Barrackpore witnessed a devastating fire today near the Atindra Cinema Hall, located in the Ghoshpara area near Station Road. The fire sparked widespread panic among local residents as flames engulfed a shopping mall adjacent to the cinema.
Naba Barrackpur Prafulla Chandra Mahavidyalaya was established in 1966 to provide higher education opportunities for students.
The kin of two tourist families comprising six heads from Durgapur's Bhiringhee remained clueless after the catastrophic disaster.
The firing took place when several customers were having food at the popular eatery, D Bapi Biryani, which is located at Barrackpore-Barasat Road.
Several bomb explosions rocked the Megna jute mill area, a furlong from the office-cum-residence of Singh, last night.
Last evening, BJP leader Manish Shukla was shot dead at Barrackpore, about 20 km from Kolkata. As per the initial reports, he was speaking with some locals and party workers near a police station when the incident happened.
To make matters worse, he reprimanded an IPS officer, Barrackpore police commissioner Manoj Verma at a public event at Gandhi Ghat in Barrackpore.
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"We demand the Election Commission to hold re-polling in Barrackpore parliamentary constituency," said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.
When asked whether another TMC MLA and Bidhannagar municipality chairman Sabyasachi Dutta would join the BJP, he said, “Just wait, you will see at least 100 TMC MLAs, including Mr Dutt, join the BJP.”
