Bengal Newz Archive : July, 2010

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န Kolkata, 1 July :

န Traffic came to a standstill during Bharatiya Janata Party's `chakka jam' at Esplanade area in Kolkata on Thursday protesting against the fuel price hike. Photo : Avijit Mondal

န Agartala, 1 July :

န Employees work inside a steel factory in Agartala. Photo : Reuters

န Pobotora (Assam), 1 July :

န A man drying his paddy as the flood water submerged agriculture fields and house in the Pobotora Village some 45 km away from Guwahati city on Thursday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Kolkata, 2 July :

န Brazil fans in Kolkata cheer for the football team which takes on Netherlands during the FIFA World Cup. Photo : PTI

န Agartala, 2 July :

န Militants of All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) with their arms at a surrender ceremony in Agartala. Thirteen ATTF militants surrendered to the Assam Rifles during the ceremony. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Dhaka, 2 July :

န Fans react during the 2010 World Cup quarter-final football match between Brazil and the Netherlands at the University of Dhaka campus in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Namdhapa, 3 July :

န Colourful butterflies at the Namdhapa National Park in Arunachal Pradesh. Photo : PTI

န New Town, 3 July :

န A girl assist her mother to collect cow dung - to be used as cooking fuel - outside a construction site at New Town on the outskirts of Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Guwahati, 4 July :

န An elephant wades through a flooded street at Anil Nagar after a heavy rainfall in Guwahati on Sunday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Jhargram, 4 July :

န Villagers inspect two unidentified bodies laying in a paddy field in West Midnapur district. Reportedly the bodies lay in the Maoist-affected area for more than 72 hours unattended. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 5 July :

န Supporters of Socialist Unity Center of India (SUCI), seen centre left, walk past the Shyambazar five point crossing during strike in Kolkata. Photo : Shankar Mandal

န Narayanganj, 5 July :

န Boatmen carry commuters in the rain in River Sitalakkha in Narayangonj district. Photo : AP

န Howrah, 5 July :

န CPI(M) supporters block traffic on Howrah Bridge over River Ganges during a general strike Today. Photo : Avijit Konar

န Kolkata, 5 July :

န A sun halo appears behind a streetlight in Kolkata on Monday. A sun halo is an atmospheric optical phenomenon primarily associated with the reflection or refraction of sunlight by small ice crystals. Photo : AP

န Durgapur, 5 July :

န Voters line up to cast their vote outside a polling station in Durgapur-1 Assembly By Election on Monday. Photo : Niraj Modi

န Guwahati, 5 July :

န The busy road of Ulubari flyover wore deserted look during the 12 hours “Bharat Bandh” called by opposition parties in protest against abnormal price hike of petroleum products, in Guwahati on Monday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Kolkata, 5 July :

န With the public transport being unavailable due to nation-wide bandh, a commuter travels in a hand-pulled rickshaw, which has banned by WB government in Kolkata. Photo : Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

န New Jalpaiguri, 5 July :

န Stranded travellers wait on a platform bridge at the NJP railway station during the strike in Siliguri on Monday. Photo : Getty Images

န Kolkata, 6 July :

န A ferry sails in the waters of the river Ganges against the backdrop of monsoon clouds in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Narayanganj, 6 July :

န Rescue workers searching for bodies after an engine boat capsized with over 100 passengers in the river Shitalakkhya. Seven bodies were found today. Photo : UNB

န Kolkata, 6 July :

န Children play football on a field in front of the historic Victoria Memorial monument in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Balurghat, 7 July :

န A water snake eating a pouched frog in Balurghat today. Photo : Sankar Das

န Nottingham (England), 7 July :

န Andrew Strauss with his counterpart Mashrafe Mortaza and the NatWest ODI series trophy before the 1st match between Engand and Bangladesh at Trent Bridge. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 7 July :

န Peace negotiator between Indian government and Maoists, Swami Agnivesh and social activist Medha Patkar speak to media during a press conference in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Kokrajhar, 8 July :

န Rescue workers inspect the wreckage of damage train bogies at the bomb blast site at Babubeel village in Assam's Kokrajhar district following a bomb blast on railway tracks. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Agartala, 8 July :

န A farmers works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Dhaka, 8 July :

န Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) brings out a rally at Muktangan in Dhaka on Thursday to demand immediate trial of war criminals and press other issues. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom

န Kolkata, 8 July :

န Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his wife Kolkata girl Sakshi arrive at the NSCB airport in Kolkata. Photo : Avijit Mondal

န Durgapur, 8 July :

န CPI(M)’s Archana Bhattacharya shows victory sign after winning the Durgapur-1 assembly seat in a By-election on Thursday. Photo : Niraj Modi

