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Namaz suspended for 3 days at mosque inside Kolkata Airport
Kolkata: Namaz at the over 130-year-old Gouripur Jama Masjid inside the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata has been suspended for three days starting Saturday for the shrine’s renovation, an…
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35 arrested for mob violence after Bengal girl’s rape, murder
Kolkata: Five people were arrested for their alleged involvement in mob violence and an attack on police personnel following the alleged gang-rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal, taking…
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Bengal cattle herder’s body found, family blames cow vigilantes
Kolkata: A Muslim cattle herder’s body was recovered from beneath a bridge on Sunday, May 5, in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar, and his family has alleged that cow vigilantes killed him. The…
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Baruipur rape not like my daughter’s case: RG Kar victim’s mother
Kolkata: “My daughter was within a fully secure place,” said Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape victim and West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, on the Baruipur…
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Baruipur gang-rape case: Key accused killed in encounter
Kolkata: One of the prime accused in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur was killed in an alleged encounter early on Wednesday, July 8, after he…
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West Bengal: Multiple attacks on Christians reported on July 5
Kolkata: A Hindutva mob on July 5 vandalised an under-construction church located in the Subhashgram area of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, in what was a series of attacks against Christians…
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BJP, TMC meet gang-rape victim’s family in Bengal’s Baruipur
Baruipur: Leaders of various political parties met the family of the 11-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered, in West Bengal’s Baruipur, and assured them of support in their fight for…
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Religious freedom no excuse to hurt others’ faith: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: A person has the right to profess his religion, but that cannot be construed as permission to hurt others’ faith, the Calcutta High Court has observed while setting aside a man’s…
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Bengal minor rape case: 3 arrested, NCW seeks report from police
Kolkata: West Bengal Police on Monday, July 6, arrested the key accused in the alleged gangrape-murder of a girl in Baruipur, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three,…
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Mamata’s aide Chandrima Bhattacharya resigns as TMC Bengal chief
Kolkata: In yet another setback for the Mamata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress, the party’s Bengal state president, Chandrima Bhattacharya, stepped down from her position on Saturday, July 4, barely a…
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50 Bangladeshi nationals sent to West Bengal for deportation
Salem (Tamil Nadu): As many as 50 Bangladeshi nationals were deported and sent to West Bengal by train to facilitate their repatriation, police said on Saturday, July 4. The deportees, comprising 44…
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Less than 1 pc of SIR cases cleared in 100 days in Bengal
Kolkata: In the 100 days since starting operations, SIR tribunals in West Bengal have cleared 30,000 cases, less than 1 per cent of the state’s 33 lakh pending appeals, The Times of…
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Stop selling halal, or leave: Kolkata meat sellers threatened
Kolkata: Bajrang Dal members allegedly threatened Muslim vendors to stop selling meat or relocate at the earliest in the Jadavpur area, Kolkata’s prominent suburban region. A video has surfaced where a Bajrang…
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UCC Bill to be placed before Bengal Assembly on Monday
Kolkata: Less than two months after ending the TMC’s 15-year rule in West Bengal, the BJP government is likely to place before the Assembly on Monday, June 29, one of its most…
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UCC to be implemented in Bengal by following procedures: Suvendu
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, June 26, said his government would implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state by following due legal procedures, similar to the…
