West Bengal
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Hyderabad News
KCR thanks Mamata Banerjee for contribution towards flood relief work
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday thanked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for giving Rs 2 crore for Telangana Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for assistance in…
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India
BJP booth vice president died in police custody: West Bengal
Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) booth vice president Madan Ghodai allegedly died in police custody, claimed BJP West Bengal unit on Friday adding that he was beaten “mercilessly” in custody. “Madan Ghodai, BJP booth…
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Mumbai News
There are only 2 Governors in India — Maharashtra and West Bengal: Sanjay Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that there are only two governours in the country — one in West Bengal and another in Maharashtra. Raut’s comments came following MaharashtraGovernor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s letter to Chief…
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Politics
BJP threatens to retaliate if party leaders are attacked by TMC
Kolkata: Stirring up a controversy, a senior BJP leader on Monday cautioned the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal that if the attacks continued on saffron party activists and leaders…
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Crime
West Bengal Police denies pulling off Sikh man’s turban during BJP protest
Kolkata: West Bengal Police has denied charges of pulling off the turban of a Sikh man during BJP’s protest in Howrah on Thursday and said that the pagri had fallen off automatically in the…
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Bollywood News
Bengal cinema halls to reopen with Sushant Singh Rajput films
Kolkata: Apparently banking on the sympathy factor for Sushant Singh Rajput whose unnatural death in June has hogged prime space in the news media for over three months, several single-screen…
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Top Stories
BJP workers break barricades, police use water cannons in WB
Kolkata: Clashes broke out between the West Bengal Police and BJP workers as the saffron party activists tried to break through barricades during their march towards state secretariat Nabanna on Thursday,…
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India
BJP to host self-defense workshop for women in Bengal
Kolkata: Amid the widespread outrage over the Hathras gang rape and murder incident in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP’s Mahila Morcha unit in West Bengal launched a safety drive for women on…
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India
Amit Shah likely to visit Bengal before Durga Puja
Kolkata: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah are likely to visit West Bengal before Durga Puja to look into the party’s organizational aspects ahead of state assembly polls…
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Crime
NIA arrests key accused in FICN case of Ghaziabad
New Delhi: The NIA on Wednesday arrested a person for his alleged involvement in a case relating to high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes, an official said. Tausif Alam of West Bengal’s…
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India
Bengal minister tests Covid-19 positive
Kolkata: West Bengal Sunderbans Affairs Minister Manturam Pakhira has tested positive for Covid-19, sources in the state health department said. He was first admitted to Kakdwip Super Speciality Hospital on Tuesday…
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India
60 more fatalities push West Bengal’s COVID toll to 4,781
Kolkata: West Bengal reported 60 more COVID-19 fatalities on Sunday, pushing the death toll to 4,781, while the coronavirus tally jumped to 2,47,425 with 3,185 fresh cases, the health department said…
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India
Cinema halls to reopen in West Bengal from October 1: Mamata
Kolkata: Cinema halls and open-air theatres will be allowed to operate in West Bengal from October 1 with a limited number of participants, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday. She…
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India
West Bengal’s COVID toll tops 4,500-mark with 61 more deaths
Kolkata: West Bengal’s COVID-19 death toll surged past the 4,500-mark on Wednesday after 61 more patients succumbed to the virus, even as the coronavirus tally went up to 2,34,673 with 3,189…
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India
3,000 IT professionals, who returned to Bengal due to COVID
Kolkata: West Bengal Finance and IT Minister Amit Mitra said on Wednesday that 3,000 information technology professionals, who have returned to the state from other parts of the country due to…
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India
Veteran Rabindra Sangeet exponent Purba Dam dies
Kolkata: Veteran Rabindra Sangeet exponent Purba Dam died at her residence in the city on Saturday, family sources said. She was 85. Dam died of cardiac arrest at her Dhakuria residence…
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Entertainment
Bengal wax artist makes statue of actor Sushant Singh Rajput
Asansol: A veteran wax artist of West Bengal has sculpted a full-sized statue of actor Sushant Singh Rajput as a mark of tribute. Sushanto Roy (64), state’s first wax artist, has…
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India
West Bengal’s COVID death toll jumps to 4,242
Kolkata: The COVID-19 death toll rose to 4,242 in West Bengal after 59 people succumbed to the virus on Friday, a bulletin issued by the health department said. The state’s tally…
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India
Don’t let COVID-19 dampen festive spirit: Mamata on Mahalaya
Kolkata: Wishing people on Mahalaya, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged everyone to come forward and extend help to those in need in this hour of crisis. She…
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Crime
West Bengal: Woman BJP leader shot
Diamond Harbour: A leader of the BJP women’s wing was shot at by unidentified miscreants in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday, police said. Radharani Naskar, Vice-President of…
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India
55 houses swept away by Ganga in Malda district
Malda: At least 55 houses were washed away due to erosion in river Ganga in West Bengal’s Malda district, an official said on Monday. A sudden fall of the water level…
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India
West Bengal lockdown extended till Sept 20, Kolkata airport allows limited flights
Kolkata: With lockdown in West Bengal extended till September 20, the Kolkata Airport has allowed incoming flights from six cities in a limited manner. It has also announced that no flight operations…
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India
Carcass of elephant found in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district
Kolkata: Days after an elephant was found dead in Jalpaiguri district, a carcass of an adult pachyderm was found near a paddy field in the district on Friday, a forest official…
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India
4.1 magnitude earthquake hits West Bengal’s Durgapur
Durgapur: An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Durgapur in West Bengal on Wednesday, informed the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). A medium-intensity #earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck…
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Crime
Bengal: Teen girl gang-raped, killed, body dumped in septic tank
Jalpaiguri: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped multiple times, killed and the body dumped in a septic tank of a house in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, police said on Saturday. Three…
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Education and Career
WB: This college charges ₹ 1 for admission to 21 UG courses
KOLKATA: To provide an economic relief to the students, a college in West Bengal has decided to charge students only Re 1 as admission fee to graduation courses. A great move…
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Politics
Willing to accept any role BJP offers to me: Tathagata Roy
Kolkata: Days after expressing his desire to return to active politics in West Bengal, Meghalaya Governor and former BJP leader Tathagata Roy said that he is willing to accept any role…
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Crime
Man accused of bestiality found hanging from tree in Bengal
Canning: Ridiculed for allegedly having sex with a cow, a 52-year-old man in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district suspectedly ended his life, police said on Friday. The body of…
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Crime
Man found hanging from tree in Bengal
Canning: The body of a 52-year-old man, who was accused of engaging in “unnatural physical activities with a cow”, was found hanging from a tree in West Bengal’s South 24…
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India
Giant Devil Ray weighing 600 kgs caught in West Bengal
East Midnapur: A rare Giant Devil Ray weighing 600 kilograms was caught by an Odisha fisherman and brought to the Digha coast in West Bengal on Wednesday. The Giant Devil…
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