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Poll Violence: BJP worker succumbs to injuries in Bengal; toll mounts to 46
Kolkata: The death toll in panchayat election related violence in West Bengal continued to rise after a BJP worker, who was injured in clashes on the counting day on July 11, died…
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Bengal panchayat polls: CVoter Opinion Poll indicates discomfort for Trinamool
Kolkata: Despite maintaining an overall supremacy in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat elections in West Bengal, the ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll for the rural civic body polls has indicated some major…
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Bengal govt orders to stop paying salaries to Guv appointed V-Cs
Kolkata: The state secretariat-Raj Bhavan tussle in West Bengal is heading for an even murkier turn as the state education department has ordered to stop the payment of salaries and allowances to…
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‘BJP trying to create violence in Bengal in lines of Manipur’: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that the BJP is trying to instigate violence between communities in West Bengal along the lines of Manipur. “In West Bengal, they…
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BJP chief J.P. Nadda likely to visit Bengal in June
Kolkata: BJP national president J.P. Nadda is expected to visit West Bengal next month to finalise the party’s strategy for the upcoming three-tier panchayat polls in the state. A member of the…
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Bengal Ram Navami clashes: NIA files six FIRs
Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Ram Navami clashes in West Bengal following an order of the Calcutta High Court, has so far filed six FIRs. Sources said…
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Efforts on to evacuate Bengal people stranded in strife-torn Manipur: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said efforts are underway to evacuate people of the state stranded in violence-hit Manipur. Expressing concern over the violent clashes in the northeastern…
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Will never allow NRC in Bengal: Mamata
Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday maintained that she would “never allow” implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state. “No one has to worry about…
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West Bengal: 11 detained for violence in Kaliaganj; curfew continues
Kaliaganj: A total of 11 people have been detained for their alleged involvement in violence at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district over the death of a teenage girl, even as roads in…
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Ram Navami violence: NGO fact-finding team prevented from reaching Howrah
Kolkata: The members of a fact-finding team of an NGO from Delhi, who have come to review the situation at Shibpur and Kazipara areas in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district where clashes broke out…
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After Ram Navami clashes, Hanuman Jayanti celebrated peacefully
Kolkata: The Hanuman Jayanti celebrations passed off peacefully in West Bengal as security forces maintained a strict vigil across the state to avoid a rerun of the violence that marked the Ram…
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Hanuman Jayanti: Calcutta HC asks Bengal govt to mull deploying central forces
Kolkata: In the wake of the violence in Rishra in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday advised the state government to consider deploying central…
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NCPCR seeks Bengal govt’s report on child marriages
Kolkata: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sent a notice to the West Bengal government seeking clarifications on the allegations of negligence by appropriate state authorities in connection…
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Post-Ram Navami fresh violence erupts in Bengal’s Hooghly
Kolkata: Fresh violence has erupted at the Rishra police station in West Bengal’s Hooghly district following railway services at the busy Howrah-Burdwan main division of Eastern Railways during the same time period.…
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Why is PM Modi ‘silent’: Kapil Sibal on Bengal, Bihar communal violence
New Delhi: In the wake of communal violence in West Bengal and Bihar, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday questioned the “silence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the matter, and…
