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CBI teams reach Sandeshkhali to review complaints received via email
Kolkata: Accompanied by CAPF personnel, Two teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached Sandeshkhali in West Bengal on Saturday to review complaints of land grabbing, extortion, and sexual harassment received…
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Sporadic incidents mar first phase of polling in Bengal
Kolkata: Sporadic incidents of violence marred the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in the three parliamentary constituencies in Bengal, as TMC and the BJP workers clashed with each other in various…
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VHP demands NIA probe into Ram Navami violence in WB’s Murshidabad
New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday condemned an incident of violence during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal and demanded a probe into it by the National Investigation Agency…
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TMC protects infiltrators, opposes CAA: PM Modi
Balurghat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flayed the Trinamool Congress, accusing it of “protecting” infiltrators but opposing the CAA, which gives citizenship to refugees. Modi, while addressing an election rally at…
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ECI seeks report on I-T ‘raid’ at Abhishek chopper from CEO
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday sought a report from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on the reported search operation carried out by the…
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No search of helicopter in WB, Abhishek wasn’t present: I-T sources
New Delhi: As a row erupted over the TMC’s claim of a “raid” by income tax officials targeting a helicopter used by party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, I-T department sources claimed on…
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IT officials raided Abhishek’s helicopter in Kolkata, claims TMC
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said its general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s helicopter was raided by Income Tax officials in Kolkata’s Behala flying club and alleged this was part of a deliberate…
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Shahjahan submits ‘retraction’ petition to withdraw statements made before ED
Kolkata: The counsel for suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan on Saturday filed a ‘retraction’ petition in a special PMLA court, seeking permission to withdraw the statements made by Shahjahan before the…
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Shahjahan ‘invested’ crime proceeds from land-grabbing in brother’s business: ED
Kolkata: A major portion of the money earned by suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan from land-grabbing at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district was shown as investments in his brother Sheikh…
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Arrests in Rameshwaram cafe blast case trigger political slugfest in Bengal
Kolkata: The arrest of two accused in the Bengaluru cafe blast case from West Bengal on Friday kept the state’s political pot boiling ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the opposition…
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Sandeshkhali: Cal HC orders CBI probe into alleged crimes against women, land grabbing
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI investigation into allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, which had witnessed protests over the issues. Stating…
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TMC delegation to lodge complaint against detention of party leaders in Delhi
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee went to the Raj Bhavan on Monday night to lodge a complaint with West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose regarding the detention of party leaders…
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NIA arrests blast suspects amid mob attack in WB; political slugfest between TMC, BJP
Kolkata: A team of the NIA was allegedly attacked by a mob on Saturday when it went to arrest two main suspects in a 2022 blast case in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur…