Category: West Bengal
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WB BJP leaders meet PM ahead of mega Brigade Rally in Kolkata
The meeting comes 48 hours before the Prime Minister is scheduled to address a mega rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Grounds on Saturday. According to sources in the party, the first list of BJP candidates contesting Assembly polls is likely to be announced in the next few days
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Trinamool cries foul over tea garden workers struck off electoral rolls or kept in adjudication list
In January, the ECI allowed records of Tea Gardens and Cinchona plantations as documents for SIR 2026
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Bengal unemployment aid scheme | Queuing up for cash
Lakhs of people in the 21-40 age group are lining up across West Bengal to register for the Banglar Yuba Saathi scheme announced by the Trinamool Congress government ahead of the Assembly poll. Shrabana Chatterjee and Shiv Sahay Singh look into what this unemployment allowance means for those who do not have jobs and how…
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CPI(M)’s Md Salim says there is no lobby in the party as estranged leader Pratik Ur Rahaman raises questions about lobbying and favouritism
The senior CPI(M) leader avoided any direct questions about the estranged leader amid the political buzz of Rahaman joining the ruling Trinamool Congress
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West Bengal BJP leadership reaches out to Muslims, says Trinamool has done nothing for minorities
The remarks by WB BJP president Samik Bhattacharya, which come ahead of the Assembly polls in the State, marks a significant departure from the earlier stand of the saffron party where it did not engage with minorities.
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Student from Kolkata living in Bangladesh for 5 years expects peace to return now to that country
According to him, anti-India sentiments also seemed to be slowly losing its grip on the citizens, with many people beginning to talk about the good relationship that the two countries once enjoyed
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Survey in and around Kolkata shows most students in 17-24 age group read books only occasionally
According to the survey, conducted by the Kolkata-based Sabar Institute and the Sarojini Naidu College for Women, 35% of students in the age group 17-24 years read only occasionally while 25% sat with a book daily
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Wake up from hibernation and activate SIR war rooms, Abhishek tells Trinamool MPs
The TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said the work relating to SIR will have to be done by party workers during the day and in the evening, a film highlighting the achievements of Mamata Banerjee’s government will be screened
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Govt offices attacked during SIR hearings in West Bengal
After attack on the BDO office at Farakka in Murshidabad district on Wednesday, thousands of locals vandalised BDO office at Chakulia in Uttar Dinajpur district
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Presence of WB Govt and police officials during Mamata’s intervention of ED raid an ‘illegal act’, claims BJP
On January 8, West Bengal Chief Secretary and Kolkata Police Commissioner were present during the raids along with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee