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Haryana sends samples to lab after WHO alert on cough syrups made by Sonipat firm
Chandigarh: Samples of four cough syrups manufactured by a Sonipat-based firm have been sent to the Central Drugs Laboratory in Kolkata for examination, Haryana’s Health Minister Anil Vij said Thursday, a day…
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Attack on Marxist book stall: Trinamool Congress faces wrath of civil society
Kolkata: West Bengal government and ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday came under criticism from intellectuals and the civil society following an attack on CPI(M)’s Marxist literature stall and the consequent arrest of…
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Gandhi look-alike as Asura at Kolkata puja pandal stokes controversy
Kolkata: A Durga idol in Kolkata in which the ‘Mahisasura’ was replaced by a crudely-crafted Mahatma Gandhi-look alike created controversy on the birth anniversary of the father of the nation. Akhil Bharatiya…
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‘Hurt Hindu sentiments’: Calcutta HC directs police to submit report on controversial poem
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Detective Department, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, to submit a comprehensive report on an investigation into a complaint against poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay…
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YouTuber held for creating memes of Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: The police on Tuesday arrested a YouTuber for creating memes targeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The arrested person has been identified as Tuhin Mondal (30), whose mobile phone has also been…
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West Bengal: CBI raids 3 places in Kolkata over financial scams
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at three places in Kolkata on Tuesday in connection with its ongoing probe in a financial embezzlement scam. Three teams of the…
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Kolkata: Rachakonda cops bust call centre which hired Telugu-speaking scamsters
Hyderabad: Rachakonda police on Wednesday arrested nine individuals in Kolkata who ran call centres and employed Telugu-speaking people to dupe people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The fraud call centers, which would…
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Replace illegally appointed teachers with waiting list candidates: Calcutta HC to WBSSC
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBBSC) to identify those who secured teaching jobs in state-run schools, terminate their services…
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CPI(M) to hold ‘Insaaf’ rally in Kolkata to seek justice for Anis Khan
Kolkata: Youth and student wings of CPI(M) will hold ‘Insaaf’ rally at Esplanade in the heart of Kolkata on Tuesday to seek justice for Anis Khan, a student leader who died mysteriously…
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Queer activists hit the streets protesting Kunal Ghosh’s homosexual jibe
Kolkata: The LGBTQ (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer) rights activists on Friday staged a peaceful demonstration in Kolkata’s Kalighat area, barely 200m away from the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, protesting against Trinamool…
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Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim visits BJP councillor injured during protest march
Kolkata: Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Wednesday visited BJP councillor Meena Devi Purohit at a hospital where she was admitted after suffering head injuries during the saffron party’s march to West Bengal…
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What if WB followed UP’s bulldozer model: TMC’s Mohua Moitra on violence in BJP rally
Kolkata: A day after public properties were damaged in Kolkata and Howrah during the BJP’s mega protest march, TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday asked whether the West Bengal government should follow…
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Video: Man with saffron shirt sets Kolkata police van on fire
Parts of Kolkata witnessed violence and hostility after a police vehicle’s windowpanes were smashed and the vehicle was torched. A video of a man lighting the fire with a lighter has been…
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Kolkata: Pitched battles between BJP workers, police; PCR van torched
Howrah: Roads around the 19th century iconic Howrah Station resembled a battleground on Tuesday with brickbats aimed at police personnel flying thick and fast, and drenched protesters hit by water cannons limping…
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BJP workers clash with cops during protest march in Bengal, several injured
Kolkata: Parts of Bengal turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as BJP activists clashed with the police during a protest march to the state secretariat. Several police officers and saffron camp members,…
