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New Delhi, Feb 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency to file a report in a sealed cover before the Calcutta High Court, justifying the invocation of a UAPA provision pertaining to terror acts in a case related to repeated incidents of violence and unrest in...

Kolkata, February 11 The West Bengal government honored "Padwoman" Priti Minj, in recognition of her decade-long work in spreading menstrual health awareness among adolescent girls and young women in remote tea garden areas of the Dooars region, an official said on Wednesday.Minister Bulu Chik...

Rejinagar, February 11 Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir began construction of the much-hyped mosque – modeled after Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid – in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Wednesday.Kabir, who recently launched Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), announced that the mosque in Rejinagar...

Kolkata, February 11 Union Minister Bhupender Yadav criticised the TMC government in West Bengal on Wednesday over alleged poor governance and corruption, and termed its vote-on-account, recently presented in the assembly, as a "farewell document".He also accused the TMC regime of...

New Delhi, February 11 The Lok Sabha held the Question Hour on Wednesday amidst vociferous protests and slogans from opposition members over various issues.A total of 13 questions and their supplementary questions were discussed during the Question Hour.Opposition members shouted slogans...

New Delhi, February 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to submit a report in a sealed envelope to the Calcutta High Court, justifying the invocation of a UAPA provision related to acts of terror in a case involving repeated incidents of violence...

Kolkata, February 10 A car carrying the wife of BJP MLA Ashok Kirtania was vandalized by a group of people in Bongaon, West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, on Tuesday, following a scuffle that left one person injured, police said.Local TMC leaders and the MLA's wife, who escaped unharmed...

Kolkata, February 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony during the upcoming festive season.Speaking to reporters at the state secretariat, Nabanna, Banerjee said that a series of festivals, including Holi, Eid, Poila Boishakh, Ram...

New Delhi, February 10 Opposition parties submitted a notice on Tuesday to move a resolution to remove Om Birla as Speaker of the Lok Sabha, alleging that he has acted in a "blatantly partisan" manner in conducting the business of the House and "abused" his constitutional office.The opposition...

New Delhi, February 10 – The Trinamool Congress, DMK, and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday criticized provisions in the General Budget, accusing Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of depriving states ruled by BJP's rivals of funds.Speaking in the Lok Sabha on the General Budget, Trinamool Congress...

Kolkata, February 10 The Enforcement Directorate has arrested two coal traders from West Bengal, after questioning them for several hours, as part of a money laundering investigation into a case of alleged illegal mining and transportation of coal, an officer said on Tuesday.The arrests were...

New Delhi, February 10 Ahead of the assembly elections likely to be held in April in four states and a Union Territory, the Election Commission has asked the concerned governments to transfer officers posted in their home districts, a routine step taken before elections.In a letter to the...

Jaipur, February 10 A jeweler was killed and two workers were injured in an attack at his shop in Merta City, Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.Officials said that two suspects, believed to be residents of West Bengal, have been identified.The incident occurred on Monday night when Pankaj...

Kolkata, February 10 The Enforcement Directorate has arrested two coal traders from West Bengal, following several hours of questioning, as part of an investigation into money laundering related to an alleged case of illegal coal mining and transportation, an official said on Tuesday.The...

Kolkata, February 10 Para-teachers in West Bengal held a demonstration on Tuesday demanding a pay hike, and clashed with police personnel during the protest near the state education department headquarters here.Around 500 members of the ‘Sangrami Sikshak Mancha’, a platform of para-teacher...

Kolkata, February 10 Two people died after a steel pipe fell on them from a multi-story building at Mangala Haat in Howrah city, West Bengal, on Tuesday, police said.They were passing by the Howrah Trade Centre Building when the pipe fell on them from the 12th floor of the building around...

Mumbai, Feb 10 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Monday said that if RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat believes that protesting for one’s language is a “disease”, then a majority of the states in the country suffer from it.In a post on X, Thackeray also claimed that those who...

New Delhi, February 9 The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear to the states that it would not allow anyone to create any impediment in the completion of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and directed the Director General of Police of West Bengal to file an affidavit on the...

Kolkata, February 9 Kolkata Police arrested a man from Bihar and seized six firearms and 11 rounds of ammunition from his possession following a tip-off about illegal arms being smuggled into West Bengal, an officer said on Monday.The arrest was made on Sunday night after police received...

Kolkata, February 9 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned the in-charge of the Budbud police station in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district for questioning in connection with a coal smuggling case, official sources said.The in-charge, Manoranjan Mondal, was summoned days after the...