, 11 am at the Indian Women’s Press Corps, 5, WINDSOR PLACE, NEW DELHI-110001 On March 30, 2012, the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), with the full support of the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government and its police force, bulldozed and burnt down the houses of over [...]  

Barely a couple of days after arresting a professor who came up with satiric cartoons against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the TrinaMool Congress has gone a step ahead by enforcing a statewide ban on the "joker" card in all playing card sets, thereby making it clear that anything remotely ... West Bengal will set an example for the rest of India as the most serious, progressive state!". ... http://ashwinskumar.blogspot.com...  

Call him the Shahrukh Khan of West Bengal or the Rajinikanth of Calcutta; Prosenjit Chatterjee doesn’t seem quite fascinated with fancy sobriquets. And while we met him for a confab, we discovered quite a few things about this famous Tollywood ...  

Indians need to BE "Minds without Fear", not just read it. We need to LIVE 'Ekla Cholo Re', not live in fear." Singer Shreya Ghoshal tweeted: "Rabindranath Tagore continues to inspire us in every step of our life. 25'e boishakh (his birthday) celebrations ...  

Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her government has completed most of its tasks in its very first year, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Surjya Kanta Mishra Friday said after having sent the railways...  

An Indian woman sells idol of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi in Calcutta, India, April 14, 2012, on "Poila Baishakh", the beginning of all business activities in West Bengal when traders worship of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi to mark the year with ...  

Charbak Dipta grew up in Bongaon in West Bengal, India. His dad, Diptarup Das, is an amateur film-maker and ardent music lover while his mother Sanchita Das is herself a singer. Being the only son, Charbak grew up in the musical environment and started ...  

Eastern and Northeast India clearly have exciting futures and great importance to India's regional presence,"she added. The visit came one week before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is due to visit the eastern Indian historical metropolis.  

Veena Sikri, former Indian envoy to Bangladesh, has been facilitating people-to-people contact, ironing out creases in bilateral ties. Head of Jamia Millia Islamia's Bangladesh Studies Programme, Sikri spoke with Sameer Arshad about blocks to ...  

KOLKATA, India, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Despite a scheduled visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton here in early May to meet West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the latter Friday reiterated her government's adamant stand against some economic reforms.  

The Calcutta high court upheld on Tuesday the state censor board’s diktat to cover the posters revealing Bengali actor Paoli Dam’s bare back in her debut Hindi film, Hate Story. Earlier, the West Bengal Board of Censorship ordered the film ...  

Kolkata: Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her government has completed most of its tasks in its very first year, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Surjya Kanta Mishra on Friday said after having ...  

NDTVTMC leader assaults woman profDeccan HeraldA woman professor was allegedly assaulted by a former Trinamool Congress MLA and local leaderArabul Islam in South 24 Parganas district on Wednesday. The incident took place at Bhangar College in South 24 Parganas when Arabul Islam allegedly entered ...Trinamool leader flung jug at me, West Bengal professor saysTimes of IndiaProfessor's charge of misbehaviour against Trinamool leaderIBNLive...  

NEW DELHI: Fresh from its April visit to the state, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has sent a stinker to West Bengal government pointing towards a steep rise in crime against women in the state in recent months and adding that this rise ...  

Veteran Bengali film personality Soumitra Chatterjee was conferred the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award by Vice President M Hamid Ansari for his life-time contribution to Indian cinema, here on Thursday. The Vice President also felicitated the winners ...  

KOLKATA: West Bengal labour minister Purnendu Bose said tyre-maker Dunlop India appears keen to reopen its Sahaganj unit by April 18 but it would have to clarify the timeframe on deployment of workers. Stating that interest of workers would not ...  

has set a 15-day deadline to announce debt relief for West Bengal (WB) . But the WB should stop Mamata from demanding moratorium on Rs 660 Billion ‘debt’ payment from Union of India because this public debt is already unconstitutional and people of WB ...  

Dhaka: Five-year-old Indian boy Ariful Sheikh, who spent nearly a year in a Bangladesh jail along with his grandparents, was released on Sunday. Ariful was reunited with his parents after the Bangladesh Border Guards handed him along with his ...  

KOLKATA, India, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The internationally acclaimed Indian scientist Partho Sarothi Roy, who was suspected of left-wing tendency earlier this month and was released from jail on Wednesday, lashed out at the West Bengal state government ...  

