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  Kolkata rape-murder case: Will handover the probe to CBI, if police unable to solve it, says Mamata

  August 12, 2024 15:22 IST

  After the gruesome rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, CM Mamata Banerjee met the family of the victim today. She said that if there are more accused and are still not arrested by Sunday, she will hand over the case to CBI.

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  NGT slaps Rs 3,500 crore penalty on WB govt for huge gap in waste management

  India | September 05, 2022 15:03 IST

  The green panel informed the government the state government does not prioritize setting up sewage and solid waste management facilities.

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  Bengal polls 2021: EC warns Suvendu Adhikari for making derogatory remarks at Nandigram rally

  India | April 13, 2021 14:40 IST

  The Election Commission of India warned BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari against making derogatory remarks at Nandigram rally

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  BJP man accused of Trinamool activist's murder found dead

  India | July 28, 2019 23:04 IST

  The body of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, accused in the murder of a Trinamool Congress activist, was recovered from a canal in Hooghly district's Goghat on Sunday, police said. The body of Kashinath Ghosh, 45, who was missing since the last few days, was fished out from a canal at Kota village of Goghat, about 90 km west of Kolkata, police said.

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  Centre seeks report from West Bengal govt on political violence

  India | June 15, 2019 15:47 IST

  The Centre on Saturday sought a report from the West Bengal government on the measures it took to contain political violence in the state.

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  West Begal govt to rehabilitate retired sex workers

  India | December 23, 2013 11:00 IST

  Kolkata: Retired sex workers from Asia's largest red-light district of Kolkata's Sonagachi, who are forced to live a life of penury after falling out of favour with customers because of advanced age, would soon be