Barasat

Kolkata firm to bring small Bengal towns on retail map

indiaenews.com     Mar 5, 2008   2 related          

City-based RDB Group will enter West Bengal's organised retail market beginning at Barasat, a town 25 km from the metro. ... 'Our first large format retail store will open at Barasat in mid-March. Then, we will open at Bolpur and Haldia in Birbhum and East Midnapore...                    

Maoist posters on top cop home wall

es.wordpress.com     Feb 29, 2008   1 related          

KOLKATA, Feb 28: Tension ran high after police spotted some posters put up by the CPI (Maoists) on the boundary wall of ... the bungalow of superintendent of police at Barasat in North-24 Parganas (photograph right). The Maoists have demanded the release of their leader...                    

12-day remand for Maoist leader

indiatimes.com     Feb 25, 2008   18 related          

A Barasat court has remanded CPI(Maoist) state secretary, Somen, in police custody till March 7. ... KOLKATA: A Barasat court on Sunday remanded CPI(Maoist) state secretary, Somen, in police custody till March 7. The man who gave the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government...                    

Kidney racket: Locals nab 'donor'

indiatimes.com     Feb 25, 2008   10 related          

Police have nabbed Basanta Das — a next-door neighbour of Dilip Sen, the prime accused — who along with his wife had given their kidneys in return of money. ... KOLKATA: The kidney-selling racket, busted in Barasat on Friday, had sunk deep roots in the area. Police on...                    

Teacher molests teen in lab

indiatimes.com     Feb 19, 2008   22 related          

A teacher of a Madhyamgram school allegedly lured a Class IX girl into a laboratory with the promise of tutorials on Monday afternoon and molested her. ... Trouble broke out at Sudhir Memorial Institute on Tuesday when the girl's mother went to the school to a lodge a...                    

Bangladeshi criminal held in Kolkata

indiatimes.com     Feb 18, 2008   1 related          

Dreaded Bangladeshi criminal Mostafa Molla, involved in several bank robberies, motorbike thefts and murder cases, was arrested from Nilgange in North 24-Parganas’ Barasat on Sunday. ... Police also seized fake currency notes worth Rs 12,000 and 9 kg of ganja from him....