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  Rediff On The NeT: Constituency/Berhampore
But having risen, the Congress candidate for the Berhampore parliamentary seat is rapidly consolidating his popular support in this land of Siraj-ud-Daulah where the descendants of the legendary nabob of Bengal regard Chowdhury as their Robin Hood who is emphatically changing their dreary lives.
The Berhampore Town Club set up by the Congress candidate is a mecca for unemployed youth who flock there daily to discuss their future.
Chowdhury's monetary assistance for the marriage of young girls in Berhampore is another reason for his popularity.
www.rediff.com /election/1999/oct/02tara.htm   (1305 words)

  
 Berhampore, New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Berhampore is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
However, residents of Berhampore are both ethnically and socio-economically diverse and contribute to the atmosphere of their surrounding communities.
Berhampore is probably best known for Mavericks Takeaways, which makes some of the finest pizzas in Wellington.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berhampore,_New_Zealand   (339 words)

  
 Congress faces revolt in stronghold Murshidabad - Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kolkata: Ahead of the Assembly elections, the opposition Congress in West Bengal is facing a rebellion from the party strongman in its bastion in Murshidabad district, where it won all the three parliamentary seats, including Jangipur held by defence minister Pranab Mukherjee in the last Lok Sabha elections.
The Congress strongman and MP from Berhampore, Adhir Chowdhury, said that he would campaign for party rebels to contest as independents against the official nominees in the three seats.
He has demanded that Sinha’s candidature from the Kandi seat in Murshidabad and also that of Mayarani Pal in Berhampore and Niyamat Sheikh at Hariharpara be withdrawn or the else the WBPCC prepared to face a full-scale revolt in the district Congress.
sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=14178987   (543 words)

  
 Assembly Elections 2001: Expressindia.com in association with The Indian Express
Berhampore MP Adhir Chowdhury is among the very few Congress leaders who dares call the Trinamool Congress a ‘‘parasite’’ in his territory.
In Berhampore, he is often referred to as the town’s ‘Robinhood’ because of his charity, kindness and reputation of standing by those in distress.
Residents of Berhampore have had ample evidence of his muscle power and therefore, Chowdhury is as ‘‘dreaded as he is loved’’.
www.expressindia.com /election/wb/wb0506.html   (714 words)

  
 Montessori Association of New Zealand
Having an understanding and appreciation of different cultures is becoming increasingly important today, and pupils at Berhampore School reflect the increasing diversity of New Zealand.
Berhampore School is a very multicultural one, with children from at least 16 different countries.
The PPMET and Board at Berhampore School are committed to offering a high standard of Montessori education within the Unit.
www.montessori.org.nz /schools/berhampore.shtml   (317 words)

  
 The Birth of the Mission of Central Bengal
At first, the only church and rectory was at Berhampore because from time to time a priest used to come from Kolkata especially for the sake of the soldiers.
The mission at the cantonment of Berhampore had already brought a Catholic presence to the area before the arrival of the PIME priests.
Although the first signs of the rebellion were precisely at Berhampore, fortunately for the mission of Bengal, nothing of any consequence occurred to really endanger the missionaries, but there were moments of real fear as massacres of Europeans occurred in many other parts of northern India.
xoomer.virgilio.it /bguizzi/bangladesh/cagnasso/birth.htm   (5309 words)

  
 Berhampore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Rightly Guided Republic of Berhampore is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates.
Truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, and teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill.
Berhampore's national animal is the sabertooth cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the sequin.
members.optusnet.com.au /~brian1985/Berhampore.htm   (169 words)

  
 History of Murshidabad
(1833 – 1951), born at Gorabazar, Berhampore, was a novelist.
He was an author with interest in archaeology, history and literature etc. He was the central figure of the cultural life of Berhampore of his time.
His contribution to the spread of education in Berhampore is noteworthy.
murshidabad.nic.in /history2.htm   (2191 words)

  
 Geographical Location
From Kolkata Berhampore the District capital town of Murshidabad is 195 Km.
Berhampore Court is the main station which is connected with Sealdah Station at Kolkata.
Burdwan, Rampurhat, Suri, Bolpur, Malda, Krishnagar and Durgapur regularly ply to Berhampore.
murshidabad.nic.in /location.htm   (258 words)

  
 The West Pacific - NSwiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Berhampore's first act was to eject the nations of MVS (as a possible spy for the NPO) and Harkinnen, who had recently been appointed Defense Minister.
Berhampore - Was voted in by the council as a member of Dilber's cabinet.
Berhampore's main job in the coming weeks is to decide who will be charged over the coup.
ns.goobergunch.net /wiki/index.php/The_West_Pacific   (3875 words)

