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Dominique Lapierre, French author of The City of Joy’, dies aged 91
London: Dominique Lapierre, the bestselling French author well-known in India for his ode to the city of Kolkata titled The City of Joy’, has died aged 91, his wife has confirmed. Lapierre,…
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Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital vandalised, staff beaten up after patient’s death
Kolkata: The state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata was vandalised and a few junior doctors were beaten up allegedly by the family of a man who died while undergoing treatment, police said on Monday.…
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Football magician Mohammed Salim captured hearts of people in Scotland
Who was the first Indian footballer to play for a European football club? Very few people in India will be able to answer this question correctly. He was a Kolkata-based football player…
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Cattle scam: CBI quizzes lottery winner ‘forced’ to sell ticket at throwaway price
Kolkata: The CBI sleuths, probing the lottery-angle in the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal, on Thursday questioned a lottery-award winner who said that he was “forced” to sell his high-amount…
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State government responsible for protecting mining reserves: Prahlad Joshi
Kolkata: It is the responsibility of the state government concerned to protect the mining reserves, including coal reserves, in the state, Union coal minister Prahlad Joshi said in the industrial township of…
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Student’s unnatural death: IIT-KGP, police submit reports before Calcutta HC
Kolkata: Authorities at IIT-Kharagpur on Tuesday filed a report before the Calcutta High Court giving details of the steps taken by the institute’s management and wardens to prevent ragging in its hostel.…
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FIR against Suvendu Adhikari for comments on female tribal minister
Kolkata: An FIR has been filed on Wednesday against the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari for his alleged derogatory comments about Trinamool Congress legislator from Jhargram…
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TMC invites comedian Vir Das to Kolkata after Bengaluru show cancelled
New Delhi: TMC MP Derek O’Brien has invited stand-up comedian Vir Das to Kolkata, a day after his show in Bengaluru was cancelled at the last minute following protests by Hindu right-wing…
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Crisis continues in Bengal unit of BJP, legal head to be shunted out
Kolkata: The crisis within the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues with the top leadership ordering removal of its legal head forthwith. This move comes after the IT…
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Kolkata firm supplies power transformers for FIFA world cup in Qatar
Kolkata: Around 3,000 transformers manufactured by a Kolkata-based company will help secure power distribution in stadia and related infrastructure during the upcoming football world cup in Qatar. BMC Electroplast, an MSME unit,…
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West Bengal gets ready to brace cyclone ‘Sitrang’, govt to take all precautionary measures
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has taken all precautionary measures, including evacuation of people and supply of relief materials to shelters, to deal with possible devastation under the impact of cyclone ‘Sitrang’, a…
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Unlicensed outlets selling biryani with spices reducing male sex drive shut in Bengal
Kolkata: Former North Bengal development minister Rabindra Nath Ghosh, who is currently the chairman of Trinamool Congress-run Cooch Behar municipality, has directed the closure of two unlicensed outlets selling biryani allegedly using spices…
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Hindu Mahasabha announces it will fight Bengal rural polls, weeks after Mahishasur row
Kolkata: The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, which hit the headlines earlier this month for organising a Durga Puja in Kolkata that had the idol of Mahishasur resembling Mahatma Gandhi, announced that it will…
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Tripura: President Murmu flags off first Kolkata-Agartala express train
Agartala: President Droupadi Murmu and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha flagged off the railway extension of the Guwahati-Kolkata-Guwahati train up to Agartala from Agartala Railway Station on Thursday. President Murmu and CM…
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Three go missing in Ganga in Kolkata
Kolkata: Three persons drowned in the River Ganga near the Nimtala Crematorium in North Kolkata where they had gone after performing last rites of one of their relatives. The incident happened late…
