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TMC govt in West Bengal is the most corrupt in India: Amit Shah
Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, January 31, slammed the All India Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, alleging that no other administration in the country was as corrupt as…
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Massive fire at dry food warehouse on Kolkata outskirts, 6 feared trapped
Kolkata: A massive fire broke out at a dry food warehouse in the Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata in the early hours of Monday, with six people feared trapped…
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TMC leaders directed to activate election war rooms immediately
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday, January 24, directed party MPs and MLAs to activate the election war room in their respective constituencies immediately and send…
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Migrants tortured for speaking Bengali in BJP-ruled states: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, January 17, alleged that migrant workers were being tortured for speaking Bengali in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states. Banerjee, who headed for north…
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I-PAC raids: HC says no to BJP holding demonstration at Secretariat
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, January 15, refused permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hold a demonstration in front of West Bengal state Secretariat Nabanna, which houses the…
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Bengal’s EC sends informal orders via WhatsApp, confirming TMC allegation: Report
The claims that the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) allegedly sends instructions through informal messages on WhatsApp to state officials, changing the rules by which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
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I-PAC raids: ED’s probe obstruction very serious, says SC, stays FIR against officers
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, January 15, described the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) allegation that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee caused “obstruction” in its probe as “very serious” and agreed to examine…
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TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee alleges ED raid on I-PAC office was political vendetta
Kolkata: All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday, January 12, attacked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for its recent raid on the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC here, alleging…
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Police arrest man who sent ‘death threat’ to Bengal Governor
Kolkata: Police have arrested the man, who allegedly sent a death threat email to West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose, a senior Lok Bhavan official said on Friday, January 9. The…
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Man hangs to death, family alleges mental stress from SIR notice
Kolkata: A sexagenarian man was found hanging at his home in Uttar Dinajpur district on Thursday, January 8, with his family claiming that he was under severe mental stress after receiving a…
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West Bengal CM says no one will be allowed to touch Waqf or religious places
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that her government would not allow any interference with Waqf properties or religious institutions. The amended Waqf Act came into force on…
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SIR hearings to begin on Saturday in Bengal; 32 L unmapped voters to be covered
Kolkata: The hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal will commence on Saturday, with 3,234 centres set up across the state, a senior official said.…
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West Bengal to call 32L unmapped voters for first SIR hearings
Kolkata: Around 32 lakh unmapped voters will be called in the first phase of hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials said. Hearings for this category, in…
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PM Modi slams ‘maha jungle raj’ in West Bengal, seeks BJP vote
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lashed out at the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, calling the state’s prevailing situation “maha jungle raj” and alleging that “corruption, nepotism and appeasement of…
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200 BLOs demo against voter deletion in West Bengal
Kolkata: Around 200 members of a forum of booth-level officers (BLOs) held a demonstration outside the West Bengal CEO’s office here on Tuesday, protesting against the alleged deletion of thousands of genuine…