  
 Berhampore State Flats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Berhampore State Flats (also known as the Centennial Flats) at 493–507 Adelaide Road, Berhampore, Wellington, New Zealand, are an example of mass housing designed in the international style.
In March 1938, the government announced the construction of the first block of multiunit flats, at Berhampore.
Although single-unit dwellings had been preferred, the government felt that the housing problem was of such magnitude that every approach should be encouraged, and that advances in multi-unit complexes were such that they had become more socially acceptable.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berhampore_State_Flats   (439 words)

  
 outlookindia.com
Berhampore (WB), Dec 16 (PTI) Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury today got bail in a criminal defamation case in Kolkata but a district court here rejected his bail in connection with a twin murder case.
Chowdhury, who was brought to the city late last night from Berhampore jail, was produced before the court under heavy security.
In Berhampore, the bail plea in connection with the twin murder case was rejected by acting district judge Sourish Chakrabarty today.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=342304   (251 words)

  
 INDIA: Police inaction provides ample opportunity for criminals to walk free
However, it is alleged that the Berhampore Police intentionally facilitated the release of the perpetrators by withholding important information from the court.
Meanwhile, the journalists of Berhampore District submitted a joint memorandum before the District Magistrate of Berhampore demanding a detailed inquiry into the incident.
Furthermore, even though the Berhampore police arrested 15 suspects, they allegedly facilitated the release of the perpetrators by intentionally withholding important records from the public prosecutors.  Furthermore, the public prosecutor who was supposed to oppose the bail application was also absent, which resulted in the perpetrators bail applications going unopposed.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2004/873   (1532 words)

  
 Indian communist poster boy pushes capitalism - Boston.com
BERHAMPORE, India (Reuters) - In India's West Bengal state, the world's longest-serving democratically elected communist government has relied on peasants to win power time and time again since 1977.
Now Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, state Chief Minister, says his party is going to win the latest election with new supporters: urban voters and businessmen who for years shunned the communists believing they were anti-business and focused on rural areas.
"Without capitalism, you cannot bring socialism in a feudal society," Bhattacharjee, a grey-haired man, told Reuters in Berhampore town, 210 km (130 miles) north of Kolkata, where he was campaigning to help the left notch up its seventh straight electoral victory in 29 years.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/04/30/indian_communist_poster_boy_pushes_capitalism?mode=PF   (569 words)

  
 Zee News - Arrest warrant against Congress MP Adhir Choudhury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kolkata, Oct 18: A district court in Murshidabad today issued a warrant of arrest against district Congress president Adhir Choudhury, MP and his wife Arpita in connection with their alleged involvement in a twin murder case in Berhampore town in July last.
A Berhampore report said chief judicial magistrate a k pal issued the warrant of arrest against the Congress MP and his wife after the district police accused them in the twin murder case and framed charges.
Even as Choudhury and his wife were not available for comment in Berhampore, the district Congress called an emergency meeting and alleged ruling CPI(M) and the police 'joined hands to hatch the conspiracy against Adhir Choudhury and his wife to harass them".
www.zeenews.com /znnew/articles.asp?aid=249528&sid=REG   (266 words)

  
 The Hindu News Update Service
Berhampore (Murshidabad), April 25 (PTI): Much to the glee of the Marxists and embarassment to the Congress High Command, a 'Congress versus Congress' battle in the assembly election is set to take place in its bastion in West Bengal -- Murshidabad district.
Adhir Chowdhury, party MP and strongman of Murshidabad, which in 2004 saw the election to the Lok Sabha for the first time of Pranab Mukherjee, the Union Defence minister, is campaigning for party rebels for the on-going assembly polls.
The AICC has renominated Atish Sinha, Congress legislature party chief whip from Murshidabad and Mayarani Pal for the Kandi and Berhampore seats respectively.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/holnus/004200604251221.htm   (280 words)

  
 V V Giri
Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri was born on 10 August, 1894 at Berhampore in Ganjam district at that time in the Madras Presidency and now in Orissa.
His father Shri V.V. Jogaiah Pantulu was a prosperous lawyer at Berhampore and the leader of the local Bar.
Giri started practice in his home-town Berhampore but he also took an active part in the nationalist movement.
indiapicks.com /stamps/Presidnts_PMs/VV_Giri.htm   (1046 words)

  
 DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
Settling in Wellington, the Wilkinsons rented a series of dingy houses in Newtown, Melrose and Berhampore where two more daughters were born.
The story of her early life is told in her autobiographical novel The godwits fly, and in a haunting sequence of poems in Houses by the sea, published after her death.
She was a pupil at South Wellington School and Berhampore School, where she was dux in 1918.
www.dnzb.govt.nz /DNZB/essay_body.asp?PersonEssay=4H41   (1814 words)

