West Bengal has turned into police state under Mamata Banerjee, says Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

He also claimed there were terror modules in the state and accused the government of conducting electronic surveillance.

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· Sep 29, 2020 · 07:10 pm

‘Refrain from surpassing the CM,’ Mamata Banerjee tells Bengal governor in latest confrontation

Jagdeep Dhankhar had criticised the police for the ‘alarming’ law and order situation and asked the director general of police to appear before him.

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· Sep 27, 2020 · 01:45 pm

Mamata Banerjee-led government has ‘anti-Hindu’ mindset, alleges BJP chief JP Nadda

He also accused the state administration of pursuing ‘minority appeasement’ politics.

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· Sep 10, 2020 · 07:16 pm

Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal must be removed ‘lock, stock and barrel’, says BJP chief

JP Nadda said that the people must ‘cut to size’ those who demand ‘cut money’ in West Bengal.

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· Jul 06, 2020 · 02:49 pm

West Bengal: Prohibitory orders, internet cut off till Sunday after clashes in Hooghly’s Telinipara

Clashes broke out after one group of people referred to another group as ‘corona’ after one of them tested positive for the virus.

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· May 14, 2020 · 02:25 pm

Rabindra Bharati University VC quits after row over objectionable photos from campus festival

At the Kolkata university’s spring festival, a group of men and women was seen with derogatory words written on their bodies in place of Tagore lyrics.

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· Mar 07, 2020 · 12:51 pm

Protests by students force West Bengal governor to leave event attended by Abhijit Banerjee

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who was seated backstage with the Nobel laureate, left Calcutta University after students shouted ‘go back’ to him.

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· Jan 29, 2020 · 10:18 am

West Bengal: Man from Singur arrested for alleged derogatory post about Mamata Banerjee

Chandan Bhattacharya was apprehended on the basis of a complaint by Trinamool Youth Congress District President Shantanu Banerjee.

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· Oct 30, 2019 · 06:23 pm

Narada sting case: CBI takes arrested IPS officer to BJP leader Mukul Roy’s home, questions them

The investigators shot videos of the two at Roy’s Elgin Road residence in Kolkata to recreate scenes from the videos published by Narada News in 2016.

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· Sep 29, 2019 · 07:09 pm

‘I will not harm your son,’ Babul Supriyo tells the mother of a student who allegedly attacked him

The Union minister assured the woman, who had urged him to forgive her son, that he would not initiate any legal action.

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· Sep 21, 2019 · 07:54 pm

No proposal yet to amend Constitution to rename West Bengal to Bangla, says Centre

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the proposed name ‘Bangla’ is similar to ‘Bangladesh’.

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· Jul 24, 2019 · 03:38 pm

West Bengal: Trinamool Congress leader shot dead in Hooghly district

A police officer said Dilip Ram was gunned down when he was on his way to board a train to Naihati station.

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· Jun 30, 2019 · 08:33 am