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Acid leaks from tanker en route Kolkata on NH-16
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Nayagarh (Odisha) [India], June 18 (ANI): A tanker loaded with acid en route Kolkata in West Bengal from Odisha's Brahmapur started to leak near Champagarh on National Highway (NH) number 16.
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Calcutta HC to hear Mamata's plea challenging Nandigram Assembly poll resu
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 18 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Calcutta High Court challenging Assembly election result in Nandigram where BJP's Suvendu Adhikari has emerged victorious. The court will hear the matter today.
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Governor involved in 'conspiracy' to disturb Bengal, alleges TMC leader Ku
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 17 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday hit out at West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar alleging that the latter was involved in a "conspiracy" to disturb Bengal.
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Month after Trinamool's win, defectors who joined BJP queue up to return
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 17 (ANI): Close on the heels of Mukul Roy who recently returned to the Trinamool Congress, several Bharatiya Janata Party leaders including MP Sunil Mondal, Rajib Banerjee has voiced their criticism against the BJP.
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Amit Mitra urges Centre not to shift SAIL raw materials unit from Kolkata
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 17 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday urged Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to not shift the raw materials division (RMD) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) from Kolkata, saying that the move could impact two steel pla
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Kolkata Police questions Mithun Chakraborty over controversial speech duri
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty was questioned by the Kolkata Police on Wednesday over a controversial speech during the Bengal election campaign.
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BJP's Sunil Mondal hints at returning to TMC
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Former TMC leader Sunil Mondal, who had joined the BJP before the recently held West Bengal Assembly elections, on Tuesday stated that many who left TMC for BJP are now feeling "uncomfortable", hinting at a possible return to TMC.
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Bengal govt hits back at Dhankhar over letter questioning Mamata's silence
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Slamming West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over his letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on post-poll violence, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government on Tuesday said the contents of the letter were "not consistent with real facts". Read More
Minority Commission seeks detailed report of post-poll violence in WB from
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Taking cognisance of the post-poll violence in West Bengal, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Tuesday asked the West Bengal's Director General of Police to submit a detailed report on the matter within 21 days.
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Bengal STF takes charge of probe of Chinese national arrested from India-B
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Tuesday took the charge of the investigation of the Chinese national, who was apprehended from the India-Bangladesh Border in West Bengal last week.
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COVID-19: Kolkata scientist invents pocket ventilator
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemc, Kolkata-based Scientist Dr Ramendra Lal Mukherjee, an engineer by profession has invented a highly portable battery operated ventilor which can be used by people who suffer from breathing problem,
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Former TMC leader Vinay Mishra sends legal notice to BJP's Suvendu Adhikar
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): Former TMC leader Vinay Mishra on Tuesday served a legal notice to the Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, demanding to delete his June 11 "false" tweet, in which he said that Mishra renounced Indian citizenship but was
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