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Mamata asks ministers to start sit-in outside Amartya Sen’s house over eviction notice
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked state ministers to begin a sit-in outside Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan in Birbhum district to protest against the Visva-Bharati’s eviction…
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Mamata Banerjee calls for unity of all anti-BJP forces ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday gave a call to all non-BJP forces in the country to unite in order to bring about a change in the central regime…
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Mamata expresses grief over death of Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Arun Gandhi
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson and socio-political activist Arun Gandhi. He was 89, and died in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur after…
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RSS-backed body to hold mega rally in Kolkata against corruption
Kolkata: The Citizen Empowerment Forum, reportedly enjoying the backing of the RSS and its affiliates, will be bringing out a mega rally in Kolkata next week on the issue of incidents of…
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Despite Nitish’s meeting with Mamata, Oppn tie-up unlikely in Bengal
Kolkata: The crucial meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her counterpart in Bihar, Nitish Kumar on April 24 to pave way for a grand anti-BJP alliance for the 2024…
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Court pulls up CBI for slow progress in probe into alleged recruitment scam
Kolkata: The judge of a special CBI court here on Saturday set a 21-day deadline for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to show the progress it made in its probe into…
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Cattle smuggling: CBI summons Anubrata Mondal’s confidant Abdul Latif
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Abdul Latif, a close confidant of Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal, for questioning in connection with the alleged multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in…
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STF arrests suspected JMB activist from Howrah station
Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Saturday arrested a person suspected of having close links with Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen- Bangladesh (JMB) from the Howrah station in West Bengal. The…
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Amartya Sen approaches court against eviction notice from Visva-Bharati University
Kolkata: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has approached a district court in Birbhum district of West Bengal against the eviction notice issued by the Visva-Bharati University authorities in the ongoing dispute over…
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Abhishek cautions party workers against violence during TMC mass outreach campaign
Cooch Behar: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday cautioned a section of party workers against using strong-arm tactics to manipulate public opinion on selecting candidates for the West Bengal panchayat polls…
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BJP-backed goons from Bihar behind Kaliyaganj violence: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Wednesday that the violence in Kaliyaganj in North Dinajpur district on Tuesday was triggered by BJP-backed goons who came from Bihar. Parts of…
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Mob sets police station on fire protesting teen girl’s death in Bengal
Kaliaganj: Miscreants set fire to Kaliaganj police station in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Tuesday protesting the death of a teenage girl whose body was found in a canal last week.…
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Bengal: Police say prime accused arrested in rape of minor as violent protests rock
Raiganj: A 20-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a teenage girl in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district that triggered violent protests, police said.…
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WB: 1.5K camera traps to be installed to track tiger movement
Kolkata: In an attempt to track the movement of Royal Bengal tigers reportedly frequenting the forest zones in north Bengal, the state forest department has decided to install 1,500 camera traps in…
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West Bengal: NHRC notice to police over Ram Navami violence
New Delhi: The NHRC has sent a notice to the West Bengal police chief and the Howrah police commissioner over an alleged attack on a Ram Navami procession, officials said on Friday.…
