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National anthem `disrespect’ case: Court dismisses complaint against Bengal CM
Mumbai: A court here on Monday dismissed the complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly showing disrespect to the national anthem at an event here in 2021, citing that…
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TMC activist killed in clash between 2 party factions in West Bengal
Kolkata: A 24-year-old Trinamool Congress activist was killed on Sunday after a clash allegedly broke out between two factions of the ruling party in West Bengal in North 24 Parganas district, police…
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Ration distribution scam: Arrested Kolkata bizman remanded to judicial custody till Nov 11
Kolkata: A special court in Kolkata on Saturday remanded Bakibur Rahaman, a Kolkata-based businessman who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged multi-crore ration distribution scam…
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West Bengal ration scam: ED arrests Minister Jyotipriya Mallick
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday has finally informed that their officials have arrested the current West Bengal Forest Minister and the former State Food and Supplies Minister Jyotipriya Mallick in…
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NCBC to hold hearing on demand of WB govt to include 87 castes in OBC list
New Delhi: The National Commission for Backward Classes will be holding a hearing on the proposal of the West Bengal government to include 87 castes in the OBC list. In a notice…
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Bengal govt takes steps to prevent sexual harassment in its primary schools
Kolkata: In an attempt to bring the state-run primary schools in West Bengal under the standard operating procedures to prevent sexual harassment in workplaces, the state education department has taken some steps.…
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Bengal Guv clears file on release of 71 prisoners on occasion of Durga Puja
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Saturday released a file relatied to the release of 71 prisoners locked in different correctional homes across the state on the occasion of the…
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Bengal govt providing all help to those returning from Israel: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that her government is providing help to people from the state who are returning home from war-torn Israel. Banerjee said she has…
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Abhishek Banerjee’s wife arrives at ED office for questioning in Bengal school job case
Kolkata: Rujira Narula Banerjee, wife of Trinamool Congress general Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, arrived at the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) office here on Wednesday for questioning in the the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in…
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Dengue situation reaches alarming stage in Bengal with cases crossing 50K-mark
Kolkata: Dengue has reached alarming proportions in West Bengal, with the total number of affected people crossing the 50,000-mark. As many as 56,707 cases have been recorded till date, with over 10,000…
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Toll rises to 33 in Sikkim flash flood, search on for those still missing
Gangtok: Thirty-three bodies, including those of nine Armymen, have been recovered so far from the slush and debris of the flash flood in Teesta river that devastated Sikkim, while the search continued…
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Two held while attempting to smuggle clouded leopard skin in Bengal
Kolkata: The West Bengal forest department has arrested two people while they were attempting to smuggle clouded leopard skin near Jaldapara National Park in Alipurduar district, sources said on Saturday. “We are…
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Minor tribal girl gang-raped, abandoned unconscious in Bengal jungle
Kolkata: In a shocking case, a minor tribal girl was gang-raped and abandoned in an unconscious state in the jungles of Kanksa community development block in West Bengal’s West Burdwan district. The…
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MGNREGA’s payment to Bengal stopped due to non-compliance: Centre
New Delhi: The Union Rural Development Ministry on Thursday said there was no constraint of funds for the rural job scheme MGNREGA and reiterated that funds for West Bengal were not released due…
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Trinamool outlines agitation in Bengal against Delhi Police action
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday outlined a blueprint for a massive protest demonstration throughout West Bengal against the Delhi Police action on their MPs and MLAs when they were at a sit-in-demonstration…
