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Jyotinagar Colony: No water for 8 weeks, eviction threat looms
Nearly 5,000 residents of Cossipore, Kolkata, have been deprived of tap water since July 29, while the eviction case is pending in the Calcutta High Court. The colony’s five public taps, which…
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Mamata backs Congress in Nandigram, hints at Bengal opposition reset
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister’s support to the Congress candidate in the Nandigram assembly bypoll is a striking reversal of decades of political rivalry, observers feel, signalling a possible recalibration of…
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Mahua Moitra moves UN body over ‘exclusion of Muslim officers’
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has written to the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues alleging that senior Muslim IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal were excluded from official…
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17 rebel Trinamool MPs to join BJP before or after Durga Puja
Kolkata: Rebel TMC leader and Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia on Monday, September 14, claimed that 17 of the 20 MPs of the NCPI are set to join the BJP…
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CM Suvendu leads procession near JU to uphold saffron dignity
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday, September 9, led a massive procession in south Kolkata, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying it was aimed at upholding the “dignity”…
- India
ED raids premises linked to Urdu daily promoted by TMC MP
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday, September 7, raided premises in Kolkata, Delhi and Ranchi as part of an investigation against an Urdu daily promoted by TMC Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haque,…
- India
BJP condemns ‘anti-national’ slogans amid JU graffiti war
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not enter university campuses, but those writing anti-national slogans should be dealt with firmly, the party’s West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya said on Sunday,…
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ABVP holds Vande Mataram march at JU amid anti-national slogans
Kolkata: Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Thursday, September 3, took out a Vande Mataram march on Jadavpur University campus here, carrying the national flag and displaying images of…
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Anandabazar Patrika office painted saffron by Hindutva workers
Kolkata: A group of Hindutva workers painted the walls of Anandabazar Patrika office saffron on Tuesday, September 1, after an FIR was filed against its journalists, and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari demanded…
- India
Sea level rise could affect millions in Kolkata, Mumbai: UN
United Nations: Kolkata and Mumbai could be severely ravaged by rising sea levels affecting millions of people, a report by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns. The report released on Monday is…
- Kolkata
FIR against Mamata over ‘violation’ of HC order
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Saturday, August 29, registered a suo motu FIR against former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for alleged violation of Calcutta High Court-imposed…
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No water since a month: Minority Kolkata colony alleges bias
Kolkata: Several hundred families in a minority-majority colony in West Bengal’s Kolkata have been living without water for nearly a month, with residents alleging links to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ritesh…
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4-year-old, eight others die in Kolkata hotel fire
Kolkata: At least nine people, including a four-year-old child, died and six were injured in an early Wednesday fire, August 19, at a dingy five-storey building on Mirza Galib Street in central…
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Bengal CM denies BJP role in attack on CJP volunteer, father
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari denied any role of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in the attack on a Cockroach Janta Party volunteer that led to his father’s death. Adhikari…
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CJP volunteer Abdul’s father dies after assault by BJP workers
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party on Sunday, August 16, demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for the alleged assault that led to the death of Janab Mafik, the father of…
