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West Bengal becomes first state to ban 'The Kerala Story', makers to seek legal options

The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal banned the film 'The Kerala Story' citing "maintenance of peace" and to avoid incidents of "hatred and violence" in the state. Read further on Dynamite News:

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West Bengal Government bans screening of The Kerala Story to maintain harmony

Mamata Banerjee ordered an immediate ban on the screening of the controversial film ‘The Kerala Story and described it as a distorted movie, aimed at defaming the southern State

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Cyclone Mocha | CM Mamata says ‘will rescue people from coastal areas’

With a low-pressure area formed over the Southeast Bay of Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that people do not need to fear the cyclone as the State Government is equipped with handling the situation.

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Protesting government employees bring Opposition on one platform in West Bengal

While the police had denied permission for the rally, the Calcutta High Court allowed the same to the protesters.

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Mamata expresses grief over the death of jawan from Darjeeling in Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajouri

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 6 expressed grief over the death of a 25-year-old jawan from Darjeeling who was among the five Indian soldiers who lost their life during a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.

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IT raids on West Bengal PAC chairman’s home sparks debate on MLA’s political affiliation

In October 2021, Krishna Kalyani joined the Trinamool Congress.

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Calcutta HC directs second post-mortem of BJP worker killed at Moyna

The BJP worker was allegedly killed at Moyna in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday.

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Mamata Banerjee asks Ministers to start sit-in outside Amartya Sen's house over eviction notice

West Bengal CM has asked State ministers to begin a sit-in outside Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to protest against the Visva-Bharati’s eviction notice

The Hindu

Calcutta HC reassigns two matters of school jobs scam to another Judge

Two matters — Soumen Nandy vs State of West Bengal and Ramesh Malik vs State of West Bengal — have been reassigned to the court of Justice Amrita Sinha.

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BJP worker killed in Moyna, party observes ‘martyrs day’ to mark two years of Trinamool government

The murder of a BJP worker at Moyna in Purba Medinipur district on May 2, 2023 triggered a political row with parties in the Opposition targeting the ruling Trinamool Congress on the day it completed two years of governance in its third consecutive term

The Hindu

TMC accuses Congress of ‘double standards’ over stand on BJP's ‘misuse’ of Central agencies

West Bengal’s ruling party had made it clear last month that it would maintain equidistance from both the Congress and the BJP, and try to work towards a grouping of regional forces to take on the saffron camp in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

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Activists of TMC, rival faction clash in Kolkata

Activists of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and a rival faction clashed at Beleghata in the northern part of Kolkata on April 30, 2023, officials said.

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Trinamool grappling with repeated Calcutta HC orders of probe by central agencies in West Bengal

The developments centering cases relating to West Bengal school job scam has brought the focus on the repeated directions by the Calcutta High Court ordering investigation by central agencies in scams, irregularities and incidents of violence in the State

The Hindu

West Bengal Special Task Force arrests suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist

The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) arrested a suspected terrorist of the Al-Qaeda outfit from Howrah. Read further on Dynamite News:

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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.

The Hindu

Govt. to extend help to family of migrant worker who died at Perumbavoor factory: Labour Minister

Every effort would be made to extend help to the family of West Bengal native Nasir Hussain who died on Thursday after falling into a 15-metre-deep burning pit at a plywood factory at Odakkaly in Perumbavoor, said Labour Minister V. Sivankutty on Friday.

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School job-for-bribe scam | Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court judge’s order

The Supreme Court on April 28 directed the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to reassign proceedings in the West Bengal school job-for-bribe scandal from Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to another High Court judge.

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Daily Dose Ep 1338: Bengal violence probe handed over to NIA, Anand Mohan released

In this episode of Daily Dose, Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, and China.

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Tea Industry seeks floor price in the wake of rising cost, drop in production

Highlighting a spike in cost of production and a decline in crop in Darjeeling and the Dooars region of West Bengal, the tea industry has urged the Commerce Ministry to declare a floor price for tea.

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Countrywide Income Tax raids on Gallantt Ispat Limited of Gorakhpur; troubles escalate for MD Chandra Prakash Agarwal

Several Income Tax teams on Wednesday raided at various locations of Gallantt Ispat Limited in UP, Gujarat, Delhi and West Bengal over alleged massive tax evasion. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Trinamool caught in a political flux

The Trinamool leadership has launched ‘Trinamooler Nabo Jowar’ (Trinamool’s new wave), a two-month-long outreach programme led by the party general secretary and its second-most important leader Abhishek Banerjee.

The Hindu

Mob protesting against death of minor sets police station on fire in West Bengal’s Kaliaganj

A group of locals set fire to Kaliaganj police station in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district to protest against the death of a teenage girl whose body was found in a canal last week.

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Four police officers suspended for dragging dead girl’s body on road in Bengal’s Kaliaganj

Four police officers, all in the rank of Assistant Police Sub Inspectors (ASIs), were on April 24 suspended for allegedly dragging the body of a minor girl on road at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal last week, a senior officer said.

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Central team visits West Bengal to inspect PMAY-G implementation

A team of 20 officials from the Ministry of Rural Development last week toured 10 districts of West Bengal, to inspect the implementation of rural housing scheme – Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G).

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General Election 2024: Mamata says 'no ego clash' over Opposition Unity after meeting Nitish, Tejashwi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after a meeting with her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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