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We have not made any offer to Wriddhiman Saha, say GCA and BCA

BENGALURU: Wriddhiman Saha, who wants to move out of Bengal to ply his trade as a professional, hasn't received any significant offer from any of the top states, contrary to what he had claimed.

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Mumbai vs Mumbai: Rival coaches Pandit and Mujumdar get ready for battle of wits

BENGALURU: Groomed in an unforgiving 'gharana' where there is virtually no place for the second best, Chandrakant Pandit and Amol Muzumdar are both as tough as nails mentally.

The Times of India

Kolkata: Rowers forced to rejig national event journey after train cancellation

KOLKATA: The 28-member team of Bengal rowers who were scheduled to leave Kolkata to attend a national event at Srinagar in Kashmir from next week, were held back in the city after their train - Jammu Tawi Express - was cancelled on Saturday owing to the students' stir targeting trains…

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Monsoon arrives in Kolkata, light rain likely over 72 hours

KOLKATA: Monsoon arrived in Kolkata and most parts of south Bengal on Saturday - a week behind schedule - even as it remained cloudy with occasional drizzles. Kolkata received 6.8mm rain till Saturday evening and could receive light to moderate showers for the next 72 hours. There could be intense…

The Times of India

Mumbai storm into Ranji Trophy final

BENGALURU: Mumbai batsmen have been unstoppable in the last five days. Only rain could have prevented them from piling further misery on Uttar Pradesh and that is what happened on the final day of their Ranji Trophy semifinal at the Just Cricket ground here on Saturday.

The Times of India

Agnipath protests derail Bengal-bound trains, leave passengers stranded

KOLKATA: Thousands of railway passengers headed to Kolkata or out of Bengal had an agonizing time on Friday as more than 30 long-distance trains were cancelled and several others were short-terminated or rescheduled owing to blocks and even attacks by Army aspirants, protesting against the Agnipath recruitment scheme. Tourists, office-travellers,…

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Private collectors’ ‘save heritage’ message through exhibition of rare Bengal dolls

KOLKATA: A private collection of rare dolls of Bengal is on display at an exhibition at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture that started on Friday. Titled ‘Dolls of Bengal and Stamps of World’, the exhibition will remain open till July 16, between 10.30am and 5.30pm. The dolls have been put…

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Covid admissions in Kolkata hospitals rising

KOLKATA: The number of Covid hospitalisations has been creeping up in Kolkata, along with the uptick in fresh cases across Bengal. At least three private hospitals in the city currently have, between them, a dozen Covid patients. This comes after a period of no Covid patient in hospital for about…

The Times of India

West Bengal: Don’t allow road, rail blocks, says Nabanna

KOLKATA: The Agnipath protests reached Bengal on Friday, prompting Nabanna to issue an alert to all districts. The state secretariat asked all district police not to allow road and train blocks, which affected the general public.

The Times of India

Ranji Trophy: Patidar's unbeaten fifty puts MP in driver's seat after Bengal concede lead

ALUR (Karnataka): Rajat Patidar hit an unbeaten half-century to put Madhya Pradesh in the driver's seat against Bengal in their Ranji Trophy semifinal, here on Thursday.

The Times of India

Cracks in Mamata Banerjee-led 'opposition meet' for Presidential polls

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday will hold a meeting with several Opposition leaders to discuss presidential polls and put up a united fight against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Jaiswal ton props up Mumbai against UP in Ranji semis

BENGALURU: Mumbai batsmen, who gained enough practice against Uttarakhand in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals last week, put it to good use against Uttar Pradesh in the semifinal.

The Times of India

Arrest count in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal increases; sporadic incidents reported even as situation de-escalates

Uneasy calm prevails in parts of country

The Hindu

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to 22 opposition seniors, calls meet on president poll on June 15

KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to 22 senior opposition leaders, including eight other CMs and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, ahead of the presidential elections, urging “all progressive forces to align and resist the divisive forces plaguing us today”.

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Covid cases touch three digits in West Bengal, no death reported

KOLKATA: The Covid-19 case load in Bengal rose further for the fourth consecutive day to reach the three-digit figure on Friday with 107 fresh cases cropping up in the past 24 hours. The last time the state logged fresh cases in three digits was on March 11 when 106 cases…

The Hindu

Don’t raise demands of Bengal division in public, Nadda to party leaders

Such issues can be discussed in party forum, he says after a number of leaders from State raised demands for separate State

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Why Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy’s arrest for ‘abusing’ Mamata has kicked up a storm

Controversial Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy was arrested on Tuesday for making “derogatory” remarks about West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, a Lok Sabha MP and all-India general secretary of the Trinamool Congress.

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Nine Bengal batters score 50-plus in Ranji Trophy match, break 129-year-old record

BENGALURU: The Bengal Ranji Trophy team on Thursday created a global first-class record when all nine batters, who took guard, scored half-centuries in a mammoth first innings score of 773 for eight against a hapless Jharkhand on the third day of the quarter-final, here.

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Bengal speaker junks Suvendu plea, says Mukul Roy a BJP MLA

KOLKATA: Turning down leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari's petition seeking Mukul Roy's disqualification, Bengal assembly speaker Biman Banerjee on Wednesday ruled that the latter continued to be a BJP MLA.

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Nadda visits Bankim Chattopadhyay's house, TMC accuses him of insulting Bengali icons

BJP says TMC is trying to create an issue and the allegations are a reflection of the panic that has set in the ruling camp

The Hindu

Bengal continues to pile on Jharkhand’s misery

Gharami falls for 186 while Majumdar makes 117

The Times of India

Will shed my blood but never allow division of West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee

ALIPURDUAR: Amid demands for a separate state carved out of West Bengal by some BJP leaders, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that she is ready to shed her own blood, if need be, to thwart such attempts to divide the state.

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Will shed my blood but never allow division of West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Lashing out at the BJP camp "for trying to fan separatism" in the State, the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that all communities in north Bengal had been living in harmony for decades

The Hindu

KLO chief says Bengal BJP MPs support separate Koch-Kamtapur state

Video released with KLO chief and supporters carrying weapons and donning military fatigues comes ahead of CM Mamata Banerjee’s visit to north Bengal

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West Bengal cabinet decides to replace governor with CM in 4 more University

KOLKATA: The Bengal cabinet on Monday decided to remove the governor from the chancellor's position and replace him with the chief minister in four universities not working as part of the state higher education department.

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