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ECI completes observer briefing for Assam, TN, Kerala, WB polls
The Election Commission of India on Thursday, February 5, concluded its briefing programme for 1,444 Central Observers who will be deployed for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu…
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Turkish Airlines plane makes an emergency landing at Kolkata airport
Kolkata: A Turkish Airlines wide-body plane made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport after the pilot declared a fire in the aircraft’s right engine, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Wednesday, February…
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Beef steak mix-up: Parkstreet waiter gets bail from Kolkata court
Kolkata: A court in Kolkata granted bail to the waiter of the iconic Park Street restaurant who was arrested after allegedly serving beef steak instead of mutton to a content creator. The…
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Mamata Banerjee turns to poetry to protest against SIR
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political and legal battle against the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has adopted an unusual form of protest, authoring 26…
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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…
