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Recruitment 'scam': Calcutta HC cancels jobs of 36,000 primary school teac
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a major development in the West Bengal teachers' recruitment 'scam' case, a single-judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay at Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the cancellation of recruitment of 36,000 primary school teachers.
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"Mamata Banerjee's style of functioning is to silence opposition...." JP N
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing a book launch of 'Democracy in COMA: Silenced Voices of Women Victims in Bengal', Nadda said, "On one hand, we say that India is the mother of democracy. On the other hand, Mamata Ji's style of functioning is to silence the opposition. To see to it that there is no opposition."
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Cyclone Mocha intensifies into "very severe" storm, to peak by tonight: IM
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Cyclone Mocha intensified into a "very severe" cyclonic storm today over the Central and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal and moved nearly north-northeastwards, officials said on Friday.
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TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's Jan Sanjog Yatra completed 2000 km in 17 da
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
National General Secretary, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee who embarked on the two-month TMC mega event 'Jan Sanjog Yatra' on April 25 completed 2000 km in 17 days on Thursday at the TMC Bhawan in Kolkata district of West Bengal.
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BSF nabs smuggler with gold worth Rs 1.8-cr near India-Bangladesh border
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Border Security Force (BSF) has caught a smuggler with 25 gold biscuits worth Rs 1.80 crore under South Bengal Frontier while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India, the force said on Friday.
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'The Kerala Story': Why West Bengal banned film when it's running in other
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the West Bengal government over banning the film 'The Kerala Story' saying the movie is running in different parts of the country with similar demographic profile.
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"Why should you not allow it to run?" SC seeks response from West Bengal o
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the West Bengal government on the plea of the makers of the movie, 'The Kerala Story', challenging the decision of the Mamata Banerjee government to ban the screening of the movie in the State.
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Cyclone 'Mocha' intensifies into "very severe" storm
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
However, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 8 teams and 200 rescuers in West Bengal's Digha after warnings about cyclone 'Mocha' of intensifying into a severe storm.
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West Bengal CM proposes "diploma doctors" for primary healthcare centres t
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Stressing the need for meeting the shortage of doctors and nurses at hospitals, she asked the health secretary to form a committee to decide on the legal aspects of such diploma courses to train more doctors for primary healthcare units.
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West Bengal: NDRF deploys 8 teams after IMD's warning on cyclone 'Mocha'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"#CycloneMocha will convert into a severe storm on May 12 & a very severe cyclone on May 14, as per the predictions," said Gurminder Singh, Commandant, 2nd Battalion, NDRF.
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West Bengal: CBI arrests 2 in coal smuggling case
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The arrested persons are identified as Sunil Kumar Jha, then Director (Technical) Operation Eastern Coalfield Limited, a coal producer based in India and then Inspector, CISF Seetalpur Unit, ECL, Anand Kumar Singh.
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'The Kerala Story': "Standing with country's daughters or terrorists," ask
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Thakur said that the opposition parties are stooping so low that appeasement politics is more important to them than women's safety in the country.
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