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Bengal municipality job scam case: CBI identifies 1,814 illegal recruitments
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has identified 1,814 illegal recruitments in 15 different municipalities in West Bengal, sources have said. All these recruitments were done since 2014 through an outsourced…
- Politics
Mamata Banerjee cancels Delhi visit today
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has cancelled her trip to Delhi on Thursday afternoon. However, it is not yet clear whether her three-day trip to the national capital has been…
- India
Mamata trying to justify infiltration in Bengal: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her assertion that she is willing to shelter distressed people from Bangladesh, which is reeling under violent protests,…
- India
Over 1,200 students cross over from unrest-hit Bangladesh to 3 Bengal districts
Kolkata: More than 1,200 Indian, Nepalese and Bhutanese students have crossed over from Bangladesh to India through the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Petrapole and Land Customs Station (LCS) Ghojadanga (both in…
- India
Restraining order on defamatory statement against Guv: Mamata files appeal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday filed an appeal before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging a single bench order restraining her and three others from…
- India
Fissures in Bengal BJP over Suvendu Adhikari’s remark
Kolkata: Fissures have allegedly emerged within the West Bengal BJP over Suvendu Adhikari’s remarks dismissing ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ in favour of ‘Hum Unke Saath Jo Humare Saath,’ with some leaders supporting…
- India
SC extends stay on notices issued by LS privileges panel to WB officials till Jul 19
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended till July 19 the stay on notices issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat summoning the West Bengal chief secretary, DGP and others in a…
- India
Guv defamation case: Mamata Banerjee argues nothing defamatory in her comment
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee firmly stood by her statement that women had expressed fear about visiting the Raj Bhavan here, opposing a plea before the Calcutta High Court by…
- India
No Bill is pending with Raj Bhavan as claimed by Bengal govt: Guv
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday rejected the allegation that eight Bills passed by the state assembly is pending with the Raj Bhavan. Out of the eight Bills, six…
- India
Trend across India against BJP: Mamata on bypoll results
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that the “trend across India is against the BJP” as shown by the bypoll results. The INDIA bloc parties won 10 assembly…
- India
ECI seeks report on violence in Bengal Assembly bypolls
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought an action taken report from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) West Bengal on reports of poll-related violence in the bypolls…
- India
West Bengal’s suit on CBI probe despite withdrawal of general consent maintainable: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held as maintainable a suit filed by the West Bengal government which alleged that the CBI was continue probes into various cases despite the state’s…
- India
BJP WB shares another flogging video, TMC debunks ‘propaganda’
In a controversial move, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders including IT cell head Amit Malviya have shared a video on social media that shows a brutal flogging of a woman, claiming that…