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CBI makes two more arrests in Bengal coal smuggling case
Kolkata:The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Thursday that it has made two fresh arrests in connection with the agency’s ongoing probe into the alleged multi-crore coal smuggling scam in West…
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Controversy as Mamata proposes introduction of 3-year diploma in medicine
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday directed state Health Secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam to explore the possibilities of introducing a three-year diploma course in medicine in the state that…
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Calcutta High Court orders NIA probe into death of two students in 2018 ‘police firing’
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation into the deaths of two students in alleged police firing at Darivit in Uttar Dinajpur district of West…
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‘The Kerala Story’: SC agrees to hear producers’ plea against ban by West Bengal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine on Friday a plea by the makers of ‘The Kerala Story’ against the West Bengal government’s order against the screening of the…
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Battlelines over ‘Kerala Story’ harden as legal notice on ban is sent by filmaker
Kolkata: Amidst a raging controversy over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s announced ban on the screening of the controversial film ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state, political battlelines hardened over the…
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Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP pointing out Tagore stood for secular vision
Kolkata: Even as a controversy broke out over what political rivals saw as an attempt to usurp the legacy of national poet Rabindranath Tagore by the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata…
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‘The Kerala Story’ ban in Bengal: BJP mulling moving court
Kolkata: After launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for banning the screening of the film ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state, the West Bengal BJP is likely to challenge…
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Efforts on to evacuate Bengal people stranded in strife-torn Manipur: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said efforts are underway to evacuate people of the state stranded in violence-hit Manipur. Expressing concern over the violent clashes in the northeastern…
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Avoid cross-voting among opposition parties in 2024: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday once again emphasised that the anti-BJP forces in the country should avoid cross-voting among themselves in the 2024 Lok…
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Bengal Ram Navami clashes: NIA seeks details from state police
Kolkata: National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the Ram Navami violence in Howrah and Hooghly districts of West Bengal, on Wednesday, sought from the state police all the documents, including copies of the…
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Mamata Banerjee calls for unity of all anti-BJP forces ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday gave a call to all non-BJP forces in the country to unite in order to bring about a change in the central regime…
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Mamata expresses grief over death of Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Arun Gandhi
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson and socio-political activist Arun Gandhi. He was 89, and died in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur after…