Archive for March, 2009

Pranab from Jangipur again, Dasmunshi's wife from Raiganj – Times of India

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

The Week

Pranab from Jangipur again, Dasmunshi's wife from Raiganj
Times of India, India
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee has been fielded by Congress from Jangipur again while ailing PR Dasmunsi's wife Deepa will defend his Raiganj seat in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Announcing candidates for 11 of the 14 seats it will
Pranab Mukherjee to contest polls from Jangirpur Hindu
Pranab to re-contest for LS from Jangipur SamayLive
Pranab to contest from Jangipur Hindu
all 17 news articles

Cong stuck on three seats – Expressindia.com

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Cong stuck on three seats
Expressindia.com, India
Raiganj seat is likely to go to Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi’s wife Dipa Dasmunshi and the party will field Adhir Chowdhury from Berhampur and Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, brother of late Ghani Khan Choudhury from Malda South. So far as other constituencies are
Glitches bother poll allies Times of India
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‘Revolt’ in Trinamul ranks – Calcutta Telegraph

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

‘Revolt’ in Trinamul ranks
Calcutta Telegraph, India
Choudhury, a former Trinamul Congress MLA who has been with Mamata since the party’s inception in 1999, said: “Our workers in the Raiganj parliamentary constituency had worked hard to build up a Trinamul base. We can’t accept that a Congress candidate

Trinamool leader quits opposing alliance with Cong. – Hindu

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

World News

Trinamool leader quits opposing alliance with Cong.
Hindu, India
TC leader Abdul Karim Chowdhury, who is the president of the party's North Dinajpur district, said that he would contest as an independent from the Raiganj seat against Congress' likely candidate Deepa Dasmunsi. He named the new party 'Uttarbanga
SUCI to fight Cong in 9 seats Kolkata: Times of India
SUCI surprise for ‘partner’ Cong Calcutta Telegraph
TC ally puts up candidates against Congress in WB SamayLive
Kolkata Newsline – Press Trust of India
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Raid bares rotten rice – The Statesman

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Raid bares rotten rice
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, March 16: Mr Abdul Ghani, the karmadhakkhya of the food and supply cell of North Dinajpur zilla prishad, raided an MR distributor's godown at Ukilpara in Raiganj today, and collected samples of rotten rice. The decomposed rice was reportedly

Girl sits HS exam in hospital – The Statesman

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Girl sits HS exam in hospital
The Statesman, India
Ms Bhowmick is a student of Kaliyaganj Parbati Sundari Higher Secondary School. Her examination centre is Geeni Devi High School in Kaliyaganj. She married Mr Tushar Dutta, a businessman from Ukilpara in Raiganj, several months earlier.

SUCI opposed to Congress-Trinamool seat sharing arrangement (New Kerala)

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Kolkata, Mar 13 : Opposing the seat sharing arrangement between the Congress and Trinamool Congress, the SUCI today announced to put up candidates against the former in the Lok Sabha polls.

BJP announces second list of candidates for LS polls (New Kerala)

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Kolkata, Mar 13 : The BJP in West Bengal today announced its second list of 24 candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections.

SUCI to fight Cong in 9 seats Kolkata: – Times of India

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

SINDH TODAY

SUCI to fight Cong in 9 seats Kolkata:
Times of India, India
SUCI will contest from Jhargram, Bolpur, Burdwan-Durgapur, Bankura, Purulia, Murshidabad, Malda North, Raiganj and Jalpaiguri. Banerjee made light of SUCI's decision. "We have done well when SUCI fielded candidates against us and Left.
SUCI surprise for ‘partner’ Cong Calcutta Telegraph
TC ally puts up candidates against Congress in WB SamayLive
Unhappy at Trinamool-Congress team, SUCI fields own candidates Kolkata Newsline
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CPI-ML brings out its list too – Kolkata Newsline

Friday, March 13th, 2009

CPI-ML brings out its list too
Kolkata Newsline, India
Party spokesperson Basudev Ghosh said it will field candidates in Bankura, Burdwan, Barrackpore, Darjeeling, Hooghly, Krishnagar and Raiganj. He also declared that they were opposing the Congress-Trinamool alliance because the Congress had forsaken the