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Wayanad landslides: Bengal CM taking initiatives to bring back migrant labourers
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is taking initiatives to bring back migrant labourers from the state, currently stranded in landslide-hit Wayanad district in Kerala, the Trinamool Congress said on Saturday.…
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‘Had no intention of hurting anyone’: Hakim on controversy over his remarks
Kolkata: West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim claimed that his remarks at a religious event were “misinterpreted” and he had no intention to hurt anyone, amid protests by the opposition BJP. Hakim, the…
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BSF woman cop attacked by Bangladeshi intruders in West Bengal
Kolkata: A BSF woman constable was attacked by Bangladeshi intruders at the Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal’s Nadia district, following which she fired in self-defense, a statement by the paramilitary force said. On…
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Mamata hails shooter Manu Bhaker for winning bronze at Paris Olympics
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday hailed shooter Manu Bhaker for winning the country’s first medal at the Paris Olympics. Bhaker won bronze in the 10 m air pistol…
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WB CM’s ‘insult’ at NITI Aayog doesn’t suit democratic norms: Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the “insult” of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the NITI Aayog meeting held in New Delhi a day earlier was…
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Adhir writes to President, alleges Bengal in ‘anarchic condition’
Kolkata: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, alleging that West Bengal is in an “anarchic condition” and sought her intervention to “restore law and order” in…
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Mamata walks out of NITI Aayog meet over ‘insult’; Nirmala denies claims
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of a NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and claimed that she was unfairly stopped midway in her speech,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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We will support those who support us, West Bengal BJP president
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari attributed the party’s poor performance in Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal to lack of support from the minority community, asserting that ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’…
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HC orders interim stay on any derogatory comment against WB Guv
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, hearing the defamation suit filed by West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has ordered an interim stay on any kind of derogatory…