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MHA asks report from WB Governor over law and order situation: Sources
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to send a report on the law and order situation in the state, said government sources on Thursday.
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PM Modi congratulates 'Mamata Didi' on taking oath as West Bengal CM
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on taking oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term.
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PM Modi dials WB Governor, expresses concern over law and order situation
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 4 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him and expressed his "serious anguish and concern" at the alarmingly worrisome law and order situation in the state following the culmination of the ass
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'I have many platforms to use': Kangana post suspension of her Twitter acc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Twitter account of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut was 'permanently suspended' on Tuesday after she posted a series of tweets making derogatory remarks on the recent results of the West Bengal assembly elections.
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Take suo moto action to stop political recriminations in WB: Swapan Dasgup
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India, May 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Swapan Dasgupta on Tuesday appealed to the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to take suo moto action directing the administration to stop the wave of political recriminations in West Bengal following the ass
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Compulsory home quarantine of persons who campaigned in Bengal polls, plea
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday received a petition seeking direction to ensure compulsory home quarantine of persons who campaigned in the Assembly Elections in West Bengal, over the last one week.
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One dead in explosion in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], April 26 (ANI): An 18-year-old student died in an explosion in the Guptarbagan area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night, the police said.
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Babul Supriyo, wife test positive for COVID-19 ahead of phase VII polls
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 25 (ANI): Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Sunday informed that he and his wife Rachna Sharma tested positive for COVID-19. The BJP leader has tested positive for the second time.
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Bengal polls: Shadow of COVID looms over last leg of campaigning in Purbas
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Purba Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): The spike in the COVID-19 cases has changed the way of campaign in Purbasthali Uttar constituency in Purba Bardhaman which will go the polls in the sixth phase of Bengal polls on April 22. The crowd is thin, shrill speeches have been re
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Urdu Bulletin: Clearing of Nirav Modi's extradition by UK, Sunday lockdown
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) April 17 (ANI): Various Urdu newspapers in the national capital reported that the UK government has signed an order for the extradition of fugitive Nirav Modi to India.
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Bengal polls: BJP-RSS deliberate on alternatives to rallies, roadshows in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 16 (ANI): Considering the gravity of COVID-19 situation across the country, a section of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionaries are looking at various alternatives to traditional campaigning for the
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WB Cong chief writes to EC over restrictions on his night stay at Vedic vi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 14 (ANI): West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday wrote to the Election Commission over "restrictions on night halt at Vedic village in Kolkata and stay at own house".
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