Archive for January, 2009

Bazaar limps without basic amenities – The Statesman

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Bazaar limps without basic amenities
The Statesman, India – 15 Jan 2009
RAIGANJ, Jan. 15: Mahanbati Bazar, the main vegetable, grocery and fish market of Raiganj, is running without basic amenities like drinking water, toilets,

Radhikapur-Delhi express delinked from Simanchal – The Statesman

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Residents of Raiganj are planning to organise another agitation in Raiganj railway station after railway authorities last night changed both the number and the time table of the Radhikapur-Delhi (link) express train.
According to the new instruction of railway authorities, 5715 Radhikapur-Delhi (link) express train will start from Radhikapur railway station every Sunday morning, beginning 18 January. It will arrive in Raiganj at 6.45 am. At Katihar it will be attached to Garib Nawaj Express, running from Kishangunj to Ajmer. In Delhi it will arrive at 1.20 p.m. on Monday. On the other hand, the 5716 down train will leave Delhi at 8.35 p.m. on Monday and will arrive at Raiganj at 2.36 a.m. on Wednesday.
Previously, this train, 4020 down Radhikapur-Delhi (Anand Vihar) (link) Express, would start from Radhikapur on Friday morning and the up 4019 train would reach Raiganj in the evening on Wednesday. This link train with eight compartments used to be attached to the main Radhikapur-Delhi (Anand Vihar) Simanchal Express in Katihar. With the authorities’ latest move, the link train will now be attached to a train that goes to Delhi railway station unlike Simanchal Express, which was to go to Anand Vihar station in Delhi.
On the other hand, 10 days have passed since the Radhikapur-Delhi (link) express train started from Radhikapur, but the residents of Raiganj are still unable to book tickets to travel to and from Raiganj railway station on this train.
The secretary of Raiganj Nagarik Committee, Mr Tapan Chaudhury, said: “Our previous link train would reach Delhi within 26 hours. But this new train will take more than 31 hours. It’s a mystery why the Railway authorities are changing its time table and main train frequently. We are now compelled to believe that the authorities may withdraw this link train from Raiganj on any excuse. We will very soon start a movement with the demand of providing us the previous 4019 up and 4020 down Radhikapur- Delhi link Simanchal express train.”
The station superintendent of Raiganj railway station, Mr Manjitmoy Dutta, pleaded ignorance as regards making available tickets for Raiganj on Simanchal Express. “We have not received any instruction from our higher authorities in this regard, which is why tickets for Raiganj railway station are not being provided to the passengers,” he said.
The divisional railway manager of North-east Frontier Railway, Katihar, Mr B Raikwar, washed his hands of the matter. “The change of the train depends on the decision of railway authorities. We have nothing to do with it,” he said.

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Other Stories – The Statesman

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Other Stories
The Statesman, India – 14 Jan 2009
Before the inaugural ceremony, the book fair committee took out a grand rally in Raiganj town involving school students ,teachers , social workers and other

Road blocked after SFI, CP clash – The Statesman

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Road blocked after SFI, CP clash
The Statesman, India – 13 Jan 2009
13: Allegations have been made that Sachin Sarkar, BA 1st year student and Chhatra Parishad activist, was attacked in Kaliyaganj College by Students

Bandh call against bank forgery case in Kaliyaganj – The Statesman

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Bandh call against bank forgery case in Kaliyaganj
The Statesman, India – 12 Jan 2009
RAIGANJ , Jan 12 : The Kaliyaganj Nagarik Adhikar Rakkha Committee have called a 12-hour bandh, demanding the immediate reimbursement of funds to customers

Raiganj rues lack of telephone directory – The Statesman

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Raiganj rues lack of telephone directory
The Statesman, India – 12 hours ago
RAIGANJ, Jan. 16: Telephone users in North Dinajpur district are allegedly facing a lot of problems as there is no telephone directory available.

Widow held for suspected trafficking – The Statesman

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Widow held for suspected trafficking
The Statesman, India – 12 hours ago
16: Parul Roy, a resident of Hospital para in Kaliyaganj of North Dinajpur district was arrested last night on charges of selling a woman in another state.

Radhikapur Delhi Seemanchal Express Suspended for ever?

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Radhikapur Delhi Seemanchal Express is suspended.  In place of that train a link express will be run, which will be linked with GARIB NAWAJ EXP (5715) which runs between Kishanganj and Ajmer.

This new Radhikapur Delhi train (5715A) will be linked with Garib Nawaj Express at Katihar and will run once a week (Sunday).

Here is the Time Table of Radhikapur Delhi Garib Nawaj Express (Link):

Train No Train Name Date Runs From Source Runs On
5715A RDP DLI LNK EXP 18/01/2009 RADHIKAPUR SUN
SNo Stn Code Stn Name Route No. Arrival Time Dep. Time Distance Day
1 RDP RADHIKAPUR 1 Source 06:15 0 1
2 KAJ KALIYANGANJ 1 06:27 06:29 13 1
3 RGJ RAIGANJ 1 06:46 06:51 33 1
4 BOE BARSOI JN 1 07:15 07:17 54 1
5 KIR KATIHAR JN 1 08:45 09:15 93 1
6 BJU BARAUNI JN 1 13:20 13:30 275 1
7 HJP HAJIPUR JN 1 15:15 15:20 363 1
8 SEE SONPUR JN 1 15:30 15:35 369 1
9 CPR CHHAPRA 1 17:00 17:15 422 1
10 BUI BALLIA 1 18:50 18:55 487 1
11 MAU MAU JN 1 20:10 20:25 600 1
12 AMH AZAMGARH 1 21:35 21:40 643 1
13 SHG SHAHGANJ JN 1 23:30 23:55 699 1
14 FD FAIZABAD JN 1 01:48 01:50 804 2
15 LKO LUCKNOW 1 04:50 05:05 932 2
16 SPN SHAHJEHANPUR 1 07:10 07:15 1096 2
17 BE BAREILLY 1 08:15 08:20 1167 2
18 MB MORADABAD 1 09:55 10:05 1258 2
19 DLI DELHI 1 13:20 Destination 1419 2

Fingerprint expert for school heist (The Telegraph)

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Raiganj, Jan. 7: A fingerprint expert from Calcutta arrived here today to investigate the heist in St Xavier’s School at Chhotaparua. A gang of armed robbers had on Sunday decamped with Rs 70,000 from the principal’s chamber after injuring the guard of the institution.

Fuel supplies run low on strike Day 2 (The Telegraph)

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Jan. 8 : Petrol pumps will go dry in north Bengal tomorrow if the strike by executives of oil PSUs does not end in the next 24 hours, a dealers’ representative said.