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Over 50 lakh rural homes in West Bengal now get tap water: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: More than 50 lakh households in rural West Bengal now get drinking water through piped connections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday. Congratulating those involved in the project, Banerjee said…
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Cattle scam: CBI probing lottery angle in diverting proceeds
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of India (CBI) officials probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal are investigating a unique angle where prize-money winning lottery tickets might have been used to…
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Crisis continues in Bengal unit of BJP, legal head to be shunted out
Kolkata: The crisis within the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues with the top leadership ordering removal of its legal head forthwith. This move comes after the IT…
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Mamata Banerjee in Chennai
Chennai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a family function of West Bengal Governor La Ganesan, in Chennai, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (PTI Photo) Chennai: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee…
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ED raids in Jharkhand, West Bengal in money laundering case
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday launched raids at a dozen locations in Jharkhand and West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe into alleged use of forged papers for sale…
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Bengal won’t be left out of CAA implementation: BJP WB LOP
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP on Tuesday claimed that the process of CAA implementation has started in the country and West Bengal will not…
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WBSSC scam: Partha Chatterjee’s judicial custody extended till Nov 14
Kolkata: A lower court in Kolkata on Monday extended the judicial custody of former West Bengal education minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee till November 14 for his alleged involvement…
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Two months behind bars reduce Trinamool leader Anubrata Mondal’s weight by 9 kg
Kolkata: Two months behind the bars at Asansol Special Correctional Home in West Bengal’s West Burdwan district has resulted into a nine kg weight loss for the Trinamool Congress heavyweight leader –…
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Real-time monitoring of sound, air pollution on Diwali underway in Bengal: Minister
Kolkata: West Bengal Environment Minister Manas Bhuniya Monday said the new central control room at Paribesh Bhavan here is monitoring sound and air pollution in real time on Diwali and Kali Puja.…
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Man thrashed, vehicle torched by mob in Howrah on suspicion of cattle smuggling
Kolkata: A man was beaten up in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Sunday, and a pick-up van was set ablaze by a mob who suspected that he was smuggling cattle, police said.…
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Hindu Mahasabha announces it will fight Bengal rural polls, weeks after Mahishasur row
Kolkata: The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, which hit the headlines earlier this month for organising a Durga Puja in Kolkata that had the idol of Mahishasur resembling Mahatma Gandhi, announced that it will…
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Primary school recruitment in WB: SC allows CBI to probe irregularities
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the CBI to proceed with its investigation of the alleged irregularities in appointment of primary teachers in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools. The…
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Mamata meets kin of six flash flood victims in Jalpaiguri, promises assistance
Jalpaiguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met the family members of six out of the eight people who died after being swept away in a flash flood in Mal…
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Cattle scam: How Mondal family gained through sale of properties
Kolkata: The CBI, in its fresh charge sheet on multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal, has given details on how Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal and his family gained by purchasing…
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West Bengal flash flood: Death toll rises to 8, PM condoles
Kolkata: The death toll in the flash flood in the Mal river at Malbazar in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district has risen to eight. Several are still feared missing. According to sources, the…
