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Video: Man assaulting couple in ‘illicit relationship’ in public in WB
Raiganj: The West Bengal Police on Sunday registered a case after a video clip of a brutal assault on a couple allegedly engaged in an illicit relationship went viral, sparking widespread outrage.…
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West Bengal Guv asks TMC to issue white paper on state’s financial situation
Kolkata: Claiming that West Bengal was facing a financial breakdown, Governor CV Ananda Bose called upon the Mamata Banerjee government to table a white paper on the state’s financial situation. Bose’s statement…
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Bengal Guv files defamation suit against Mamata for unsavoury remarks
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday filed a defamation case against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Calcutta High Court, a day after she claimed that women complained to…
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Man held in Kolkata for taking money on promise of place on NEET merit list
Kolkata: A person associated with a Kolkata-based educational institute was arrested for allegedly taking money from a student’s parent and promising a place on the NEET merit list, police said on Wednesday.…
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Don’t take decisions without consulting govt: Mamata to PM Modi on Bangladesh talk
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, requesting the latter not to take important bilateral decisions with neighbouring Bangladesh, especially on the Teesta River…
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Kolkata Police files case after man throws kitten to death from high-rise
Kolkata: Police have filed a case against a man for allegedly throwing a kitten from his high-rise apartment, resulting in the animal’s death. The complaint, lodged at Tangra police station here, includes…
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Cash-for-job trap: Bengal youth finds name in recruitment list without applying
Kolkata: In a strange turn of events, a youth in West Bengal found his name in the list of appointed food sub-inspectors in the state Food & Supplies Department without even applying…
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Bengal rail accident: GRP forms 6-member SIT to conduct parallel probe
Kolkata: The Government Railways Police (GRP) on Wednesday announced the formation of a six-member special investigation team for an independent probe in the Kanchanjunga Express-goods train collision in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district…
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WB: 5 dead, 30 injured as goods train collides with Kanchanjunga Express
Kolkata: At least five persons died and around 30 others were injured after a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express near Rangapani station in West Bengal on Monday, police said.…
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2 compartments of express train derail near Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri
Kolkata: At least two rear compartments of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday after a goods train collided with it near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal, a senior railway official…
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HC directs WB govt to ensure 1% quota for transgender persons in public employment
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to ensure one per cent reservation for transgender persons in all public employment in the state. Noting that the state government…
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Bengal hijab row: Teacher decides not to re-join after college allows head scarf
Kolkata: The teacher of a private law college in Kolkata, who was allegedly asked not to attend classes wearing a hijab but later told a head scarf can be allowed, on Thursday…
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Hijab row: College says wearing headscarf allowed, teacher seeks time to rejoin
Kolkata: A private law college in Kolkata, where a teacher was “forced to resign” after she was allegedly not allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, on Tuesday said she can cover…
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Bengal bypolls: 55 companies of CAPF to be deployed in 4 Assembly seats
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deploy 55 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel for the bye-elections for four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal to be…
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Kolkata teacher stops going to college over wearing ‘hijab’
Kolkata: A teacher at a private law college affiliated to the University of Calcutta resigned and stopped attending classes after the institute authorities allegedly requested her to refrain from wearing a hijab…
