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West Bengal BJP Leaders Seek Demand Accountability Amid Electoral Setback

July 18, 2024 admin

Several BJP leaders demanded a change of guard and accountability within the state organisation. Kolkata: Daggers were drawn on the first day of the two-day brainstorming session of the Bengal BJP unit to discuss the reasons behind the party’s dismal performance in the state’s Lok Sabha elections, as several leaders demanded a change of guard…

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West Bengal Forms Seven-Member Panel To Review New Criminal Laws

July 17, 2024 admin

The three laws came into force throughout the country from July 1. (Representational) Kolkata: The West Bengal government has constituted a seven-member panel headed by a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court to review the three new criminal laws, an official said on Wednesday. A notification in this regard was issued on Tuesday, he…

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Former Sikkim Minister’s Body Found In West Bengal Canal

July 17, 2024 admin

Mr Poudyal was the deputy speaker in the first Sikkim assembly. Gangtok: The body of former Sikkim minister RC Poudyal was found in a canal near Siliguri in West Bengal nine days after he went missing, police said on Wednesday. The body of Mr Poudyal, 80, was found floating in the Teesta Canal at Fulbari…

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Ex-Chief Justice U U Lalit To Head Search Panel For Appointment Of Vice-Chancellors In West Bengal

July 9, 2024 admin

Supreme court appointed ex-CJI U U Lalit as head of panel for appointment of vice-chancellors in Bengal. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit to head a search-cum-selection committee to oversee the appointments of vice-chancellors for state-run universities in West Bengal. The ruling Trinamool Congress dispensation…

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BJP President JP Nadda Says Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal Unsafe For Women

July 1, 2024 admin

The West Bengal Police on Sunday registered a case over the incident. New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda slammed the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal on Monday over a “horrific” video of a man brutally assaulting a couple in public. He said in a post on X, “A horrific video has come…

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India adds 641 new animal species, 339 new plant taxa in 2023

June 30, 2024 admin

Union Minister for Environment Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav along with director Zoological Survey of India Dhriti Banerjee and Director Botanical Survey of India A.A. Mao during an event to release animal and plant discoveries 2023 A new species of turmeric in Manipur and a new kind of bat in Karnataka are among the…

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Bengal Governor Hits Out At Mamata Banerjee

June 29, 2024 admin

New Delhi: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday came down heavily on state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that she cannot bully or terrify him and she has no right to do character assassination through lies. While speaking with ANI, Bose targeted the West Bengal Chief Minister and said that Mamata Banerjee…

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BJP’s Rupali Ganguly Urges Mamata Banerjee To Stop Horse-Drawn Carriages

June 27, 2024 admin

File photo Mumbai: Actress and politician Rupali Ganguly, who is known for her work in popular TV shows such as ‘Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai’ and ‘Anupamaa’, has written a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging the use of beautiful, vintage-style motorised e-carriages in Kolkata. Rupali, who is a supporter of People for the…

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Bangladeshi Youth Mohammad Delwar Hossain Goes Missing From Kolkata Hotel: Cops

June 20, 2024 admin

Police said that they are reviewing CCTV footage from the hotel and nearby areas. (Representational) Kolkata: Close on the heels of the disappearance and suspected murder of a Bangladeshi MP in Kolkata, a youth from the neighbouring country, went missing from the city, prompting a police investigation. According to a senior police officer, 23-year-old Mohammad…

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Bengali Actor Rituparna Sengupta Questioned In Alleged Corruption Case

June 19, 2024 admin

Rituparna Sengupta was earlier questioned by the probe agency in 2019 Popular Bengali actor Rituparna Sengupta was today questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its investigation into the alleged ration distribution scam in West Bengal. Ms Sengupta arrived at the ED office in Kolkata this afternoon. Earlier, senior Trinamool Congress leader Jyotipriya…

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