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Tightened security in Bengal’s tension hotspots for Ram Navami processions
Kolkata: Tension-prone pockets across different districts of West Bengal have been kept under a blanket security cover since Thursday morning, anticipating tension and violence over Ram Navami processions later in the day.…
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Bomb threat triggers evacuation at Rajasthan court, turns out to be hoax
Jaipur: A bomb threat to the district and sessions court complex in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar triggered panic on Wednesday, March 25, prompting authorities to evacuate the premises and launch a search operation, officials…
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TMC bagged Muslim votes but did nothing for community: Owaisi in Kolkata
Kolkata: Alleging that the TMC bagged Muslim votes but did nothing for the community, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, March 25, claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s politics helped the BJP…
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BJP chief holds meetings in Bengal to step up poll preparations
Kolkata: BJP president Nitin Nabin held a series of organisational and strategic meetings in Kolkata to sharpen the party’s preparations for the 2026 assembly elections. Leaders of the BJP’s state unit said…
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Mamata pays tributes to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev on Shaheed Diwas
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, March 23, paid tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Hari Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar on their death anniversary, observed as Shaheed Diwas.…
- India
CEC to review Bengal poll preparedness, hold press conference today
Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with senior officials and police officers in West Bengal on Tuesday, March 11, to review preparedness for the…
- India
CEC Gyanesh Kumar faces ‘go back’ slogans, shown black flags in Kolkata
Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced “go back” slogans and was shown black flags on Monday, March 9, when he visited the revered Kalighat temple in south Kolkata. Police personnel present…
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ECI full bench arrives in Kolkata for two-day visit with packed schedule
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New Delhi late on Sunday evening with a packed schedule for…
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TMC women activists take out protest march in Kolkata over LPG price hike
Kolkata: TMC’s women activists took out a march here on Sunday, March 8, to protest against the LPG price hike, and clanged utensils to symbolically highlight the difficulties faced by households. The…
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Voter roll deletions: Mamata continues sit-in, spends night At Kolkata protest site
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued her protest against alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls for the second consecutive day on Saturday, after she spent the night at…
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Boycott BJP socially and politically, TMC’s Abhishek urges people
Kolkata: The political temperature in West Bengal rose sharply on Friday, March 6, with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee calling for a “social and political boycott” of the BJP, while accusing…
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Public advisory issued after theft of life saving insulin batch during transit
A public advisory has been issued after a life saving insulin batch manufactured by Sanofi India Limited was reportedly stolen. As per the officials, the medicine could become unsafe if it is…
- India
Mamata begins sit-in protest against voter roll deletions in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, March 6, began a sit-in here to protest against the alleged arbitrary deletions from the post-SIR electoral rolls, escalating the Trinamool Congress’s confrontation…
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Earthquake hits Bangladesh, tremors felt in Kolkata, adjacent Bengal districts
Kolkata: Tremors were felt in Kolkata and adjacent districts of West Bengal on Friday afternoon, after an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted parts of Bangladesh, officials said. The…
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Jacks’ brilliance vs Italy seals Super 8s berth for England in T20 WC
Kolkata: Will Jacks delivered a fiery all-round performance as England overcame a spirited Italian fightback to beat them by 24 runs and seal their Super Eights berth, in their T20 World Cup…
