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West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose was shown black flag by members of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), the student wing of the Trinamool Congress, when his convoy was entering the campus of the University of North Bengal (UNB) in Siliguri today indianexpress.com/article/ci…
West Bengal governor shown black flag by TMCP members at North Bengal University campus

West Bengal governor shown black flag by TMCP members at North Bengal University campus 

Trinamool Chhatra Parishad members alleged that West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose was "running a parallel administration" from the Raj Bhavan and hence they were protesting his visit.

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#MamataBanerjee injured as chopper makes emergency landing due to bad weather: official indianexpress.com/article/ci…
Mamata Banerjee injured in helicopter landing, rushed to hospital

Mamata Banerjee injured in helicopter landing, rushed to hospital

An SSKM doctor briefed the media, stating, "An MRI was conducted. The Chief Minister has sustained a ligament injury in her left knee and left hip joint. Although she was advised hospitalisation, she...

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#InternationalDayofYoga2023 | Yoga day celebrations on board PS Bhopal at Outram Jetty-3, Kolkata. Read: indianexpress.com/article/in…
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West Bengal panchayat polls: SC to hear State Election Commission plea challenging Calcutta HC order on central forces indianexpress.com/article/ci…
West Bengal panchayat polls: SC to hear State Election Commission plea challenging Calcutta HC...

West Bengal panchayat polls: SC to hear State Election Commission plea challenging Calcutta HC...

Appearing for the SEC, senior advocate Meenakshi Arora told a vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and M M Sundresh that while it can make an assessment as to which areas are sensitive, it cannot...

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TMC panchayat poll candidate beaten to death in Malda district indianexpress.com/article/ci…

Bengal Panchayat election: TMC candidate beaten to death, party blames Congress

Widespread violence over the filing of nominations for the July 8 three-tier panchayat polls has left at least six people dead.

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West Bengal panchayat polls: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari moves HC over violence in nomination process indianexpress.com/article/ci…

West Bengal panchayat polls: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari moves HC over violence in...

On Tuesday, the court had ordered that central forces should be deployed for the panchayat polls and had directed the State Election Commission to requisition paramilitary forces in sensitive areas.

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Despite prohibitory orders, violence mars nomination process for West Bengal panchayat polls indianexpress.com/article/in…
Despite prohibitory orders, violence mars nomination process for West Bengal panchayat polls

Despite prohibitory orders, violence mars nomination process for West Bengal panchayat polls

The situation did not improve even on the third day, as Opposition candidates were prevented from filing their papers.

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Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee accused the BJP of desecrating the holy place of the Matuas by harassing women devotees hours before his visit to Thakurbari in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas. indianexpress.com/article/ci…

TMC’s Abhishek accuses BJP of desecrating Matua holy place

Abhishek Banerjee accused Bongaon's BJP MP and Union minister Santanu Thakur of appeasing his party bosses in Delhi, forgetting the work done by Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee for the...

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Bengal panchayat polls to be held on July 8 indianexpress.com/article/ci…

Day after being made Bengal SEC, Sinha announces panchayat poll dates; Opp says hasty decision

The election will be held in a single phase on July 8 with counting of votes scheduled for July 11.

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The Enforcement Directorate said it has seized Rs 2.74 crore worth of assets of a Kolkata-based business family which allegedly held a Swiss bank account and whose name figured in the Panama Papers leak. indianexpress.com/article/ci…

Panama Papers: ED seized Rs 2.74 crore worth assets

According to ED, the Murarkas were the beneficiaries in the bank account of Billipack Limited maintained with HSBC, Switzerland.

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Kolkata Police registers FIR against makers of film on Bengal for causing enmity between groups indianexpress.com/article/ci…

FIR against film director for ‘causing enmity between groups’

The FIR has been lodged with Amherst Police Station and a legal notice was sent to director Sanoj Mishra asking him to appear before the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case on May 30, a senior...

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Calcutta HC stays single bench order terminating jobs of 32,000 school teachers indianexpress.com/article/ci…

Bengal: HC stays single bench order terminating jobs of 32,000 teachers

A single bench had on May 12 ordered the cancellation of appointment of around 32,000 candidates.

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The main accused in West Bengal’s Egra blast case Krishnapada Bag alias Bhanu Bag succumbed to injuries at a private hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack at 3 am today indianexpress.com/article/ci…

Egra blast: Main accused Bhanu Bag dies in Odisha hospital

Krishnapada Bag alias Bhanu Bag was the owner of the illegal firecracker unit in Egra where a blast killed nine persons on Tuesday.

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#WestBengal | Three killed, several injured in blast at illegal cracker unit in Bengal’s Egra indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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Recruitment scam: Calcutta HC cancels appointment of 36,000 teachers indianexpress.com/article/ci…

Recruitment scam: In Bengal, HC cancels jobs of 36,000 teachers

The petitioners alleged that many examinees who got less marks ranked high in the merit list and some applicants, who weren’t even in the merit list, received appointment letters.

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Building near Raj Bhavan catches fire in Kolkata, 1 injured indianexpress.com/article/ci…
Building near Raj Bhavan catches fire in Kolkata, 1 injured

Building near Raj Bhavan catches fire in Kolkata, 1 injured

Governor C V Ananda Bose came out of Raj Bhavan, his official residence, to have a look at the blaze and monitor the situation. Ten fire tenders were pressed into service.

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The Calcutta High Court ordered a second post-mortem on the body of a BJP booth president who was murdered in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district two days earlier. indianexpress.com/article/ci…

BJP booth president’s murder: Calcutta HC orders second post-mortem

The family of Moyna resident Bijoy Krishna Bhunia has alleged he was killed by Trinamool Congress members.

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TMC activist dead, 25 injured in lightning strikes during rally in Bengal’s Bankura indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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Justice Gangopadhyay of #CalcuttaHighCourt seeks report submitted before #CJI on him by Friday midnight indianexpress.com/article/in…

Bengal teacher jobs case | Case taken away from him, Calcutta HC judge: ‘Supreme Court jug jug jiyo’

In an unprecedented move, Justice Gangopadhyay had asked the SC secretary general to produce before him by midnight the report, that was presented to the Chief Justice of India on him that eventually...

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Kolkata: Rain, thunderstorms bring welcome relief, heatwave less likely to return next week indianexpress.com/article/ci…

Kolkata: Rain, thunderstorms bring welcome relief, heatwave less likely to return next week

Residents of Kolkata and its adjoining areas heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday with a slight dip in temperature after reeling under a hot spell for some weeks.

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