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  Suvendu Adhikari warns Mamata after Delhi results: '2026 mein Bengal Ki Baari'

  February 09, 2025 8:01 IST

  Suvendu Adhikari's statement came in the wake of BJP's dominating victory in the Delhi Assembly elections. The elections in West Bengal are slated for March-April next year.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case victim's parents meet RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Kolkata

  February 09, 2025 7:03 IST

  The father of the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder victim gave a letter to the RSS chief with names of suspects that the family believes to have been involved in the crime. Bhagwat assures the victim's parents that justice will be served.

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  Denied leave, man stabs four colleagues in Kolkata, walks around with bloodstained knife

  February 07, 2025 12:46 IST

  A video shows the man, who is a state government employee, walking around with a knife and two bags, one on his back and another in his hand in broad daylight.

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  Bengal Business summit 2025 secures investment proposals worth Rs 4.40 lakh crore: Mamata Banerjee

  February 06, 2025 17:01 IST

  Bengal Business Summit 2025: The 8th edition of Bengal Global Business Summit was held on February 5-6, 2025 in Kolkata.

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  School job aspirants take out protest rally in Kolkata demanding CM's intervention in SLST 2016

  February 06, 2025 14:46 IST

  The job aspirants who took out the rally in city's Maidan area claimed that despite clearing the State Level Selection Test (SLST) 2016 they have not received their appointment letter.

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  West Bengal to impose hefty penalties for spitting and chewing tobacco in public spaces

  February 05, 2025 17:02 IST

  West Bengal plans to introduce a new bill with hefty fines to curb public spitting and tobacco chewing, aiming to improve cleanliness and public health in the state.

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  Trinamool Congress calls for renaming West Bengal to 'Bangla'

  February 04, 2025 18:25 IST

  The Trinamool Congress (TMC) urged the renaming of West Bengal to 'Bangla' in the Rajya Sabha, emphasising the state's cultural heritage and history while highlighting the central government's inaction on the 2018 resolution.

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  Woman tricks husband into selling kidney for daughter's education, elopes with lover taking money

  February 02, 2025 20:51 IST

  A woman in Kolkata kept asking her husband for the past year to sell his kidney and admit their 12-year-old daughter to a good school. Giving on her demands, he sold kidney only to be duped by her.

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  West Bengal: Several flights delayed at Kolkata airport due to fog

  February 02, 2025 17:21 IST

  West Bengal: Flight operations at NSCBI Airport were disrupted for three consecutive days from January 23 to January 25 due to dense fog, affecting the schedules of airlines and causing inconvenience to passengers.

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  Three suspected GBS deaths reported in West Bengal in four days

  January 30, 2025 9:44 IST

  GBS cases: Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare condition in which the body's immune system attacks the nerves. It can cause weakness, numbness or paralysis.

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  Mamata Banerjee alleges Kolkata Police band not allowed to perform, Raj Bhavan clarifies | Watch

  January 26, 2025 23:13 IST

  In a video surfaced on social media, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is seen angrily arguing with officials. Later, the Governor House clarified the issue, saying it was a matter of assigning a space to the city police band.

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  BSF seizes consignment of banned cough syrup worth 1.4 crore near India-Bangladesh border

  January 25, 2025 20:10 IST

  The Border Security Force (BSF) seizes the consignment of banned cough syrups in three storage tanks after getting a tip-off. The banned Phensedyl is smuggled across the Indo-Bangladesh border and the latest seizure is considered by BSF as a big blow to smugglers.

