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  West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee garlands bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in Kolkata

  India | June 11, 2019 13:31 IST

  Almost a month after the vandalising of the statue of Bengali polymath Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar during the BJP President Amit Shah's road show in the state capital, the West Bengal government had decided to replace the bust as a symbolic gesture.

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  Former Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar reports to MHA, day after relieved from duty by EC

  India | May 16, 2019 23:34 IST

  Senior IPS officer and former Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar on Thursday reported at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), a day after he was relieved from duty in West Bengal by the Election Commission, officials said.

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  Stalin criticises EC over order on campaigning in West Bengal

  India | May 16, 2019 16:54 IST

  The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu Thursday criticised the Election Commission for curtailing campaigning in West Bengal by 20 hours, throwing its weight behind West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.

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  Modi government is on its way out: Sachin Pilot on Kolkata violence

  May 16, 2019 12:14 IST

  Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot Wednesday condemned the vandalisation of a bust of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, saying it is a politically motivated step ahead of elections.

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  Mamata conducts protest march against vandalism

  May 16, 2019 8:05 IST

  Banerjee, also the chief minister, said she had never seen this type of EC which is "biased and full of RSS people".

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  RSS-BJP systematically attacking Bengal: Sitaram Yechury on desecration of Vidyasagar statue

  May 15, 2019 18:55 IST

  Accusing the BJP-RSS of systematically attacking Bengal and its ethos, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Wednesday said the saffron party was opposed to the very ideas propagated by social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, whose statue was desecrated in the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata.

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  Why Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is revered in Bengal and country

  May 15, 2019 12:34 IST

  Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer and philanthropist.