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26 killed in lightning in West Bengal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 8 (ANI): A total of 26 people were killed due to lightning in various parts of West Bengal including 11 in Hooghly, nine in Murshidabad two in Bankura, two each in East Midnapore and West Midnapore.
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Parts of West Bengal to witness thunderstorm, lighting
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 27 (ANI): Several parts of West Bengal, including Hooghly, North and South 24 Parganas, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts are likely to witness thunderstorm with lightning and gusty wind.
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Cyclone Yaas: Two electrocuted to death, 80 houses damaged due to strong w
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 25 (ANI): Two persons were electrocuted and at least 80 houses were damaged in Hooghly and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal due to strong winds and heavy rainfall on Tuesday at the onset of cyclone Yaas.
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TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari joins BJP
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], March 2 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Asansol Mayor Jitendra Tiwari on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ahead of the forthcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal.
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AIMIM has no place in Bengal: Pirzada Toha Siddiqui
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 26 (ANI): Days after Indian Secular Front (ISF) chief and Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui announced that his party will not oppose the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, his uncle Pirzada Toh
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ISF to participate in Brigade Meeting called by Left, Cong
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 26 (ANI): Indian Secular Front (ISF) will participate in Brigade Meeting called by the Left parties and Congress on February 28, "to save democracy and fight together," the Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui said on Friday.
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Women not safe in BJP, alleges Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday remarked that the women in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are not safe and urged people not to send their women in the party.
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Former Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary joins TMC ahead of Assembly elections
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): India cricketer Manoj Tiwary on Wednesday joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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No political motive behind investigation against TMC allies by CBI, ED: Di
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 23 (ANI): Amid a spate of corruption investigations on people associated with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Dilip Ghosh on Monday said the agencies proceed with evidence at hand and the
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PM Modi inaugurates Kolkata Metro's Noapara to Dakshineswar stretch, other
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated several railway projects in West Bengal including the extension of Kolkata Metro's North-South Line from Noapara to Dakshineswar, the 4.1 KM stretch constructed at a cost of Rs 464 crores.
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Development in Bengal not possible if 'syndicate rule' persists, people wa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], February 22 (ANI): Hitting out at the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that West Bengal will not be able to progress if syndicate rule and "tolabaji (extortion)" continue to persist.
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Mamata unlikely to attend PM Modi's programme in Bengal today
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 22 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to attend the inauguration programme of several railway projects by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in Hooghly, according to sources.
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