  
 Don Bosco Prison Ministry Praised for Jail Reforms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
They are hardcore convicts, but their hearts could not but melt when the District Magistrate, who made their prison a more humane place, went on a transfer.
Lifers at the Central Jail in Berhampore heaped praises on District Magistrate Manoj Pant and also a Catholic priest, Fr.
The Prison Candidates of Don Bosco Training Institute at the Berhampore Central Prison gave a farewell to the District Magistrate at Don Bosco Yuva Jyothi Hall on 16 June 2004.
www.aiccindia.org /news/donbosco.htm   (347 words)

  
 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
There was a non-bailable warrant against the Congress MP from Berhampore and his wife, Arpita, for the murder of a restaurant owner and his son in July.
For about a decade and half, the CPI(M) has been finding ways to tackle Adhir, a former CITU man. The son of a court clerk in Berhampore, he had his political baptism at the age of 15.
In 1999, he became MP from Berhampore for the first time on the Congress ticket, trouncing the RSP candidate.
www.the-week.com /25dec04/statescan_article4.htm   (675 words)

  
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Of the five seats that the Congress(I) won, four were seats it had won in 1996 - Berhampore, Koraput, Nawrangpur and Jagatsinghpur.
The three rounds of campaign tours by Sonia Gandhi to the State did not have much of an impact in electoral terms.
Narasimha Rao had won from Berhampore in 1996 but was denied the Congress(I) ticket this time.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1506/15060490.htm   (835 words)

  
 Lachlan Macquarie – 1799 journal [August]
P.M. Anchored off and close to the beautiful large Cantonment of Berhampore; landed immediately and proceeded to the House of Major Genl.
Michie to return to Berhampore to repair his Vessel, I was Compelled – on account of my being limited for time – to prosecute my Voyage in a small Boat called a Pulwar which Capt.
Rawstorne and some other Friends down at Berhampore, I set out along with them this day at 1.
www.lib.mq.edu.au /digital/lema/1799/1799aug.html   (490 words)

  
 Berhampore TKD
Any questions about the site or queries about Berhampore Taekwon-Do, please send us an email at horatio@xtra.co.nz.
We are a member club of the International Taekwon-Do Foundation of New Zealand (ITFNZ) which is the official New Zealand representative of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).
The Berhampore Club was opened by Mr Ian Walton and Mrs Lena Walton in 1998 and they continue to share the instructing role ably abetted by Mr Louie Vogt.
www.bertkd.wellington.net.nz   (214 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Berhampore: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Berhampore&tag=httpexplaguid-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1   (707 words)

  
 outlookindia.com | wired
The Congress strongman and MP from Berhampore, Adhir Chowdhury, told PTI that he would campaign for party rebels to contest as independents against its official nominees in the three seats.
If the demands were not met with, the WBPCC would have to face a full-scale revolt from within the district Congress, he warned.
Asked whether his acts would not tantamount to anti-party activity, the firebrand Congress leader said "Apparently it looks so, but the ground reality is different".
www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=376232   (650 words)

  
 Berhampore Residential Properties for Sale - Realestate.co.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Tucked away behind pohutukawa trees in a lovely Berhampore cul-de-sac you will find this delightful three bedroom character villa.
This charming old lady has emerged from her extreme makeover and is ready and waiting for you...
Berhampore, Wellington City - Spacious Two Bedroom Unit
www.realestate.co.nz /residential/all/berhampore   (273 words)

  
 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The party has trained its guns on Adhir Chowdhury, Congress MP from Berhampore, who is similarly 'absconding' in a murder case.
The police have filed charge-sheets against 16 people, including Adhir, his wife, Arpita, and two aides in the killing of Hanif Seikh and his son Laltu inside their restaurant on July 24.
His property in Berhampore has already been attached.
www.the-week.com /25nov20/statescan_article2.htm   (570 words)

  
 TVNZ and Robinson - 2005-082
In 1991, former residents alleged that Mr Lake had sexually abused children between the ages of eight and fourteen while they were in his care in the 1960s and 1970s.
While the laws of defamation did not apply to deceased persons, he contended, the standards of fairness and balance were still relevant if that person had living relatives and friends.
He submitted that the earlier programmes were broadcast in 2004 while Mr Lake was still alive, and more care had been taken to ensure that viewers knew the accusations were only allegations, and not facts.
www.bsa.govt.nz /decisions/2005/2005-082.htm   (4023 words)

  
 Berhampore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Berhampore is the name of at least two places:
Berhampore (Baharampur), India, in West Bengal (also sometimes spelt Behrampore)
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berhampore   (95 words)

  
 Police fire in air during bandh violence at Berhampore [NewKerala Online Newspaper, India]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As we are moving to new data center, some of the sections of New Kerala.com will not be available for few hours.
Berhampur (Orissa), July 28: Violence erupted in this city in south Orissa during a 12-hour bandh called by the Bajrang Dal, forcing police to fire in the air to bring the situation under control.
Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
www.newkerala.com /news3.php?action=fullnews&id=30210   (563 words)

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