Abu Hasem said the foundation stone for such a important project would be laid by the Prime Minister. “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will come to Raiganj for the ceremony and we are trying to complete the land acquisition as soon as possible so that the function can be held by August this year.”

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Fifteen tourists, including four children, were seriously injured on Sunday night after their bus hit a lorry on NH-34 in Uttar Dinajpur district, police said.

The tourists from West Midnapore district were returning after a trip to Darjeeling when a speeding lorry hit them and the bus fell into a ditch.

All the tourists were taken to Raigunj district hospital after the accident, police said adding that besides 15 of them rest were released after a first-aid.

The condition of the 15 tourists, which included four kids, are stated to be serious by the hospital authorities.

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The CPI fielded candidates against the CPM in two wards (V and VII) of the Raiganj Municipality to protest the party’s “Big Brother attitude”, dealing a major blow to the unity of the Left Front which had lost majority of Assembly seats in North Dinajpur district in the recent polls.

KOLKATA: Concerned over the decline in the number of migratory birds that flew in last year to the State’s Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary — one of the largest sanctuaries for avian visitors in South Asia — the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) will carry out a study on the causes and ways to improve habitat, officials told The Hindu on Sunday.