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Union Minister Subhas Sarkar sparks row over remark on Rabindranath Tagore
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Birbhum (West Bengal) [India], August 19 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar sparked a controversy after he remarked on the complexion of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore stating that he was "not so fair" and claimed that his family members discriminated against him.
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Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe in West Bengal's post-poll vi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 19 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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'Let her dream': Dilip Ghosh on Sushmita Dev's remarks over Congress, TMC
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], August 19 (ANI): West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Thursday dismissed as a pipedream the reported statement of newly-inducted Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sushmita Dev over Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee join
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Kolkata Airport officials receive call threatening to hijack plane
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 18 (ANI): Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata on Wednesday received a phone call threatening to hijack a plane.
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Over 200 people from West Bengal stranded in Afghanistan, Centre must arra
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that over 200 people from West Bengal are stranded in Afghanistan and the Centre must immediately make arrangements for their safe return.
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Pegasus snooping row: SC issues notice to West Bengal on plea against inqu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the West Bengal government on a plea seeking to quash notification for constituting an Inquiry Commission headed by a former SC judge to investigate allegations relating to Pegasus Spyware snooping case. Read More
CBI arrests CMD of pvt company from Maharashtra's Palghar in 'chit fund' s
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Chief Managing Director of a private company from the Palghar area in Maharashtra in an ongoing investigation of a case related to the Chit Fund scam.
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Former India cricketer Devang Gandhi named U-19 coach of Bengal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI): The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Tuesday appointed former India cricketer Devang Gandhi as the under-19 coach of Bengal.
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BSF foils major infiltration bid, nabs 9 Bangladeshis for illegally crossi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has thwarted a major infiltration attempt by apprehending nine Bangladeshi nationals in the bordering area of the North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, stated the BSF in a statement on Tuesday.
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Indus Towers enabling communication in heavy rains, cloud bursts, landslid
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): Amidst heavy rains, cloud bursts, landslides and flood hit areas across multiple states in various parts of India, especially in Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pra
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3 held by BSF for illegally selling liquor to youths at India-Bangladesh b
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended three smugglers for illegally selling liquor to youths residing on the India-Bangladesh border, the BSF said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Leaders left country, common people, women, children making sacrifices: Ya
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI): Yasmin Nigar Khan, granddaughter of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and All India Pakhtoon Jirga-e-Hind president on Tuesday slammed Afghanistan leaders who left the country and said common people, women and children are making sacrifices.
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