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Abhishek Banerjee faces crucial test in Diamond Harbour LS constituency
Diamond Harbour: The Diamond Harbour poll battleground encapsulates an intense dynamic in West Bengal’s political landscape where the TMC, led by its de facto number two Abhishek Banerjee, touts the seat as…
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318 arrested in West Bengal for violence amid 6th phase of polling
Kolkata: A total of 318 persons were arrested throughout West Bengal on Saturday for involvement in poll-related violence and tension during the sixth phase of voting for eight Lok Sabha seats, Chief…
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Severe cyclone forming in Bay of Bengal to make landfall on Sunday, red alert in WB
Kolkata: A depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to concentrate into a severe cyclonic storm and make landfall along the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh around May 26…
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Calcutta HC order on OBC quota to Muslims ‘tight slap’ to oppn: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called the Calcutta High Court decision of striking down the OBC status granted to “77 classes” in West Bengal since 2010 a “tight slap”…
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Bangladesh MP goes missing in Kolkata
Kolkata: An MP of Bangladesh, Anwarul Azim Anar, has been missing for the last few days after he arrived in the city for medical treatment on May 12, a senior official of…
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Was RSS member, ready to go back: Calcutta HC judge in retirement speech
Kolkata: Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash, who retired as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on Monday, said he was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Speaking at his farewell…
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Centre granting citizenship to people under CAA a lie, politics during polls: Mamata
Gopiballavpur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of “orchestrating a lie” about granting citizenship to 14 people under the CAA and dubbed it as “politics…
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Will lend support to INDIA bloc from outside to form govt at Centre: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her party will extend support to the opposition INDIA bloc from outside to form the government at the Centre…
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EC operating under Modi’s directions: Mamata at poll rally in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister on Wednesday labeled the Election Commission (EC) as a “puppet” operating under the directives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing an election rally at Chinsurah, Hooghly district,…
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Viral Sandeshkhali video: HC bars police from taking coercive action against BJP leader
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday barred the West Bengal Police from initiating a probe or adopting coercive action in connection with a sting operation involving a…
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Woman surrenders in court in Sandeshkhali case, sent to judicial custody
Barasat: A court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday remanded Piyali Das, a woman BJP worker to judicial custody after she surrendered before it over a criminal case lodged…
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Shahjahan collected Rs 260 cr through illegal land-grabbing: ED
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday told a special PMLA court here that suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan earned Rs 260 crore through illegal land-grabbing at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s…
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TMC stands for ‘tushtikaran, mafia, corruption’: Amit Shah
Majdia: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that the Trinamool Congress stood for “tushtikaran (appeasement), mafia and corruption”, while criticising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for “remaining silent” on…
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Kolkata North: TMC fights ‘TMC’ in battle reflecting party’s Old vs New debate
Kolkata: If one acknowledges the seismic shift within the TMC owing to the re-emergence of the ‘old versus new’ debate that symbolises a larger power struggle between party veterans and its second…
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Molestation case: WB Guv shows CCTV footage of Raj Bhavan to common people
Kolkata: In the backdrop of a woman employee of Raj Bhavan levelling molestation charges against him, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday showed CCTV footage of the premises of…
