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KCR is taking inspiration from West Bengal: Kishan Reddy
New Delhi: Union Minister G.Kishan Reddy claimed that Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao is taking inspiration from West Bengal and said such tactics won’t work in the state. Reddy made the comment…
- India
West Bengal: Schools to close, offices to work with 50% capacity
West Bengal: On Sunday, the state of West Bengal reimposed COVID-19 restrictions amid the Omicron scare. Schools will be closed, while offices will function at 50 percent capacity. The state government has…
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Cyclone Jawad: Heavy rains lash coastal AP, Odisha, West Bengal
Hyderabad: A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is moving towards the coast, bringing heavy rain to regions of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal. Heavy rain lashes in regions of…
- India
Subramanian Swamy meets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday in the national capital, days after his meeting with the state’s Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in Kolkata. After…
- India
West Bengal: 10ft-long Burmese python rescued by forest officials
Siliguri: A 10ft-long Burmese python was rescued by Dabgram forest range officials under the Baikunthapur forest division in West Bengal’s Siliguri on Sunday. The incident took place in a residential area near…
- Offbeat
West Bengal Police to set up dog squads in all districts
Kolkata: Very few people can forget the contribution of Zanjeer — the Labrador Retriever which served as a detection dog with the Mumbai Police and helped avert several explosions during the 1993…
- India
BJP leader hacked to death in West Bengal
Kolkata: Days after a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader was shot dead at his home in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district, another BJP leader has been hacked to death at Bhagwanpur…
- Kolkata
West Bengal bride’s father gets threat calls for bucking ‘kanyadaan’ custom
Kolkata: A bride’s father has started getting threat calls from different people and fundamental organisations after he decided to break away from the custom and wrote on the wedding invitation card: “Kanya…
- Politics
West Bengal bypolls: TMC leading in all four constituencies
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress is leading in all the four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, early trends show. After three rounds of counting of votes which began at 8.a.m., TMC candidate Udayan Guha is…
- Kerala
Bypolls to RS seats in Kerala, West Bengal on Nov 29
New Delhi: Bypoll to one Rajya Sabha seat each from Kerala and West Bengal will be held on November 29, the Election Commission said on Sunday. The bypolls were necessitated following the resignations…
- India
Coronavirus cases on the rise in West Bengal
Kolkata: With the Covid cases hovering around 1,000 for the last three days and the positivity rate touching nearly 3 per cent, West Bengal seems to be moving in the opposite direction from…
- Hyderabad
Kidnapped West Bengal teen rescued in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A teenage girl who was allegedly kidnapped from West Bengal, has been rescued from Chikkadpally on Friday. Earlier this week, a case of kidnapping was registered by the West Bengal police,…
- India
West Bengal likely to hold civic polls in December
Kolkata: West Bengal’s State Election Commission is looking for the state government’s permission to conduct pending elections to 112 urban civic bodies, including two Municipal Corporations of Kolkata and Howrah, in December and…
- Politics
More BJP legislators in West Bengal likely to switch to Trinamool
Kolkata: The exodus of BJP lawmakers to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress is not going to stop easily. After speculations of Sabhasachi Dutta leaving the party, there are strong indications that four…
- India
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee, two others to take oath as MLAs today
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will administer the oath of office to three newly elected MLAs including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the State Assembly on Thursday. Besides Banerjee, Amirul Islam…