West Bengal Assembly Election: Right-wing youth wore T-shirts that read ‘Modi Para’ Calcutta: The bitter BJP-Trinamool Congress battle for West Bengal has now reached the iconic Coffee House in Kolkata. At around 4:30 pm Monday, BJP supporters in saffron T-shirts stormed the first floor of the Coffee House on College …
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When Samyukta Kisan Morcha, leading the protest at the Delhi borders against the Center’s agricultural laws, announced that he would campaign against the BJP in West Bengal, the left-wing parties became enthusiastic about the SKM. After all, Hannan Mollah, General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha and a key member …
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THE INAUGURATION of the multi-specialty hospital at IIT-Kharagpur was removed at the last minute from the prime minister’s summons calendar following a letter from alumni who opposed changing the name of the hospital, originally dedicated to the former prime minister of West Bengal, Dr. BC Roy, in honor of the …
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KOLKATA: The state Education deparment has asked that schools be prepared to open in short term, at least for high school students, particularly those taking the Class-X and Class-XII board exams. Although the final decision will only be made at the secretary of state, the department has asked schools to …
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CALCUTTA: West Bengal reported the first case of a mutant coronavirus strain to appear in the UK, a senior health official said on Wednesday. The patient, the son of a senior official at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, tested positive for the mutant strain VUI-202012/01 after returning from London, the …
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BCCI president and former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday downplayed rumors about his meeting with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar. The meeting, which lasted an hour on Sunday, sparked speculation that he might join the saffron party. “If the governor wants to meet you, you have to meet …
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KANTHI: In your new avatar, Suvendu Adhikari hit the house lawn Kanthi with a bang, giving BJP a homegrown slogan – ‘Hare Krishna Hare Hare, BJP Ghare Ghare’ – that would touch Vaishnavites in East Midnapore more than the party’s central slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Suvendu’s next big rally is …
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KOLKATA: The Bjp has delivered an exhibition notice to the party’s Bengal secretary general, Sayantan Basu, and two district leaders for speaking out against the inclusion of select leaders from the Trinamool Congress. Basu’s excuse drew his attention to the “derogatory and anti-party” statements he made to the media on …
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CALCUTTA: Sujata Mondal Khan, wife of BJP MP Saumitra khan, she switched to TMC from the saffron camp on Monday, claiming she did not get their due recognition even after taking various risks to have her husband elected during Lok Sabha Elections 2019. She claimed that “corrupt, misfit and newly …
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CALCUTTA: A convoy of up to 30 vehicles headed towards the Midnapore College Ground where the Minister of the Interior of the Union Amit shah He was scheduled to address a mega public meeting on Saturday. The convoy full of dissident legislators, parliamentarians and others Trinamool Congress The leaders departed …
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