West Bengal
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Mamata urges people to uphold democratic ideals of equality, fraternity
Kolkata: The 74th Republic Day was celebrated with pomp and gaiety across West Bengal on Thursday amid tight security, with Governor CV Anand Bose presiding over an hour-long parade by the Army,…
- India
Cattle scam: ED hopeful as Delhi court rejects Anubrata’s bail plea
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal is now hopeful of taking Trinamool Congress strongman and the party’s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal to Delhi…
- Politics
Politics heat up in West Bengal over Netaji’s birth anniversary
Kolkata: On the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, politics heated up in West Bengal with various parties playing their political cards. While Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief…
- India
Centre seeks state’s report on ‘Azad Kashmir’ question in Bengal’s test-paper
Kolkata: A day after a row erupted in Bengal over the recently-released compilation of test-papers for secondary examination released by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Examination (WBBSE) having a question on…
- India
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…
- India
Edu ministry seeks WB govt report on ‘Azad Kashmir’ question in school book
New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has asked for a factual report from the West Bengal government on a class 10 model question paper asking students to mark “Azad Kashmir” on a…
- India
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…
- India
Bengal to amend law to prevent land for industry lying unused indefinitely
Kolkata: To discourage the tendency of keeping land granted for setting up industries unused for an indefinite period, the West Bengal government will be amending the state’s existing land holding rules. Under…
- India
West Bengal: Chomsky, others write to Prez over sacking of Visva Bharati professor
Kolkata: Over 250 academics, including well-known linguist Noam Chomsky, have written to President Draupadi Murmu, informing her about the service termination of Visva Bharati professor Sudipta Bhattacharya over “undesirable” actions, and seeking…
- Kolkata
Union Minister Pramanik surrenders in 2009 burglary case
Kolkata: Union Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik on Tuesday surrendered at a court in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district in connection with his alleged involvement in a burglary case in two…
- India
Teachers’ scam: Three more primary teachers lose jobs, total 258
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered termination of services of three more primary teachers in different state-run schools in West Bengal on charges of procuring jobs illegally adopting unfair means…
- India
NIA files charge sheet against 14 in WB communal violence case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against 14 people in a case pertaining to the clash between members of two communities in West Bengal last year, an…
- India
SSC case: HC directs Babita to keep aside money received from Ankita Adhikari
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Babita Sarkar, who had got the job of a teacher in the post vacated by former West Bengal minister Paresh Adhikari’s daughter Ankita Adhikari,…
- India
Teachers’ scam: Partha Chatterjee’s judicial custody extended for another 14 days
Kolkata: A special CBI court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress General Secretary Partha Chatterjee, and six other accused, by another 14 days…
- India
Man carrying mother’s body on shoulder in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri shocks people
Kolkata: Commuters on the road adjacent to the Jalpaiguri Medical College & Hospital in the northern part of West Bengal were shocked on Thursday afternoon when they saw a man carrying the…
