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Ram Navami clashes: HC expresses ire over Mamata govt’s desperation to stop NIA probe
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court’s single- judge bench of Justice Jay Sengupta on Monday expressed ire over the constant efforts by the West Bengal government to stop National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe on…
- India
Bengal school job case: ED traces Bhadra’s links with multiple real estate companies
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the multi-crore school job case in West Bengal has mentioned in its last charge sheet about some reputed real estate companies based out of Kolkata through which…
- India
Motion on Manipur to be discussed in Bengal assembly on Monday
Kolkata: The special motion on the situation in violence ridden Manipur moved by Trinamool Congress will come up for discussion in the state assembly on Monday. Although the Trinamool Congress leadership and…
- India
Ex-Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s condition continues to be critical
Kolkata: Despite responding to the treatment, the condition of the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee continued to be critical, said hospital sources on Sunday. Bhattacharjee was admitted to the hospital…
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Former Bengal CM Buddadeb Bhattacharya hospitalised with breathing problems
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was on Saturday afternoon admitted to a city-based hospital after he complained of breathing complications, officials said. Bhattacharya (79) was immediately put on mechanical…
- India
Bengal’s forum writes to CJI against loan write-offs, seeks judicial probe
Kolkata: A West Bengal-based civil society forum, Bank Bachao Desh Bachao Manch, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, seeking his intervention in starting a suo motu…
- India
Newly elected TMC panchayat member shot dead in Bengal
Canning: A newly elected TMC panchayat member was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Saturday. Another person accompanying him was critically injured after…
- India
SC orders LOC against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, wife to be withdrawn
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered withdrawal of the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira in connection with the money laundering cases…
- India
Bengal cabinet clears appointment of ex-Karnataka DGP as new security advisor to CM
Kolkata: The West Bengal cabinet has cleared the appointment of retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and former Karnataka DGP, Rupak Kumar Dutta as the new security advisor to Chief Minister Mamata…
- India
Mamata asks ministers to keep an eye on attempts to disrupt peace during Muharram
Kolkata: Expressing apprehension that there could be attempts to disrupt peace in West Bengal during the upcoming Muharram celebrations, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday advised her Cabinet colleagues to keep an…
- India
TMC takes out rally in Kolkata to protest against Manipur violence
Kolkata: An organisation linked to West Bengal’s ruling TMC on Monday took out a rally here to protest against the violence in Manipur and blamed the BJP-led governments in the northeastern state…
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Ram Navami violence: SC dismisses WB govt’s plea against NIA handling probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea by the West Bengal government challenging the Calcutta High Court order handing over the probe of incidents of violence during…
- India
West Bengal: Couple sells child to arrange funds for alcohol, arrested
Kolkata: West Bengal Police on Sunday arrested a couple based out of Panihati in North 24 Parganas district for selling their six-month-old child to arrange for funds to purchase their alcohol. The…
- India
Manipur: Chidambaram slams BJP for comparing Manipur with Rajasthan, West Bengal
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday hit out at the BJP for comparing the situation in Manipur to that of Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan, alleging that the government…
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TMC observe Martyrs’ day in Kolkata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee waves at supporters during the party’s Martyrs’ Day rally amid rain, in Kolkata, Friday, July 21, 2023. TMC observes Martyrs’ Day on…