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Bengal Guv files defamation suit against Mamata for unsavoury remarks
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday filed a defamation case against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Calcutta High Court, a day after she claimed that women complained to…
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Mamata Banerjee gives one month to hawkers to clear ‘encroachment’
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday gave a month’s time to hawkers to clear footpaths and stretches of roads they have “encroached”, and constituted a panel to conduct a…
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Confusion over oath ceremony of 2 Trinamool MLAs snowballs in Bengal
Kolkata: Confusion over the swearing-in ceremony of two newly-elected Trinamool Congress legislators in West Bengal snowballed further on Tuesday after the Raj Bhavan authorities made it clear through a fresh notification that…
- Kolkata
Cash-for-job trap: Bengal youth finds name in recruitment list without applying
Kolkata: In a strange turn of events, a youth in West Bengal found his name in the list of appointed food sub-inspectors in the state Food & Supplies Department without even applying…
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West Bengal: 2 students flash country-made gun inside classroom
Kolkata: Chaotic scenes were witnessed in a school in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district after two Class IX students entered a classroom with a gun and showed it to their classmates. The incident…
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West Bengal: Man assaulted, tied to pole for ‘dropping meat’ near temple
In yet another incident of violence during Bakrid (Eid ul-Adha) celebrations, a Muslim man was thrashed and humiliated by a Hindu mob over allegations of dropping meat near a Hindu temple. The…
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1,225 tourists evacuated from landslide-hit Sikkim
Gangtok: In its second day of rescue operation, the Sikkim administration on Tuesday evacuated 1,225 tourists from Lachung and nearby areas of Mangan district which was hit by a series of landslides…
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Train accident in West Bengal
Kolkata: Locals gather after a collision between the Kanchanjungha Express and a goods train, near Rangapani railway station, on Monday, June 17, 2024. At least five people were killed and 30 others…
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Bengal train mishap: Death toll rises to 10, Kanchanjunga Express returns to Sealdah
The death toll in the Kanchanjunga Express-goods train collision in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district has risen to 10, said officials, adding that the train has returned to Sealdah. A senior official from…
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Bengal rail accident leaves several dead, 60 injured; toll could rise
New Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: At least 10 passengers died and 60 others were injured, after three rear coaches of the stationary Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday, June 17, as a goods train collided…
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Bengal rail accident: Centre announces Rs 10 lakh ex gratia for kin of deceased
The Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday. June 17, announced compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the deceased and Rs 2.5 lakh towards individuals who suffered grievous injuries…
- Kolkata
WB: 5 dead, 30 injured as goods train collides with Kanchanjunga Express
Kolkata: At least five persons died and around 30 others were injured after a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express near Rangapani station in West Bengal on Monday, police said.…
- Kolkata
2 compartments of express train derail near Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri
Kolkata: At least two rear compartments of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday after a goods train collided with it near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal, a senior railway official…
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HC directs WB govt to ensure 1% quota for transgender persons in public employment
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to ensure one per cent reservation for transgender persons in all public employment in the state. Noting that the state government…
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Bengal school job case: ED confiscates more properties linked to Partha Chatterjee
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have confiscated some property forms of land plots or residential houses indirectly or jointly held by former West Bengal education minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha…
