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Will sit on dharna from Feb 2 if Centre does not clear Bengal’s dues: Mamata
Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she would stage a demonstration in Kolkata from February 2 if the BJP-led Union government does not clear the state’s dues by…
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Kolkata-bound IndiGo returns to Jaipur due to technical glitch
New Delhi: Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight returned to Jaipur following a technical snag mid-air on January 22, an airline official said on Tuesday. The airline spokesperson said the pilot following standard operating procedures…
- India
Joint CBI-Bengal Police SIT to probe into attack on ED officials: Cal HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered formation of a joint special investigation team of CBI and West Bengal police to probe an attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at Sandeshkhali…
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Photos: Gangasagar Mela 2024
South 24 Parganas: Preparations underway for the Gangasagar Mela 2024, at Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district, Sunday, Jan.7, 2024. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) South 24 Parganas: Roads decorated as part of…
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Photos: Funeral of Ustad Rashid Khan
Kolkata: Gun salute being given to Ustad Rashid Khan during his funeral, at Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (PTI Photo) Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offers her…
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Music maestro Rashid Khan ‘very critical’
Kolkata: The health condition of music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan, who has been undergoing treatment at a Kolkata-based hospital for prostate cancer, deteriorated and is currently “very critical”, an official of the…
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Ham radio operators reunite friends across the international border after half a century
Kolkata: Loneliness can be disastrous and may even push people — particularly the elderly — over the brink. So, when 75-year-old Gautam Ray sent out an appeal over social media for information…
- India
School jobs scam: ED conducts raids at 9 locations in Kolkata
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at nine different places in Kolkata in connection with its investigation into the alleged teachers’ recruitment scam, a senior official said. The raids…
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Homemakers should be rewarded for the domestic work: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: Homemakers should never be treated as “unemployed,” as they too have every right to be remunerated for the domestic work they do round the year, the Calcutta High Court observed on…
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ED conducts raid at 9 locations in Kolkata in primary school jobs scam
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids at nine different places in the city in connection with its investigation into the alleged teachers’ recruitment scam, a senior official said.…
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Removed JU interim VC demands central-level probe into admission ‘irregularities’
Kolkata: Buddhadeb Sau, the recently-removed interim Vice Chancellor of Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU), on Wednesday demanded a central-level inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the admission process of the famed university. Alleging…
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Amit Shah in Kolkata
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits Gurudwara Bara Sikh Sangat on Veer Bal Diwas, in Kolkata, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_26_2023_000054B) Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP…
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Kolkata court grants interim bail to actress Zareen Khan
Kolkata: A city court on Monday directed Bollywood actress Zareen Khan not to travel abroad without its permission in connection with a cheating case registered at Narkeldanga police station here. After hearing…