Saturday, July 04, 2009 KOLKATA: At least eight people died after the bus in which they were travelling fell off a bridge on the rail tracks near the Howrah station in West Bengal on Saturday, Indian police said here. The accident took place around 4pm when the bus fell from Bankim Setu on the railway tracks, almost 50 feet below the bridge. "Rescue operation is on. We are apprehending that at least six to seven people are dead in the accident and another five or more are injured," a police official said. Police and railway medical teams have rushed to the spot. "The bus fell between the two platforms (11 and 12). We have stalled operations in platforms from Platform No 10 to 23. But local trains are plying normally," Eastern Railway's chief public relations officer Samir Goswami said. "Operations on those platforms have been stopped because we have cut the electricity supply following the accident," Goswami added. A number of long distance trains were held up.
Sunday, February 28, 2010 HAVANA: Hundreds of wealthy merchants and cigar aficionados from all parts of the world gathered in Havana this week to bid high stakes for humidors full of premium cigars. Cuba's annual Habanos festival ended on Friday night with an auction of ornate humidors of cedar and mahogany stacked with hand-rolled stogies that raised 800,000 euros ($1.09 million dollars). Habanos S.A. executives this month said cigar sales fell 8 percent to $360 million in 2009, so they have created the Julieta, a smaller, milder version of the Romeo y Julieta cigar, aimed specifically at female smokers. Women now make up only 5 to 10 percent of customers for Habanos. But even with the creation of the Julieta, Garcia said Habanos has only modest hopes for 2010 sales, due largely to a weak economy in Spain, the biggest market for Cuban cigars. The flavor of premium tobacco relies on the soil and climate in which it is grown. The western province of Pinar Del Rio, famous fo...
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