The week had seen a lot of backlash and protests on the Indian social media scene against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the tyrannical attempts to gag any criticism against her or her governance and relevant trending topic on Twitter ...  

Giving emphasis on more lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), public sector State Bank of India (SBI) will set up four new specialised SME branches in West Bengal, a senior bank official said Friday. "We are giving more thrust to the small and ...  

Debolina Raja Gupta notes that although the West Bengal Government In India had decided to take the hand drawn rickshaws off by 2005-2006 they are still plying in Kolkata roads. Written by Rezwan · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper  

This article discusses about sending soft toys and new-born gifts to wish ‘Subho Nababarsa’ on Bengali New Year through the online gifting store, GiftstoIndia24x7.com PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 14, 2012 - Bengali New Year is celebrated on the first ...  

Kolkata, April 27 : Giving emphasis on more lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), public sector State Bank of India (SBI) will set up four new specialised SME branches in West Bengal, a senior bank official said Friday. "We are giving more thrust ...  

An anonymous blogger compares the situation with an overall intolerance towards freedom of speech in India: And this on the same day that an author has to leave the country ... The documentary ”Ujyalotira” (Towards the Light) is made by the Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL) and the Women Development Society (WODES) and aims to raise awareness on the impact the conflict in the region is having on the children. facebook · twitter · • Juliana...  

Calcutta, April 24: The Bengal government has initiated a dialogue with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to bring the public sector giant as a strategic investor into Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL). Strategic investors are those who infuse funds into a ...  

Her passions are not accumulating Ferraris but landscape painting and poetry. A prominent Bengali businessman praises her energy and direct manner, forgiving her much as she struggles with a dire legacy. The state is India’s most indebted, and ...  

New Delhi: At a time when the government needs her support for its candidate for President of India, Mamata Banerjee is meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the finances of her state, West Bengal. Ms Banerjee wants the government to ...  

Ahead of the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Kolkata next month, US Ambassador to India Nancy J Powell will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on April 30. "Powell is scheduled to meet the Chief Minister ...  

Kolkata: No cartoons on social networking sites, no protests, and now, no marriage to anyone remotely connected to the Communist Party of India (CPM). The Trinamool Congress' list of don'ts just got longer, with West Bengal Food and Supplies ...  

And while there was one big chance in the form of the Tata Motors Singur plant, we know what happened to that one. Not that the Nano has been a game changer for Tata Motors as in the case of the XUV500 SUV for Mahindra(M) and Ertiga LUV for ...  

Kolkata, Apr 23: Former West Bengal Chief Minister and CPI (M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has slammed the economic policies of the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre. - Indiatalkies.com  

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Whatever its intentions in cracking down on abuse of tax havens, India has alienated overseas investors with the timing and communication of its measures when it can ill afford to do so. India's move to target tax evaders through a general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), along with a plan to retroactively tax the indirect transfer of assets, has spooked investors and added to an ...  

Grape growers uproot vines as Indians fail to acquire taste for local terroirs Hambir Gopal Phadtare, founder and owner of Mountain View winery in Nashik region of western India looks out over his land and sees a diminished vineyard. Four of his 10 hectares have been sold to repay bank loans, the French experts have disappeared and there are no lines of lorries full of grapes bought from ...  

India has developed its own missile defence shield which can be put in place at short notice to protect at least two cities, bringing the country at par with an elite group of few nations. The shield,... Related Stories A scarf, Tagore's Gitanjali among Mamata's gifts for Hillary I am in the dark, says Pranab on Presidential nomination Yatra rift ignites full-scale war in Rajasthan BJP India to ...  

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will walk a diplomatic tightrope next week as it plays host to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the same time as a large Iranian trade delegation visits seeking to circumvent tough U.S. sanctions that have strangled Iran's economy. The energy-hungry South Asian nation has publicly rejected Western sanctions but has privately pushed refiners to cut imports of ...  

The Indian government says it wants to crack down on tax avoidance involving a treaty with Mauritius, which is a favoured route for foreign investment in Asia's third-largest economy.India has been seeking ...  

India's government has asked energy giant Reliance Industries to pay a $1.25 billion penalty for a fall in gas production from its main oil fields, a company executive said on Friday.  

Sanjoy insisted that the Northeast can become a strong economic power with the rest of the country.