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Calcutta HC allows Ganesha Puja on govt land in Bengal’s Durgapur
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice, Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, has cleared docks for a community puja community to organise Ganesha Puja on a government land at the industrial township of Durgapur…
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Mamata to travel to New Delhi for president’s G20 dinner in afternoon
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be travelling to New Delhi on Friday afternoon to attend President Droupadi Murmu’s dinner invitation on the occasion of the G20 meeting, officials said.…
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Assembly bypolls: High voter turnout in Kerala, Tripura, WB seats
Lucknow: High voter turnout was recorded in most of the seven assembly constituencies in six states where by-election was held on Tuesday, with Dhanpur in Tripura at the top with over 89…
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Deceased JU student’s parents meet Mamata; get assurance of job
Kolkata: The parents of an undergraduate student of Jadavpur University who died after being allegedly ragged, called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her office in the secretariat on Monday…
- Kolkata
Dhupguri bypoll in North Bengal puts INDIA bloc’s unity to test
Kolkata: The INDIA opposition bloc faces a crucial test in the upcoming bypoll in Dhupguri assembly segment as its important constituents, TMC and Congress-CPI(M) alliance, fight it out against each other to…
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Questions arise whether AISF will contest independently or ally with Left, Cong
Kolkata: While a seat-sharing agreement between Congress and CPI-M- led Left Front in West Bengal for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls is almost final, questions are arising whether the All India Secular…
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JU to hold crucial meeting on Friday on anti-ragging guidelines
Kolkata: The interim Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University (JU), Buddhadeb Sau, has convened a crucial meeting of all the stakeholders of the university on Friday to finalise the steps to be adopted…
- Kolkata
Seven feared dead in firecracker factory blast in Bengal’s Duttapukur
Kolkata: At least seven people were killed and several others injured following a massive blast at an illegal firecracker factory at Duttapukur in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday. The…
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Ragging death: Dissatisfied with reports, WBCRC sends fresh notice to JU
Kolkata: Dissatisfied with the report submitted by Jadavpur University on the death of a fresher on August 10, the West Bengal Child Rights Commission (WBCRC) has sent a fresh notice to the…
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TMC minister claims ISRO scientists not getting salaries regularly
Kolkata: West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas on Friday cited media reports to claim in the assembly that ISRO scientists, who have made the nation proud with the successful Moon mission, are not…
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WFI suspension: Mamata accuses Centre of letting down wrestlers; BJP hits back
Kolkata: Expressing concern over the suspension of WFI by United World Wrestling, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the central government of disregarding the nation’s wrestlers, prompting criticism from the BJP,…
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Trinamool MLA’s remark on Chandrayaan-3 mission sparks row
Kolkata: At a time when the entire country is celebrating the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission to moon, a controversial comment by a Trinamool Congress legislator has sparked a row in West…
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Mamata convenes all-party meet on Bengal Statehood day on Aug 29
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened an- party meeting on August 29 to discuss the celebration of the “Statehood Day for West Bengal,” on the occasion of Poila Boishakh (Bengali New…
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Tiger cubs’ death in Bengal Safari Park: Forest department holds mother responsible
Kolkata: The West Bengal Zoo Authority, along with the state forest department, has come up with a face-saving report on the death of two tiger cubs at Bengal Safari Park at Siliguri…