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Sachin Tendulkar flags off Kolkata Full Marathon
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Former India legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday flagged off IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Full Marathon 2020 at the Iconic Rangers Ground here.
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3 drug peddlers arrested in Kolkata
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Three Jharkhand-based drug peddlers were arrested on Saturday in Taratala.
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Economy shifted from ICU to ventilator after Budget, says West Bengal Fina
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 1 (ANI): The Finance Minister of West Bengal Amit Mitra on Wednesday said that after the Budget announcement the Indian economy has been put on a ventilator.
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Coronavirus threat: IndiGo suspends Kolkata-Guangzhou flights from Feb 6
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): In the wake of the threat posed by the deadly coronavirus, IndiGo Airlines on Saturday announced the suspension of its flight operations between Kolkata and Guangzhou from February 6 to February 27.
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Mamata slams Centre for proposed divestment from LIC
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday slammed the central government for proposing to sell a part of its shares in LIC, saying that it is a plan to "ambush the heritage and legacy of the public institutions".
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SC grants bail to man arrested by Gujarat Narcotics Bureau in 2017
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court has granted bail to one of the accused, S Tiwari, a resident of Kolkata, who was arrested in 2017 by the Gujarat Narcotics Bureau near Porbandar sea in Gujarat for allegedly possessing 1,445 kilograms of banned narcotic substances.
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FIR lodged against Bengal BJP chief on woman anti-CAA protester's complain
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), Jan 31 (ANI): An FIR has been lodged registered against West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh at Patuli police station here on the complaint of a woman who alleged harassment by Ghosh and BJP workers at a rally on Thursday.
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Bank employees across India participate in 2-day nationwide strike
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna/Chennai/Bombay/Kolkata [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Bank employees from across the country on Friday participated in the two-day nationwide bank strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), seeking early wage revision settlement and other demands.
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NIA arrests wives of Naxal chief in terror funding case
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two accused from Kolkata in a case of terror funding of the proscribed Naxal organisation, People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI).
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Kolkata Port Trust chairman says precautions taken against coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has taken safety precautions in the light of the spread of coronavirus beyond China and the foreign crews coming to the port are required to undergo thermal scanning.
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Tradition broken at Calcutta University, says West Bengal Guv
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said that a 163-year-old tradition was broken when he was forced by the protesting students to leave the Calcutta University without awarding the degrees at the convocation ceremony.
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WB Finance Minister calls for 3-day session of state FMs on GST overhaul
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra has called for a three-day session of all state finance ministers to overhaul the framework of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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