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Heritage and Tourism at St. Olav’s Church | Photo Credit: Mohit Ranadip The town of Serampore — which predates Kolkata by a few centuries and which was ruled by not one but two colonial powers, the Danes and the British — is finally flexing its heritage muscles by holding a festival that aims at promoting…
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit the riverine island of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district today– a first since the sexual harassment controversy broke out ahead of the Lok Sabha election. But the Leader of Opposition, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari will not be far behind. Mr Adhikari has announced that he would…
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit the riverine island of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district today– a first since the sexual harassment controversy broke out ahead of the Lok Sabha election. But the Leader of Opposition, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari will not be far behind. Mr Adhikari has announced that he would…
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Kolkata: The Forest Department in West Bengal has finally tranquilised a tigress that was on the move across three states for 21 days. The tigress was successfully sedated and caged after a 21-day hunt, in which it covered over 300 km across Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. Forest Department officials managed to tranquilise the tiger near…
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Mamata Banerjee visited the under-construction project at Digha in East Medinipur on Wednesday. Digha: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday incorporated Kolkata’s ISKCON chief in the board of trustees of a Jagannath temple at the coastal town of Digha, one of her most ambitious religious projects of current times. The move is being…
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Kolkata: The Centre must give protection to minorities in violence-hit Bangladesh, and bring back “those willing to return”, urged Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday. New Delhi has accused Bangladesh of failing to adequately protect its minority Hindu community from reprisal attacks since the August overthrow of ex-premier Sheikh Hasina in a student-led revolution. …
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Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, much sought after to lead the INDIA Bloc, today thanked all those supporting her — veteran leader Lalu Yadav was the last voice yesterday to join the chorus. Ms Banerjee thanked everyone for the “respect” they have shown her, but did not elaborate further. “I am thankful to everyone…
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Mamata Banerjee has said she is willing to lead INDIA bloc if given a chance New Delhi: In another sign that the Congress is getting cornered within the INDIA bloc, RJD founder and veteran politician Lalu Prasad Yadav today said Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee should lead the Opposition alliance and that the Congress’s objection…
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Lalu Yadavasserted that Mamata Banerjee should be allowed to lead the INDIA bloc. Patna: RJD chief Lalu Yadav on Tuesday asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee should be allowed to lead the INDIA bloc. His comment comes days after Ms Banerjee expressed her intent to take charge of the anti-BJP…
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke about Bangladesh in Assembly today Kolkata: Amid growing tension between New Delhi and Dhaka, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked the media and political leaders to keep calm and ensure that provocative remarks don’t impact the peace in the border state. Addressing the Assembly, the Trinamool…
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