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Woman held for spreading fake news on COVID-19 in WB
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): A woman in Kolkata was arrested on Saturday for allegedly spreading fake news pertaning to spread of coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Social workers provide food to homeless at Kolkata'
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Social workers in Kolkata were seen distributing food to the homeless and needy at an underpass in the city, which among the entire coutnry is under a lockdown aimed to break the chain of infection caused by the spread of coronavirus.
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Mamata Banerjee blames Centre for Tapas Pal's death
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), Feb 19 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday paid tribute to Bengali actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal here at Rabindra Sadan.
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It feels bad: Mamata after being snubbed for Kolkata metro corridor inaugu
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not inviting her for the inauguration of Phase I of East-West Metro corridor, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said a lot of hard work was put on the work of metro but they don't h
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Namami Gange project helps rejuvenate Ganga River in Bhatpara, Halisahar
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhatpara (West Bengal) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Situated on the banks of the Hooghly River, Bhatpara is known for its rich traditions in the field of Sanskrit learning and for its jute processing plants.
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West Bengal to not attend MHA meeting on NPR, Census: Sources
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 17 (ANI): West Bengal government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not take part in today's conference of State Chief Secretaries and Directors of Census to discuss Census and National Population Register which will be held in Delhi, informed sources from t
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Mamata skips Kolkata Port Trust's 150th anniversary celebrations
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday skipped the event of the 150th-anniversary celebrations of the Kolkata Port Trust, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Preparations underway for Ganga Sagar Mela in West Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Preparations are underway at Gangasagar, sub-division of South 24 Parganas for the Ganga Sagar Mela, which is scheduled to be held on the day of Makar Sankranti (January 15).
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If anyone snatches individual's right, they will have to go over my body,
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Pathar Pratima (West Bengal) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Reiterating that CAA, NPR, and NRC will not be implemented in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that if anyone tries to snatch the right of an individual, they will have to go over her 'body'.
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Academicians, filmmakers, actors, artists from West Bengal write to PM Mod
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): A group of academicians, filmmakers, actors, artists, and other professionals from West Bengal have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, extending their support to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), which grants citizenship to persecuted
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Drug peddler arrested in West Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Acting on a piece of information, the Narcotic Cell succeeded to apprehend a notorious drug peddler from Kolkata's Amherst Street on Monday.
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No words to describe such heinous acts: Mamata Banerjee over JNU violence
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the violence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University and said that words are not enough to describe such heinous acts.
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