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  Modi rally : Army gives clearance for chopper to land at Kolkata Race Course

  India | February 05, 2014 12:04 IST

  Kolkata: Army authorities late on Tuesday night gave clearance to the organisers of Narendra Modi's rally to land his helicopter at RCTC (Royal Calcutta Turf Club) grounds close to the rally venue at Brigade Parade

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  West Bengal government names road after Suchitra Sen, to erect memorial

  India | January 18, 2014 10:37 IST

  Kolkata:  The West Bengal government on Friday renamed the road leading to the residence of legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen after her besides deciding to erect a monument in her honour at a city crematorium."A

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  Kolkata gang-rape case: HC asks West Bengal government about its position on CBI probe

  India | January 10, 2014 13:04 IST

  Kolkata: The girl, raped by the gang in October, was subjected to the brutality a second time after she filed a police complaint naming six people for the sexual assault.A murder case has been filed

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  Rs 157 crore allocated for repair of roads in Bengal

  India | September 13, 2013 7:49 IST

  Kolkata: The West Bengal Government yesterday allocated of Rs 157 crore to the state's 127 civic bodies including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation for repair of major roads in the state before Durgapuja.  “We need a

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  West Bengal government will be responsible for any untoward incident: GJM

  National | August 05, 2013 19:47 IST

  Darjeeling, Aug 5: As the party-sponsored bandh entered the third day on Monday, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading the movement for a separate Gorkhaland state, warned the West Bengal government that it would

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  Mamata government unleashing terror: CPI-M

  National | July 06, 2013 18:15 IST

  Kolkata, July 6: The CPI-M Saturday accused the West Bengal government of unleashing terror in the run up to the panchayat polls and of challenging the election system.Rabin Deb, state secretariat member of the CPI-M

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  Thousands walk together as Kolkata protests rapes, atrocities

  India | June 22, 2013 7:27 IST

  Kolkata, June 22: Cutting across age and social status, members of civil society, rights groups and various women's fora took to the city streets Friday to take a united stand against the West Bengal government's

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  Centre returns Mamata government's bill against Ponzi funds

  National | June 07, 2013 12:34 IST

  Kolkata, June 7: The centre has returned to the West Bengal government the Bill passed by the state assembly in April to rein in ponzi firms.Sources said the central government asked the state to correct

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  Congress ministers to quit Mamata ministry Saturday

  National | September 21, 2012 17:02 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 21: With union ministers belonging to the Trinamool Congress resigning Friday, the Congress said its ministers in the West Bengal government will put in their papers Saturday."All the Congress ministers in the West

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  Uma Bharati issues challenge to Bengal government

  National | September 19, 2012 18:25 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 19 :  After being denied permission by the West Bengal government to hold rallies to mark the commencement of ‘Ganga Samagra Yatra' at Gangasagar area in the South 24 Parganas district, senior BJP

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  Athlete Pinki Pramanik alleges police atrocities in custody

  Other Sports | July 11, 2012 19:53 IST

  Kolkata, Jul 11 : Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, who today walked out of jail after spending 26 days in custody on charges of rape, alleged that police had tied her hands and legs

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  West Bengal Govt Seeks Army Help

  India | September 19, 2011 0:03 IST

  Kolkata, Sept 18: The West Bengal government tonight asked the Army to assist civil authorities, if needed, in relief and rescue work in Darjeeling and some other quake-hit North Bengal districts.“I have talked to the

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  WB Govt To Withdraw Cases, Says Mamata

  National | July 21, 2011 18:20 IST

  Kolkata, Jul 21 :  After deciding to release 52 political prisoners, the West Bengal government will now withdraw cases filed by the Left Front regime against those who took part in Singur and Nandigram movements

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  Rumblings About Gorkhaland In Darjeeling Again

  India | July 07, 2011 14:00 IST

  Siliguri, Jul 7: Exactly a month after the West Bengal government signed a bipartite agreement with the GJM, described as ‘historic' by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, rumblings about ‘Gorkhaland' are again being heard

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  We Did Not Abandon Singur Project, Tata Motors Tells High Court

  June 29, 2011 20:08 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 29 :  Tata Motors today told the Calcutta High Court that it had not abandoned the Singur project as stated by West Bengal government and claimed it was forced to leave due to

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  SC Asks WB Govt Not To Return Tata Land To Singur Farmers

  India | June 29, 2011 14:23 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 29 : The Supreme Court today directed the West Bengal government not to go ahead with distribution and return of land in Singur to farmers which was acquired for Tata Motors' small

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  West Bengal Assembly Passes Singur Bill

  India | June 14, 2011 18:46 IST

  Kolkata, June 14: A bill seeking to empower the West Bengal government to return land in Singur to farmers was today passed by the Assembly amidst a walkout by members of the Opposition Left parties.The