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KOLKATA: Former Bengal skipper Prakash Chandra Poddar, commonly known as PC Poddar On the Kolkata Maidan, passed away recently in the city at the age of 82. A former first-class cricketer Poddar, who played 74 matches between 1960 and 1977, scoring 3836 runs with 11 centuries, however, is best remembered…

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Bengal gets 10th GM, India 78th in Koustav Chatterjee

KOLKATA: The new year brought happy news for Bengal chess as Koustav Chatterjee became the country's 78th Grandmaster late on Saturday night. The Kolkata boy took the state's GM count to double digits by drawing with statemate GM Mirtabha Guha, who incidentally was Bengal's last and ninth GM, in Round…

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After cremating mother, PM Narendra Modi virtually flags off infra projects for West Bengal

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off a host of infra projects, designed to add speed to Bengal and Kolkata, immediately after his mother’s cremation in Gandhinagar on Friday as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and a host of other CMs physically attended the programmes…

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RailTel Bags Work Order Worth Rs 98.56 Cr From West Bengal

RailTel has bagged an order from Bengal for capacity enhancement of the West Bengal State Data Centre (WB-SDC) at an estimated cost of Rs 98.56 crore. Read on for details:

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Mukesh's fairytale journey continues

Bengal pacer finally gets his big break as Delhi Capitals rope him in for 5.5 crore

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Daily Dose Ep 1225: Disruption in parliament, tragedy in Hooghly, Covid in China

Jude Weston brings you the news from the parliament, Bihar, Bengal, and China.

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Meet Abhimanyu Easwaran: The opener who has replaced Rohit Sharma

NEW DELHI: Veteran domestic batter from Bengal Abhimanyu Easwaran has been called up as Rohit Sharma's replacement for the first Test against Bangladesh starting December 14 in Chattogram. Rohit failed to recover from a left thumb injury that he sustained during the second ODI in Dhaka.

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BJP to hold protest programme in West Bengal's Contai weeks after Abhishek Banerjee's rally

KOLKATA: A fortnight after Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee held a rally--nearly 200 meters away from leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari's residence, the BJP will hold a public meeting to protest against "corruption and lawlessness" in the state. The rally, organised by the district BJP on December 21, has…

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Adhikari Skips Oath-Taking Ceremony Of Bengal Governor Over Seat Allocation, Says 'Felt Humiliated'

Leader of Opposition in Bengal Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday skipped the oath-taking ceremony of the new governor. Read on for details:

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Mamata Banerjee likely to meet PM Narendra Modi on December 5

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the chief ministers' meeting in New Delhi on December 5, an official said on Sunday.

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Bengal Partition literature offers more than a stereotypical discourse

It's a question that has continued to haunt till today, even after 75 years of the Partition. Cyril Radcliff, whose fateful line of demarcation divided the Indian territory into a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan, had never before been to India, nor had he the necessary skills for drawing…

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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Paras Dogra powers Pondicherry to win over Services

RANCHI: An unbeaten ton by Paras K Dogra (129 not out off 121 balls) and half-centuries from K B Arun Karthick and Ankit Sharma helped Pondicherry beat Services by five wickets in a Group 'E' match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Tuesday.

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Stage for Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw to prove worth again

Having been ignored by the national selectors despite consistent performances in domestic cricket, young batting guns Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw get another chance to prove their worth when Mumbai, who earlier this month clinched the Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy for the first time, launch their Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign…

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Illegal Land Grabbing Case: ED Raid At Dozen Places In Bengal, Jharkhand

The places searched included residential and office premises of a Kolkata-based businessman Amit Agrawal and several others, sources said. Read on for details:

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Snehasish Ganguly takes over as CAB president, extends olive branch to Wriddhiman Saha

KOLKATA: Newly-elected president of Cricket Association of Bengal Snehasish Ganguly on Monday extended an olive branch to Wriddhiman Saha who had left his homeland and joined Tripura on an acrimonious note.

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Bengal Brasserie review: Popular Leeds curry house where waiters gave us free drinks and sides

The award winning Bengal Brasserie in Burley has exceptional customer service

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7-year-old boy killed in blast on railway tracks near Kolkata

BHATPARA(WEST BENGAL): A seven-year-old boy was killed and two others injured as a bomb exploded on a railway track in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, police said. The incident happened around 8.30 am on the railway tracks at Bhatpara between Kakinara and Jagaddal stations, about 30 km…

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Cyclone 'Sitrang' brings rain, high wind dampening Diwali cheer in West Bengal

KOLKATA: The Met department on Monday warned of heavy rain in coastal Bengal and northeastern states, dampening festive spirits on Diwali and Kali Puja as cyclone 'Sitrang' moved north-northeastwards and lay 260 km southeast of Sagar island.

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CPM drove away Tata from Singur, not me: Mamata Banerjee

SILIGURI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that it was not her but the CPM which drove away Tata Motors from Singur.

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West Bengal: STF unearths arms unit

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police Special Task Force has unearthed an improvised fire arms manufacturing unit operating from the Bengal-Jharkhand border, barely 25 km from Asansol, for the past several months.

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Monsoon may start withdrawing from West Bengal in 3 days: Meteorological Department

KOLKATA: Though the city received a spell of rain on Friday afternoon, monsoon will start withdrawing from parts of Bengal within the next three days, said the Met office.

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Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy: Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Chandigarh register easy wins

LUCKNOW: Fancied Tamil Nadu crushed Sikkim by nine wickets in their Group E Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match here on Friday.

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BCCI president issue enters political field; TMC says BJP trying to 'humiliate' Sourav Ganguly

KOLKATA: Amid reports that Roger Binny is likely to replace Sourav Ganguly as the BCCI President, West Bengal's ruling TMC on Tuesday accused the BJP of "trying to humiliate" the former Indian skipper as it failed to induct him into the party.

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Rukmini Iyer: ‘After becoming a mum, I really appreciate writing one-pot cookbooks’

The cook and author of the Roasting Tin series is back. She chats to Lauren Taylor about Indian train journeys and cooking as a new mum

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8 dead after flash flood hit Mal River in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri during idol immersion

Eight persons died during a flash flood that hit the Mal River at Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal on Wednesday evening District Magistrate Moumita Godara Basu said. Read more on Dynamite News:

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