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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Bankura , city (1991 pop. 114,876), West Bengal state, NE India, on the Dwarkeswar River. It is a district administrative center and an agricultural distribution center. Manufactures include cotton, metalware, and processed foods. Author not available, BANKURA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Rupnarayan River
...Dhaleshwari in the Chota Nagpur plateau foothills northeast of Purulia and follows a tortuous southeasterly course past the town of Bankura, where it is known as the Dwarkeswar. It flows 150 mi (240 km) to join the Hugli River . It originally formed a western exit... Read more

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	348 dead even as flood water begins to recede ; ...275 deaths. The other districts that were badly hit include Birbhum with 147 deaths, Burdwan, Nadia, Midnapore, Hooghly and Bankura. With the flood water now receding from most parts, rescue workers are recovering more bodies and the government is adjusting... Read more
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	Japanese companies to import chicken legs from India. ; ...the order, we are setting up one more fully-automated meat processing plant at an investment of Rs 200 crore at Sonamukhi in Bankura district. The plant will be built with a capacity of processing 120,000 birds per shift on a three-shift basis working day... Read more
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	INTERNATIONAL: Ten killed in flash floods; INDIA.(News) ; ...Bhumidhar Barman, an official with the Assam government. The lightning deaths were in the southern districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Murshidabad, said senior police official Raj Kanojia . Most of those killed were farmers who were working in their fields... Read more

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