Tag: West Bengal

Every year I wait for Didi's Rakhi wishes: SRK

Kolkata: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has revealed that he waits every year during Rakhi for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s wishes. “Every year I wait for an important wish. Didi’s Rakhi wishes on Raksha Bandhan day. I am looking forward to that call this year too,” Shah Rukh said during a promotional of […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Former President Pranab Mukherjee's Son Abhijit Joins TMC
Former President Pranab Mukherjee's Son Abhijit Joins TMC

The newly inducted leader said that while he was in touch with Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee before the assembly elections, had he joined the TMC before the polls, it would have been construed that he switched allegiance for some post.

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Fire in Howrah plastic factory

Kolkata: A fire broke out in a plastic factory in West Bengal’s Howrah district early on Thursday, a fire department official said. However, no one was injured in the blaze as the factory was immediately evacuated. “A fire broke out in a plastic chair factory in Sankrail industrial park around 2 a.m. Some parts of […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
GJM activists turn violent after police raid on party chief's house

Darjeeling: The West Bengal hills saw widespread violence on Thursday as irate Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters torched a police outpost and stoned security forces in angry reaction to a police raid on party chief Bimal Gurung’s house in Darjeeling district. The GJM activists, with their women’s wing Nari Morcha in the vanguard, virtually surrounded the […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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BJP will form next government in Bengal: Jharkhand CM

Kolkata: Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being oblivious of the principals of governance, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday exuded confidence that the BJP will form the next government in the state. “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form government in Bengal. I am 200 per cent sure about it,” Das […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Mamata slams Centre for 'casual' response on Netaji's death

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday slammed the Centre for its “casual” handling of the response to an RTI query that said Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in an air crash in 1945. Banerjee said the response was “shocking” as it was “without evidence”. “The Centre recently gave information about Netaji through a […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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ED summons Narada News CEO in PMLA case

New Delhi: The ED on Saturday summoned Narada News CEO Mathew Samuel on May 24 in a money laundering case it registered regarding a sting operation by his portal that showed senior TMC leaders in West Bengal allegedly receiving money in exchange for favours to a fictitious company. The Enforcement Directorate directed Samuel to visit its […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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BJP leader offers Rs 11 lakh to behead Mamata

Aligarh: A BJP youth leader has announced a bounty of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who beheads West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Yogesh Varshney of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha made the statement after police clashed with people taking part in a Hanuman Jayanti rally in West Bengal’s Birbhum district. “She stands up for […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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826 housing projects running behind schedule: Assocham

New Delhi: As many as 826 housing projects are running behind schedule by an average of 39 months, with Punjab having the maximum delayed projects followed by Telangana and West Bengal, an Assocham study has found. “At the end of December 2016, 3,511 projects were live in construction and real estate sector, of which 2,304 […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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CMFRI opens research centre in West Bengal

Kochi: Kochi-headquartered Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) is set to open a new regional research centre in Digha, West Bengal, aimed at fulfilling research and development needs, an official said on Thursday. This is the 11th regional research centre of the CMFRI — the largest fisheries research institute in the country under the Indian […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Mamata condemns Bangladesh blasts

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the twin blasts in Bangladesh’s Sylhet city which killed six persons. “Strongly condemn the suicide attack in Sylhet. My solidarity with the brothers and sisters in Bangladesh,” Banerjee tweeted. More than 40 others were injured in the explosions on Saturday near a militant hideout in the […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Dol festival celebrated in West Bengal

Kolkata: West Bengal on Sunday celebrated the spring festival of Dol in a riot of colours, songs, prayers and exchange of sweets among friends, relatives and neighbours. Thousands of people from across India and several other countries congregated in Birbhum district’s Santiniketan, about 180 km from here, for Dol celebrations. Nobel laureate-poet Rabindranath Tagore in Santiniketan […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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SG Denies Meeting Suvendu Adhikari, Trinamool Seeks Removal

As many as three Trinamool Congress MPs questioned the alleged meeting of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta with Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari

  • Friday, 02 July 2021
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Odisha celebrates 'Rasagola Dibasa', state claims evidence of origin

People in Odisha on Sunday celebrated 'Rasagola Dibasa' while the state government claimed to have found evidence about the origin of the syrupy sweet in the state

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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Odisha's border disputes keep villagers on tenterhooks

Bhubaneswar: It’s an identity crisis of sorts for thousands of villagers along Odisha’s border who are affected by the continuing territorial dispute between the state and its neighbours. The dispute has been a boon for some, but a bane for others. From rations to facilities under government schemes to voting rights, residents of scores of […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
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