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EC bars TMC factions from using party name, symbol in by-poll
New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and “Flowers and Grass symbol” during the West Bengal bypolls,…
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Mahua Moitra moves UN body over ‘exclusion of Muslim officers’
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has written to the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues alleging that senior Muslim IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal were excluded from official…
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TMC MP Mahua Moitra egged during ‘BJP protest’ in Bengal
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday, September 16, faced a protest allegedly by BJP workers and was pelted with eggs during a visit to Nadia district’s Tehatta area, where demonstrators…
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3 months after BJP govt’s curb, Bengal’s beef trade collapses
West Bengal: Meat trader Mushtaq has not earned a single penny in over three months since the Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government issued a notice on cattle slaughter. “It was halted because…
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An ‘Assalamualaikum,’ ‘Inshallah’ gets IPS officer transferred
Hyderabad: Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Bushra Bano, against whom a right-wing organisation filed a complaint with the West Bengal Home Secretary, has been transferred. The transfer order was issued on Monday,…
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Complaint against IPS officer for greeting with Assalamualaikum
West Bengal: A complaint was filed with the West Bengal Home Secretary against IPS officer Bushra Bano for using Urdu greetings in her latest video, where she shared her journey of joining…
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17 rebel Trinamool MPs to join BJP before or after Durga Puja
Kolkata: Rebel TMC leader and Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia on Monday, September 14, claimed that 17 of the 20 MPs of the NCPI are set to join the BJP…
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HC grants bail to AJUP chief Humayun Kabir in hate speech case
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to AJUP chief Humayun Kabir, observing that the ingredients of BNS Section 152, which deals with acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity…
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ED freezes Urdu daily’s account having Rs 5.25 cr after searches
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, September 9, said its three-day search operations at premises linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haque resulted in the seizure of various…
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CM Suvendu leads procession near JU to uphold saffron dignity
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday, September 9, led a massive procession in south Kolkata, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying it was aimed at upholding the “dignity”…
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BJP condemns ‘anti-national’ slogans amid JU graffiti war
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not enter university campuses, but those writing anti-national slogans should be dealt with firmly, the party’s West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya said on Sunday,…
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Back-to-back attacks on Christians in Bengal reported in August
West Bengal: A Christian family was allegedly attacked by a Hindutva group while bidding farewell to a departed soul in a cemetery inside a church premises in West Bengal. The incident occurred…
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HC denies urgent listing of Anandabazar Patrika plea to quash FIR
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, September 2, refused to hear a petition filed by journalists of Anandabazar Patrika seeking the cancellation of several FIRs filed over its use of “Gerua…
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ABVP holds Vande Mataram march at JU amid anti-national slogans
Kolkata: Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Thursday, September 3, took out a Vande Mataram march on Jadavpur University campus here, carrying the national flag and displaying images of…
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Anandabazar Patrika office painted saffron by Hindutva workers
Kolkata: A group of Hindutva workers painted the walls of Anandabazar Patrika office saffron on Tuesday, September 1, after an FIR was filed against its journalists, and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari demanded…
