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  WB govt to spend Rs 60 cr to convert all bamboo bridges into concrete

  India | December 02, 2013 10:54 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee  has directed that all worn-out footbridges over canals be converted into concrete, as  lakhs of people use such bridges every day and there is an issue of their

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  WB govt to build houses, distribute seeds in flood-hit areas

  India | October 31, 2013 7:16 IST

  Kolkata: The West Bengal government has taken up a programme to spend Rs 75 crore for construction and repair of houses of villagers and Rs 10 crore for distribution of seeds and fertilisers among farmers

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  Refrain from 'crushing people's stir', Gurung says to WB govt

  India | August 16, 2013 9:07 IST

  Kolkata: Urging the West Bengal government to refrain from “bulldozing masses of Darjeeling Hills with the barrel of gun”, GJM supremo Bimal Gurung yesterday indicated that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is currently having an edge

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  WB govt asked to file affidavit on steps taken against Saradha

  India | April 25, 2013 16:42 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 25: The Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit on the steps it has taken against the Saradha Group and also directed the company not make any

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  WB Govt Demands Project Report From Ruia Within 7 Days

  August 02, 2011 12:21 IST

  Kolkata, Aug 2: Aggrieved over Ruia Group's handling of Dunlop's Sahaganj unit in Hooghly with production remaining suspended since October last year, the West Bengal government on Monday asked the company to submit a detailed

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  Strike Forced On People By WB govt: TC

  Politics | September 07, 2010 20:15 IST

  Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday  said the industrial strike by trade unions was forced on the people of West Bengal through "government backing and CPI-M muscle power."  "This is a politically motivated bandh forced on