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Bengal won’t be left out of CAA implementation: BJP WB LOP
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP on Tuesday claimed that the process of CAA implementation has started in the country and West Bengal will not…
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West Bengal gets ready to brace cyclone ‘Sitrang’, govt to take all precautionary measures
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has taken all precautionary measures, including evacuation of people and supply of relief materials to shelters, to deal with possible devastation under the impact of cyclone ‘Sitrang’, a…
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Unlicensed outlets selling biryani with spices reducing male sex drive shut in Bengal
Kolkata: Former North Bengal development minister Rabindra Nath Ghosh, who is currently the chairman of Trinamool Congress-run Cooch Behar municipality, has directed the closure of two unlicensed outlets selling biryani allegedly using spices…
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Three go missing in Ganga in Kolkata
Kolkata: Three persons drowned in the River Ganga near the Nimtala Crematorium in North Kolkata where they had gone after performing last rites of one of their relatives. The incident happened late…
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Parallel affair with mother & daughter costs Kolkata man his life
Kolkata: A parallel affair with a girl as well her mother resulted in a brutal murder of a 21-year-old man, whose body was recovered from Magrahat in South 24 Parganas district, police…
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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…