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  Dense fog disrupts operations at Kolkata airport, over 70 flights affected

  January 23, 2025 13:18 IST

  Passengers faced significant inconveniences as many early morning flights were delayed.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: CBI challenges lower court order in HC, seeks death penalty for Sanjay Roy

  January 22, 2025 18:36 IST

  The CBI has filed a plea in the Calcutta High Court seeking the death penalty for the convict Sanjay Roy.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: CBI likely to move HC seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy, say sources

  January 22, 2025 16:54 IST

  The CBI is set to appeal the lower court’s decision in the R.G. Kar Medical College rape case, seeking the death penalty for the accused. The case, labeled as "rarest of rare," highlighted the agency’s push for stricter punishments for heinous crimes.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: Bengal govt moves Calcutta HC seeking death penalty for accused Sanjay Roy

  January 21, 2025 12:22 IST

  RG Kar rape-murder case: A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment on Monday after he was convicted of the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run medical college and hospital.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: Mamata govt to move HC for capital punishment for convict Sanjay Roy

  January 20, 2025 21:21 IST

  Expressing "dissatisfaction" over a Kolkata court awarding life imprisonment to the convict in the RG Kar hospital case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed the probe was "forcibly" taken away from the state police.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: Don't want compensation but justice, say victim's parents to judge

  January 20, 2025 16:18 IST

  The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court awarded life imprisonment to the accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case and also fined Rs 50,000 to the accused. During the hearing of the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation sought "capital punishment" for the accused Sanjay Roy.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: Judge Anirban Das says it is not the 'rarest of rare' cases

  January 20, 2025 16:07 IST

  While hearing the case, Anirban Das, Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sealdah court, said the crime did not fall under the "rarest of the rare" category, which justified not imposing the death penalty on the convict.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: CM Mamata Banerjee says 'not satisfied' with life imprisonment verdict

  January 20, 2025 16:28 IST

  The Kolkata court asked the state to pay a compensation of Rs 17 lakh to the family of the deceased doctor, however, the victim's parents said they only wanted justice.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: Convict Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment by local court

  January 20, 2025 15:26 IST

  RG Kar rape-murder case: Explaining the penalties of the section, the court said to the accused Sanjay Roy, "I told you the previous day the charges you were convicted against and the charges that have been proven against you."

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  RG Kar case hearing: CBI lawyer seeks capital punishment, accused says he is falsely implicated

  January 20, 2025 13:36 IST

  Sanjay Roy to be sentenced today following his conviction for the brutal assault and killing of 31-year-old trainee doctor, sparking national outrage and calls for increased security in medical institutions.

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  RG Kar case: If my son is guilty, he should be punished, says mother of convict Sanjoy Roy

  January 19, 2025 12:57 IST

  The mother and sister of convicted rapist and murderer Sanjoy Roy express acceptance of the court's verdict, stating that he should face the punishment he deserves.

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  RG Kar case: 'Won't rest until all are punished,' vows victim's mother as court convicts Sanjay Roy

  January 18, 2025 21:15 IST

  RG Kar case: The Sealdah Court found Sanjay Roy guilty in the rape and murder case of the junior medic in the RG Kar Hospital. However, during the hearing he said that he was being framed to which the court said that they would hear him on Monday. The punishment is to be announced on Monday.

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  RG Kar hospital rape-murder case: Accused Sanjay Roy, says 'I am being framed, others let off...'

  January 18, 2025 16:10 IST

  A Kolkata court has found Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, guilty of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College. The crime, which occurred in 2020, shocked the nation and sparked protests demanding better security for healthcare workers.

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  What RG Kar victim's father told judge after accused Sanjay Roy was held guilty

  January 18, 2025 15:25 IST

  The case involves the alleged rape and murder of a 28-year-old postgraduate medical trainee on August 9, whose lifeless body was discovered in a hospital seminar room. Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, was arrested the next day.

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  RG Kar hospital rape-murder case: Main accused Sanjay Roy found guilty

  January 18, 2025 16:04 IST

  Sanjay Roy has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, sparking widespread outrage and calls for enhanced security for healthcare workers, with sentencing set for Monday.

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  RG Kar hospital case: Kolkata court to pronounce verdict in rape-murder of trainee doctor today

  January 18, 2025 10:00 IST

  A verdict is expected today in the case of a 31-year-old trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College, with nationwide protests and significant legal and political repercussions.