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ECI full bench arrives in Kolkata for two-day visit with packed schedule
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New Delhi late on Sunday evening with a packed schedule for…
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TMC women activists take out protest march in Kolkata over LPG price hike
Kolkata: TMC’s women activists took out a march here on Sunday, March 8, to protest against the LPG price hike, and clanged utensils to symbolically highlight the difficulties faced by households. The…
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Voter roll deletions: Mamata continues sit-in, spends night At Kolkata protest site
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued her protest against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls for the second consecutive day on Saturday, after she spent the night at…
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Boycott BJP socially and politically, TMC’s Abhishek urges people
Kolkata: The political temperature in West Bengal rose sharply on Friday, March 6, with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee calling for a “social and political boycott” of the BJP, while accusing…
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Public advisory issued after theft of life saving insulin batch during transit
A public advisory has been issued after a life saving insulin batch manufactured by Sanofi India Limited was reportedly stolen. As per the officials, the medicine could become unsafe if it is…
- India
Mamata begins sit-in protest against voter roll deletions in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, March 6, began a sit-in here to protest against the alleged arbitrary deletions from the post-SIR electoral rolls, escalating the Trinamool Congress’s confrontation…
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Earthquake hits Bangladesh, tremors felt in Kolkata, adjacent Bengal districts
Kolkata: Tremors were felt in Kolkata and adjacent districts of West Bengal on Friday afternoon, after an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted parts of Bangladesh, officials said. The…
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Jacks’ brilliance vs Italy seals Super 8s berth for England in T20 WC
Kolkata: Will Jacks delivered a fiery all-round performance as England overcame a spirited Italian fightback to beat them by 24 runs and seal their Super Eights berth, in their T20 World Cup…
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T20 WC: England survive scare vs Scotland, keep super eights dream alive
Kolkata: Adil Rashid’s triple strike set up the contest before Tom Banton’s unbeaten half-century guided England to a crucial five-wicket win over Scotland, keeping their Super Eights hopes alive in the T20…
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11 stranded migrants return to India, 3 prefer to stay back in Dubai
Ranchi: Eleven of the 14 migrant workers from different districts of Jharkhand allegedly stranded in Dubai returned to India on Wednesday, a government official said. The three others wanted to continue with…
- India
Kolkata Metro railway services disrupted in Blue line
Kolkata: Kolkata Metro Railway services in the Blue Line, the stretch between Dakshineswar and Birji, was disrupted for around 50 minutes on Sunday, Februray 8, after a passenger jumped before a train…
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ED raids in West Bengal linked to coal mining, transportation case
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday, February 3, conducted searches at multiple locations in West Bengal as part of a money laundering investigation into a case of alleged illegal mining and transportation…
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Ten arrested after violent clash between two groups in south Kolkata
Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Monday arrested 10 people in connection with a violent clash between two groups in the Golpark area of south Kolkata on Sunday, February 1, officials said. The arrested…
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Massive fire at dry food warehouse on Kolkata outskirts, 6 feared trapped
Kolkata: A massive fire broke out at a dry food warehouse in the Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata in the early hours of Monday, with six people feared trapped…
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I-PAC raids: SC to hear ED plea accusing Mamata’s interference
Kolkata/New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Thursday, January 15, a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference and obstruction by the West Bengal government, including by…