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

West Bengal introduces 30% domicile quota in National University of Juridical Sciences: Report

The state Assembly had passed a bill on this matter in November 2018.

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· Jun 19, 2019 · 06:24 pm

‘Those living in Bengal will have to learn to speak in Bengali,’ says CM Mamata Banerjee

The chief minister claimed that some people threaten Bengalis and that she will no longer tolerate it.

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· Jun 14, 2019 · 05:51 pm

West Bengal: Two dead in explosion in Kankinara area of North 24 Parganas

Heavy security has been deployed in the area.

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· Jun 11, 2019 · 11:00 am

West Bengal violence: BJP observes ‘black day’ across state, bandh in Basirhat

The Trinamool Congress government told the Centre on Sunday that the situation in the state was under control.

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· Jun 10, 2019 · 08:41 am