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WB storm: Death toll rises to 5, CM meets families of victims
Jalpaiguri: The death toll due to a storm that wreaked havoc in parts of Jalpaiguri district in northern West Bengal has risen to five, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said. Over 100…
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Now, ED takes Sheikh Shahjahan into custody after 4-hour grilling
Kolkata: In a sudden development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday took the custody of Sheikh Shahjahan, the suspended Trinamool Congress leader who’s accused of being the mastermind behind the attack on…
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TMC slams PM economic adviser Sanjeev Sanyal’s comments on Bengalis
Kolkata: Certain comments on the people of West Bengal by Prime Minister’s Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal have created controversy, with the Trinamool Congress accusing him of “fanning open hatred” towards the residents…
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Shahjahan arranged goons over phone to attack ED staff at Sandeshkhali: CBI
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a district court on Thursday that the now-suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who’s the mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF teams…
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IndiGo aircraft brushes wings of Air India Express plane at Kolkata airport
Kolkata: An IndiGo aircraft grazed the wings of an Air India Express plane at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday, leaving wings of both aircraft damaged, officials said. The IndiGo flight was headed…
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BJP’s Dilip Ghosh makes controversial remarks against Mamata, TMC hits back
Kolkata: A controversy erupted on Tuesday after senior BJP leader and MP Dilip Ghosh was heard mocking the family background of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a purported video clip.…
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TMC terms CBI raids on premises of Mohua Moitra as ‘vendetta politics’
Kolkata: The TMC has dubbed the ongoing CBI raids on the premises of party leader Mahua Moitra in connection with the alleged cash-for-query case as “vendetta politics” and a desperate maneuver by…
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TMC lodges complaint against Bengal guv for interfering in poll process
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, accusing him of unlawfully meddling in the upcoming Lok Sabha…
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WB: TMC-BJP clash amid rallies led by Union MoS, state minister
Dinhata: Clashes broke out between TMC and BJP supporters in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Tuesday evening moments after a public meeting addressed by Union MoS for Home Nisith Paramanik got…
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Kolkata building collapse: Toll rises to 10, two still missing; landowner held
Kolkata: Rescue workers on Tuesday evening recovered the body of another person from underneath the debris of the collapsed five-storey building in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area taking the toll to 10, a…
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TMC complaints to EC about PM Modi’s model code ‘violation’
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday complained to the Election Commission alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the BJP candidate from Varanasi, has violated the model code of conduct by…
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Educating people: Kolkata youth icon Wali Rahmani appeals for funds, this time to build a hostel
By Heena Fatima Kolkata-based young education activist and youth icon Wali Rahmani who hit the headlines in September last year for collecting Rs 7.5 crore in seven days for a school building…
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West Bengal MPs Arjun Singh, Dibyendu Adhikari join BJP
New Delhi: Two MPs from West Bengal — Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari — joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Friday, saying that they were upset with the Sandeshkhali incidents. Singh…
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Denied LS ticket, another sitting Trinamool MP turns rebel
Kolkata: After Arjun Singh, another sitting Trinamool Congress MP has turned rebel after being denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections by the party leadership. Sunil Kumar Mondal, the sitting…
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District court extends Sheikh Shahjahan’s CBI custody by 8 days
Kolkata: The Basirhat sub-divisional court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Sheikh Shahjahan, the accused mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF teams…
