North 24 Parganas district
District in West Bengal, India
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North 24 Parganas (abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east. Barasat is the district headquarters of North 24 Parganas. North 24 Parganas is West Bengal's most populous district and also (since 2014) the most populated district in the whole of India. It is the tenth-largest district in the State by area.
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Cops allowed attackers to gather: Enforcement DirectorateEnforcement Directorate on Monday blamed the Bengal police for its lackadaisical approach that led to an attack on its team and disruption of its search operations in North 24 Parganas district on..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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Mob attacks Enforcement Directorate officials raiding TMC neta houseThree ED officials were injured on Friday morning when a mob of around 200 villagers from Sandeshkhali in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district attacked and chased out a team of the central agency as it..IndiaTimes - Published | Attack on ED team: Governor warns Mamata govt, says 'Bengal not a banana republic'; Trinamool says 'effect of provocation'An Enforcement Directorate (ED) team was attacked and its vehicles damaged in Sandeshkhali village of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal when it tried to raid the residence of block-level leaders of the..IndiaTimes - Published |
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