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Birbhum — a proposed coal mine in West Bengal and the related health hazards

The West Bengal government’s ambitious ₹35,000 crore Deocha Pachami coal block mining project at Mohammad Bazar has been facing protest over land acquisition.

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Political bigwigs battle it out in fourth phase of polls in Bengal

West Bengal's fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections features political heavyweights, world cup-winning cricketers, and varied issues.

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BJP’s Birbhum Lok Sabha candidate’s nomination cancelled

BJP cancels Debasish Dhar's nomination for Birbhum Lok Sabha seat, replaced by Debtanu Bhattacharya amid controversy.

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Pantoea Tagorei | Visva-Bharati discovers new bacteria, names it after Rabindranath Tagore

“This is a plant growth promoting bacteria which will prove to be a game-changer in agriculture. It has shown immense capability to boost the cultivation of paddy, pea and chilli,” microbiologist Bomba Dam said from Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.

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SC notice to CBI on bail plea of TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case

Mondal, who is the Birbhum district president of the ruling TMC in West Bengal, had prayed for bail, submitting that he has been in custody for over 145 days in connection with the case.

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Santiniketan finds a place on UNESCO’s World Heritage list

India had been striving for long to get a UNESCO tag for this cultural site located in Birbhum district.

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NIA arrests eighth accused in West Bengal explosives seizure case

The accused named Islam Chowdhary is a resident of Birbhum. He was picked up from his residence from where the NIA seized ₹1.50 lakh in cash, bank transaction documents, paper slips bearing mobile numbers, SIM cards and three mobile phones, said the agency.

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West Bengal: One person with arms, ammunition nabbed in Birbhum ahead of Panchayat polls

A case was registered at Suri Police Station under the Arms Act, of 1959 and further investigations are underway. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Trinamool struggles to keep game on in Birbhum in absence of strongman who popularised Khela Hobe

The arrest of Anubrata Mondal has made the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hopeful in the district.

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Amartya Sen's lawyers move court over eviction notice

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s lawyers have moved West Bengal’s Birbhum district court challenging a fresh eviction order by Visva Bharati, asking the celebrated economist to vacate a portion of “encroached land” within his ancestral property situated on the university campus by May 6.

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Birbhum Violence: Bengal Police Books Murder Case Against CBI Over Lalan Sheikh's Custodial Death

The complaint was registered by Lalan Sheikh's wife Reshma Bibi. The case has been registered under sections 448,323, 325, 302, 385,386, 509,427, 120(B).Read on for details:

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CBI nabs 7 more involved in Birbhum killings

Ten people were burnt to death after assailants hurled petrol bombs at several houses in Bogtui on March 21

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CBI arrests Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case

The TMC leader had twice skipped his scheduled appearance before the central probe agency in the last few days.

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Birbhum violence | Woman who suffered burn injuries in Rampurhat massacre dies

With this, 10 people have died of burn injuries after their houses in Bogtui village were allegedly firebombed following the murder of local TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh

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Women in India’s West Bengal fight upcoming coal mine

Women are leading a movement to resist government efforts to set up a coal mine in Birbhum district of West Bengal.

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Ram Chandra Dome | People’s doctor in the PB

The first Dalit in the CPI(M) Polit Bureau says the winds are changing in Bengal

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Minor gang-raped at Santiniketan

Birbhum police investigating the case while CBI is conducting a probe into another rape in Hanskhali

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CBI probe into Birbhum violence, Hanskhali rape in West Bengal gathers momentum

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar alleges that the bureaucracy in State is politicised

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Birbhum violence | Calcutta HC directs CBI probe into TMC leader murder

The violence at Bogtui village on March 21 where nine people lost their lives was in retaliation to the murder, says the court

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Birbhum violence | Calcutta High Court takes on record CBI’s preliminary report

It reserves order in plea for probe into murder of deputy gram pradhan

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CBI makes first arrests in Birbhum killings, nabs four suspects from Mumbai

Rampurhat (WB) CBI sleuths on Thursday nabbed four West Bengal residents from Mumbai for th

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CBI to conduct forensic psychological assessment of 9 arrested in Birbhum killings

Rampurhat The CBI has decided to conduct forensic psychological assessment of the nine persons arres

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BJP report on Birbhum violence asks for Central intervention

“Law and order machinery has totally collapsed in West Bengal under the TMC rule”

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Birbhum violence: 15-member CBI team with CFSL experts reaches Rampurhat village to probe case

After the Calcutta High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the Birbhum violence case, a 15-member team of the Central agency reached the crime scene in Rampurhat on Saturday to probe the case.

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Bengal’s violent politics of area domination

Eight people were burnt to death in a village in the State’s Birbhum district on March 21, as a retaliation to the killing of a local leader. What makes West Bengal so susceptible to vendetta politics and deadly violence? Why are factional feuds on the rise? Shiv Sahay Singh reports…

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