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Violence over Ram Navami procession in Bengal’s Howrah
Howrah: Violence broke out between two groups when a Ram Navami procession was taken out in West Bengal’s Howrah city, where several vehicles were torched and shops were ransacked on Thursday evening.…
- Politics
Mamata sits overnight in ‘dharna’ against Centre, raises political temperature
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar’s statue on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis, surrounded by a cohort…
- India
Those who secured jobs illegally are now agitating over DA: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Wednesday that the state government employees who had secured jobs “illegally” and “unethically” during the previous Left Front regime are now holding demonstrations…
- India
If Rahul is disqualified, why not Modi for hurting women’s sentiment: TMC’s Abhishek
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said if Rahul Gandhi can be disqualified for his comments about a community, then why similar action cannot be taken against Prime Minister Narendra…
- India
Mamata on two-day dharna to protest Centre’s ‘discrimination’ against Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the two-day sit-in that she started here on Wednesday to protest the BJP-led Union government’s alleged discriminatory attitude against the state was on behalf…
- India
Disrespect of national anthem complaint: Bombay HC refuses relief to Mamata Banerjee
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant any relief to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a complaint seeking action against her for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem at…
- India
CPI-M leader’s wife got college teacher’s job without clearing exam: Trinamool
Kolkata: A senior Trinamool Congress leader on Thursday made an explosive allegation claiming that the wife of a senior CPI-M leader in West Bengal secured a non-teaching job in a reported Kolkata…
- India
CBI registers preliminary enquiry into ‘forced religious conversion’ in Malda
New Delhi: The CBI has initiated a preliminary enquiry into an alleged case of forced conversion in West Bengal’s Malda district on the direction from the Calcutta High Court last year, officials…
- India
Teachers’ scam: CBI files fresh FIR against anonymous beneficiaries
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a fresh FIR in West Bengal’s multi-crore recruitment scam of teaching and non-teaching staff against anonymous beneficiaries of the proceeds of the scam.…
- India
WBSSC scam: Calcutta HC orders termination of 842 Group C staff
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered termination of services of 842 non-teaching staff in the Group C category who were allegedly provided appointments illegally against the monetary considerations in different…
- India
Mamata writes to Centre seeking permission for poppy cultivation in Bengal
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has written to the Centre seeking permission for poppy cultivation in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday told the state Assembly during the special and…
- India
Cattle smuggling: TMC leader Anubrata Mandal sent to ED custody till March 10
Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent TMC leader Anubrata Mondal to ED custody till March 10 in an alleged money laundering case related to West Bengal cattle smuggling case. The midnight…
- India
Can’t give additional DA even if beheaded, says Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said in the Assembly that her government will not be able to provide additional dearness allowance (DA) to the state government employees “even…
- India
Adenovirus alarm: 4 more child deaths reported from Kolkata
Kolkata: The adenovirus menace in West Bengal seems to be assuming alarming proportions as deaths of four more children, admitted in a Kolkata hospital with its symptoms, were reported in the last…
- Kolkata
Controversy brews over question on Mahatma Gandhi in Bengal secondary school exam
Kolkata: Controversies have started brewing over a controversial question in the history paper in the ongoing secondary examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Examination (WBBSE). The controversies were over…
