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TMC initiates t-shirt fashion ahead of Durga puja to attack Amit Shah
Kolkata: Taking a leaf out of a global playbook, where fashion has long been used as a political statement, Trinamool Congress has designed a T-shirt for its workers to flaunt and attack…
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Mamata pans Centre for not inviting her to be part of Bangladesh PM’s India visit
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the Centre for not inviting her to be a part of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ongoing visit to India. Banerjee also…
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48-hour dharna by TMC against release of convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress women’s wing Tuesday launched a 48-hour dharna in the city in protest against the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case, calling it “shameful…
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Netaji’s daughter says she’ll soon approach India, Japan for DNA test of ashes
Kolkata: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff said she will soon approach the Indian and the Japanese governments for a DNA test of the ashes at Tokyo’s Renkoji Temple. In an…
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CBI confiscates TMC leader Anubrata Mondal’s FDs worth over Rs 16 cr
Kolkata: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal on Wednesday confiscated bank fixed deposits worth Rs 16.97 crore in the name of Trinamool Congress…
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Kolkata firing: CISF jawan remanded to 14-day police custody
Kolkata: A lower court here on Sunday remanded Akshay Kumar Mishra, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan, who resorted to indiscriminate firing in the Indian Museum premises at busy Park Street in…
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Kolkata: After last night firing, security beefed up at the museum
Kolkata: Security was heightened at the Indian Museum in Kolkata on Sunday after a CISF personnel killed a colleague and injured an assistant commandant of the force in indiscriminate firing. CISF head constable…
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West Bengal: CISF constable opens fire, colleague killed
Kolkata: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper, who opened indiscriminate fire with his AK-47 rifle on Saturday evening, killing a colleague and critically injuring another, was neutralized and apprehended after over an…
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WBSSC scam: Woman hurls slipper on Partha Chatterjee
Kolkata: Partha Chatterjee, tainted in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) crore scam, on Tuesday afternoon felt the heat of the public rage when a middle-aged woman hurled her slipper…
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I don’t support corruption: Mamata breaks silence on TMC min’s arrest
Kolkata: Amidst the ongoing probe into the SSC scam case in West Bengal where state minister Partha Chatterjee is one of the prime accused, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday…
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Teachers scam: ED arrests Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee
Kolkata: After over 24 hours of marathon grilling, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam, finally arrested state minister and the Trinamool Congress…
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280 arrested over Prophet row violence, Bengal govt tells Calcutta HC
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday afternoon submitted to the Calcutta High Court a report on action taken by it on the incidents of violence in different parts of the state…
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Now Kolkata police summons suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma
Kolkata: The Kolkata police have issued summons to the suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma over her controversial comments about Prophet Muhammad which led to violence in certain pockets of West Bengal. The…
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Prophet row: Two top cops of Bengal’s Howrah district removed
Kolkata: Following the tension and violence in pockets of Kolkata’s adjacent Howrah district over the controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad during the last couple of days, the West Bengal government on Saturday…
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LGBTQ-friendly pan India Covid services locator launched in Kolkata
Kolkata: In the realisation that the pandemic situation caused people from the LGBTQ community great difficulties in accessing requisite medical services, three NGOs have come together to launch a pan-Indian COVID-19 services…
