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West Bengal: TMC leader Shankar Adhya arrested by ED in ration scam case
North 24 Parganas: Former Bongaon Municipality Chairman Shankar Adhya was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday midnight in connection with an alleged ration scam case. TMC leader Shankar Adhya was arrested…
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‘Was gheraoed by mob of around 1K people’, says ED after its team attacked in Bengal
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, whose “supporters” allegedly attacked an ED team in West Bengal, locked himself at his home at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, when the ED team…
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INDIA bloc in turmoil as Congress & TMC clash over seat sharing in Bengal
Berhampore: Fissures appear to have emerged in the INDIA alliance as its two key allies, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, on Thursday clashed over seat sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha…
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School jobs scam: ED conducts raids at 9 locations in Kolkata
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at nine different places in Kolkata in connection with its investigation into the alleged teachers’ recruitment scam, a senior official said. The raids…
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Homemakers should be rewarded for the domestic work: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: Homemakers should never be treated as “unemployed,” as they too have every right to be remunerated for the domestic work they do round the year, the Calcutta High Court observed on…
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After CPI(M), Mamata likely to skip Ram temple inauguration on Jan 22
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will in all probability skip the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. Although the Chief Minister has not made any announcement…
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Pro-Palestine slogans heard at Kolkata Queer Pride walk
Kolkata: Pro-Palestine slogans condemning the deaths of civilians in Gaza Strip in the battle between Israeli army and Hamas militants were heard here on Sunday during the annual Queer Pride walk. However,…
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Kolkata court grants interim bail to actress Zareen Khan
Kolkata: A city court on Monday directed Bollywood actress Zareen Khan not to travel abroad without its permission in connection with a cheating case registered at Narkeldanga police station here. After hearing…
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Centre’s Bills on replacing criminal-penal laws ‘draconian’: TMC
Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday moved a resolution in the West Bengal Assembly seeking consensus building on three bills introduced before the Parliament by the BJP-led NDA government to replace…
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WB: AISF’s Naushad Siddique ready to take on TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: Naushad Siddique, the sole All India Secular Front (AISF) representative in West Bengal Assembly, has said that he is willing to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Diamond Harbour constituency…
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Mahua Moitra ready for probe, demands protection from ‘misogyny’
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who accused the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee of asking humiliating questions during a “cash-for-query” hearing, expressed her readiness to cooperate with the probe while stressing the…
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Bribery accusation: TMC maintains distance from Mahua Moitra
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress has decided to maintain distance from the controversy surrounding its MP Mahua Moitra, who has been facing allegations of taking bribes for raising questions in Parliament. Darshan Hiranandani,…
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ED raids multiple offices across Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kerala in PMLA case
New Delhi: Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted search operations at multiple offices in West Bengal’s Kolkata, Telangana’s Hyderabad and Kerala’s Thrissur district under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act,…
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‘People bothered about Palestine..’: Taslima Nasrin says focus on wrongs nearer home
Kolkata: A life-long rebel, Bangladeshi poet Taslima Nasrin, believes that those of her compatriots who are bothered about atrocities against Palestinians should also be equally bothered about the plight of minorities in…
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Kolkata: ‘Durga Puja’ pandal breaking taboo with menstrual hygiene theme
Kolkata: The Durga Puja pandal of ‘Pathurighata Pancher Palli’ in Kolkata is breaking boundaries and a few taboos surrounding menstruation with its Menstrual Hygiene-themed pandal this year. “The Puja Pandal has been…
