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Centre granting citizenship to people under CAA a lie, politics during polls: Mamata
Gopiballavpur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of “orchestrating a lie” about granting citizenship to 14 people under the CAA and dubbed it as “politics…
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Will lend support to INDIA bloc from outside to form govt at Centre: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her party will extend support to the opposition INDIA bloc from outside to form the government at the Centre…
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EC operating under Modi’s directions: Mamata at poll rally in Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister on Wednesday labeled the Election Commission (EC) as a “puppet” operating under the directives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing an election rally at Chinsurah, Hooghly district,…
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Viral Sandeshkhali video: HC bars police from taking coercive action against BJP leader
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday barred the West Bengal Police from initiating a probe or adopting coercive action in connection with a sting operation involving a…
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Woman surrenders in court in Sandeshkhali case, sent to judicial custody
Barasat: A court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday remanded Piyali Das, a woman BJP worker to judicial custody after she surrendered before it over a criminal case lodged…
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Shahjahan collected Rs 260 cr through illegal land-grabbing: ED
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday told a special PMLA court here that suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan earned Rs 260 crore through illegal land-grabbing at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s…
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TMC stands for ‘tushtikaran, mafia, corruption’: Amit Shah
Majdia: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that the Trinamool Congress stood for “tushtikaran (appeasement), mafia and corruption”, while criticising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for “remaining silent” on…
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Kolkata North: TMC fights ‘TMC’ in battle reflecting party’s Old vs New debate
Kolkata: If one acknowledges the seismic shift within the TMC owing to the re-emergence of the ‘old versus new’ debate that symbolises a larger power struggle between party veterans and its second…
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Molestation case: WB Guv shows CCTV footage of Raj Bhavan to common people
Kolkata: In the backdrop of a woman employee of Raj Bhavan levelling molestation charges against him, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday showed CCTV footage of the premises of…
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Abhishek Banerjee accuses BJP of falsehood in Sandeshkhali for votes
Mangalkot: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged that the BJP resorted to falsehood in Bengal’s Sandeshkhali to garner votes in the Lok Sabha elections. He also claimed that…
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BJP trashes TMC claims on Sandeshkhali video, says will move HC
Kolkata: Amidst controversy over a video alleging that women in Sandeshkhali filed harassment complaints against TMC leaders under BJP’s direction, the saffron party announced on Sunday its intention to contest the accusations…
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WB police to speak to witnesses in sexual abuse allegations against Guv
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police inquiry team constituted to investigate a woman employee’s allegation of sexual molestation by Governor CV Ananda Bose, will speak to the witnesses over the next few days, a…
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NSG to submit report to CBI on explosives seized from Sandeshkhali
Kolkata: The National Security Guard (NSG) will submit a report to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the nature of explosives seized from the residence of a close aide of suspended…