Arpit Basu is the senior reporter of Hindustan Times. He writes on crime, railways and transport.
Articles by Arpit Basu
Seating capacity at Salt Lake stadium to be brought down
Salt Lake stadium is set to undergo renovation ahead of under-17 FIFA World Cup 2017; seating capacity is going to be reduced.
Updated on Jun 19, 2013 09:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
Woman who sold EM Bypass plot to 50 people arrested
The woman has cheated 50 people and duped them of around Rs 3 crore in the last five months, a police officer said.
Updated on Jun 17, 2013 08:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
Blamed for spate of accidents, commission system to end soon
State transport minister Madan Mitra is working on a plan to come up with an alternative to the present commission system for drivers and conductors of private buses.
Updated on Jun 14, 2013 12:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
Kolkata hitch before IPL cricketers hit pitch
Barely a week before the opening ceremony of IPL 6 at Salt Lake Stadium in the city, the show — which is being headlined by US pop music sensations Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez, apart from Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif — has hit a major hitch, with the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) sending a notice to organiser Red Chillies Entertainment seeking payment for the songs that the stars are supposed to perform.
Updated on Mar 28, 2013 10:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
No Pakistani guests at Eden
Abdul Jalil, that familiar face in the stands whenever and wherever the Pakistani cricket team plays, will miss the action when Misbah-ul Haq’s boys tae on India at the Eden Garden on January 3. In fact, apart from Delhi, Pakistani fans will be missing in all the other matches.
Updated on Dec 23, 2012 12:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
No Pak spectators in games outside Delhi
Abdul Jalil, the Sialkot resident who is present in every match Pakistan play around the world, won’t be at four of the five matches in India. Travel agents in Pakistan entrusted with selling the tickets have told HT that they are yet to reach them.
Updated on Dec 22, 2012 11:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
Congress and Trinamool join hands for airport elections
Despite the clumsy break-up between the Trinamool and Congress everywhere in the state and its noisy fallout, both parties have officially joined hands against the CITU-backed union in the polls to determine the official union for Airports Authority of India employees, Arpit Basu reports.
Updated on Dec 16, 2012 12:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
To Mamata with love: A Korean black belt for tackling the Reds
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee always packed a fair punch. All she lacked was a formal degree. Now she is about to get one — a taekwondo black belt from none less than the sport’s apex body.
Updated on Dec 09, 2012 12:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
He has been ostracised for helping Tehatta SDPO
It’s been nearly 48 hours since Toofan Ghosh and his family came out of their home.
Updated on Nov 16, 2012 03:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu and Halim Mondal, Kolkata
Did two policemen fire at West Bengal agitators?
Apart from the sub-divisional police officer, did any other police person open fire at the agitating crowd in Nadia on Wednesday, resulting in the death of a local trader and injury to another? Arpit Basu & Halim Mandal report.
Updated on Nov 16, 2012 02:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu & Halim Mandal, Tehatta (nadia)
Metro issues tickets with old & new names this Puja
Metro Railway authorities have reintroduced paper tickets for the 25.13-km stretch with both old and new names printed on these tickets. The result: both these old paper tickets and new ones with new names printed on them would be sold through the counters. Arpit Basu reports.
Updated on Oct 18, 2012 05:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
Metro issues tickets with old & new names this Puja
Metro Railway authorities have reintroduced paper tickets for the 25.13-km stretch with both old and new names printed on these tickets.
Updated on Oct 18, 2012 03:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
City pub owners sweat over liquor sale curbs before Puja
If you had plans to slosh your gills with a peg or two at plush city eateries or watering holes this Puja, chances are that you may come away disappointed. Reason?
Updated on Oct 12, 2012 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
City Parsis look forward to homeland trip
The Parsis may be reduced to 600 families in the city and 70% of them are senior citizens. But they are not short of excitement when they get a chance to visit homeland.
Updated on Oct 07, 2012 12:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
Basu's Bangla home to be restored for tourists
Two years after his death, the leader of the longestserving government of the world, Jyoti Basu, is all set to become a brand ambassador for the tourism industry of Bangladesh. Arpit Basu reports.
Updated on Sep 23, 2012 03:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
Kumartuli picks Ganesh over Durga
As the countdown to Durga Puja begins, Ma Durga is facing her biggest challenge from none other than her own son, Ganesh.
Updated on Aug 29, 2012 02:31 PM IST
None | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
NRI children feeling at home with 'da' and 'ka'
A plush apartment with maple wood flooring, landscaped garden and a state-of-the-art kindergarten school. Life in Norway’s Stavanger city came with its set of first-world advantages. Arpit Basu & Mohammad Asif report.
Updated on Apr 28, 2012 11:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu & Mohammad Asif, Kulti (west Bengal)
Citizen scientist
Suprio Das quit his well-paying engineering job to work on low-cost technologies for the poor in West Bengal. His inventions are not about rocket science but the routine needs of the people.
Updated on Apr 16, 2012 08:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata
Will Sangrampur be a no man's land?
The Sangrampur hooch tragedy has left a trail of 'widow villages'. Laskarpara village is one of those where not a single home has been left untouched by the tragedy.
Updated on Dec 16, 2011 12:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu & Sukumar Debnath, Mograhat
AI loses 48 pieces of baggage
A goof-up by ground handlers at New Delhi airport saw an Air India (AI) flight from the national capital land in Kolkata on Monday night without 48 pieces of baggage.
Updated on Jul 05, 2011 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Arpit Basu, Kolkata