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Mamata Banerjee demands law for tribal land protection
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jhargram (West Bengal) [India], August 9 (ANI): On the occasion of International Day of Indigenous Peoples, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the country should bring law to protect the land rights of the tribal population.
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Abhishek Banerjee flight row: Mamata should ask for CBI probe; allegations
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 9 (ANI): Terming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation on Union Home Minister Amit Shah 'preposterous', BJP state vice president Jay Prakash Majumdar on Monday said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo should ask for a CBI inquiry if go
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Why does Mamata Banerjee want to protect electricity distribution monoply?
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for opposing the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Union Power Minister RK Singh on Monday asked why the Trinamool Congress chief wants to protect the monopoly in the power distribution sector.<
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West Bengal CM visits SSKM Hospital to meet TMC workers injured in Tripura
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday visited Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (SSKM) Hospital in Kolkata to meet Trinamool Congress (TMC) party workers who were injured in Tripura.
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Kolkata chaiwala famed for his Kishore Kumar renditions, seeks Bharat Ratn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 8 (ANI): A tea shop owner in Kolkata not just serves tea to customers but also entertains them by singing Kishore Kumar songs. Nag's videos went viral on social media.
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TMC opposes Centre's move to bring Electricity Bill in Parliament
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], August 8 (ANI): Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to refrain from placing the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in Parliament and called the Bill as "anti-people".
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TMC MP Santanu Sen takes jibe at Centre over vaccine shortage in Bengal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 8 (ANI): Taking a jibe at the Central government for handling the COVID-19 pandemic in a "non-serious" manner, Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen on Saturday said that the Prime Minister should be called a "Publicity Master", alleging that the Centre sold
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Abhishek Banerjee may be next West Bengal CM as becoming MLA within 90 day
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): It is next to impossible for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to become an MLA in less than 90 days which implies that she will have to resign from her post and in such circumstances, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is the only co
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Major ammunition haul in West Bengal, 30 countrymade bombs seized by BSF
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 7 (ANI): In a massive ammunition haul, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday seized a consignment of 30 countrymade bombs from Border Out Post (BoP) Nimtita in West Bengal's Malda district.
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RT PCR, full vaccination not enough, tourists should also undergo Rapid An
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 7 (ANI): As the influx of tourists rises in Kolkata, a city doctor expressed concern and said only a negative RT-PCR report or full vaccination doses do not suffice in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, 'they should undergo a rapid antigen test as well'.
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West Bengal: NDRF rescues pregnant woman from flood-affected village in Mi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], August 6 (ANI): An National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team on Friday morning safely evacuated a 23-year-old pregnant woman from the flood-affected village of Dirghagram in the Ghatal region of Midnapore, said the West Bengal Police.
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Shooting of Pia Bajpiee starrer Lost gets underway in Kolkata
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 6 (ANI/PNN): The shooting of the Hindi movie Lost, which stars actor Pia Bajpiee and is helmed by Pink director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury has commenced.
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