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WB: SSB seizes snake venom worth Rs. 70 crore
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 25 (ANI): At least two persons were apprehended with two jars of snake venom in a joint operation conducted by 41 Battalion Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Customs Department in Siliguri at an area between Batasi and Panitanki here on Wednesday.
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WB: Left protestors clash with police, demand food security
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 22 (ANI): The clashes between the Left-wing protestors with the West Bengal Police, during the 'Nabanno Abhijan' march, turned violent on Monday.
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WB: Four dead as car of ex-MLA son rams into workers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bardhaman (West Bengal) [India], May 21 (ANI): In a hair-raising incident, four people were killed and four others were severely injured when a car allegedly driven by the son of a former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MLA from East Bardhaman district rammed into them.
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WB: CRPF officer killed in lightning strike, four others injured
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jhargram (West Bengal) [India], May 21 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed and four others were injured after lightning struck near Belpahari Tarafeni area of the Jhargram district.
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President Mukherjee to begin 2-day visit to WB from today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18, (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will begin his two-day visit to West Bengal from today.
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War of words sparks off between Barkati and WB minister over red beacon
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid, Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati on Sunday came down heavily on West Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury for refusing to remove red beacon from his car.
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WB minister flouts Centre's order, uses red beacon on vehicle
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), May 13 (ANI): West Bengal Minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury, who had questioned the Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Mosque, Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati, over the use of the red beacon, was himself using it atop his vehicle.
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WB: Deaf, mute girl gangraped in Malda
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Malda (West Bengal), May 8 (ANI): A deaf and mute 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three men at a mango orchard in West Bengal's Malda district.
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Narada portends Didi`s days in WB are numbered: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru/Kolkata (Karnataka/West Bengal) [India], Apr 29 (ANI): Following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registering a case against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in the Narada sting operation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
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WB Police assures action against cattle smugglers in Indo-Bangla tunnel
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
North Dinajpur (West Bengal) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): The West Bengal Police on Wednesday assured to take action against the smugglers after they received complaint from the Border Security Force (BSF) who has discovered the 100 metre tunnel between India and Bangladesh border built for cattle
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WB: Police seize arms, intercepts two in Murshidabad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): The West Bengal Police on Wednesday seized sixteen arms and fifty round ammunitions in Murshidabad district and intercepted two people in a vehicle at Sagardighi police station area.
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WB: Three killed, several missing as jetty sinks in Hooghly
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhadreswar (West Bengal) [India] Apr 26 (ANI): At least three people were killed and several others are missing after a temporary jetty submerged under water due to high tide in Hooghly's Bhadreswar on Wednesday.
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