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Bengali migrant workers assaulted in Maharashtra
Kolkata: Three migrant workers from West Bengal‘s Paschim Bardhaman district were allegedly assaulted in Maharashtra after being suspected of being ‘Bangladeshis’ for speaking Bengali, prompting sharp political reactions in the state. The…
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Attempts being made to turn West Bengal into ‘West Bangladesh’, alleges Mithun
Cooch Behar: BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Friday alleged that attempts were being made to turn West Bengal into “West Bangladesh”, but those efforts would never be successful. Addressing a public meeting…
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Bengal SIR: ECI seeks Odia interpreters for four gram panchayats
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been compelled to engage Odia interpreters-cum-translators for four gram panchayats — two each under the Dantan and Mohanpur community development blocks — in West…
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Presumed dead, elderly UP man resurfaces to collect documents for SIR
Muzaffarnagar: After nearly three decades of silence, a septuagenarian man long presumed dead by his family returned to his hometown, Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar district to collect documents for the Special Intensive Revision…
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Bengal SIR: OBC certificates issued after 2010 invalid for hearings, says ECI
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that Other Backward Class (OBC) certificates issued by the West Bengal government after 2010 — earlier scrapped by the Calcutta High Court —…
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Youth TMC leader killed on New Year’s Eve in Bengal’s Raiganj
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress district youth vice-president in Uttar Dinajpur district was allegedly murdered on New Year’s Eve, said the police on Thursday. His body was recovered from the Milanpara area near…
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West Bengal 2025: SIR, Bangladesh unrest and road to Assembly polls next year
Kolkata: As West Bengal edged closer to the assembly polls due next year, 2025 unfolded as a year in which the mechanics of voting, border anxieties and sharpening communal lines eclipsed governance,…
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West Bengal BLO found dead; suicide note cites work pressure, probe on
Kolkata: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) was found dead in West Bengal‘s Bankura district on Sunday, triggering allegations that work-related pressure linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls…
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JUP chief Humayun Kabir’s son detained for attacking policeman
Kolkata: Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) chief Humayun Kabir’s son Golam Nabi Azad was on Sunday detained for allegedly attacking a policeman posted at their residence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, an officer…
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Y-plus category security given to Bengal CEO amid ongoing SIR
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Centre has provided an armed security cover to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal in the wake of a potential threat to him due to the ongoing…
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Teach lesson like Israel did in Gaza: Suvendu Adhikari on Bangladesh
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, triggered massive public condemnation after his statement that Bangladesh should be taught a “lesson…
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SIR hearings to begin on Saturday in Bengal; 32 L unmapped voters to be covered
Kolkata: The hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal will commence on Saturday, with 3,234 centres set up across the state, a senior official said.…
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Anti-Bangladesh protests held at land ports in West Bengal
Kolkata: Members of a pro-Hindu organisation held demonstrations at several land ports along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal on Wednesday over the killing of a man belonging to the minority community…
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Protesters stopped from marching to Bangladesh mission in Kolkata, Suvendu warns
Kolkata: Hundreds of people attempted to march to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata on Tuesday in protest over the attack on minorities in the neighbouring country, but were stopped by…
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West Bengal to call 32L unmapped voters for first SIR hearings
Kolkata: Around 32 lakh unmapped voters will be called in the first phase of hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials said. Hearings for this category, in…