Bengal, West
(2001 pop. 80.2 million). West Bengal is a state in northeastern India, lying to the immediate west of Bangladesh and southeast of Nepal. Its southern boundary is formed by the Bay of Ben...
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Farmers angry over plans to build an industrial park on their land torched a government office Thursday in a second day of unrest in eastern India that has claimed 14 lives.Police responded with ba...
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New Delhi (dpa) - An outbreak of avian influenza in India's
eastern state of West Bengal was spreading Friday, with 300 poultry
dying over the previous 24 hours, taking the ...
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New Delhi (dpa) - India's eastern state of West Bengal witnessed a
complete business shutdown on Monday in response to a strike call by
several political parties over the tr...
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New Delhi (dpa) - India's eastern Orissa and Bihar states stepped
up measures Tuesday to prevent the possible spread of avian influenza
from neighbouring West Bengal, as did...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The government of India's eastern West Bengal
state announced Saturday it was shelving plans to build an industrial
zone on cropland, days after police fir...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The latest outbreak of bird flu in India spread
to a 14th district in eastern West Bengal state while authorities in
the capital Kolkata increased surveill...
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KOLKATA, India, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Villagers at the centre
of a bird flu outbreak in India's east refused to hand over
their chickens and ducks for culling on Thursday, hampering
efforts to stamp ...
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KOLKATA, India, Jan 22 (Reuters) - An outbreak of bird flu
in India's most densely populated state could spiral out of
control, officials said on Tuesday, as the disease spread to a
seventh distri...
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New Delhi (dpa) - More than 10,000 head of poultry were
slaughtered in seven districts of India's eastern West Bengal state
in the past 24 hours as local authorities stepped...
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Bengal, West
Police condemned in West Bengal clashes
