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Doctor’s Protests, Floods May Dampen Bengal’s Durga Puja Festivities

September 24, 2024 admin

The flood crisis in West Bengal has sparked a face-off between Mamata Banerjee and her INDIA bloc ally. The firestorm over a Kolkata doctor’s gruesome rape and murder and the flood crisis threaten to severely impact Bengal’s Rs 50,000 crore Durga Puja economy. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her government and her Trinamool Congress party have…

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Rs 2 Lakh For Families Of Patients Who Died Due To Medical Services Disruption, Says Mamata Banerjee

September 13, 2024 admin

Mamata Banerjee waits for protesting junior doctors to come for talks New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government will pay compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of 29 people who died, allegedly after not getting treatment due to the doctors’ strike over the rape and murder of…

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Day After Global Protests, Kolkata Rape-Murder Case In Supreme Court Today

September 9, 2024 admin

Sunday night, thousands gathered in Kolkata and across the globe, demanding justice for the victim. New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today hear the case related to the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. A bench comprising Chief…

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After Actor’s #MeToo Charge, Bengal Director Arindam Sil Says Was Unintentional

September 8, 2024 admin

Bengali filmmaker Arindam Sil was suspended by the Directors’ Association of Eastern India New Delhi: Bengali filmmaker Arindam Sil, who was suspended by the Directors’ Association of Eastern India (DAEI) following a complaint of alleged sexual harassment by an actor, has denied the charges and said what was being construed as misbehaviour was unintentional. He…

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Government Job For Family Of Bengal Man Killed Over Beef Suspicion In Haryana: Mamata Banerjee

September 4, 2024 admin

Five men have been arrested in the case New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the wife and child of a labourer from the state who was killed in Haryana over suspicion of consuming beef. The family has been given a state government job on humanitarian grounds in the Bengal government’s…

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To Cover Up Delays, Centre On Mamata Banerjee’s Letter On Rape Cases

August 30, 2024 admin

The BJP has called Mamata Banerjee a “liar” over her letters New Delhi: The Union Women and Child Development Minister has responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s second letter, seeking a stringent law and exemplary punishment on heinous crimes such as rape and murder. Ms Banerjee in her second letter addressed to Prime…

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New Principal, 2 Other Officials Transferred From RG Kar Medical College

August 21, 2024 admin

Three top officials of state-run R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata amid row. Kolkata: In a late-night development, the West Bengal Health Department on Wednesday announced the transfer of three top officials of state-run R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, including its new Principal and Vice Principal. Apart from the newly-appointed…

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Kolkata Rape, CV Ananda Bose, RG Kar Hospital: “Vandals, Scandals Marring Civic Life In Bengal”: Governor On Kolkata Rape

August 16, 2024 admin

Mr Bose said the medical fraternity stood as a one-man army against Covid. In caustic comments directed at the West Bengal government after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital and the subsequent vandalism in the campus, Governor CV Ananda Bose has said “vandals and scandals” are marring civic life…

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Will West Bengal Be ‘Divided’ Further? Mostly Not, Despite The TMC-BJP Rhetoric

July 31, 2024 admin

When Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India in 1905, announced the partition of Bengal on religious lines, the decision was met with stiff resistance from a section of people. Bengalis, mainly from the Hindu-dominated western part of the province, alleged that the step was part of the British colonial policy of divide and rule. Among…

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West Bengal Hikes Assistance For Durga Puja Organisers, Will Now Give Rs 85,000

July 23, 2024 admin

All licences given to puja organisers will be free of cost and this year. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced government assistance of Rs 85,000 for each community Durga Puja organiser in the state. Last year, the state government gave Rs 70,000 to each community Durga Puja organiser in West Bengal. The Chief…

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