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  Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calls Mamata Banerjee opportunist after Rahul Gandhi's ‘we are close' remark

  January 24, 2024 8:13 IST

  Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's 'Mamata Banerjee is an opportunist' remark came after party leader Rahul Gandhi said that the West Bengal Chief Minister is "very close" to him.

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  Kolkata Police's promise of job and biryani persuades man to climb down from bridge | WATCH

  January 23, 2024 16:05 IST

  Kolkata Police successfully prevented a potential suicide attempt as a distressed man climbed a bridge, causing traffic disruption for nearly half an hour. The 40-year-old resident, facing emotional distress post-separation and financial setbacks, heightened tensions during a busy Monday afternoon.

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  Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration event live-streaming by ABVP stopped in Bengal’s Jadavpur University

  January 23, 2024 8:01 IST

  ABVP had organised a live-streaming of the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha event on the Jadavpur University campus in West Bengal, which later resulted in a scuffle. The ABVP members protested with 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans.

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  Mamata Banerjee offers puja at Kalighat temple before all-faith rally amid Ram temple celebrations

  January 22, 2024 17:08 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led all-faith rally (Sanhati rally) in Kolkata came amid mega celebrations triggered across the nation on the occasion of the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya.

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  Ram temple inauguration: TMC, BJP to test their political might as Bengal politics heats up

  January 21, 2024 22:48 IST

  In the 2019 elections, TMC secured 22 seats, Congress won two, and BJP secured 18 seats in the state. The minorities comprise nearly 30 per cent of the vote share in West Bengal.

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  TMC ready to go solo in all Bengal Lok Sabha seats if 'due importance' not given: Mamata

  January 20, 2024 8:17 IST

  The exchange of barbs was out in the open between Congress and TMC over the seat-sharing formula in West Bengal, deepening the divide among the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc on the matter.

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  West Bengal: BJP writes to Mamata, urges her to declare holiday on Ram Mandir consecration day

  January 19, 2024 12:35 IST

  Various states have declared half-holiday on January 22 to mark the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The BJP wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to declare the temple inauguration day as holiday.

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  Calcutta High Court orders joint CBI-WB Police SIT to investigate attack on ED officials

  January 17, 2024 21:40 IST

  West Bengal: In a related development, another bench granted interim protection to ED officials against an FIR filed by Shajahan's caretaker, accusing them of theft, outraging modesty, and assaulting women and children.

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  Mamata to hold 'harmony rally' in Kolkata on Ram Mandir inauguration day

  January 16, 2024 17:21 IST

  The announcement by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came ahead of the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya which is also scheduled on January 22. The several opposition parties termed the consecration ceremony as the event of the BJP and the RSS.

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  West Bengal: Met Department forecasts rain in state from January 17

  January 15, 2024 19:51 IST

  Traffic movement in several parts of south Bengal was affected in the morning hours of Monday owing to moderate to dense fog.

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  West Bengal: Two more arrested in connection to ED officials attack in Sandeshkhali

  January 14, 2024 20:51 IST

  Two more people were arrested in connection to the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali village in North 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal, where officials were attacked by locals while they were travelling to conduct raids.

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  West Bengal Police unable to record ED officer's statement on assault during raid

  January 10, 2024 18:03 IST

  Despite visiting the ED office for the second time and sending three notices, the police team couldn't connect with the deputy director who filed a complaint about the attack in Sandeshkhali. The ED reported injuries and theft during the raid related to a ration distribution scam.

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  BJP indulging in 'gimmick show' ahead of Lok Sabha elections through Ram Mandir inauguration: Mamata

  January 09, 2024 16:16 IST

  The Ram temple in Ayodhya will be inaugurated on January 22, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and more than 6,000 people expected to attend the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony.

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  West Bengal: Acting ED director Rahul Navin reaches Kolkata after attack on its officials | VIDEO

  January 09, 2024 12:44 IST

  West Bengal news: A second agency team was attacked and their vehicle was damaged during the arrest of another TMC leader Shankar Adhya in Bongaon of the said district on the same day.

