Archive for March, 2009

Shift ailing DSP, cop boss writes to Writers’ (The Telegraph)

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Raiganj, March 13: An ailing deputy superintendent of police (DSP) looking after intelligence in North Dinajpur has become more a hindrance than a help to the department, his boss in the district has complained.

SUCI surprise for ‘partner’ Cong (The Telegraph)

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Calcutta, March 13: Mamata Banerjee was in for a “surprise” today when partner SUCI decided to field candidates against her new ally Congress in nine of the 14 seats it is contesting.

First bridge, then vote – The Statesman

Friday, March 13th, 2009

First bridge, then vote
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, March 13: 10000 residents of nine villages under Suryapur-2 gram panchayat of Chakulia police station in North Dinajpur district have decided to boycott the parliamentary elections this year. The residents are demanding a bridge over the

Rickshaw-pullers demand revised fare chart – The Statesman

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Rickshaw-pullers demand revised fare chart
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, March 10: Demanding a hike in rickshaw fare, rickshaw-pullers in Raiganj of North Dinajpur district have decided to launch a movement against the Raiganj Municipality. Apart from a fare hike, the rickshaw pullers would also demand shades for

20 hurt as bus turns turtle – The Statesman

Friday, March 13th, 2009

20 hurt as bus turns turtle
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, March 10: Twenty persons were injured, some of them seriously, when a bus carrying a marriage party turned turtle on the NH-34 near Panishal under Raiganj police station of North Dinajpur district this morning. Two were admitted to the North

Congress to contest 14 seats in West Bengal, enters into pact with Trinamool (New Kerala)

Friday, March 13th, 2009

New Delhi, Mar 12 : The Congress Party will contest 14 out of 42 seats of West Bengal, where as its ally the Trinamool Congress (TC) will contest from 28 seats.

UF reincarnation at Tumkur: Mirage, says BJP, Congress, NCP differs (New Kerala)

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Tumkur/New Delhi, Mar 12 : In a decisive bid to revive the United Front like experiment at the Centre, leaders of several non-BJP, non-Congress parties launched a Third Front at a rally in Tumkur with the aim of usurping power in Delhi but both Congress and BJP dismissed the new combine as a mirage.

Congress-Trinamool seal accord (The Hindu)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Congress to contest in 14 seats, Mamata’s party in 28

Congress-Trinamool seal accord – Hindu

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Fresh News

Congress-Trinamool seal accord
Hindu, India
The seats that Congress will contest are Darjeeling, Raiganj, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, Berhampore, Murshidabad, all held by the party, Maldaha Uttar, Jalpaiguri, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Arambagh, Jhargram, Bolpur, Purulia and Bankura.
Cong-Trinamool reach seat-sharing accord Press Trust of India
Congress, Trinamool Seal Seat Deal Times of India
All's not well with Cong-TC affair in Bengal Economic Times
Fresh News – Times of India
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A hospital without a phone… – The Statesman

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

A hospital without a phone…
The Statesman, India
RAIGANJ, March 13: More than two years have passed since the Kaliyaganj rural hospital emergency section's telephone in North Dinajpur district was disconnected. Without the telephone, patients' relatives are finding it impossible to contact their