West Bengal Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee is running a “tees% logon ki sarkar (a government that serves only 30% of the state’s population),” alleged Kailash Vijayvargiya, National Secretary General of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). on Wednesday, after Calcutta Police stopped a religious program of his party. The BJP leader …
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Written by Santanu Chowdhury, edited by Explained Desk | Kolkata | Updated: September 15, 2020 7:16:47 pm West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference, at Nabanna Sabhaghar in Kolkata, on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. (Photo / PTI Archive) On Monday (September 14), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata …
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KOLKATA: Four days after the BJP president JP Nadda accused Mamata banerjee from being “anti-Hindu”, the Bengal CM announced on Monday a series of measures for the Hindu community, including monthly salary 1,000 rupees for “poor Brahmins” (purohits), in a clear attempt to deny criticism that his government’s policies are …
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Candidates have been advised to come to the exam centers with masks and disinfectants. However, they will be provided with three-layer masks once they enter the center. Candidates must wear the masks provided by the examining authority to avoid any form of unfair means at the time of the exam. …
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Panting heavily, a 64-year-old passenger jumped off a motorcycle, tripped, and yelled, “Dhor, oke dhor, booth capture korche (catch him, he was capturing a voting booth).” Her pen fell off as the lanyard struggled to hold her pair of glasses safe as it swung around her neck. After a brief …
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With the crucial 2021 assembly elections approaching, the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has begun to prepare for a battle against the fake news and rumors that can circulate via social media sites and microblogging sites to project Trinamool’s ruling Congress in a bad light. The prime minister had …
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CALCUTTA: West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh has claimed that the Covid-19 pandemic is over, but Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is imposing the blockade and other restrictions on West Bengal just to prevent the BJP from hosting meetings public before the assembly elections to be held next year. Ghosh’s comment …
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BJP President JP Nadda (File photo) KOLKATA: President of BJP JP Nadda on Thursday he called the Trinamool congressional government “anti-Hindu”, marking for the first time in Bengal politics the issue of discrimination on the grounds of religion. Nadda reinforced his argument by pointing to Trinamool’s “minority appeasement policy”, portraying …
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Written by Shantanu Chowdhury | Kolkata | Updated: September 10, 2020 10:49:33 pm The newly appointed President of the Congress of West Bengal Pradesh, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (right), together with the MLA of Congress and the leader of the opposition in the Bengal Assembly, Abdul Mannan, at a press conference …
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) head JP Nadda on Thursday accused West Bengal Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee of scheduling the Covid-19 shutdown in the state last month to coincide with the launch of temple construction. Ram in Ayodhya on August 5 and raise it up for Eid. “By imposing the blockade, …
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