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Seven injured in mishapBARASAT, 26 DEC: Seven persons were injured, two of them critically, when a speeding truck on its way to Baduria collided with a Kolkata-bound private bus on Jessore Road near Kalikapur at Barasat this morning. The condition of the bus driver and a passenger is stated to be critical. Locals rushed them to Barasat hospital. Police have seized both the vehicles. The truck driver has fled, police said.Protestors block Jessore RoadBARASAT, 26 DEC: More than a hundred villagers of Habra demonstrated in front of Habra police station in protest against the arrest of Sanjay Mandal and Manatash Ghosh who supply building materials in the locality. The protestors later …