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TMC misleading backward castes in Bengal with fake assurances: BJP
Kolkata: Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of misleading members of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities with “fake assurances”, BJP leader Sudip Das on Monday asked them to be…
- India
Bengal MP complains of getting threats for protesting against coal smuggling
Kolkata: Dibyendu Adhikari, two-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP and younger brother of leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, alleged on Saturday that he is receiving life threats over…
- India
Calcutta HC questions irrational posting, distribution of Bengal teachers
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday questioned the “irrational” distribution of postings of teachers in different state-run schools in West Bengal where schools with adequate number of…
- India
ED counsel cites Vidyasagar while opposing Partha Chatterjee’s bail plea
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) counsel on Tuesday drew the reference of iconic educationist and social reformer from Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, while opposing the bail plea of former West Bengal Education…
- India
Darjeeling politics: Bengal govt to grant land deeds to tea garden workers
Kolkata: As the fresh political equation in the hills of Darjeeling involving the trio of Bimal Gurung, Ajay Edwards and Binoy Tamang is becoming a major threat to the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik…
- India
Nadda to address twin rallies in Bengal on Sunday
Kolkata: With an eye on the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal scheduled this year and the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, BJP President J.P. Nadda will visit the state and address…
- India
Central dues to Bengal under MGNREGA still at Rs 7,000 crore: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the total central dues to the state government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) currently stands at…
- India
Bantala leather complex will get additional investment of Rs 10,000 crore: Mamata
Howrah: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the Bantala leather complex in Kolkata will get an additional investment of Rs 10,000 crore. In the last one year, 92 new…
- Kolkata
Removal of innerwear of minor girls equal to rape: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: Forceful removal of the innerwear of a minor girl is equivalent to rape even if rape, as per medical terms, has not been done by the accused or convict, the Calcutta…
- India
TMC releases manifesto for Tripura polls, promises Bengal model of development
Agartala: The Trinamool Congress released its manifesto for the Tripura assembly elections on Sunday, promising 2 lakh new jobs, Rs 1,000 per month for school students in classes 4 to 8 and…
- India
West Bengal NEET aspirant dies after falling from 6th floor of hostel building in Kota
Kota: A 20-year-old NEET aspirant from West Bengal died after falling from the sixth floor of his hostel building in the Jawahar Nagar area here, police said on Friday. It is suspected…
- India
Paresh Rawal gets HC relief till Monday in case over comment on Bengalis
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court directed the police not to take any coercive action against actor Paresh Rawal till Monday in connection with an FIR filed by CPI(M) West Bengal secretary Mohd…
- India
CPI-M’s youth wing witnessing increased inflow of new members in Bengal
Kolkata: Despite the CPI-M being reduced to zero in terms of presence in the West Bengal Assembly, its youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has witnessed an increased inflow of…
- Politics
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…
