West bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari
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ABVP forces professor to resign, performs ‘purification’ ritual
Kolkata: A Muslim professor at Kolkata’s Surendranath College was forced to resign on September 11 over an attendance issue. What followed was Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members performing a purification ritual.…
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3 months after BJP govt’s curb, Bengal’s beef trade collapses
West Bengal: Meat trader Mushtaq has not earned a single penny in over three months since the Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government issued a notice on cattle slaughter. “It was halted because…
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An ‘Assalamualaikum,’ ‘Inshallah’ gets IPS officer transferred
Hyderabad: Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Bushra Bano, against whom a right-wing organisation filed a complaint with the West Bengal Home Secretary, has been transferred. The transfer order was issued on Monday,…
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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”…
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Back-to-back attacks on Christians in Bengal reported in August
West Bengal: A Christian family was allegedly attacked by a Hindutva group while bidding farewell to a departed soul in a cemetery inside a church premises in West Bengal. The incident occurred…
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Bengal to get 1,000 RSS schools for nationalistic learning: CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday, September 3, said that at least 1,000 schools run by Vidya Bharati, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) educational wing, will be set up…
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Mahua flags religious bias against IAS, IPS officers to assns
West Bengal: Trinamool Congress (TMC) senior leader and Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra questioned IPS and IAS associations over their inability to address the alleged religious discrimination faced by senior Muslim officers…
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Police order mosques to remove loudspeakers in parts of Bengal
Kolkata: In parts of West Bengal, police approached mosques and verbally ordered them to limit and take down loudspeakers, and install sound boxes after removing the loudspeakers from the top of the…
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Suvendu launches ISKCON midday meals, eggs served separately
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday, August 1, inaugurated ISKCON’s kitchen, where mid-day meals will be prepared for 44,000 students of 500 schools in the city, and said his…
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Bengal minor rape case: 3 arrested, NCW seeks report from police
Kolkata: West Bengal Police on Monday, July 6, arrested the key accused in the alleged gangrape-murder of a girl in Baruipur, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three,…
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Stop selling halal, or leave: Kolkata meat sellers threatened
Kolkata: Bajrang Dal members allegedly threatened Muslim vendors to stop selling meat or relocate at the earliest in the Jadavpur area, Kolkata’s prominent suburban region. A video has surfaced where a Bajrang…
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Laws against ‘love jihad,’ religious conversion soon: CM Suvendu
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, June 26, said his government would bring in a stringent law against ‘land jihad’, ‘love jihad’ and religious conversion, besides implementing the Uniform…
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No street in Kolkata to have names of Mughals, Pathans: Adhikari
Kolkata: The West Bengal capital would not have roads or areas named after Mughals, Pathans or oppressive British rulers, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Tuesday, June 23, in the face of…
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Bengal: VHP attacks Christian prayer, claims religious conversion
West Bengal: A Christian Sunday prayer meet was disturbed and attacked by members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on June 21 in West Bengal. The Hindutva members stormed into the prayer…
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Kolkata road where Eid namaz was denied, now closed for Yoga Day
Kolkata: Ahead of the National Yoga Day event in Kolkata attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the city’s arterial Red Road was ordered to remain closed for seven days, effectively blocking transport…
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