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Centre releases Rs 414 crore, Rs 552 crore to cyclone 'Bulbul' affected We
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): MoS for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the Central government has released Rs 414.90 crore and Rs 552 crore to the cyclone 'Bulbul' affected states of West Bengal and Odisha respectively under State
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Don't play politics over dengue: Mamata Banerjee to opposition parties
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Amid the rising cases of dengue in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the Opposition of playing politics over the issue.
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WB: Presidency University students protest against rape, murder of Hyderab
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): The students of the Presidency University in Kolkata on Monday staged a protest on the streets against the rape and murder of a woman veterinary doctor in Hyderabad.
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Punjab Cabinet approves amendment to create rural land banks for industria
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): The Punjab Cabinet led by Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday gave in-principle approval to amend the Punjab Village Common Land (Regulation) Rules, 1964, to create land banks in rural areas to boost industrial development in the city.
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We have not received any financial assistance yet: WB CM on Cyclone Bulbul
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that the state has not received any financial help from the Centre as was promised after Cyclone Bulbul.
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I'd request all to think over it: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on review petition
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said that those planning to file a review petition against the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict should think over it as both parties have accepted the judgment.
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It is high time we re-educate, re-orient people: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Amid the national outrage over the alleged rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Sunday stressed the need for re-educating and re-orienting people towards human values.
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WB: Eight convicted in Murshidabad fake currency notes case
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): A special court has convicted eight persons in connection with the case pertaining to the high quality fake Indian currency notes (FICN) recovered from West Bengal's Murshidabad in May 2015.
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Pan-Indian strategy would not apply in West Bengal: BJP's CK Bose
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): BJP leader Chandra Kumar Bose, who is the grandnephew of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, on Friday said that a 'pan-Indian' strategy would not apply in West Bengal as the people of the state are "intellectually and politically alert".
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BJP's arrogance rejected by people: Mamata after TMC sweeps Assembly by-po
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the results of the assembly by-elections held in three constituencies showed that the people of the state have rejected the BJP's arrogance.
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West Bengal: TMC clean sweeps by-polls, wins all 3 Assembly seats
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday won all three Assembly seats in West Bengal, where the by-poll had been held on November 25.
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West Bengal governor calls for push for steel industry
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said that if India wants to achieve its target of 5 trillion economy, then the steel industry needs to grow.
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