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Panchayat poll violence: BJP office set ablaze in Bengal
Kolkata: A fresh political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a BJP office at Dabgram under the Siliguri Municipal Corporation in Darjeeling district was set ablaze by unknown miscreants late on…
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SC refuses to halt central forces’ deployment in West Bengal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas challenging a Calcutta High Court order directing the State Election Commission (SEC) to requisition and deploy central forces across West Bengal for the…
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Mamata shocked at governor’s announcement of Bengal’s foundation day
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a letter to Governor CV Ananda Bose expressed “shock” at his “unilateral” decision to commemorate the state’s foundation day on Tuesday. Banerjee pointed out…
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I have very good working relationship with West Bengal govt: Governor
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Saturday said he has an “excellent working relationship” with the Mamata Banerjee government despite “agreements and disagreements.” Bose said there have been discussions…
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Complaint filed against Maharashtra woman for offensive tweet against Mamata
Kolkata: A complaint has been registered with the Cyber Crime Division of Howrah City Police in West Bengal against a Maharashtra-based woman for posting an ‘offensive’ tweet against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.…
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ISF and TMC clash in West Bengal
South 24 Parganas: Police personnel keep a vigil during a clash between supporters of Indian Secular Front (ISF) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Bhangore area ahead of the upcoming Panchayat poll, in…
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Bengal panchayat polls: AISF candidate shot dead in Bhangar
Kolkata: An All India Secular Front (AISF) candidate, Mohammad Mohiuddin Molla, was shot dead on Thursday in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district when he arrived at the block development office to…
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Bengal panchayat polls: Plea in Calcutta HC over violence during nomination
Kolkata: The CPI(M) and All India Secular Front (AISF) on Wednesday filed two separate petitions in the Calcutta High Court against the ongoing violence in the nomination phase for the forthcoming panchayat…
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Abhishek Banerjee counters PM’s remarks on ‘ancestral politics’ in Bengal
Kolkata: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi without naming anyone said the ‘ancestral politics’ in West Bengal was resulting into huge scam in recruitments for state government jobs here, Trinamool Congress’s…
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Bengal govt orders to stop paying salaries to Guv appointed V-Cs
Kolkata: The state secretariat-Raj Bhavan tussle in West Bengal is heading for an even murkier turn as the state education department has ordered to stop the payment of salaries and allowances to…
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Bengal school job case: ED summons Bhadra’s son-in- law, Ayan Sil’s son
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths probing the multi-crore school recruitment case in West Bengal has summoned the son-in-law of Sujay Krishna Bhadra a.k.a. Kalighater Kaku (uncle of Kalighat) and son of private…
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School recruitment scam: Now ED summons Abhishek Banerjee for questioning on June 13
Kolkata: After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now summoned Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for questioning in connection with the alleged multi-crore school recruitment…
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Centre trying to prevent truth behind Odisha train crash from coming out: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-ruled Centre alleging that there were attempts to suppress the cause of the train accident in Odisha. The Central…
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Mamata Banerjee demands proper probe into cause of Odisha train accident
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday demanded a proper probe to ascertain the exact cause of the tragic train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district that killed 261 people and…
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‘Our family is devastated’: 3 brothers lose lives in Odisha train crash
Baruipur: Three brothers from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, who were travelling to Tamil Nadu in search of work, lost their lives in the train crash in Odisha’s Balasore, officials said…
