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Politics heat up in West Bengal over Netaji’s birth anniversary
Kolkata: On the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, politics heated up in West Bengal with various parties playing their political cards. While Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief…
- India
Centre seeks state’s report on ‘Azad Kashmir’ question in Bengal’s test-paper
Kolkata: A day after a row erupted in Bengal over the recently-released compilation of test-papers for secondary examination released by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Examination (WBBSE) having a question on…
- India
Nadda on two-day visit to Bengal, first since extension as BJP president
Kolkata: J P Nadda will arrive in Kolkata on Wednesday night for a two-day visit to West Bengal, the first since his extension as the BJP president. Nadda’s term was extended till…
- India
Edu ministry seeks WB govt report on ‘Azad Kashmir’ question in school book
New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has asked for a factual report from the West Bengal government on a class 10 model question paper asking students to mark “Azad Kashmir” on a…
- India
Six illegal Bangladeshis arrested on Kolkata-bound train
Guwahati: Six Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended from a Kolkata-bound train in Alipurduar in northern West Bengal for allegedly entering India illegally, the railways said in a statement on Friday. They were travelling…
- India
Bengal to amend law to prevent land for industry lying unused indefinitely
Kolkata: To discourage the tendency of keeping land granted for setting up industries unused for an indefinite period, the West Bengal government will be amending the state’s existing land holding rules. Under…
- India
West Bengal: Chomsky, others write to Prez over sacking of Visva Bharati professor
Kolkata: Over 250 academics, including well-known linguist Noam Chomsky, have written to President Draupadi Murmu, informing her about the service termination of Visva Bharati professor Sudipta Bhattacharya over “undesirable” actions, and seeking…
- Kolkata
Union Minister Pramanik surrenders in 2009 burglary case
Kolkata: Union Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik on Tuesday surrendered at a court in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district in connection with his alleged involvement in a burglary case in two…
- India
NIA files charge sheet against 14 in WB communal violence case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against 14 people in a case pertaining to the clash between members of two communities in West Bengal last year, an…
- India
SSC case: HC directs Babita to keep aside money received from Ankita Adhikari
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Babita Sarkar, who had got the job of a teacher in the post vacated by former West Bengal minister Paresh Adhikari’s daughter Ankita Adhikari,…
- India
Teachers’ scam: Partha Chatterjee’s judicial custody extended for another 14 days
Kolkata: A special CBI court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress General Secretary Partha Chatterjee, and six other accused, by another 14 days…
- India
Man carrying mother’s body on shoulder in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri shocks people
Kolkata: Commuters on the road adjacent to the Jalpaiguri Medical College & Hospital in the northern part of West Bengal were shocked on Thursday afternoon when they saw a man carrying the…
- India
Centre should disburse funds for MGNREGS: Mamata
Sagar Island: In the backdrop of two central teams visiting West Bengal for a field inspection of PM Awas Yojona-Gramin (PMAY-G) houses, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led…
- India
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of WB Cong touches houses of Netaji, Vivekananda in Kolkata
Kolkata: The West Bengal Congress’ ‘Bharat Jogo Yatra’ on Monday touched the residences of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda in Kolkata and garlanded busts of the two icons of the…
- India
‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans not so serious issue for Bengal CM to get angry: Vaishnaw
Kolkata: The “Jai Shri Ram” slogans by BJP supporters, at the arrival of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the inauguration ceremony of West Bengal’s first Vande Bharat Express on Friday, were not…
