The primary accused in the rape of a West Bengal-based activist who had come to participate in farmer’s protest at Tikri border in Haryana was arrested by police from Bhiwani on Thursday. Anil Malik, a resident of Delhi is the primary accused allegedly involved in raping a 25-year-old woman while travelling in train from West Bengal to Haryana. After […]
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West Bengal cancels Class 10, 12 Board exams due to Covid-19
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced the cancellation of Class 10 and Class 12 state Board examinations for session 2020-2021. On Sunday, the Chief Minister had said that the state government would form an expert committee to recommend whether the state board exams for secondary and higher secondary classes should be held. […]
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West Bengal: Police arrest drug peddler with brown sugar in Siliguri
West Bengal’s Siliguri Police arrested a drug peddler with 257 grams of Brown Sugar from the city’s Champasari area on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Sahil, a resident of Narmada Bagan. “Today (Sunday) evening acting upon a credible input, police team of Pradhan Nagar Police Station apprehended one notorious drug peddler named Mohammad […]
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PM Modi to assess impact of Cyclone Yaas, hold meetings in West Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday hold a review meeting to assess the impact of Cyclone Yass in West Bengal along with state Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be receiving Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kalaikunda Air Force Station in the West Midnapore district. The Prime Minister will be visiting West Bengal and Odisha […]
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BJP CM in West Bengal will give ST status to 11 Gorkha castes: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said if BJP forms government in West Bengal, it will provide the status of Scheduled Tribe (ST) to 11 castes of the Gorkha community. Addressing a public meeting in Darjeeling, ahead of the fifth phase of West Bengal assembly polls, Shah said, “11 leftover Gorkha sub-castes want Scheduled Tribe status. The matter has been pending […]
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PM Modi,Amit Shah to hold multiple rallies in poll-bound West Bengal today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address several public programs in poll-bound West Bengal on Monday. At 12:00 noon, the Prime Minister will address an election rally at Talit Sai Centre in Purba Bardhaman district. After that, he will also hold rallies in Kalyani University Grounds in Nadia district at 1.40 […]
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Amit Shah to hold 4 roadshows in West Bengal today
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to conduct four roadshows in poll-bound West Bengal on Wednesday. The first roadshow will take place in Singur at 12 PM. The second roadshow will take place in Domjur at 1:35 PM. The third one in Howrah Madhya at 3 PM and the last roadshow will take place in Behala Purba at 4:40 PM. […]
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PM Modi halts speech, asks his doctors to assist unwell woman at Bengal rally
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked his team of doctors to treat a woman who faced some issues due to dehydration at an election rally in Cooch Behar. Prime Minister, while addressing the rally, halted his speech and directed his medical team to assist a woman who was feeling […]
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41 crude bombs recovered from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas
Ahead of the third phase of assembly polls in West Bengal, 41 crude bombs were recovered on Friday from the South 24 Parganas district of the state. On the basis of source information, a raid was conducted by Bhangore police station of Baruipur Police district at the Padmapukur area under Pranganj GP where 41 crude bombs were recovered from […]
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TMC worker stabbed to death in West Bengal, 8 arrested
Hours before polling started in West Bengal”s Paschim Medinipur, a Trinamool Congress worker was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants on Thursday, police said. A total of eight people have been arrested in connection with the incident, Police added. The deceased’s brother Samiran Dolui demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […]
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Second phase polling: 13.14 per cent voter till 9 am in West Bengal
A voter turnout of 13.14 percent was recorded till 9 am on Thursday in the second phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal. Paschim Medinipur recorded the highest turnout among districts, while among constituencies, Indus reported the maximum voter turnout. In phase-II, a total of 30 assembly constituencies from the districts of South 24 Parganas, Bankura, […]
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Rajnath Singh to address public meetings in West Bengal today
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address public meetings in West Bengal on Thursday to boost the prospects of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in the upcoming assembly elections. He will address public meetings in Joypur, Taldangra, and Kakdwip assembly constituencies. “I shall be in West Bengal tomorrow (on Thursday) to address public meetings in […]
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PM Modi to address public rallies in poll-bound West Bengal, Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address public rallies in West Bengal’s Bankura and Assam’s Bokakhat on Sunday. The Prime Minister on Saturday had addressed a rally in West Bengal’s Kharagpur where he accused the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government of loot, violence, corruption, and misgovernance and said that West Bengal needs a dispensation that gives “Padhai (education), Kamai (jobs), […]
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BJP likely to promise development of West Bengal as international trading
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to make promises to develop West Bengal as an international trading and commerce hub ahead of the state Assembly elections. With the state sharing a border with Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, the party is likely to assure the citizens, in its manifesto for the forthcoming […]
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PM Modi to address rallies in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to address mega rallies in West Bengal’s Kharagpur and Assam’s Chabua on Saturday. Earlier in a tweet, the Prime Minister had said that he will elaborate on BJP’s development agenda in his speeches. “Will be in Assam and West Bengal tomorrow and the day after. Tomorrow, March 20, I would be speaking at rallies in Kharagpur (WB) and Chabua (Assam). Will […]