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Shahjahan arranged goons over phone to attack ED staff at Sandeshkhali: CBI
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a district court on Thursday that the now-suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who’s the mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF teams…
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IndiGo aircraft brushes wings of Air India Express plane at Kolkata airport
Kolkata: An IndiGo aircraft grazed the wings of an Air India Express plane at the Kolkata airport on Wednesday, leaving wings of both aircraft damaged, officials said. The IndiGo flight was headed…
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BJP’s Dilip Ghosh makes controversial remarks against Mamata, TMC hits back
Kolkata: A controversy erupted on Tuesday after senior BJP leader and MP Dilip Ghosh was heard mocking the family background of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a purported video clip.…
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TMC terms CBI raids on premises of Mohua Moitra as ‘vendetta politics’
Kolkata: The TMC has dubbed the ongoing CBI raids on the premises of party leader Mahua Moitra in connection with the alleged cash-for-query case as “vendetta politics” and a desperate maneuver by…
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TMC lodges complaint against Bengal guv for interfering in poll process
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, accusing him of unlawfully meddling in the upcoming Lok Sabha…
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WB: TMC-BJP clash amid rallies led by Union MoS, state minister
Dinhata: Clashes broke out between TMC and BJP supporters in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Tuesday evening moments after a public meeting addressed by Union MoS for Home Nisith Paramanik got…
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Kolkata building collapse: Toll rises to 10, two still missing; landowner held
Kolkata: Rescue workers on Tuesday evening recovered the body of another person from underneath the debris of the collapsed five-storey building in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area taking the toll to 10, a…
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TMC complaints to EC about PM Modi’s model code ‘violation’
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday complained to the Election Commission alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the BJP candidate from Varanasi, has violated the model code of conduct by…
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Educating people: Kolkata youth icon Wali Rahmani appeals for funds, this time to build a hostel
By Heena Fatima Kolkata-based young education activist and youth icon Wali Rahmani who hit the headlines in September last year for collecting Rs 7.5 crore in seven days for a school building…
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West Bengal MPs Arjun Singh, Dibyendu Adhikari join BJP
New Delhi: Two MPs from West Bengal — Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari — joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Friday, saying that they were upset with the Sandeshkhali incidents. Singh…
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Denied LS ticket, another sitting Trinamool MP turns rebel
Kolkata: After Arjun Singh, another sitting Trinamool Congress MP has turned rebel after being denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections by the party leadership. Sunil Kumar Mondal, the sitting…
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District court extends Sheikh Shahjahan’s CBI custody by 8 days
Kolkata: The Basirhat sub-divisional court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Sheikh Shahjahan, the accused mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF teams…
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ED seizes ‘crucial’ documents from the residence of Sheikh Shahjahan’s aide
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday seized crucial documents linked to the multi-crore ration distribution case in West Bengal, including seven diaries, from the residence of a close confidant of now-suspended…
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CAA linked to NRC, won’t allow detention camps in Bengal: Mamata
Jalpaiguri: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is linked with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and that is the reason why she…
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TMC to launch mass outreach programme to counter BJP’s CAA narratives
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress will launch a mass outreach programme in West Bengal to counter BJP’s positive narrative about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the notification for which was announced by the…
