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West Bengal Assembly passes resolution seeking withdrawal of Waqf bill, BJP stages walkout
Kolkata | Dec 03, 2024, 11:48 PM ISTThe West Bengal Assembly passed a resolution urging the withdrawal of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, with BJP lawmakers staging a walkout while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari clashed over the bill’s implications.
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Rift emerges between TMC, Congress over parliamentary focus during winter session: Reports
Kolkata | Dec 02, 2024, 04:58 PM ISTA rift has emerged between TMC and Congress in the ongoing Winter Session, with TMC prioritizing regional issues over Congress's focus on the Adani controversy.
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BJP walks out of West Bengal assembly over rejected motion on religious attacks during puja
Kolkata | Nov 29, 2024, 02:14 PM ISTBJP legislators in West Bengal staged a walkout after the Speaker rejected their motion to discuss alleged attacks on religious places during recent pujas.
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Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal bypolls, BJP fails to open account
Kolkata | Nov 23, 2024, 04:21 PM ISTTMC sweeps all six West Bengal by-elections, including the crucial Madarihat seat, marking a major political victory over the BJP.
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Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies
Kolkata | Nov 23, 2024, 11:56 AM ISTTMC candidates are leading by substantial margins in all six West Bengal bypoll constituencies, reinforcing the party's dominance ahead of the 2024 assembly elections.
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West Bengal Bypoll Results Highlights: Trinamool Congress wins all 6 seats, decimates BJP
Kolkata | Nov 23, 2024, 04:07 PM ISTTMC sweeps all six West Bengal assembly by-elections, including Madarihat, previously held by BJP, following the November 13 polls.
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TMC leader Sushanta Ghosh survives assassination attempt in Kolkata, incident captured on CCTV
Kolkata | Nov 16, 2024, 08:02 AM ISTTMC councillor Sushanta Ghosh survives an assassination attempt in Kolkata; one attacker was arrested, and an incident was captured on CCTV.
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BJP MPs write to Om Birla seeking suspension of TMC's Kalyan Banerjee from Lok Sabha
India | Oct 23, 2024, 07:59 PM ISTTMC MP Kalyan Banerjee smashed a glass water bottle and threw it away during a heated exchange of words with BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf Bill.
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TMC's Kalyan Banerjee suspended after he smashes glass bottle during JPC meeting on Waqf Bill
India | Oct 22, 2024, 04:01 PM ISTTMC MP Kalyan Banerjee smashed a glass water bottle and threw it away during a heated exchange of words with BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf Bill.
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TMC announces candidates for assembly by-elections in West Bengal | Check names
Kolkata | Oct 20, 2024, 03:29 PM ISTWest Bengal bypolls 2024: The six seats going for bypoll in West Bengal are Sitai, Madarihat, Naihati, Harao, Medinipur, and Taldangra. As per the Election Commission, the polling at these three seats will be held on November 13, while counting of votes will take place on November 23.
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TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mocks doctors' hunger strike as 'fast-unto-hospitalisation': 'Such tricks...'
Kolkata | Oct 14, 2024, 08:26 PM ISTTMC MP Kalyan Banerjee ridiculed the doctors' hunger strike describing it as "fast-unto-hospitalisation". He said that he saw one doctor join the protest one day and get hospitalised the next day.
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Majeed Memon leaves Mamata Banerjee's TMC, returns to Sharad Pawar's NCP
Maharashtra | Oct 04, 2024, 04:07 PM ISTAs a lawmaker, Majeed Memon has served as a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice and a member of the Consultative Committee on the Ministry of Law and Justice.
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West Bengal: Two accused arrested amid row over heckling of Bihar job aspirants in Siliguri
West Bengal | Sep 27, 2024, 08:06 AM ISTThe purported video from Siliguri showed two youths from Bihar allegedly being asked to produce documents and being heckled by a group of people. They accused students of trying to get jobs in central forces by producing fake domicile certificates of West Bengal.
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West Bengal: Basirhat MP Haji Nurul Islam passes away at 61
Kolkata | Sep 25, 2024, 02:56 PM ISTHaji Nurul Islam, the Trinamool Congress MP from Basirhat, passed away at 61 after a battle with cancer, prompting tributes from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and deep mourning within the local community.
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TMC MP calls agitating medics 'unfit to become doctors': 'Should be taken into custody for...'
Kolkata | Sep 13, 2024, 07:56 AM ISTThe TMC MP's remarks came as the protesting doctors refused to hold talks with the West Bengal government unless their demand for live streaming of the meeting to resolve the RG Kar hospital impasse was met.
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SC rejects TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's plea over ED summons in West Bengal school jobs scam
India | Sep 09, 2024, 12:00 PM ISTThe school jobs scam involves allegations of significant irregularities in the recruitment process for state-run schools, where it is claimed that jobs were exchanged for monetary gains.
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Kolkata rape-murder case: Supreme Court asks CBI to file fresh status report by September 17
India | Sep 09, 2024, 12:50 PM ISTKolkata doctor rape-murder case: A postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty at the hospital on August 9. A civic volunteer was arrested by the police the next day in connection with the case which the Calcutta High Court later transferred to the CBI.
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TMC MP Jawhar Sircar resigns, quits politics amid protest against Kolkata doctor rape-murder case
Kolkata | Sep 08, 2024, 01:11 PM ISTMeanwhile, it is pertinent to mention that the West Bengal Assembly passed an anti-rape Bill on September 3 that seeks capital punishment for rape convicts if their actions result in the victim's death or leave her in a vegetative state.
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Aparajita Bill Seeks Death for Rapists: Can States Create Their Own Laws?
Originals | Sep 03, 2024, 10:57 PM ISTThe West Bengal Assembly passed a new legislation called the Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024. This bill aims to make the state a safer place for women and children, especially in the wake of a tragic incident that occurred at RG Kar Medical College.
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TMC MLA Lovely Maitra lands in trouble after ‘butchers’ comment on protesting doctors stirs row
Kolkata | Sep 03, 2024, 09:14 PM ISTThe BJP slammed the Trinamool Congress leader for her alleged comments comparing junior doctors protesting the alleged rape and murder of a female medic inside a medical college in Kolkata to “butchers”.