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Malda (West Bengal), March 30 Members of the pro-Bengal advocacy group 'Bangla Pokkho' began a hunger strike on Monday in Malda district, demanding that the names of all voters who were removed during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls be included in the supplementary list...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 – In a shocking development, the Bhubaneswar police arrested two individuals on Monday on charges of gang-raping a woman in the Tamando area of the city during the night of March 27 and 28.The accused, identified as Narayana Swain (31) and Bichitra Sahoo (34), are from...

Kolkata, March 30 – Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee visited the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in West Bengal on Monday and protested against what he alleged were widespread irregularities in voter registration, accusing BJP operatives of colluding...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A 21-year-old married woman from West Bengal was allegedly raped by two men in Bhubaneswar, police said.The incident occurred on March 27, and the two accused, both residents of Odisha's Nayagarh district, were arrested on Monday, they said.The woman had come to...

New Delhi, March 30 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday declared that the country has been freed from Naxalism with the apex body of the Maoists and the central structure almost completely dismantled, and accused the Congress of doing "nothing" to end the long spell of violence perpetrated...

Kolkata, March 30 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notification on Monday for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled for April 23 and April 29.The notification stated that polling will begin at 7 a.m. on both days. In the first phase, polling will take...

New Delhi, March 30 – A political storm erupted on Monday after Mamata Banerjee claimed there was a conspiracy to kill her, drawing sharp reactions from leaders across party lines and intensifying the rhetoric ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections.The leader of the Trinamool Congress...

Jammu, March 30 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that he would like the opposition to win the upcoming assembly elections in four states and one Union territory, but added that the final decision rests with the people.Assembly elections will be held in West Bengal...

Kolkata, March 30 Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Monday that, if necessary, his party would withdraw candidates from all 291 Assembly seats in West Bengal if the BJP provides proof that the Centre has released funds to people of the state under the PM...

Kolkata, March 30 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) removed four key officials from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on Monday afternoon, including one holding the rank of Deputy CEO.The Deputy CEO who has been removed is Subrata Pal, a 2005 batch officer of...

Kolkata, March 30 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee accused the BJP on Sunday of creating divisions between communities in the name of religion and caste, and of never talking about development.Addressing an election rally in support of the party candidate at Jhalda in West Bengal's Purulia...

New Delhi, March 30 West Bengal has not yet issued the notification for conducting the census, and the issue has been raised with the state, Registrar General of India, and Census Commissioner, Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan, on Monday.When asked about West Bengal, he said that we have until...

Thane, March 30 A man was arrested in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, for allegedly murdering a woman in the Mira Road area of Thane district, a police official said on Monday.Ashish Madan Meshram (37), originally from West Bengal, was apprehended by the Crime Branch Unit 1 of the Mira...

New Delhi, March 30 A day after resigning from the Trinamool Congress, West Bengal MLA Qazi Abdur Rahim joined the Congress on Monday, saying he has "returned home".Rahim, the sitting MLA from the Baduria constituency in North 24 Parganas district, had resigned from all his party posts on...

New Delhi, March 30 India's rapeseed-mustard production is estimated to rise by 3.5 per cent to 119.4 lakh tonnes in the 2025-26 rabi season, driven by increased acreage, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) said on Monday.Total production stood at 115.2 lakh tonnes in the...

New Delhi, March 30 Members of the BJP and NDA in the Lok Sabha on Monday launched a scathing attack on the previous UPA government, accusing it of failing to contain Naxalism, while the Congress said it made several efforts to curb left-wing extremism and lost several of its top leaders to red...

New Delhi, March 30 – The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, has scanned a total of 2,033 manuscripts, comprising 1,46,099 pages, as of March 23, after being designated as a Cluster Centre for manuscript scanning work under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.Union Minister...

Bengaluru, March 30: Condemning the decision of the Congress-led government in Karnataka not to award marks for the third language, including Hindi, for Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Class 10) students, the BJP has said that connecting language is essential for nation-building and there...

New Delhi, March 30 BJP MP K Laxman raised the issue of misuse of OBC reservations by some states, including Muslims in the category, in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, demanding that the government order a comprehensive review of such practices, leading to a walkout by the opposition.Leader of the...

Kolkata, March 30 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons to Trinamool Congress legislator Debasish Kumar, who represents the Rashbehari Assembly Constituency in South Kolkata, and a Member-Mayor-in-Council (MMIC) of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on Monday, in connection...