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Those opposing India’s name change can leave the country: Dilip Ghosh

Dilip Ghosh says India to be renamed Bharat; those opposing free to leave the country. BJP to remove all statues of foreigners in Kolkata when in power, he says

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BJP alleges Central forces 'deliberately' not deployed in West Bengal panchayat election

BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh said if the Central forces were deployed in sensitive places, there would not have been so much violence, and people could have exercised their franchise freely and without fear.

The Hindu

Trinamool MLAs turn rebels in support of Independent candidates in West Bengal panchayat polls

Several MLAs of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal have come out openly in support of the independent candidates in the State’s panchayat polls, prompting questions about factionalism in the ruling party.

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BJP raising inclusion of Muslims in OBC list to communalise situation ahead of panchayat polls: Trinamool

TMC alleged that the BJP was trying to communalise the situation in West Bengal ahead of the panchayat elections by pointing out that the list of OBCs in the State has more Muslims than Hindus

The Hindu

TMC leader accuses BJP of desecrating holy Matua land

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee accused the BJP of desecrating the holy place of the Matuas by harassing women devotees hours before his visit to Thakurbari in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas on Sunday.

The Hindu

West Bengal panchayat polls | Violence erupts at several places during filing of nomination papers

A day after a Congress worker was killed in West Bengal, incidents of violence and allegations of intimidation continued on Saturday, the second day of filing of nomination papers for the panchayat polls in the State.

The Hindu

Panchayat poll in West Bengal on July 8

The panchayat poll in West Bengal will be held in a single phase on July 8, State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha said on Thursday. The election will be held for three-tier panchayats across 20 districts and two-tier panchayats in hill districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong.

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Prohibitory orders in Kolkata’s Ekbalpore after clashes erupts between two communities

There was stone pelting, and according to locals, crude bombs were hurled late on Sunday evening

The Hindu

Row over Gandhiji’s lookalike as ‘Asur’ at Hindu Mahasabha’s Durga puja pandal in Kolkata

Kolkata Police intervenes and changes the getup of Asura by removing the glasses and putting a mustache and hair on it.

The Hindu

CID is forcing Debjani to name Opposition leaders in West Bengal chit fund scam, says Sarbari Mukherjee

Responding to the allegations, the CID said they were false and baseless

The Hindu

Posters of Abhishek Banerjee with promise of a new TMC create a flutter

Differences between the party’s old guard and new leadership have come to fore lately

The Hindu

Trinamool faces the heat as protests over SSC scam grows

The party MP Abhishek Banerjee holds meeting with job seekers and students as Trinamool Congress faces heat over the scam

The Hindu

Cash seized in Bengal SSC recruitment scam rises to ₹50 crore

Demand for Minister Partha Chatterjee’s resignation grows louder.

The Hindu

Calcutta High Court asks ED to take arrested Bengal Minister to AIIMS in Odisha

Partha Chatterjee was held in teacher recruitment scam

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West Bengal Governor appoints Vice-Chancellor for Rabindra Bharati University, triggers fresh controversy

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar’s accouncement comes even as several legislation replacing him as Chancellor of State-run universities is awaiting his consent.

The Hindu

Singer KK's demise: BJP MP writes to Amit Shah to seek probe by central agency; TMC hits back

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh claimed that the State government accorded him a gun salute

The Hindu

Trinamool government 3.0 completes a year; BJP holds protests

Mamata Banerjee says ‘many more battles to be fought together and won together’

The Hindu

West Bengal Governor in war of words with Vice-Chancellors over functioning of universities

Noting that the state of universities in West Bengal was worrisome, Mr. Dhankhar at a programme on Friday said he was unable to "sleep at night" because of the situation

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