West Bengal Government
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RG Kar protests: 77 Kalyani JNM Hospital doctors threaten mass resignation, set Oct 14 deadline
Kolkata | Oct 13, 2024, 02:44 PM ISTThe Kalyani JNM Hospital doctors wrote an email to the Registrar of West Bengal Health University and expressed solidarity with the junior medics of the RG Kar Hospital, who are on fast unto death for the last 9 days regarding their demands for justice of rape and murder victim.
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'Rape cases rising due to absence of timely action by Bengal government': Governor CV Ananda Bose
West Bengal | Oct 05, 2024, 11:48 PM ISTWest Bengal news: Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said that convincing and decisive action against the perpetrators on the part of the West Bengal government would help against heinous crimes.
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West Bengal Assembly passes 'Aparajita Women and Child Bill': All you need to know about it
Kolkata | Sep 03, 2024, 03:27 PM IST'Aparajita Woman and Child Bill 2024' seeks to strengthen protections for women and children. The legislation aims to amend existing laws and introduce new provisions specifically targeting rape and other sexual offences, enhancing legal measures against such crimes in the state.
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'Absolute failure of state machinery': Calcutta HC rebukes Bengal govt over hospital mob attack
Kolkata | Aug 16, 2024, 12:38 PM ISTThe Calcutta High Court issued a scathing rebuke to the Bengal government following a mob attack at a hospital. The court described the incident as an "absolute failure of state machinery," expressing grave concerns over the government's handling of law and order.
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West Bengal govt forms seven-member panel to review new criminal laws, Governor seeks report
Kolkata | Jul 18, 2024, 06:57 AM ISTThe committee will be headed by Justice (retired) Ashim Kumar Roy and includes state Law Minister Malay Ghatak and Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya.
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West Bengal Governor demands Mamata govt to issue white paper on state finances
West Bengal | Jun 30, 2024, 11:51 AM ISTAmid rising tensions, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has ordered the state government to issue a white paper on its financial situation, claiming a fiscal breakdown. This follows a day after the Governor filed a defamation suit against CM Mamata Banerjee over her comments.
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West Bengal government appoints Rajeev Kumar as new DG and IGP
West Bengal | Dec 27, 2023, 09:53 PM ISTWest Bengal new DG: A 1989-batch IPS officer with an engineering degree from IIT Roorkee, Kumar held prominent positions such as commissioner of Kolkata Police, joint commissioner (Special Task Force), and director general, among others.
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Law Minister criticises Bengal govt for failure to set up fast-track courts for sexual offence cases
India | Nov 10, 2021, 05:13 PM ISTSpeaking on the oft-repeated allegation of the opposition parties on the government's influence on the judiciary, Rijiju contended that such accusations were "unsavoury" and only worked to cast aspersions on its independence.
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West Bengal govt considers premature release of 63 life convicts in view of Covid-19
India | Aug 03, 2021, 07:15 AM ISTPremature release of 61 male life convicts, aged more than 60 years of age, and 2 female life convicts, aged more than 55 years of age has been approved by the Bengal govt.
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Bengal: BJP alleges its MLA attacked by TMC, police deny having information about it
India | Jul 05, 2021, 08:11 AM ISTThe BJP on Sunday claimed that its Sonamukhi legislator Dibakar Gharami was attacked by Trinamool Congress activists in Bankura district.
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BJP seeks Mukul Roy's disqualification from West Bengal Assembly
India | Jun 18, 2021, 02:50 PM ISTBharatiya Janata Party has sought the disqualification of party turncoat Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
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Mamata Banerjee defied protocol, misleading on controversy over Chief Secretary: Govt sources
India | Jun 01, 2021, 03:01 PM ISTWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee defied protocol in a review meeting chaired by PM Modi on Cyclone Yaas, say Government of India (GoI) sources.
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Bengal govt calls meeting with industry stakeholders on May 10 over COVID pandemic
India | May 08, 2021, 01:48 PM ISTWest Bengal government has called a meeting on May 10 with stakeholders of industry, factories, tea gardens to ensure protection of workers from the pandemic
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TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee meets Suvendu Adhikari, party says problems resolved
News | Dec 01, 2020, 11:17 PM ISTTrinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee and election strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday met Suvendu Adhikari, who resigned as a minister in the West Bengal government last week, following which the party claimed that all the issues have been r
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NEP 2020 lacks clarity, cannot be applicable to entire country: West Bengal government
India | Aug 31, 2020, 09:10 AM ISTThe committee formed by the West Bengal government to study the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP) is of the view that certain features of it lacked clarity while several others may not be applicable to the entire country, almost each state of which has a different cultural heritage, a member of the panel said on Sunday.
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East Bengal hopeful of joining ISL with help of West Bengal government
Football | Jun 28, 2020, 09:26 PM ISTWith their Centenary Foundation Day barely a month away, the club is grappling with financial woes following the premature pull-out of its former investor Quess Corp
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Fresh acrimony between TMC and Governor over video of decomposed bodies
India | Jun 14, 2020, 07:55 AM ISTThe TMC accused Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of peddling "fake news", drawing sharp retort. Dhankhar charged that the party was "deflecting from the main issue".
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West Bengal govt calls meeting with 17 state sports associations to discuss restart plans
Other Sports | Jun 11, 2020, 11:23 PM ISTThe West Bengal government has called a meeting on Friday with 17 state sports association, including the CAB to discuss plans to resume action.
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West Bengal government jobs: Group D staff vacancies for KMC and KMDA soon
Jobs | Feb 04, 2020, 04:02 PM ISTWest Bengal government jobs: With civic polls due later this year, the TMC dispensation has decided to fill up over thousand vacancies in government departments and municipalities, sources said on Tuesday.
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HC directs West Bengal govt to suspend all CAA-related media campaigns
India | Dec 23, 2019, 02:52 PM ISTThe Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal government on Monday to suspend all media campaigns related to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). A division bench of Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan and Justice Radhakrishnan directed the state government to suspend the campaigns on CAA till the court gives its final orders.