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Shocked by total collapse of law & order in UP: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday expressed her shock at what she termed as collapse of law and order in Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state. The chief minister was…
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Amit Shah advices Bengal BJP to be ‘Aatmanirbhar’ ahead of polls
Kolkata: Before leaving for Delhi after completion of his two-day visit to West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday outlined the strategy to be adopted for the forthcoming panchayat elections…
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Bengal couple commits suicide, leaves ‘wish list’ for pet dog
Kolkata: A couple committed suicide in Bengal’s West Midnapore district after leaving a wish list about the future of their pet dog. On Friday night, the local police recovered the bodies of…
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Amit Shah sets target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal
Suri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday set a target for the BJP to win 35 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in next year’s election, and said…
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No FIR against school jobs scam investigators without nod: HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said that without its permission, no FIR can be registered against officers of the ED and CBI, who are investigating irregularities in recruitment of teaching…
- India
Would rather beg to common people than Centre for funds: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she would rather beg to the common people rather than to the Union government for funds to carry out development projects…
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Tribals forced to do ‘dandavat parikrama’: NCST launches probe
New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has launched an inquiry into allegations that some Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in West Bengal forced tribal women to perform “dandavat parikrama” (circumambulation…
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TMC’s Abhishek warns party activists against violence during rural polls
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday warned party activists against resorting to strong-arm tactics during the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal and said there should not be a…
- Kolkata
Fact-finding team calls for NIA probe in Bengal Ram Navami clashes
Kolkata: The members of a fact-finding team of Delhi-based NGO “Fact Finding Committee on Human Rights Violation” on Sunday evening said that the clashes over Ram Navami processions in West Bengal’s Howrah…
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Congress activist bombs son’s house for supporting TMC, arrested
Kolkata: A 62-year-old Congress activist was arrested in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Sunday for allegedly bombing the house of his son who is a TMC member, police said. Zahiruddin Sheikh hurled…
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75 trains cancelled as rail blockade by Kurmis continue in Bengal
Kolkata: Train services were disrupted in three tribal-dominated districts of West Bengal — Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore — following continued rail-blockade agitation by the Kurmi community on Saturday. As many as…
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Communal clashes on Ram Navami in West Bengal ‘state sponsored’: BJP leader
Indore: Communal clashes during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal were “sponsored” by the Trinamool Congress government in the state, alleged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday. He…
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88 trains cancelled, hundreds of vehicles stranded amid protest for ST status
Jhargram: Eighty-eight trains were cancelled, and hundreds of vehicles remained stranded as different organisations of the Kurmi community continued their rail and road blockade in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Thursday,…
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Following HC order, Bengal decides to deploy paramilitary forces in 3 districts
Kolkata: Following the direction of the Calcutta High Court, the West Bengal government on Wednesday decided to deploy paramilitary forces in three districts of Hooghly, Barrackpore and Kolkata during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations,…
- Kolkata
WB: Post Ram Navami violence, VHP to hold 500 Hanuman Jayanti events
Kolkata: Amid the furore over violence during celebration of Ram Navami in West Bengal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has decided to conduct 500 Hanuman Jayanti programmes across the state on Thursday.…
