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Fire breaks out in Kolkata cloth godown

A fire broke out in a cloth godown in the commercial area of Burrabazar in the city on Thursday morning.One shop in the godown caught fire around 8.30 am and it spread to three other floors of the......

Fire in India's largest wholesale market doused

The devastating blaze at Burrabazar, India's largest wholesale market, in Kolkata was on Wednesday brought under 'complete control' after about 90 hours of fire-fighting operations."The fire has......

Kolkata fire: 'Volunteers' attack media persons

A number of media persons covering the fire in the Burrabazar area were on Monday injured, two of them seriously, when a group of unidentified people attacked them and damaged OB vans and......

3 days on, Kolkata market fire continues

The devastating fire in central Kolkata's Burrabazar area continued to rage for the third day on Monday, stoking anger and resentment among local shopkeepers and residents over the firefighting......

Kolkata market fire blazes on; Army called in

The Army has been called in to assist operations to fight Kolkata's Burrabazar fire. Some army personnel have already entered the eighth floor of fire-ravaged Nandaram building to control the blaze......

Kolkata fire may cost insurance cos Rs 1,200 cr

The inferno in Kolkata's business hub Burrabazar may bleed general insurance companies up to Rs 1,200 crore.This is an initial assessment, but the actual loss to insurers will be known after the......

Mamata takes Kolkata market by storm

The wind of change promised by Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee seems to have taken the Burabazar market by storm.In the run up to the West Bengal Assembly polls, traders are going gung ho about......

Reliance Retail sacks 400 employees

Reliance Retail, a subsidiary of the Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries Limited, has sacked 400 employees in West Bengal due to its inability to start operations in Kolkata following stiff......

Shoppers' Stop IPO on hold

The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Tuesday directed the Mumbai-based Enam Financial Consultants to put Shoppers' Stop's initial public offer on hold till it received further......

People speak for burrabazar

QNA

Q. can anyone tell me the location or name and address of a karate training center in Kolkata ?
: A. Try any of these :-Hema Sports Katate Association11/2/H/13, Harsi Street, Sealdah, Kolkata, West Bengal 700015? -Ph: 09830149786Japanese Shito Ryu...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/can-anyone-tell-me-the-location-or-name-and-address-of-a-kar//answers/13184505

Q. I think culling of birds cant be the only solution upon Bird flu...(proper disinfection, high quality infrastructures, quality Laboratory monitoring are the solutions, not killing). I think Government is hiding its inability to strengthen the Animal welfare schemes. do u too think so?
Subhasis Ghosh: A. H5N1 avian influenza (popularly known as bird flu) is taking it's toll in West Bengal, spreading like the recent fires of Burrabazar. disinfection,...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/i-think-culling-of-birds-cant-be-the-only-solution-upon-bird/13184445/answers/6270502

Q. any idea on what will be the amount of claims to insurance companies from the burrabazar fire
Archana : A. great more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/any-idea-on-what-will-be-the-amount-of-claims-to-insurance-c/6268958/answers/6229393

Q. can you please tell me where does Iswarchadra Vidyasagar used to stay in Kolkata?
: A. Born at the village of Birsingha in Midnapore, (now part of West Bengal, India) to a poor Brahmin family, his childhood was poor but full of...... more

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Web results for Burrabazar

Private e-eye in crime fight

On the night of May 3, a robber made a getaway from a Burrabazar house with jewellery and cash worth Rs 1.25 lakh after gagging and assaulting a... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130520/jsp/calcutta/story_16898369.jsp

Cops scan Sree shopping

New Delhi, May 18: Delhi police are tracking Santhakumaran Sreesanth's recent expenditures in Mumbai to see if they can trace the cash he allegedly... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130519/jsp/frontpage/story_16915042.jsp

Shower washes away sweat

Sweat-soaked Calcutta got drenched in 46mm of rain in less than an hour on Sunday evening, the strongest shower in weeks sending the Celsius... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130513/jsp/calcutta/story_16891113.jsp

Traffic stopped for illegal vehicles

Operators of motorised open vans known as vanos that ply in the districts brought traffic to a halt in the heart of the city for hours on... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130509/jsp/calcutta/story_16874219.jsp

Kin held after bag blast death

The police today arrested the brother-in-law of a youth who was killed in an explosion on Sunday after opening a fellow passengers bag he had... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130507/jsp/calcutta/story_16866860.jsp

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