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Efforts on to malign state's board exams: WB education min
Kolkata: West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday said that a deliberate attempt was being made to malign the state government's conduct of board examinations.
Published 24-Feb-2019 00:15 IST
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee donates 3 months
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee donates 3 months' salary to Army
Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee Friday donated his three months' salary as an MP to the Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties.
Published 23-Feb-2019 08:34 IST
image Seven of family die in Bengal fire
Seven of family die in Bengal fire
Kolkata: Seven people including two women and four children of the same family were charred to death in West Bengal's Purulia district in the early hours of Friday, police said. The reason for the fire has not yet been ascertained.
Published 22-Feb-2019 19:34 IST
Efforts on to introduce
Efforts on to introduce 'inhuman' religion in India: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that efforts are on to introduce an "inhuman" religion in the country on the basis of divisive politics.
Published 22-Feb-2019 13:40 IST
image WB IPS officer committed suicide due to govt abetment: BJP leader
WB IPS officer committed suicide due to govt abetment: BJP leader
Kolkata: BJP leader Mukul Roy claimed that a 1986 batch West Bengal IPS officer recently committed suicide due to Mamata Banerjee government abetment, on Friday.
Published 22-Feb-2019 12:43 IST | Updated 17:24 IST
5 persons arrested for assaulting Kashmiri shawl trader
5 persons arrested for assaulting Kashmiri shawl trader
Taherpur(WB): Five persons were arrested for assaulting a Kashmiri shawl trader in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said on Thursday.
Published 21-Feb-2019 23:19 IST
image Bangladeshi cargo ship capsizes in Hooghly river, all crew members rescued
Bangladeshi cargo ship capsizes in Hooghly river, all crew members rescued
DiamondHarbour (WB): A Bangladeshi cargo ship capsized in the Hooghly river in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Thursday but all eight crew members, including an Indian, were rescued by local fishermen, police said.
Published 22-Feb-2019 00:15 IST
NIA raids at 10 places in LWE terror funding case
NIA raids at 10 places in LWE terror funding case
Kolkata/Ranchi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out raids at 10 places in many cities of West Bengal and Jharkhand in connection with probe into the Left wing extremist (LWE) terror funding case, officials said.
Published 21-Feb-2019 23:10 IST
image Elephant protects little girl from others in herd
Elephant protects little girl from others in herd
Jalpaiguri (WB): An elephant stood guard to protect a four-year-old girl, who had fallen down from a scooter, from other members of the herd in Jalpaiguri district Thursday, forest officials said.
Published 21-Feb-2019 21:15 IST | Updated 21:23 IST
We are fighting for united India, but BJP wants to divide country: Mamata
We are fighting for united India, but BJP wants to divide country: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the BJP is trying to "divide India" in the wake of Pulwama terror attack while she and other parties in the opposition alliance are fighting to keep the nation united.
Published 21-Feb-2019 00:15 IST
image Mamata to give Rs 5 lakh compensation to Pulwama victims
Mamata to give Rs 5 lakh compensation to Pulwama victims' kin
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the personnel who lost their lives in the ghastly Pulwama attack.
Published 20-Feb-2019 23:18 IST
Kolkata girl gets rape threats for Facebook post on Kashmir
Kolkata girl gets rape threats for Facebook post on Kashmir
Kolkata: A teenaged girl from Kolkata was trolled and allegedly threatened with rape on Facebook for a post on the plight of Kashmiris in the wake of the Pulwama attack, she said on Wednesday.
Published 20-Feb-2019 16:43 IST
image Retired IPS officer found dead in West Bengal
Retired IPS officer found dead in West Bengal
Kolkata: Retired IPS officer Gaurab Chandra Dutta was found dead in mysterious circumstances at his flat in Salt Lake area Tuesday evening, police said.
Published 20-Feb-2019 09:33 IST | Updated 09:40 IST
KMC lodges police complaint over bank fraud of Rs 23 lakh
KMC lodges police complaint over bank fraud of Rs 23 lakh
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials have lodged a police complaint regarding a bank fraud of Rs 23 lakh from the official account of the corporation, Mayor Firhad Hakim said on Tuesday.
Published 20-Feb-2019 08:21 IST
School bus runs over 5-year-old girl in Bengal
School bus runs over 5-year-old girl in Bengal
Kolkata: A five-year-old school girl was on Tuesday run over by a speeding bus in front of her mother in the Dum Dum area of North 24 Pargana district in West Bengal, police said.
Published 19-Feb-2019 20:22 IST
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Mamata's favourite cop new WB CID boss
Kolkata: In an unusual move West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday virtually extended double promotion to her favourite IPS officer and Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar as IGP cum ADG CID and replaced him with Anuj Sharma as new police chief of the state capital.
Published 19-Feb-2019 17:25 IST
BJP and RSS trying to create division in society: Chatterjee
BJP and RSS trying to create division in society: Chatterjee
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader and West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee Tuesday alleged that the RSS and BJP are trying to create division in the society in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack.
Published 19-Feb-2019 23:11 IST
image Madhyamik question papers found on social media for 6th day
Madhyamik question papers found on social media for 6th day
Kolkata: Question papers of Madhyamik Examination were reported leaked on the social media for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday, shortly after the tests commenced.
Published 19-Feb-2019 19:07 IST | Updated 19:26 IST
image WB: Man thrashed over child-lifting rumours
WB: Man thrashed over child-lifting rumours
Tamluk: In yet another case of social media rumours regarding child-lifters, a man was mercilessly beaten up in the Chongsorpur area in Tamluk village of West Bengal on Monday night on suspicion of being a child-lifter and illegal kidney seller.
Published 19-Feb-2019 18:40 IST
Veteran actor Biswajit joins BJP
Veteran actor Biswajit joins BJP
​​​​​​​New Delhi: Veteran matinee idol Biswajit Chatterjee joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Monday in the presence of party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and other senior leaders.
Published 19-Feb-2019 10:48 IST
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