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Suvendu Adhikari demands cancellation of Kolkata civic polls, likens Mamat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 19 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday slammed the West Bengal government over incidents of violence during the Kolkata municipal elections and compared Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to North Korea lea
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Pegasus row: Mamata Banerjee wants to spread jungle raj by not trusting co
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Day after the Supreme Court stayed probe by West Bengal government into the Pegasus matter, BJP said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to spread 'jungle raj' by not trusting constitutional institutions.
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Punjab, West Bengal govts expressed apprehension at extension of BSF juris
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Punjab and West Bengal governments have expressed apprehension at the extension of the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) and said that such a move encroaches upon the powers of the State, Union Minister for State for Home Affairs Nityanand
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SC declines to interfere with Calcutta HC's order restraining arrest of BJ
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the West Bengal government's appeal against the Calcutta High Court's decision to protect Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari from arrest in cases registered against him after he switched
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Dhankhar slams WB Govt, speaker over Howrah civic bill
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 11 (ANI): West Bengal government has not yet responded to queries regarding the bill to make divisions in the Howrah Municipal Corporation, State governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Saturday.
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SC says State force should never be used to "browbeat" political opinion o
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court has said that state force should never be used to either "browbeat" a political opinion or journalists and that the debasement in the dialogue which is taking place needs "introspection from the political class across the country".
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Decided to withdraw FIRs against Opindia.com editor: WB govt to SC
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw the FIRs registered against online publication Opindia.com's editor Nupur Sharma and others for articles published on the website.
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BJP moves SC praying deployment of central forces for civic polls in Kolka
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the West Bengal government, the state election commission and other functionaries to produce a comprehensive action plan and deploy sufficient Central Pol
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West Bengal extends Covid-19 restrictions in wake of Omicron scare
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 30 (ANI): West Bengal government on Tuesday extended the COVID-19 restrictions in the state till December 15 in view of the newly detected coronavirus variant Omicron.
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Mamata Banerjee for increasing ex gratia
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 29 (ANI): Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that if the West Bengal government pays 25% of the ex gratia amount of Rs 4 lakh to kin of those who died of COVID,
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Three Tripura drug kingpins hiding in Bengal, CM accuses Bengal administra
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 22 (ANI): Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has accused the West Bengal government of protecting three-drug kingpins who fled away from Tripura and took shelter in West Bengal.
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WB govt relaxes restriction on movement ahead of INDvNZ T20 match
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 20 (ANI): In view of India versus New Zealand T20 match at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Sunday, the West Bengal government has relaxed the 11 pm to 5 am restrictions for two hours on the movement of people and vehicles associated with the match.
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