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Mamata to visit Sandeshkhali on Dec 30 for first time since protests
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she would visit Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on December 30 to chair a public distribution programme. This would be her…
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RG Kar tragedy: Tension in front of CBI office following protests by junior doctors
Kolkata: Tension surfaced in front of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s special crime unit office at the central government office (CGO) complex at Salt Lake in northern Kolkata on Tuesday following…
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RG Kar tragedy trial: Recording of statements by 50 witnesses completed
Kolkata: Recording of statements of a total of 50 witnesses has been completed at a special Kolkata court during the ongoing trial of the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman…
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WB Doctors plan sit-in in kolkata over bail granted in RG Kar case
Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors (WBJPD) was planning to begin a sit-in demonstration in the heart of Kolkata from Tuesday over the CBI investigation into the RG Kar hospital…
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Mamata Banerjee congratulates Bengal students for Statistical Service Success
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday congratulated Sinchan Snigdha Adhikary and Biltu Maji who topped the Indian Statistical Service examination, stating that her government’s emphasis on encouraging students for…
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RG Kar issue: Day-long protests in Kolkata today on bail to Ghosh, Mondal
Kolkata: On Saturday Kolkata is all set to witness a resurrection of protests, as the medical fraternity and common people are fuming over the granting of “default bail” to two persons accused…
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‘Not backing down’: Junior docs after RG Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh gets bail
Kolkata: The junior doctors, who led a months-long protest over the rape and murder of the medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, expressed disappointment with the CBI investigation into…
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Centre must act, protect minorities in Bangladesh: Mamata
Digha: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the Centre must give protection to minorities in violence-hit Bangladesh, and bring back “those willing to return”. Banerjee also claimed that fake…
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Trial in rape & murder case of RG Kar Hospital doc to conclude in a month: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took note of the CBI’s latest status report and expressed confidence that the trial in the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar…
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Decision on complaints against Mahua Moitra will be taken at district-level meeting: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday made it clear that a decision on the complaints registered against the party MP from Krishnanagar Mahua Moira by…
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Researcher’s Indian citizenship questioned over his RTI query
In a very unusual occurrence related to the Right To Information (RTI) Act in India, the Calcutta National Medical College asked a researcher named Sabir Ahamed to prove his Indian citizenship in…
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Mamata Banerjee on her successor: Party will decide, not me
Kolkata: Amidst the ongoing internal struggle within the TMC between veteran leaders and the younger faction, West Bengal Chief Minister and party chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said any decision regarding her…
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Bengal govt calls for 50% devolution of taxes to states
Kolkata: Sixteenth Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday said the West Bengal government has urged the panel to increase the devolution of taxes to states from the current 41 per cent…
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Yunus in Bangladesh & Mamata in Bengal are same: S Adhikari
Kolkata: West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday for seeking to send UN peace-keeping forces to Bangladesh, saying that Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh…
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TMC’s minority cell to hold protest rally against Centre’s Waqf Bill
New Delhi: On the instructions of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Minority Cell of the Trinamool Congress will organise a public meeting on Saturday at Rani Rashmoni Avenue, voicing strong…
