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Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi to list Bengali as classical language
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"I have written a letter to the Prime Minister. We have done research and assembled scientific facts that show that the Bengali language originated in the last 2.5 thousand years. We feel that this deserves to be classified as a classical language by the government," West Bengal Chief Minist
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BJP misusing ED, CBI; WB Governor their agent: TMC leader Kunal Ghosh
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid a war of words between the ruling TMC and the BJP over the attack on an ED team at Sandeshkhali in the North 24 Parganas district, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Wednesday accused the primary opposition party in the state of misusing central agencies.
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"Mamata Banerjee's intolerance, incapability turned West Bengal into Waste
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson NV Subhash on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on "pran prathishtha" at Ram Temple in Ayodhya and said that because of her intolerance and incapability, West Bengal has become Waste Bengal.
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West Bengal govt gives gun salute to music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan, peop
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan was accorded a gun salute by the West Bengal government as part of state honours in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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"Can never understand significance of Ram temple...": Keshav Maurya slams
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
BJP leaders have slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks that the ruling party at the Centre was "doing a gimmick before elections" over credit for the "pran prathishtha" at Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22
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"Not taking names of others to take credit themselves": Adhir Chowdhury sl
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are not taking the names of those who played an important role in the Ramj Temple movement with the intention of taking all the credits
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MHA seeks report from West Bengal govt over attack on ED teams
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The ED team was attacked in West Bengal's Sandeskh Khali after it had raided certain locations in North 24 Parganas district in connection with a ration distribution scam case.
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"Unparalleled genius...made us proud by making Bengal his home": Mamata Ba
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday condoled the demise of music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan and said he was "one of the greatest exponents of Indian classical music of our times"
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BSF thwarts cross-border cattle smuggling along Indo-Bangladesh border in
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In a joint operation with West Bengal police, the Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended four people and seized a heavy truck carrying 43 buffalos along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. According to BSF, the persons were apprehended after they were not a
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"Why should everything be painted in BJP colour?" Mamata bashes Centre
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"They say all of these projects need to be painted saffron. We respect saffron because it is worn by saints. But why should everything be painted in BJP colour?" Mamata Banerjee said speaking at a public distribution program in South 24 Parganas.
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North India shivers under thick fog, biting cold
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"Visibility recorded (at 0530 hours IST of today) (in meters): Uttar Pradesh: Bareilly, Varanasi (Babatpur) & Gorakhpur-25 each; Jhansi, Lucknow & Varanasi-50 each, Sultanpur-500; Rajasthan: Jaisalmer-50, Churu & Kota -200 each, Jaipur-500; Bihar: Purnia-50, Gaya-200; Haryana-Cha
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West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari seeks probe into Abhishek Banerjee's pension
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A day after Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee launched an old-age pension scheme for senior citizens in his Diamond Harbour constituency, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote a letter to the Principal Director General of Income Tax, urging an investigation i
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