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Sovan Chatterjee quits as minister; CM asks to relinquish Mayor’s post too
Sovan Chatterjee, who held three important positions as the Kolkata mayor, fire and emergency services and housing minister, on Tuesday resigned from his ministerial positions after an…
Mamata Banerjee, Chandrababu Naidu meet to save democracy; root out BJP from Centre
The Lok Sabha elections are just months away and opposition parties are making their attempt to form an alliance. In a major leap to the step, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and…
Winter Session: New Bill likely to change High Courts names of Bombay, Madras, Calcutta
The name changing spree of the cities was not enough, as there are speculations that a new bill is likely to be introduced during the Parliament’s upcoming Winter session to rename the…
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Bengal singer alleges harassment at a Soiree organised by police
A playback singer from West Bengal has alleged that she was harassed and heckled at a musical event organised by the police at Dantan in West Midnapore. Mekhla Dasgupta, who rose to fame…
West Bengal: BJP threatens to move court if permission not granted for Rath Yatra
The BJP and Trinamool Congress (TMC) have been fighting on each and every issue in West Bengal for quite some time. The continuous fight may lead the BJP to move court now. West Bengal BJP…
General Elections 2019: BJP to field more Muslim candidates in West Bengal
BJP’s practice of gaining mileage through religion will again come into play in West Bengal for the General Elections 2019. It is actually thinking on the lines of fielding more and more…
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West Bengal: Youth rapes 100-year-old woman, arrested
In a shocking incident, a 100-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her neighbour in West Bengal’s Nadia district. It comes as a surprise that the alleged accused is a 20-year-old youth, who…
Kolkata: 2 dead, 14 injured in overbridge stampede at Santragachi railway station
At least two people died while 14 were injured, including two children and two women, following a stampede on a foot overbridge at the Santragachi railway station in West Bengal on Tuesday.…
Kolkata: Flights almost collide in sky after wrong instructions from officials, 2 benched
Two passenger flights almost came close to mid-air collision in Kolkata last Monday before the planes were pulled apart after being alerted by the onboard collision boarding system. Both…
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Home Ministry raises concerns with Mamata Banerjee’s proposal to rename West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s move to rename the state as ‘Bangla’ may be hampered after the Home Ministry raised concerns that the new name could be confused with Bangladesh,…
Odisha police rescues Kolkata woman, gangraped in Puri
The Odisha police on Thursday detained two people in connection with the gangrape of a 25-year-old woman from West Bengal. The police said that the woman was allegedly sexually assaulted for…
Kolkata: Fire breaks out at a godown in Tangra; no casualties
A massive fire broke out at a chemical godown in the Tangra area of Kolkata, informed the fire brigade officials on Monday. The fire reportedly broke out at around 5:30 pm in the evening…