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Guv proposes WB migrant workers portal, MoUs, welfare officers
Kolkata: A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a scheme to rehabilitate migrant labourers from West Bengal allegedly harassed outside the state, Governor CV Ananda Bose put forward a set of…
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Bengal: Son of Trinamool Congress leader killed in shootout
Kolkata: The son of a Trinamool Congress leader and head of a village panchayat has been killed in a shootout in broad daylight. The incident happened in Cooch Behar district of West…
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Kolkata court remands four in law college rape case to police custody till Aug 8
Kolkata: In what is being claimed as a first-of-its-kind order by a court in Kolkata, all four accused in the South Calcutta Law College rape case were remanded to police custody for…
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Abhishek Banerjee named TMC leader in Lok Sabha; Sudip replaced
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha (LS) MP, Abhishek Banerjee, has replaced veteran and four-time party MP, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, as the leader of Trinamool Congress’ Parliamentary team in…
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Want Bengal govt to respond to Centre’s queries on Aparajita Bill: Guv
Kolkata: A day after he sent the Aparajita Bill back to the West Bengal government, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday said that he wanted the state administration to respond to the…
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West Bengal Aparajita bill sent back by gov over Centre’s concerns
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has sent the Aparajita Bill back to the state government for consideration of the serious objections raised by the Centre over the proposed changes…
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TMC MLA’s close aide Rajjak Khan shot dead in West Bengal
Kolkata: A 38-year-old Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred in Bhangar area on Thursday night when Rajjak Khan,…
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Judicial custody for Kolkata law college gang rape accused
Kolkata: A Kolkata court on Tuesday remanded three persons, accused in the gang rape of a student in a law college here to judicial custody till July 22. The police prosecutors prayed…
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Educated Muslims must work to oust Mamata govt: BJP’s new president Samik
Kolkata: Asserting that the BJP will continue to fight the radical elements that were “receiving patronage” of the Mamata Banerjee government, the party’s new West Bengal president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday appealed…
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Kolkata college gang rape: Police reconstruct crime scene with arrested men
Kolkata: Sleuths of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four men, arrested in connection with the gang rape of a student, to South Calcutta Law College and reconstructed the crime scene,…
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Kolkata college rape: Police custody of 3 accused extended till July 8
Kolkata: The police custody of the three accused in connection with the alleged gangrape of a first-year student at a law college in Kolkata’s Kasba area on Tuesday were extended by eight…
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DNA samples collected from 3 accused in Kolkata law college rape case
Kolkata: The DNA samples of the three accused in the gang rape of a student of a law college in Kolkata were collected on Monday as a part of the investigation of…
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Security guard arrested in Kolkata college rape case; 4 held so far
Kolkata: The police on Saturday arrested a security guard of the Kolkata law college where a first-year student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week, an officer…
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RG Kar rape & murder case: CBI submits 4th status report to trial court
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday submitted its fourth status report on its investigation of the larger conspiracy behind R.G. Kar rape and murder tragedy at the trial court…
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Bengali-speaking Muslims being targeted without any verification, alleges CPI-M
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday alleged that Bengali-speaking Muslims are being targeted without any verification and demanded that the government should deal with those who have entered…
