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ECI justifies transfer of four senior police officials in West Bengal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday justified the transfer of four senior cops in the state, stating that the poll panel had already appointed a special observer to ensure free and fair Lok Sabha polls.
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'Chants of Modi, Modi' giving sleepless nights to Mamata: PM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], April 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday claimed that "chants of Modi, Modi" were giving sleepless nights to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee even as he vowed to free the state from Trinamool Congress led by her.
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WB: Brewing cup of misery compels students to boycott polls in Madhu Tea G
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): For the first time, students of Madhu Tea Garden in Kalchini block in West Bengal's Alipurduar district have decided to boycott polls over the factory lockout in the last five years.
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EC asks BJP to retract theme song composed by Babul Supriyo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party's theme song composed by Asansol MP Babul Supriyo cannot be played anywhere henceforth, after the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) raised objections against the compo
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Ethnic Dhimals await tribal recognition from successive governments
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): With only thousand-odd members, 'Dhimal' one of the oldest indigenous tribes of North Bengal 'Dhimal' who are facing a threat of extinction say they continue to await tribal status recognition.
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Have never seen a PM who lies so much: Mamata hits back at 'expiry babu' M
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Terming Narendra Modi as 'expiry babu', West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday lashed out at the Prime Minister over his claims that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government did not do anything for the poor.
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Hate for Modi making people speak against India: Modi
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lambasted the Congress and Mamata Banerjee for asking the proofs of Balakot air strike casualties and said that "their hatred for him had led to speaking against the country".
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Mamata Banerjee is biggest thief, says BJP leader Vijayvargiya
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being the biggest thief and said the people of the state will reaffirm the same by giving maximum seats to BJP in the Lok Sabha election
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Shah vows to deport infiltrators; citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist ref
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said that his party would deport each and every infiltrator from West Bengal and would give citizenship to Hindu, Buddhist, and S
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Won't comment on something a small kid said: Mamata on Rahul's criticism o
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she would not like to comment on criticism from a "small kid" while referring to allegations levelled by Congress president Rahul Gandhi against her government.
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KK Sharma, Retd DG BSF, appointed as Special Central Police Observer for W
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), March 26 (ANI): Election Commission of India has appointed KK Sharma, Retired DG BSF as Special Central Police Observer for West Bengal and Jharkhand. Sharma, a 1982 batch IPS official, would oversee the deployment and other security-related issues in both the States.
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SC refuses permission for CBI inquiry into murder of BJP workers in West B
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Mar 26: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant permission for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged murder of two BJP workers--Trilochan Mahto and Shaktipad Sarkar in West Bengal last year.
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