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"One of the Gaddars...": Mamata claims BJP leader tried to assassinate nep
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In a sensational charge at the principal Opposition party in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed a BJP leader wanted to kill her nephew and the general secretary of the ruling Trinamool Congress, Abhishek Banerjee.
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Congress' Adhir Ranjan urges PM Modi to include 5 districts of WB under "A
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In a letter written to the PM, Adhir said that the dropping of the districts of West Bengal-- Dakshin Dinajpur, Maldah, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Nadia--from the programme has not only brought down the number of Aspirational Districts in the country from 117 to 112 but has left the people wit
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PM Modi pays tribute to Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary, says hi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes to Pranab Mukherjee on his 88th birth anniversary on Monday. A veteran politician, Pranab Mukherjee served as Union Minister in several governments before becoming India's 13th President.
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West Bengal: Women participate in 'Sindoor Khela' celebration on Vijaya Da
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
On the occasion of Vijay Dashmi, women bid farewell to Goddess Durga with a ritual known as 'Sindoor Khela' in Sainthia of Birbhum district on Tuesday. This ritual takes place on the final day of Durga Puja, a major festival in India, particularly in West Bengal.
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Union Tourism Minister thanks PM Modi for UNESCO World Heritage tag on San
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, G Kishan Reddy, on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the conferment of UNESCO's World Heritage tag on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's abode, Santiniketan, in the Birbhum district of West Bengal.
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WB: Celebrations at Visva Bharati University after Santiniketan inscribed
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
There was an air of celebration and unbridled joy around Visva Bharati University in the Birbhum district of West Bengal after Santiniketan, where Rabindranath Tagore spent a significant part of his life, was inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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West Bengal: Protestors block Birbhum's Murarai railway station
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Protestors blocked railway tracks at Birbhum’s Murarai station demanding an increase in the number of utility stores and restoration of train halts.
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WB: Police recover 60 boxes of gelatin sticks from deserted house in Birbh
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Birbhum’s Rampurhat police station on Sunday morning recovered about 60 boxes of about 12,000 pieces of gelatin sticks from a deserted house near Radipur village, said the police official.
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WB panchayat elections: Re-polling underway in 697 booths in 5 districts
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the re-polling of the Panchayat elections, the voters, on Monday, queued up outside the polling booth in the Murshidabad district. According to an official statement, the re-polling will be conducted in 697 booths across five districts: Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and Sou
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West Bengal: Bombs go silent but war of words escalates day before panchay
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
While the bombs fell silent under the watchful eyes of the central paramilitary forces, the war of words in West Bengal escalated just a day ahead of the panchayat elections on Saturday.
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WB: BJP candidate's house allegedly attacked by TMC workers in Cooch Behar
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal has witnessed several instances of violence during the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls and thereafter. One incident involved the alleged hurling of crude bombs at a Block Development Office (BDO) in Ahmadpur, Birbhum district.
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West Bengal panchayat polls: 485 CAPF companies deployed today
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal has seen several incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls as well as after, including one where crude bombs were allegedly hurled at a Block Development Office (BDO) at Ahmadpur in Birbhum district.
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