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Suvendu launches ISKCON midday meals, eggs served separately
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday, August 1, inaugurated ISKCON’s kitchen, where mid-day meals will be prepared for 44,000 students of 500 schools in the city, and said his…
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Exiled author Taslima Nasreen returns to Kolkata after 19 years
Kolkata: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Friday returned to Kolkata after nearly 19 years, describing the visit as an emotional homecoming to a city she still considers her own. Her arrival…
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Kerala: Bengal man receives call from Pakistan, taken into custody
Kozhikode: A 35-year-old man from West Bengal was taken into custody in Kerala’s Beypore area on Thursday, July 30, after he allegedly received a phone call from a Pakistan-based number, police said.…
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Suvendu vows Goonda Act on ‘Friday people’ involved in protests
Kolkata: Of the 14 people arrested in connection with the NEET protests in Kolkata,13 were Muslims, with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari promising to invoke the “Goonda” law against the arrested,…
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Woman held as ‘Bangladeshi’ despite voter ID, PAN card in Bengal
Kolkata: A Muslim woman from West Bengal was allegedly detained after police and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials branded her as an illegal Bangladeshi despite possessing multiple government records and identification documents…
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Kolkata man held for burning Modi’s photo during NEET protest
Kolkata: A man has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and lighting a cigarette from the flames during a protest in Kolkata against the…
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TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s party office demolished by bulldozer
Kolkata: The South 24 Parganas district administration on Saturday, July 18, started demolishing the party office of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee at Amtala after it was found to be constructed…
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Rukmini Mallick quits Rajya Sabha, fourth TMC MP to resign
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Rukmini Mallick on Thursday, July 14, resigned from the Rajya Sabha, the fourth TMC MP to do so ever since the Mamata Banerjee-led party was ousted from…
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TMC MLA Madan Mitra crosses over to Ritabrata’s rebel camp
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra on Wednesday, July 15, crossed over to the rebel camp led by Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, dealing another blow to beleaguered Mamata Banerjee’s faction…
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Airport security first, says Suvendu on Kolkata mosque access
Kolkata: Firming up the West Bengal government’s stand on the emerging controversy over suspension of entry passes for congregational prayers at a mosque inside the Kolkata airport, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on…
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Namaz suspended for 3 days at mosque inside Kolkata Airport
Kolkata: Namaz at the over 130-year-old Gouripur Jama Masjid inside the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata has been suspended for three days starting Saturday for the shrine’s renovation, an…
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35 arrested for mob violence after Bengal girl’s rape, murder
Kolkata: Five people were arrested for their alleged involvement in mob violence and an attack on police personnel following the alleged gang-rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal, taking…
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Bengal cattle herder’s body found, family blames cow vigilantes
Kolkata: A Muslim cattle herder’s body was recovered from beneath a bridge on Sunday, May 5, in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar, and his family has alleged that cow vigilantes killed him. The…
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Baruipur rape not like my daughter’s case: RG Kar victim’s mother
Kolkata: “My daughter was within a fully secure place,” said Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape victim and West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, on the Baruipur…
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Baruipur gang-rape case: Key accused killed in encounter
Kolkata: One of the prime accused in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur was killed in an alleged encounter early on Wednesday, July 8, after he…
