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You couldn't build Ram Temple in 5 yrs and now you want to make Vidyasagar
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Diamond Harbour (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): The war of words over the vandalisation of the bust of Bengal Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar escalated on Thursday with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a liar and rejecting his offer to build a grand statu
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - social reformer at centre of a modern-day pol
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A prominent figure in West Bengal, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has come under the spotlight after a statue of him was vandalised on Tuesday night during violence at BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.
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Bengal has money to make Vidyasagar's statue: Mamata hits back at Modi
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Mathurapur (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): Hours after Narendra Modi promised a grand statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where the old one stood before being vandalised, Mamata Banerjee shot back and asserted that West Bengal has the money required for the polymath'
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AP CM lashes out at EC, accuses it of ignoring TMC's complaints
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): After the Election Commission (EC) put a blanket ban on campaigning in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday accused the polling body of acting on BJP's complaint while ignoring TMC's grievances.
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BJP workers hold countrywide protest against Kolkata violence, Mamata's 'a
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Wednesday staged protests across various parts of the country against the violence that took place during party chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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Vandalism of Vidyasagar's bust shows BJP's pseudo-nationalism: Chandrababu
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): A day after the bust of polymath Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was vandalised in Kolkata during BJP chief Amit Shah's roadshow, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday claimed that the incident is an indication of the pa
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Kolkata: Mamata holds 7-km march to protest roadshow violence
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): A day after BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow took a violent turn, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a march here on Wednesday to protest against the clashes that took place, including vandalisation of social reformer Ishwar Chan
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Congress' allies jail commoners in WB for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram': Irani l
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Palampur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): In a veiled attack at TMC, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that if a common citizen is heard chanting 'Jai Shri Ram', "allies of Congress" will put that individual behind bars.
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CPM says vandalisation of Vidyasagar's bust 'despicable', demands EC probe
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday strongly condemned the vandalisation of the bust of 19th-century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and demanded the Election Commission to launch an investigation into the violent clashes
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Central forces colluding with BJP: TMC hits back over Kolkata violence
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): After BJP accused TMC of perpetrating violence in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee's party has hit back by accusing the central forces of acting in collaboration with the BJP.
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Tajinder Bagga hits back at Derek O'Brien, says nobody takes TMC leader se
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on Wednesday hit back at the allegations made by TMC spokesperson Derek O'Brien, claiming that nobody takes the latter seriously.
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Kolkata: TMC's student wing protests against vandalisation of Ishwar Chand
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): TMC's student wing on Wednesday staged a protest against the vandalisation of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue during clashes in BJP Chief Amit Shah's roadshow in the city.
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