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The Latest Breaking News from West Bengal

Sex workers and the city: The fight for rights

Organisation and solidarity are critical to ensuring the rights of sex-workers.

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Worker falls to death from under-construction building in Mumbai; labour contractor booked

MUMBAI: A labour contractor and others were booked by the police for not providing safety gear to a 20-year-old worker from West Bengal who fell to his death at an under-construction building site in suburban Mumbai last week, said an official on Tuesday.

The Times of India

After cremating mother, PM Narendra Modi virtually flags off infra projects for West Bengal

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off a host of infra projects, designed to add speed to Bengal and Kolkata, immediately after his mother’s cremation in Gandhinagar on Friday as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and a host of other CMs physically attended the programmes…

The Times of India

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Mamata Banerjee refuses to sit on dais at Howrah station

KOLKATA: High drama prevailed at Howrah station on Friday as a visibly annoyed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee refused to get up on the dais from where the Vande Bharat express to New Jalpaiguri was flagged off.

The Times of India

RailTel Bags Work Order Worth Rs 98.56 Cr From West Bengal

RailTel has bagged an order from Bengal for capacity enhancement of the West Bengal State Data Centre (WB-SDC) at an estimated cost of Rs 98.56 crore. Read on for details:

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Youth at the centre of Modi sarkar’s good governance schemes: BJYM chief Tejasvi Surya

Tejasvi Surya contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Bangalore South on a BJP ticket and won when he was just 28. In 2020, he took over as the national president of the party’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). He leads the Morcha at a time when the…

The Times of India

'UFO' has people baffled as mysterious light in the sky vanishes in an instant

The bright light was spotted by residents above several districts of West Bengal, India, with footage being shared on Twitter showing the luminous object in the night sky

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Daily Dose Ep 1224: LAC clash updates, judge recuses from Bilkis plea hearing

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Ukraine.

Newslaundry

BJP will sweep panchayat polls in Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari

KOLKATA: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday claimed that the BJP will sweep the panchayat polls next year, as the ruling TMC is set to witness “rapid erosion” of its support base.

The Times of India

Murder convict who fled Goa arrested after 15 years in West Bengal: Goa Police

PANAJI: One and a half decades after he fled from Margao judicial lock-up, the crime branch of Goa Police arrested a murder convict in West Bengal on Friday.

The Times of India

Daily Dose Ep 1216: TN temples phone ban, Rajasthan ‘gang war’, Russian oil cap

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Telangana, and Canada.

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Police complaint filed against Paresh Rawal for 'anti-Bengali' remark

State secretary of CPI(M) in West Bengal, Md Salim, has filed a complaint against actor Paresh Rawal here on Friday for the latter's viral comments about Bengalis while campaigning for the BJP in Gujarat.

The Times of India

I always wanted to write a book on Indian food: Food guru Karen Anand on writing her cookbook memoir 'Masala Memsahib'

Entrepreneur-food consultant-author Karen Anand is back with a new cookbook memoir titled 'Masala Memsahib' this year. In this unique cookbook memoir, Anand shares her adventures and experiences across five Indian states- Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, and West Bengal. It is through this journey that she explores the rich, diverse, and…

The Times of India

Mamata Banerjee likely to officially announce 2 new districts on Tuesday

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to officially announce Sundarbans and Basirhat as two new districts of the state during an administrative meeting scheduled on November 29, a senior official said on Monday.

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets Suvendu Adhikari over tea at her assembly chamber

KOLKATA: In a first since last year's state elections, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday held a "courtesy meeting" with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari at her chamber in the state assembly, raising eyebrows in political circles.

The Times of India

Mamata Banerjee likely to meet PM Narendra Modi on December 5

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the chief ministers' meeting in New Delhi on December 5, an official said on Sunday.

The Times of India

West Bengal: Man killed, body chopped into pieces allegedly by wife, son

BARUIPUR (WB): A crime similar to the brutal killing of Shraddha Walker has surfaced in West Bengal, where an ex-navy man was killed and his body was chopped into pieces and dumped in a number of places allegedly by his son.

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Daily Dose Ep 1198: Himachal votes, raids in Gujarat, Biden at ASEAN

Aban Usmani brings you the news from Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Delhi, and Cambodia.

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Daily Dose Ep 1190: Gujarat polls in December, North Korea fires more missiles

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Gujarat, the Supreme Court, Kerala, West Bengal, Japan and South Korea.

The Times of India

ED interrogates Sukanya Mondal, daughter of TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, in multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal

NEW DELHI: Sukanya Mondal, daughter of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal, was on Wednesday quizzed by the Enforcement Directorate at the agency headquarters in Delhi in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal.

The Times of India

‘Is it act of god or act of fraud?’, Congress trolls PM Modi over Gujarat bridge collapse

NEW DELHI: The Congress has trolled Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the collapse of a hanging bridge in Morbi in election-bound Gujarat even though its leader Rahul Gandhi refused to “politicise” the issue.

The Times of India

When is Chhath Puja 2022? History, Significance, Facts, Rituals, Celebration and all you need to know

Chhath Puja is a Hindu festival predominantly observed in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand. On this day Sun God is worshiped with prayers and religious rituals.

The Times of India

7-year-old boy killed in blast on railway tracks near Kolkata

BHATPARA(WEST BENGAL): A seven-year-old boy was killed and two others injured as a bomb exploded on a railway track in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, police said. The incident happened around 8.30 am on the railway tracks at Bhatpara between Kakinara and Jagaddal stations, about 30 km…

The Times of India

Cyclone 'Sitrang' brings rain, high wind dampening Diwali cheer in West Bengal

KOLKATA: The Met department on Monday warned of heavy rain in coastal Bengal and northeastern states, dampening festive spirits on Diwali and Kali Puja as cyclone 'Sitrang' moved north-northeastwards and lay 260 km southeast of Sagar island.

The Times of India

Fire at godown of leather complex near Kolkata

KOLKATA: A major fire broke out at a godown of Bantala Leather Complex in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday, an official said. No one was injured in the blaze, which was reported around 2 pm, he said.

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