West Bengal
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Inauguration of Raja Suresh Chandra Chowdhury Memorial Archive
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the inauguration of ‘Raja Suresh Chandra Chowdhury Memorial Archive’, at East Bengal Club in Kolkata, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Kolkata: West…
- India
Study files carefully before signing, Mamata tells Cabinet colleagues
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday instructed all the ministers to carefully study all files before putting their signature. In the meeting, she also issued…
- India
ED raids offices of TV channel head close to Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Two teams of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (I-T) are conducting simultaneous raid and search operations at the residence and offices of Kaustav Roy, a Kolkata-based businessman and the Chief…
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I-Day celebrations would’ve been better if people could tide over inflation, poverty: Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday said Independence Day is a matter of immense happiness, but the celebrations would have been brighter had the citizens not been bogged by inflation…
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Want to build a nation where no one goes hungry: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she wants to build a nation where no one goes hungry, where no woman feels unsafe and where no oppressive forces divide…
- India
TMC raises question over probe by central agencies; opposition says more arrests on cards
Kolkata: Rallies and counter rallies over the arrest of TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in a cattle smuggling case kept West Bengal’s political cauldron on the boil on Friday with the state’s ruling…
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Cattle smuggling scam: Trinamool starts distancing itself from Anubrata Mondal
Kolkata: Following his arrest by the CBI in connection with the cattle smuggling case in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress leadership has started distancing itself from the party’s strongman and Birbhum district…
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Cattle smuggling: TMC’s Anubrata Mondal arrested, homes of close aides raided
Bolpur: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal was Thursday arrested by the CBI from his residence here in connection with a cattle smuggling case, after twice skipping his scheduled appearance before the…
- India
Coal smuggling: ED summons 8 IPS officers from Bengal to Delhi
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday issued summons to eight Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from West Bengal to appear before its Delhi headquarters for questioning in connection with the coal…
- India
Jagdeep Dhankhar takes oath as 14th Vice President of India
Jagdeep Dhankhar, the former governor of West Bengal and NDA candidate, was sworn in as India’s 14th vice president on Thursday. Droupadi Murmu, the nation’s newly elected president, delivered Dhankar’s oath at…
- Kolkata
Kolkata firing: CISF jawan remanded to 14-day police custody
Kolkata: A lower court here on Sunday remanded Akshay Kumar Mishra, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan, who resorted to indiscriminate firing in the Indian Museum premises at busy Park Street in…
- Kolkata
Kolkata: After last night firing, security beefed up at the museum
Kolkata: Security was heightened at the Indian Museum in Kolkata on Sunday after a CISF personnel killed a colleague and injured an assistant commandant of the force in indiscriminate firing. CISF head constable…
- Kolkata
West Bengal: CISF constable opens fire, colleague killed
Kolkata: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper, who opened indiscriminate fire with his AK-47 rifle on Saturday evening, killing a colleague and critically injuring another, was neutralized and apprehended after over an…
- India
TMC MLA accused of beating up BJP supporters
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MLA Asit Majumdar and his supporters were accused of beating up BJP workers in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Friday. Denying the accusation, the TMC alleged that the legislator…
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets PM Modi
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday, and the two leaders were believed to have discussed a host of issues. Banerjee arrived here…