Kolkata: Around 700
shanty huts of the poor were destroyed, leaving around 1,500
people homeless in a fire that broke out in Maheshtala area's Sholo
Bigha slum of South 24 Parganas district Saturday, police said.
There were no reports of any injuries.
The police have, however, detained some people who locals alleged
were involved in setting the slum on fire.
Seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
Leader of the opposition and Communist Party of India - Marxist
politburo member Surjyo Kanta Mishra went to the spot and spoke to
the affected people, who alleged that it was a case of arson in
which "some Trinamool Congress men" were involved.
However, the Trinamool denied the allegations.
Mishra demanded rehabilitation of the affected people.
The
Competition Commission of India (CCI) said Saturday it would
shortly finalise the probe into alleged fixing of petrol prices by
cartelisation among oil marketing companies
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Stressing that the Congress was committed to secularism, party
chief Sonia Gandhi Saturday called for an all-out struggle against
communal forces and ideologies, »
The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh survived the second
no-confidence motion in 16 months early Saturday thanks to a
divided opposition. But the result proved the government was
technically»
After springing surprise by sharing stage with controversial
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at his election rally in
December, cricketer Irfan Pathan met him on Friday and invited »
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