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Kolkata: SFI to screen BBC’s Modi documentary at Presidency University
Kolkata: After failing in the first attempt, the Students Federation of India (SFI) has again arranged for the screening of the controversial BBC documentary in Kolkata’s iconic Presidency University (PU) on Tuesday.…
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13 LS seats with sizeable portion of Muslim voters under focus of Bengal BJP
Kolkata: Understanding that sheer dependence on majority votes is not enough for bigger electoral achievements in West Bengal, the state unit of BJP has now decided to concentrate on 13 Lok Sabha…
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AirAsia flight aborts take-off after suspected bird hit at Lucknow airport
Lucknow: A Kolkata-bound AirAsia flight aborted its take-off after a suspected bird hit at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport here, officials said. “The pilot of an AirAsia flight aborted take-off after…
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Trinamool Congress to extend full support to its arrested spokesman Saket Gokhale
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leadership has decided to extend full support, including legal assistance, to its national spokesman and right-to-information (RTI) activist Saket Gokhale who had been recently arrested by the Enforcement Directorate…
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Peaceful screening of BBC documentary at Jadavpur University
Kolkata: A controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was screened peacefully within the premises of the prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata without any resistance either from the state administration…
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Secularism is the glue to keep country together: CPI(M) member Subhashini Ali
Kolkata: Secularism is absolutely essential to keep people together and the country moving, said CPI(M) member Subhashini Ali, setting the tone for the session Born in 1947′ at a literary meet in…
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Kolkata: SFI seeks permission to air BBC documentary on Modi at Presidency university
The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) of Presidency University in Kolkata has asked for permission from the university’s administration to show the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the…
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Man killed in Howrah for protesting against daughter’s molestation
Kolkata: A 35-year-old man was lynched in West Bengal’s Howrah district by two local youths after he made an attempt to prevent his minor daughter’s molestation. While the police have arrested one…
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Mohammed Shami ordered to pay monthly alimony to estranged wife Hasin Jahan
Kolkata: A Kolkata court on Monday ordered Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to pay a monthly alimony of Rs 1.30 lakh to his estranged wife Hasin Jahan. Out of the Rs 1.30 lakh,…
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Teachers’ scam: Youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh arrested by ED
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh in connection with the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal. Sources said that Ghosh was arrested from…
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Nadda on two-day visit to Bengal, first since extension as BJP president
Kolkata: J P Nadda will arrive in Kolkata on Wednesday night for a two-day visit to West Bengal, the first since his extension as the BJP president. Nadda’s term was extended till…
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RSS chief to address public meeting in Kolkata to observe Netaji’s birth anniversary
Kolkata: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address a public programme at Shahid Minar ground in Kolkata to commemorate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary celebrations on January 23. According to a Rashtriya…
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Gene fingerprinting can be used to target political dissidents: Dr Siddartha Mukherjee
Kolkata: Pulitzer-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician by training, on Friday said he feared that a new genetic sequencing identification technique could be used to identify and target political dissidents, besides solving crimes.…
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Protests are good: TMC leaders on mass outreach face anger
Kolkata: TMC leaders who are visiting different villages as part of an outreach programme ahead of the panchayat elections have been facing protests over various issues. When Birbhum MP Satabdi Roy went…
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Six illegal Bangladeshis arrested on Kolkata-bound train
Guwahati: Six Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended from a Kolkata-bound train in Alipurduar in northern West Bengal for allegedly entering India illegally, the railways said in a statement on Friday. They were travelling…
