Bengal

At least three people have been killed and dozens, including police personnel, injured in violent protests that erupted over the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Act in West Bengal's Murshidabad. The Calcutta High Court stepped in and…
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Cyclonic storm Dana is currently barreling towards coastal Odisha, set to make landfall on early Friday morning and bring heavy rains and thunderstorms to the state. Cyclone Dana will bring heavy rains to the southern part of West Bengal…
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The Odisha and West Bengal governments have started evacuating people and decided to close educational institutions in vulnerable areas, as cyclone Dana is set to cross the coasts in the early hours of October 25 with a wind speed of…
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Hundreds of thousands of women across West Bengal marched at midnight on Wednesday as part of the “Reclaim the Night” campaign demanding justice for a 31-year-old woman trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar…
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The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will retain power with a thumping majority in the Lok Sabha, exit polls predicted on Saturday. While most pollsters projected that the ruling alliance might score its…
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Political turmoil erupted in the Matua-majority Thakurnagar area in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night after supporters of Union state minister and Bangaon Lok Sabha MP Shantanu Thakur and Trinamool Congress leader…
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested Sheikh Alamgir, the younger brother of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, and two others in connection with the January 5 attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED)…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in West Bengal on Friday for a two-day visit and address two rallies at Arambagh and Krishnanagar besides inaugurating projects worth ₹22,000 crore at separate events. In Krishnanagar, Modi will…
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The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the West Bengal government seeking a reason behind the ban on the controversial film ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said that…
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A day after a blast was reported at the house of a local Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal’s East Medinipur district, police on Saturday recovered three charred bodies within a 3-km radius of the site, an official said. Hours later,…
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