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Bengal’s social welfare schemes have earned UNICEF’s praise: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the state’s social welfare schemes have earned praise from UNICEF. Banerjee in a post on X cited ‘Kanyashree’ and ‘Rupashree’ as the…
- Kolkata
WB officials kept informed at every stage about water release: Centre to Mamata on flood
New Delhi: Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, saying the state’s officials were informed at every stage about the release of…
- India
SC raps CBI over its plea seeking transfer of cases outside West Bengal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rapped the CBI over its plea seeking transfer of cases relating to the 2021 post-post violence cases outside West Bengal. A bench of Justices Abhay…
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West Bengal: 40 students ‘expelled’ by state-run medical college
Kolkata: Forty students were “expelled” by the state-run College of Medicine and JNM Hospital in Kalyani for six months for allegedly threatening other pupils, according to an official document. The decision was…
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Indian national arrested for vandalising temples in Bangladesh
An Indian national was arrested in Bangladesh reportedly in connection with the vandalism of idols at the Hari temple and Kali temple located at Bhanga Upazila Faridpur town. The Bangladeshi police identified…
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SC lashes out at Bengal govt’s ‘No night shift for women’ notification
The Supreme Court of India directed the West Bengal government to revise a notification that prohibited state-run hospitals from assigning late-night shifts to female doctors, during a hearing on Tuesday, September 17.…
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Two-hour meeting between medics, CM ends; both sides work to finalise minutes
Kolkata: The first round of talks between the West Bengal government and the agitating junior doctors at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence on Monday evening to address the RG Kar impasse concluded…
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Agitating docs respond to state’s invitation, head to Bengal CM’s residence
Kolkata: The agitating junior doctors on Saturday evening headed towards West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence to take part in a meeting to resolve the ongoing RG Kar hospital impasse. Responding…
- Kolkata
RG Kar tragedy: Two held in connection with audio clip threatening attack on docs
Kolkata:The Bidhannagar City Police arrested two persons in connection with an audio clip released by Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday evening regarding an attack on protesting junior doctors with the…
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RG Kar tragedy: Junior doctors’ street protest enters fourth day
Kolkata: The dharna by junior doctors in front of the West Bengal health department headquarters at Salt Lake over the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College &…
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RG Kar protests: Bengal govt sends fresh invite for talks to protesting doctors
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant sent a fresh communique to the protesting junior doctors giving a fresh deadline to send a delegation to the state secretariat Nabanna by 5 p.m.…
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RG Kar case: Protesting doctors get food, water from people
Kolkata: Junior doctors, who are on a sit-in protest in front of Swastha Bhavan, the West Bengal health department headquarters, over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G.…
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Bengal man booked for spreading fake news on social media to defame CJI
Kolkata: A man in West Bengal was booked for allegedly circulating fake news on social media to defame Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, police said on Wednesday. Taking to X,…
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Bengal migrant worker beaten to death in Rajasthan
In a tragic incident, a 42-year-old Muslim migrant worker from Malda district in West Bengal died after he was brutally beaten reportedly by his colleagues in Rajasthan’s Jaipur on Tuesday, 3 September.…
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Kolkata rape: Despite SC deadline, jr docs vow to continue protest in Bengal
Kolkata: Unnerved by the deadline set by the Supreme Court to join duty by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G.…