West Bengal: Man shot dead in Nadia district, governor appeals for peace after clashes

Both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress have claimed that the man who was killed was their party worker.

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· 16 hours ago

The importance of being Vidyasagar: Why the 19th century reformer is a holy cow for Bengal

Most schoolchildren in the state have learnt the Bengali alphabet from his ‘Borno Porichoy’.

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· May 15, 2019 · 02:40 pm

West Bengal gets SC notice for allegedly harassing customs officials who checked bags of MP’s wife

Rujira Narula, the wife of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, was held at the Kolkata airport for carrying excess gold from Bangkok without a declaration on March 16.

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· Apr 12, 2019 · 02:15 pm

Bengal Police intimidated customs officers for checking bags of ‘sitting MP’s wife’, Centre tells SC

The central government was referring to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife.

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· Mar 30, 2019 · 08:25 am

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee denies customs’ allegations against wife of carrying gold from Bangkok

The MP from Diamond Harbour and nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed the allegations were ‘highly politically motivated’.

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· Mar 25, 2019 · 12:05 pm

Why the seven-phase election schedule in West Bengal has created a controversy

Is the move to combat the state’s history of polling violence or to benefit the BJP, asks Trinamool.

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· Mar 11, 2019 · 06:50 pm

Kolkata: BJP seeks police permission for dharna at same spot where CM held protest last week

BJP state General Secretary Sayantan Basu said the protest, from February 21 to 23, will demand that democracy be restored in West Bengal.

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· Feb 11, 2019 · 01:43 pm

‘They will send notices to my cook next’: Mamata Banerjee says PM Modi misusing office to target her

BJP state chief Dilip Ghosh said the Trinamool Congress president was scared.

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· Feb 02, 2019 · 01:32 pm

West Bengal: Congress MP Mausam Benazir Noor joins Trinamool, deals a blow to Rahul Gandhi-led party

The two-time parliamentarian from Malda North, which has been a Congress stronghold for decades, said she intends to follow ‘the footsteps of Mamata Banerjee’.

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· Jan 28, 2019 · 10:06 pm

West Bengal rath yatra: SC asks state to respond to BJP plea seeking permission for events

The court posted the matter for hearing on January 15.

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· Jan 08, 2019 · 01:17 pm

West Bengal: BJP leaders booked for asking people to beat up police personnel, take up arms

An FIR was lodged against five people, including the party’s Birbhum district leader Kalosona Mondal and Mahila Morcha President Locket Chatterjee.

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· Jan 08, 2019 · 08:55 am

West Bengal BJP tells state government it is ready to hold discussions on proposed rath yatra

The Calcutta High Court had on Friday ordered representatives of the BJP to meet the state’s chief secretary, home secretary and the DGP.

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· Dec 08, 2018 · 07:59 pm