Archive for February, 2009

60 injured in road accident at North Dinajpur (New Kerala)

Friday, February 27th, 2009

North Dinajpur, Feb 25 : At least 60 people were injured, 31 of them critically, in a road accident on NH 34 near Panisala area in this district.

40 injured in road accident – The Statesman

Friday, February 27th, 2009

40 injured in road accident
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, Feb. 24 : At least forty people were injured when a private bus collided with a lorry near Krishnamuri village under Raiganj police station this morning. Twenty-nine people were admitted to Raiganj district hospital.
40 injured as bus collides with truck in West Bengal Hindu
all 3 news articles

CPM to name its district secy for LS polls – The Statesman

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

CPM to name its district secy for LS polls
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, Feb. 26: The CPI-M is likely to nominate its North Dinajpur district secretary, Mr Bireshwar Lahiri, as candidate from Raiganj constituency in the forthcoming Parliamentary polls. It is learnt that the CPI-M North Dinajpur district committee
Nagar river fishes poisoned The Statesman
all 2 news articles

Authorities blamed for snail pace – The Statesman

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Authorities blamed for snail pace
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, Feb. 26: The Teesta Barrage Project and North Dinajpur district authorities are both responsible for the slow running of the Teesta Project in North Dinajur district, the president of the Paschim Banga Pradeshik Kishak Sabha (PBPKS) Mr Dinesh

College employees stir for salary hike – The Statesman

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

College employees stir for salary hike
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, Feb. 26: Members of the Raiganj (University) College Employees Union would launch an agitation on the college premises demanding a salary hike. They have decided to cease work and sit-in from 16 March. The union members have informed the

Cooks fast in hostels – The Statesman

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Cooks fast in hostels
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, Feb 23: Cooks at the boys' and girls' hostels of Raiganj College (university) in North Dinajpur district observed a hunger strike today demanding permanent employment. The agitators have been working in their respective capacities for many

Spinning mill workers against privatisation – The Statesman

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Spinning mill workers against privatisation
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, Feb 23: Members of the Employees Union of the West Dinajpur spinning mill blocked the Raiganj-Balurghat State Highway at Bogram in Karnajora of North Dinajur district for over an hour this morning. The protestors were demanding a halt to moves

Inter-state kidney racket kingpin held – Times of India

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Inter-state kidney racket kingpin held
Times of India, India
After his father Mukundalal Chowdhury disinherited him, Partha left for Raiganj. Not much is known about him from 2001 to 2004, when he resurfaced in Kolkata. One day, he saw a newspaper advertisement calling for a donor for a kidney transplant patient

Reunion verdict in HC Rule Book – Calcutta Telegraph

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Calcutta Telegraph

Reunion verdict in HC Rule Book
Calcutta Telegraph, India
Currently, there are four Bangladeshi boys in Suryodaya, a government home in North Dinajpur’s Raiganj, and seven girls in Shahid Bandana in Cooch Behar. The inclusion of Justice Roy’s verdict in the Rule Book is likely to affect these children, too,

Reunion verdict in HC Rule Book (The Telegraph)

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Islampur, Feb. 20: Parents lodged in jails across Bengal can from now on regularly visit their children who are also in custody under a new law that has been included in Calcutta High Court’s Rule Book.