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Powerful explosion rocks Kolkata's Beleghata area, no casualties reported
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 13 (ANI): An explosion was reported in Kolkata's Beleghata area on Tuesday, said police.
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National Minorities Commission seeks report from West Bengal govt on turba
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Based on a complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga about the alleged pulling of the turban of a Sikh man by West Bengal police during party's "Nabanna Chalo" protest, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Monda
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Mamata urges Durga Puja Committees not to allow people without masks in pa
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 12 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged Durga Puja Committees not to allow people without masks in pandal during Puja celebrations.
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Congress revamps its WB unit ahead of 2021 polls
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): In the run-up of 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls, Congress has revamped its state unit with the appointment of chairmen/conveners of various committees, office bearers, and election committee.
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Resume local train services in West Bengal before Durga Puja, Swapan Dasgu
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Senior BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta on Monday wrote to Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal, requesting him to restore the local and suburban train services in West Bengal, ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja.
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Concerned about govt's inhuman treatment towards Balvinder Singh: West Ben
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 12 (ANI): A day after Balvinder Singh, whose turban was allegedly removed by West Bengal Police last week, was sent to police custody, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar took to the micro blogging site on Monday expressing concern over the "adversarial stance" of the state g
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Depression over west-central Bay of Bengal likely to intensify during next
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The depression over west-central Bay of Bengal, which had moved west-northwestwards during past six hours and lay centred near southeast of Vishakhapatnam, Kakinada and Narsapur, is very likely to intensify further into a deep depression during next 12 ho
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Raj Bhavan, BJP attempting to create communal disturbances in peaceful sta
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 12 (ANI): West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee on Sunday alleged that the Raj Bhavan and BJP are conspiring and trying to create communal disturbances in the peaceful state of West Bengal.
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Protesters block railway tracks in Hooghly, demand train services
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], October 11 (ANI): Protesters blocked railway tracks at Pandua railway station on Sunday demanding train services claiming that they face difficulty in commuting by special trains during the lockdown.
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Howrah court remanded Balwinder Singh to 8-day police custody, Sirsa meets
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 11 (ANI): A Howrah court on Sunday remanded Balwinder Singh, who was arrested with a firearm during the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's "Nabanno Cholo" protest, to eight days of police custody.
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West Bengal Home Department says political party giving communal colour to
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 11 (ANI): The Home Department, West Bengal government on Sunday accused "a political party" of blowing out of proportion the incident in which a Sikh man's turban was allegedly pulled off by police personnel during the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's meg
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West Bengal government meets criterion for imposing President's rule: Babu
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government meets all criteria to invoke Article 356 (President's rule) in the State, said Union Minister Babul Supriyo adding that she has made the State a hub of terrorists.
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