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PM Modi targets Trinamool Congress, DMK governments; says Congress and its
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Trinamool Congress government in Bengal and the DMK-led government in Tamil Nadu, alleging that they had blocked some welfare-oriented schemes of the central government.
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5.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Bangladesh; tremors felt in Kolkata, surrou
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter Scale struck 188 kilometres from Dhaka on Friday afternoon, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said.
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Little excuses to stall everything: SC refuses West Bengal's request to re
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The issue was mentioned by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal before a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
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Mamata Banerjee rattled by SIR, accepting that 1.20 crore names added deli
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Ghosh said that the West Bengal CM opposed the SIR and approached High Court and Supreme Court to put up a "fight" against it. He further stated that Banerjee has agreed that duplicate names in electoral roll would touch 1.20 crore because they were included deliberately.
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'Vande Mataram' Composer Bankim Chandra's descendant Sumitra Chattopadhyay
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Sumitra Chattopadhyay, a descendant of 'Vande Mataram' composer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and a former senior official of the Labour Department, formally joined the BJP in Kolkata on Thursday.
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TMC leader Jay Prakash Majumdar flags concerns over ECI's move to deploy 4
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Majumdar said, "The Election Commission has its own mandate and manuals... In the case of SIR, they have breached several areas where they have been reprimanded by the Supreme Court itself, that you cannot do this."
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"Nothing will happen this time": Bengal minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay o
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to the ANI, Chattopadhyay said, "Mamata Banerjee assigned responsibility to everyone... Nothing will happen this time... They sent a lot of people from the force earlier, too."
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West Bengal: NCW takes suo motu cognisance of a woman's assault in East Mi
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of a brutal assault on a woman in West Bengal's East Midnapore. The victim was reportedly tied to a tree, stripped, and assaulted in the presence of her minor daughter, allegedly for protesting irregularities in a local
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Mamata Banerjee always tries to run parallel centre in West Bengal, says B
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh on Wednesday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has always run parallel to the central government, underlining that it is not right for the federal structure, after Banerjee's proposal to change the name of West Bengal to 'Bangla.'
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"Don't do politics over this:" BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul on Mamata Banerjee's
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Agnimitra Paul on Wednesday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her call to rename the state from West Bengal to 'Bangla', urging the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader to refrain from doing politics over the state's name.
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WB: Bomb reported on railway tracks near Sainthia railway station in Birbh
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A bomb was reported on railway tracks around 1.5 kilometres from Sainthia railway station in Birbhum district today.
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Jain Manas Stambh, other state
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Addressing the gathering, CM Banerjee described Bhawanipur as a "mini-India," emphasising that people from all castes and religions live together harmoniously in the area. She further stressed that every religion and caste possesses its own unique specialities and cultural significance. Read More