န Kolkata, 9 July :

န People eat food from a roadside eatery in Kolkata. The food price index rose an annual 12.63% in the year to 26 June, slower than the previous week's 12.92%. Photo : Reuters

န Sivasagar, 9 July :

န Farmers ploughing the fields again, after incessant rains caused water logging and destroyed most of the partially grown crops at Kalagaon, in Sivasagar, Assam. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 9 July :

န Workers painting the wheel of a chariot ahead of Jagannath’s 'Rathyatra' in Kolkata. Photo : Indrajit Dutta

န Gangajalghati, 10 July :

န Accusing police of ineffectiveness, angry villagers attacked policemen in Bankura district’s Gangajalghati on Saturday following a series of thefts that had taken place on Friday night. Photo : Niraj Modi

န Kolkata, 10 July :

န Workers sharpen scissors inside a workshop in Kolkata today. Photo : Reuters

န Bristol (England), 10 July :

န Bangladesh's Shafiul Islam celebrates with Imrul Kayes (R) after Bangladesh defeated England by 5 runs in the second ODI cricket match at the county cricket ground in Bristol on Saturday. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 11 July :

န Street vendors stand beside their unsold football jerseys, mainly Brazilian and Argentinian, at a stall in Kolkata. Shop owners face a loss after the teams of Brazil and Argentinawere both ousted from the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 11 July :

န A farmer feeds ducklings at a village market on the outskirts of Dhaka on Sunday. Photo : AP

န Kolkata, 12 July :

န Bhopal gas tragedy victims and activists participate in a protest demanding adequate compensation, punishment to culprits and to bring back former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, effigy, near the U.S. consulate in Kolkata. Photo : AP

န Birmingham, 12 July :

န Bangladesh's Mashrafe Mortaza celebrates after dismissing England's Craig Kieswetter for 0 in the 3d ODI match at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 12 July :

န Members of Bangladesh Rifles who are accused of a mutiny are summoned for a hearing before a special court in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 12 July :

န A porter covers his goods with an umbrella as rains lash Kolkata on Monday. Photo : PTI

န Agartala, 13 July :

န A worker makes aluminium utensils inside a factory on the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : Reuters

န Tokyo (Japan), 13 July :

န Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and Tadashi Yanai, president of Fast Retailing attend a press conference in Tokyo. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 13 July :

န Police arrest Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Md Kamaruzzaman from the High Court premises on Tuesday. Photo : Nashirul Islam

န Srirampore, 13 July :

န Devotees gather around the 616 years old Mahesh Rath in Srirampore today. According to mythology, Ratha Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu god Krishna along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna's devotees. Photo : Sanjay Bhaduri

န Dhaka, 13 July :

န Devotees participate in the annual "Rath Yatra," or chariot procession held by ISKON, starting from Shamibagh in Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom

န New Delhi, 14 July :

န Workers from West Bengal's Howrah district, embroider a sari at a workshop in New Delhi. The workers earn Rs.150 for a 12-hour of labour. Photo : AP

န Guwahati, 14 July :

န Noted environmentalist Medha Patkar in a Kisan Mukti Sangram Samiti's rally, demanded that construction of big dams must be stopped in the northeast to save the region from complete destruction. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Dhaka, 15 July :

န President Md Zillur Rahman hands over certificate to students of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on Thursday. Photo : UNB

န Kolkata, 15 July :

န A trader sits inside his shop at a wholesale iron market in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Chittagong, 15 July :

န Some Bangladeshi people knits fishing-net on the banks of the Karnofulli river in Chittagong. Photo : AFP

န Guwahati, 15 July :

န Senior police officials inspecting the blast site at Fancy bazar in Guwahati on Thursday night. A powerful IED which was recovered at Fancy bazar exploded at around 9pm. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Midnapore, 16 July :

န Rice mill workers dry the paddy at a rice mill in Midnapore town. Photo : AFP

န Agartala, 16 July :

န A child labour carries baked cookies from an oven at a bakery in Agartala on Friday. Photo : Reuters

န Rishra, 16 July :

န Visitors admiring an exhibition on Wheels during the arrival of Sanskriti Express Exhibiton train at Rishra station on Friday, to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Photo : Sanjay Bhaduri

န Haldia, 16 July :

န West Bengal's Chief Secy Ardhendu Sen, who is also the Chairman of Haldia Development Authority, interacting with other senior officials at HDA office on Friday. Photo : Raghunandan Mallick

န Agartala, 16 July :

န Bangali film actress Madhabi Mukherjee addressing during the openning of a 4-day-long festival to screen films based on Rabindranath Tagore’s novels. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Dhaka, 17 July :

