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  Fire breaks out in slum cluster in Kolkata's Topsia, dousing operations underway

  December 20, 2024 14:52 IST

  A video from the area showed thick smoke emerging from the slum cluster consisting of 150 dwellings. Locals from around the area helped the fire fighters in bringing the blaze under control.

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  West Bengal cold storage industry faces crisis due to potato movement ban

  December 17, 2024 23:02 IST

  The West Bengal Cold Storage Association has urged the state government to lift the ban on interstate potato movement, warning of significant financial losses and economic harm to farmers and cold storage operators.

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  Mamata sends message to rapists after Murshidabad case verdict, says 'Nothing less than...'

  December 14, 2024 17:02 IST

  Mamata Banerjee praises the death sentence in the Murshidabad gang rape case, reiterating her call for the death penalty for rapists and emphasising swift justice and stringent punishments.

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  Kolkata rape case: RG Kar's ex-principal Sandip Ghosh gets bail, to remain in jail in another case

  December 13, 2024 18:07 IST

  On November 29, the CBI had filed a chargesheet in connection with the RG Kar Hospital financial irregularities in which it has named former principal of the medical establishment Sandip Ghosh as the prime accused.

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  Kolkata: Severed human head found in garbage dump in Tollygunge area

  Crime | December 13, 2024 17:46 IST

  Kolkata: While identification of the victim is the key to solving the crime, investigators from the homicide section of Kolkata Police's Lalbazar headquarters are relying on all available CCTV camera footage from the locality to identify the assailant, a police source said.

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  Cold wave alert issued for West Bengal till Dec 15: These districts to be affected, check full list

  December 13, 2024 16:24 IST

  Cold wave in West Bengal: The IMD said the cold wave conditions are likely to prevail over Purulia, East and West Bardhaman, Birbhum, Bankura, Jhargram and West Midnapore districts till December 15.

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  Mamata Banerjee on leaders backing her to lead INDIA bloc: 'Indebted to everyone who honoured me'

  December 11, 2024 21:46 IST

  Lalu Prasad Yadav, Former Bihar Chief Minister and Union Minister, had also backed Mamata Banerjee for the leadership role in the INDIA bloc.

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  Supreme Court to hear West Bengal's OBC reservation case involving 77 communities on January 7

  December 09, 2024 20:51 IST

  The Supreme Court will hear West Bengal's appeal challenging the Calcutta High Court's decision to revoke OBC status for 77 communities, mostly Muslim, citing socio-economic backwardness as the basis for the reservation.

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  Mamata Banerjee on Bangladesh's territorial claims including Bengal: Will we have lollipop?

  December 09, 2024 16:58 IST

  Mamata Banerjee condemned provocative territorial claims by Bangladeshi politicians, urging unity, calm, and responsible discourse in West Bengal amidst rising tensions.

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  West Bengal: Three killed, house collapses in Murshidabad blast

  December 09, 2024 10:13 IST

  According to initial reports, Mamun Molla and Sakirul Sarkar were residents of Khairatala, while Mustakin Sheikh hailed from Mahtab Colony. All three were allegedly involved in making bombs inside the house when the explosion occurred.

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  TMC names Ritabrata Banerjee as candidate for Rajya Sabha bypolls

  December 07, 2024 15:49 IST

  Rajya Sabha bypolls: The elections for the six vacant seats of Rajya Sabha will be held on December 20 and results will also be declared on the same day.

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  West Bengal: 104-year-old man walks free after spending 36-years in jail

  December 04, 2024 15:49 IST

  Rasikt Mondal was sentenced to life imprisonment by District and Sessions court in Malda in 1992 after being arrested in 1988, on the charge of murdering his brother in a land dispute case.

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  West Bengal Assembly passes resolution seeking withdrawal of Waqf bill, BJP stages walkout

  December 03, 2024 23:48 IST

  The 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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  Potato traders threaten strike as Bengal govt persists on supply restrictions to other states

  December 01, 2024 14:59 IST

  The traders have expressed resentment over the re-imposition of restrictions to supply potatoes to the neighbouring states. The government's decision has garnered wide criticism from traders, and cold storage owners along neighbouring governments.

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  Six killed, 15 injured as bus falls into deep gorge near West Bengal-Sikkim border

  November 30, 2024 23:49 IST

  The authorities stated the injured are presently being shifted to a health center in Rangpo where they are undergoing medical treatment.

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  Bengal: Man arrested with confidential DRDO documents, radioactive californium in Darjeeling

  November 30, 2024 7:47 IST

  A police officer said that the arrest was made from Belgachi village in Naxalbari block on November 26 in a joint raid by the Army and the West Bengal Police.

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  BJP walks out of West Bengal assembly over rejected motion on religious attacks during puja

  November 29, 2024 14:14 IST

  BJP 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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  Bengal BJP holds protest march to Bangladesh Dy High Commission over ISKCON priest's arrest

  November 27, 2024 21:00 IST

  Earlier on Tuesday, Adhikari along with other BJP members protested outside the Legislative Assembly against the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das by Dhaka Police on charges of sedition. Suvendu Adhikari has called upon the govt to stop issuing visas to Bangladeshis.

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  BJP MLAs to march to Bangla Dy High Commission to protest arrest of ISKCON leader: Suvendu Adhikari

  November 26, 2024 23:38 IST

  On November 24, Police in Bangladesh arrested ISKCON-associated spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das. He was presented in the court on Tuesday from where he was sent to jail.

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  'Misinterpreted': Kolkata Raj Bhavan on row over Bengal Governor unveiling his own statue

  November 25, 2024 17:29 IST

  West Bengal Governor Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose clarified allegations of unveiling his own bust, stating it was a sculptor’s tribute for his two years of leadership.