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An Indian citizen, returning from the United States Wednesday, is suspected of being infected with swine influenza, and was placed in quarantine, reported Thursday the local newspaper, Times of India.

A Canadian national was arrested at the city airport on Monday on the charge of travelling on a fake passport.

A gang of three was arrested on Sunday for a robbery bid and assault in Tangra’s Chinatown last month.

For the Chinese community in Kolkata, elections are as routine as rolling up dumplings every morning. They vote because they have to. Not because they hope something good will come out of it. Ignored by politicians, the dwindling Chinese population is getting desperate to be seen, heard and belong.

There is a rising demand in India to learn the Chinese language, but New Delhi is hardly issuing visa to teachers from China, says Beijing’s top diplomat here.

Trains travelling at 300 km an hour could become a reality in India, according to Union Minister of State for Railways R Velu. On his recent visit to China, the minister held talks with Chinese authorities on the transfer of technology for highspeed trains.

Finally, the city will have its own Chinatown. The state tourism development corporation and the tourism board of Kunming in south-east China’s Yunnan province have entered into an agreement to jointly promote Tangra as a tourist destination and develop it along the lines of the famous Chinese hubs in London, New York City, Los Angeles, [...]