န Members of the RAB present ULFA leaders Ranjan Chowdhury and Pradip Marak to the media along with the weapons and explosives that they confiscated during a media conference at RAB headquarters in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Siliguri, 17 July :

န A female fisher-woman tries her luck with a hand made fishing net in the Teesta channel at the Mahananda River on the outskirts of Siliguri. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 17 July :

န Bangladesh Police wrestle with a Hijbut Tahrir activist in front of the National Press Club on Saturday. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom

န Kolkata, 18 July :

န A vendor carries garlands of marigold flowers at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Bishnupur, 18 July :

န Monsoon clouds hang over the Bishnupur town in Bankura district on Sunday. Photo : Arpan Mukherjee

န Sainthia, 19 July :

န People walk by the wreck of Vindhachal Express that collided with another at Sainthia Jn in Birbhum district. Photo : Timir Raha

န Suri, 19 July :

န Babita Devi (2 L) weeps, after losing a family member in Monday's railway accident at Sainthia Jn, as she sits at the Suri Hospital in Birbhum district. Photo : AFP

န Sainthia, 19 July :

န Locals engaged in rescue work in the accident site at Sainthia Sainthia Jn in Birbhum district. Photo : PTI

န Kamakhya, 19 July :

န Children stands near Commonwealth Games 2010 mascot Shera inside the Commonwealth Express exhibition train at Kamakhya railway station. on Monday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Sainthia, 19 July :

န Rescue workers and onlookers gather near the wreckage of train carriages at the site of an accident at Sainthia Jn in Birbhum. Photo : Reuters

န Sainthia, 19 July :

န Rescue personnel work at the site of the railway accident in Sainthia Jn in Birbhum district. Photo : Timir Raha

န Guwahati, 20 July :

န Assam's Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi along with sports personality holds baton as Commonwealth batton is received and handed over for relay with ceremonial welcome in Guwahati on Tuesday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Tokyo, 20 July :

န Bengal's Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the latter's official residence in Tokyo. Photo : AP

န Suri, 20 July :

န A man points to a photograph of his relative who died in the train accident among other photographs of victims displayed outside Suri hospital. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 20 July :

န Students of Eden University College formed a human chain in front of their college on Tuesday demanding trial of a co-student's killer. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom

န Sainthia, 20 July :

န An elderly woman searches for her son among the debris, a day after the Sainthia train accident in Birbhum district. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 20 July :

န Models have their make-up done backstage during Dhaka Fashion Week. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 21 July :

န A student reads as others listen during English lessons at a government run primary school in Dhaka. Photo : AP

န Kolkata, 21 July :

န A massive gathering of Trinamool Congress supporters during the party's Shahid Diwas rally in Kolkata. Photo : Avijit Mondal

န Kokrajhar, 21 July :

န A farmer works in a paddy field in Kokrajhar, about 225Km from Guwahati. With the arrival of rains, farming activity has resumed in paddy fields. Photo : AP

န Kolkata, 21 July :

န Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee holds up a clenched fist as she addresses a rally in Kolkata held annually in remembrance of 13 activists killed by police on 21 July, 1993. Photo : Avijit Mondal

န Dhaka, 22 July :

န Anti-Communalism and Militancy Forum formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club on Thursday demanding trail against war criminal. Photo : Syed Ashraful Alom

န Guwahati, 22 July :

န Visitors watch a pair of emus at the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 22 July :

န An artist gives final touches to a sketch of Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who became the first bowler in the world to take 800 Test wickets, in front of Eden Garden in Kolkata. Photo : PTI (CLICK)

န Jalpaiguri, 23 July :

န This rare Crystal Spider is found in the lowland forests of Doors in Jalpaiguri district. Photo : Anup Sanyal

န Dhaka, 23 July :

န Bangladesh's garments workers march through the streets to demand their living wage taka 5000 or US$ 71 per month in Dhaka. Photo : AP

န Siliguri, 23 July :

န A petrol pump employee reads a newspaper as the pump remains closed during a strike called by West Bengal Petroleum Dealers’ Association in Siliguri. Photo : PTI

န Jalpaiguri, 24 July :

န Villagers gather near part of the wreckage of an Indian Air Force MiG-27 aircraft which crashed at Moinagudi in Jalpaiguri dist. Photo : AFP

န Andal, 24 July :

န Villagers walk down from their home after a sudden landslides struck on the road near Andal in Burdwan district. Photo : Niraj Modi

န Siliguri, 24 July :

န Travellers journey down a quite road during a 12-hour shutdown in Siliguri. Bangla O Bangla Bhasa Bachao Committee called a successful strike in Siliguri and its adjoining areas that are opposing any division of West Bengal and today's tripartite talks in Delhi on the Gorkhaland issue. Photo : Sanjit Mitra

