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The Latest Breaking News from West Bengal

No untoward incident in last 2 days during Prophet remark stir: Bengal government to HC

218 held for violence across West Bengal

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President Election: WB CM Mamata Banerjee calls opposition leaders' meeting, says adopt a resolution to field common candidate

Opposition leaders' meeting called by Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of Presidential poll at Constitution Club of India in Delhi on Wednesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Delhi: Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with opposition leaders on Presidential election to begin

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday to hold meeting shortly with several Opposition leaders in Delhi to discuss the upcoming presidential polls. Read more on Dynamite News:

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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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Presidential polls | Pawar meets Mamata, Left party leaders

NCP chief not running for President

The Hindu

West Bengal Assembly passes bill to appoint Education Minister as Visitor of private varsities

West Bengal Private University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was passed by a voice vote after opposition BJP MLAs staged a walkout, protesting against it.

The Hindu

'May disturb peace': West Bengal issues advisory to cable operators over 'sensationalised, communal' news

"Misleading", "sensationalised", "having communal tone", and "likely to cause breach of peace in the state" – this is how the West Bengal government has characterised recent coverage by news channels of "news and incidents" in the state.

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Morning Digest | A month after Rahul Bhat’s killing, over 5,400 Pandit employees refuse to join duty in Valley, Rahul Gandhi to appear before ED again today, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day

The Hindu

Continue to provide GST compensation to States for three to five years, Amit Mitra writes to Nirmala Sitharaman

This will provide much-needed relief to the finances affected by the pandemic, Principal Chief Adviser to West Bengal CM says

The Hindu

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

Uneasy calm as West Bengal limps to normalcy; 200 arrested, 42 FIRs registered

Almost all the shops have downed their shutters. Several shops in the market have been set on fire.

The Hindu

Paramilitary forces should be called to assist police in arson-hit places of West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari told reporters that there should be a high-level meeting by the Chief Secretary, the DGP, Home Secretary and top bureaucrats on an emergency basis in view of the situation in the State.

The Hindu

Prophet remarks | Muslim cleric’s body urges West Bengal CM to not allow more protest rallies

Md. Yahia had last week called for protests inside mosques across West Bengal

The Hindu

Eminent personalities oppose Mamata Banerjee becoming chancellor of state-run varsities, decry blow to freedom

Actor, directors, painter, thespian, and activists among the 40 signatories who are “surprised and stunned” by the Chief Minister’s appointment.

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Left terms Mamata Banerjee’s move to convene Oppositon meeting ‘a unilateral move’

West Bengal CM’s action could harm Opposition unity, say Left leaders

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Daily Dose Ep 1070: Two die in Jharkhand violence over Prophet comments, Covid updates

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Jharkhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Taiwan.

The Hindu

Mamata Banerjee convenes meeting of Opposition leaders, CMs on Presidential poll

Ms. Banerjee has reached out to the Opposition CMs and leaders to participate in the joint meeting in the national capital,

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Shillong Chamber Choir’s upcoming single is inspired by rail journeys and is a tribute to Uncle Neil, the founder of the choir

The accompanying music video starts off at the bustling Howrah Station in West Bengal, and eventually takes viewers back to the 1960s and ’70s

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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.

The Hindu

West Bengal Speaker rejects plea to disqualify Mukul Roy as MLA

The petition was filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari after Mr. Roy joined the Trinamool Congress.

The Hindu

Trinamool Congress has no principles, party only has syndicates: BJP national president Nadda

J.P. Nadda, who is in West Bengal on a two-day visit, calls Trinamool Congress “Phishi-Bhaipho party“; says all regional parties have turned into family parties

The Hindu

BJP promises separate State, welfare schemes ahead of polls to befool people: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

The Chief Minister of West Bengal also criticised the Union government for not releasing funds for welfare schemes and “stopping” supply of wheat to States.

The Hindu

The Chancellor conundrum: On West Bengal decision to make CM as Chancellor

The time may have come to reconsider having Governors as university Chancellors

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Daily Dose Ep 1066: CDS appointment rules, BJP MLA booked over rape victim's video

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Maharashtra, Punjab, West Bengal, Telangana, and Ukraine.

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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

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