West Bengal
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Centre stalling three new airports in Bengal, says Mamata
Kolkata: The setting up of three new airports in West Bengal is being delayed for an indefinite period as the Centre is not giving permission, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Thursday.…
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UP tops chart among states in trials pending in fast-track courts
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh accounts for more than 70 per cent of the 13.81 lakh pending trials in fast-track courts in cases of heinous crimes against women, children and senior citizens, according…
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What if WB followed UP’s bulldozer model: TMC’s Mohua Moitra on violence in BJP rally
Kolkata: A day after public properties were damaged in Kolkata and Howrah during the BJP’s mega protest march, TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday asked whether the West Bengal government should follow…
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Video: Man with saffron shirt sets Kolkata police van on fire
Parts of Kolkata witnessed violence and hostility after a police vehicle’s windowpanes were smashed and the vehicle was torched. A video of a man lighting the fire with a lighter has been…
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BJP’s march to Bengal secretariat: Suvendu Adhikari arrested
Kolkata: BJP’s ‘march to the West Bengal secretariat’ against various issues of corruption on Tuesday afternoon received a setback much before its beginning as one of the three arms of the party…
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Abhishek threatens to gherao homes of BJP lawmakers over tea workers’ demands
Malbazar: Houses of all BJP MPs and MLAs in West Bengal will be gheraoed if provident fund and gratuity benefits are not provided to over 3 lakh tea garden workers in the…
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WB: Govt, UNICEF rope in SHGs to stop child marriage, teenage pregnancy
Kolkata: The West Bengal government in collaboration with UNICEF will form child-friendly sanghas’ (clusters), comprising members of self-help groups, to curb child marriage and teenage pregnancy in the state, which is the…
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ED raids several places in Kolkata, estimated Rs 7 cr recovered
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) teams conducted raids on Saturday at three separate places in Kolkata and recovered a huge amount of cash from the possession of a city-based businessman. Although the counting…
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Bengal’s slain student leader Anis Khan’s brother attacked by unknown malefactors
Kolkata: Amid controversies over the mysterious death of student leader Anis Khan in West Bengal’s Howrah district, his cousin Salman Khan, who was spearheading the movement demanding a CBI probe into his…
- Kolkata
TMC initiates t-shirt fashion ahead of Durga puja to attack Amit Shah
Kolkata: Taking a leaf out of a global playbook, where fashion has long been used as a political statement, Trinamool Congress has designed a T-shirt for its workers to flaunt and attack…
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Ponzi scam: Trinamool leader sent to 14-day judicial custody
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader and chairman of Halisahar municipality in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Raju Sahani, was remanded to 14 days of judicial custody by a special court at…
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Netaji statue unveiling: Mamata slams Centre’s ‘lack of decency’ in sending invite
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised the Centre’s “lack of decency” in sending an invite to her through an undersecretary for the unveiling ceremony of Netaji Subhas Chandra…
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CBI raids West Bengal law minister in coal pilferage case
New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday conducted searches at the premises of West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak in connection with its probe into alleged coal pilferage from Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines…
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ED summons Bengal min in coal scam case
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the coal pilferage scam, Wednesday summoned West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak and asked him to appear before the agency’s officials in Delhi on…
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Bengal: Protests held at three railway stations seeking increased train frequency
Kolkata: Locals staged protests at three railway stations in Bengal’s Hooghly district on Monday demanding that frequency of train services be increased to deal with passenger rush. Agitations were held at Khanyan, Palandu…