န Dhaka, 24 July :

န University pro-Liberation Teachers' Council brings out a street rally in front of the Dhaka Central Shahid Minar on Saturday demanding trials of war crimes. Photo : UNB

န Balurghat, 24 July :

န One person died and at least 45 others were missing after a boat carrying over 100 people capsized in the Atrayee river near Safanagar Ghat in South Dinajpur dist this afternoon. Photo : Sankar Das

န Kolkata, 25 July :

န Shepherds graze a flock of sheep as soccer enthusiasts play in the background at Kolkata Maidan on Sunday. Photo : AP

န Kalikapur, 25 July :

န A boy flies a kite as the sun sets in an open space at the Indo-Bangladesh border village, Kalikapur, near Agartala. Photo : PTI

န Guwahati, 25 July :

န Artists performing Sattriya dance during the “Nrityastuti” organized by Nrityabhumi at Rabindra Bhavan in Guwahati on Sunday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Golatore, 26 July :

န Bodies of six dead Maoists lie in the Motera jungle near Golatore in West Midnapore district, following a night-long encounter with security forces. Photo : AFP

န Birbhum, 26 July :

န A farmer sows rice seedlings on farmland in Birbhum on Monday. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 26 July :

န Indians of ethnic Chinese descent buy breakfast from a roadside breakfast stall in Territi Bazaar in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Imphal, 27 July :

န Manipur's first Olympian P. Nilkamal Singh waves as he holds the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games during its relay in Imphal. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 27 July :

န A gardener takes care of saplings from what is believed to be the last naturally grown Talipalm tree at the Dhaka University campus. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 27 July :

န Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen and Somnath Chatterjee at the launch of the Bengali translation of 'Identity and Violence' at the ICCR on Tuesday evening. Photo : Avijit Mondal

န Naxalbari, 28 July :

န A North Bengal farmer sows rice seedlings on her farmland at Naxalbari in Derjeeling district. Photo : Sanjit Mitra

န Malda, 28 July :

န A black hooded oriole looks for its prey in old Malda town. Photo : Misbaul Haque

န Balurghat, 28 July :

န Normal life was largely affected in Balurghat, following a bandh called by the Naxalites to mark the 38th death anniversary of Charu Majumdar, the founders of naxal movement. This bandh is observed every year in several parts of West Bengal. Photo : Sankar Das

န Kolkata, 29 July :

န A flock of sheep grazes as football enthusiasts play in the background at Kolkata Maidan. Photo : AP

န Kamrup, 29 July :

န Women using Jakoi, a traditional fishing equipment, to catch fish at a paddy field in Kamrup district of Assam. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Kolkata, 29 July :

န Forward Block party supporters shout slogans after being detained during a protest against a hike in fuel prices and essential commodities, in Kolkata. Photo : AP

န Kolkata, 29 July :

န Former players of Mohun Bagan Club take part in an exhibition match at the club's ground in Kolkata. Today hole city celebrating 100 years of Mohun Bagan Club's historic IFA Shield win against the British. Photo : AFP (Click To Read History)

န Siliguri, 30 July :

န An idolmaker prepares a straw framework in preparation for making a clay model of Gods Durga at a workshop in Siliguri. Photo : AFP

န Guwahati, 30 July :

န An Injured CRPF personal being brought to Guwahati Medical College Hospital for treatment. Five CRPF personnel were killed when ULFA militants triggered an IED blast at Dhalukbudi in Goalpara district of Assam Friday. Photo : Chinmoy Roy

န Dhaka, 30 July :

န Garment workers burn tyres during a protest against a government-announced wage hike that fell far short of their demands. Photo : Reuters

န Balurghat, 30 July :

န Women planting paddy saplings in a field at Bolla Village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district today. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 30 July :

န Garment workers throw pieces of bricks towards police officers during a protest in Dhaka. Thousands of Bangladeshi RMG workers took to the streets, burning cars and blocking traffic in Dhaka on Friday to protest against a government-announced wage hike that fell far short of their demands. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 31 July :

န A hand rickshaw puller manouvers his vehicle through a water logged street of Kolkata, following overnight heavy monsoon downpours. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 31 July :

န Bangladeshi police fire rubber bullets to disperse protesters at Ashulia in Dhaka on Saturday. Photo : AP

န Dhaka, 31 July :

န A Bangladeshi policeman uses a baton to disperse garment workers during a protest at Ashulia in Dhaka. Thousands of protesting garment workers continued violence over a new minimum wage. Photo : AP

န Agartala, 31 July :

န School children hold the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games at an orphanage, during its relay in Agartala. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

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