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  Enforcement Directorate reports Sandeshkhali attack to headquarters

  January 08, 2024 21:23 IST

  Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh's supporters assaulted the ED officers during the Sandeshkhali raid. The report includes minute-by-minute details and videos of the incident, prompting a potential National Investigation Agency inquiry.

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  TMC worker Satyan Chaudhary shot dead in West Bengal's Baharampur

  January 07, 2024 19:13 IST

  TMC worker Satyan Chaudhary has been staying away from the party since the last assembly elections due to some differences with senior leaders.

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  'TMC remains unified': Abhishek Banerjee dismisses reports of generational differences

  January 07, 2024 19:46 IST

  Amid recent speculations of internal divisions, Banerjee clarified during a program in Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas district, that unity prevails within the TMC.

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  Amid war of words, TMC says it has open heart for Congress, but ready to go solo in Bengal if needed

  January 06, 2024 14:22 IST

  The remarks come two days after state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said his party won't beg for seats from the TMC.

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  West Bengal: Kolkata Police receives bomb threat mail for Indian Museum

  January 05, 2024 14:08 IST

  West Bengal news: Bomb squad reached the location and visitors' entry to the museum has been restricted for the next few hours, said Kolkata Police.

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  ED team attacked during raids at TMC leader's village in West Bengal, BJP demands NIA probe

  January 05, 2024 14:23 IST

  The villagers reportedly surrounded the central agency team, vandalized the screens of the officials' car, and obstructed them from conducting their operations.

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  West Bengal: Initiative to help reunite person lost in Gangasagar Mela with family

  January 03, 2024 19:36 IST

  Every uploaded picture will have a docket containing details about the current whereabouts of the lost person, the secretary of West Bengal Radio Club, Ambarish Nag Biswas.

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  TMC labels Congress as BJP's 'broker' amid I.N.D.I.A bloc rift

  January 02, 2024 20:57 IST

  Sudip Banerjee emphasised the need to scrutinise Congress's role in different states, questioning its alliances with regional leaders like Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh, Lalu-Nitish Kumar in Bihar, and Arvind Kejriwal in Punjab and Delhi.

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  Mamata Banerjee visits hospital to attend her leg, shoulder injuries

  December 30, 2023 12:24 IST

  Banerjee, before boarding her car, conveyed her New Year greetings to people of the state and recited few lines of a Tagore poem praying for amity, win of humanity and peace.

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  West Bengal: Amit Shah, JP Nadda hold meeting in Kolkata to chalk out strategies for Lok Sabha polls

  December 27, 2023 6:14 IST

  The meeting was conducted to formulate the party's strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections next year. In 2019, the Trinamool Congress won 22 seats but faced stiff competition from the BJP, which won 18 seats.

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  Amit Shah, Nadda to visit West Bengal, hold several key meetings ahead of 2024 battle

  December 25, 2023 23:33 IST

  Amit Shah and JP Nadda will arrive in West Bengal tonight and hold a series of key organisational meetings with the BJP leaders. This visit is crucial keeping in view the 2024 fight in which the Opposition parties in the state, and at the national level, have come together to take on the BJP.

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  Bengal: Governor skips Jadavpur University convocation, 'ousted' officiating VC chairs event

  December 24, 2023 22:43 IST

  Buddhadeb Sau was removed from his office on the eve of the scheduled date of convocation on Sunday. Fresh tensions erupted as Governor Bose skipped the convocation ceremony at Jadavpur University in West Bengal and the 'ousted' officiating VC chaired the event.

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  West Bengal Governor removes Jadavpur University officiating VC on disciplinary grounds

  December 23, 2023 23:28 IST

  West Bengal Governor Bose has said that he will not allow the West Bengal universities to be "destroyed by politics", according to an official source.

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  West Bengal: Three persons, including six-month-old baby, test positive for COVID-19

  December 22, 2023 14:47 IST

  Three people, including a baby, was infected with COVID-19 in West Bengal, however, it is yet to be ascertained if the trio were infected with the latest JN.1 strain of the virus.