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8 dead after flash flood hit Mal River in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri during idol immersion

Eight persons died during a flash flood that hit the Mal River at Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal on Wednesday evening District Magistrate Moumita Godara Basu said. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Eight drown in flash floods during Durga Puja immersion at Jalpaiguri in West Bengal

About 30-40 persons who were stuck in the middle of a river were rescued by the district administration

The Hindu

Dussehra 2022: History and Significance of Vijayaydashami

Today is Dussehra or Vijayadashami as many call it. Well actually, in North Indian states it's called Dussehra while in West Bengal it's called Vijayadashami. Read more on Dynamite News:

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₹40,000 crore Durga Puja in West Bengal creates 3 lakh jobs, says Stakeholders

With more than 40,000 community pujas across the state, the festival creates a scurry of economic activities for three-four months every year, they said

The Hindu

Understanding the Durga Puja economy

Brisker Puja sales may not implicate a better economic climate in West Bengal

The Hindu

National Mission for Clean Ganga approves 14 projects worth ₹1,145 crore

The projects include eight related to sewerage management in five main stem Ganga basin states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, a statement said

The Hindu

West Bengal SSC scam: SC extends interim protection granted to TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya

The Supreme Court on Friday extended the interim protection granted to the former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education and Trinamool Congress leader Manik Bhattacharya in connection with the alleged irregularities in primary teachers' appointments till further order. Read more on Dynamite News:

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National Games: Gujarat women's tennis team starts with easy win

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat began their defence of the National Games women's team tennis title with a commanding win over Telangana while West Bengal women's lawn bowls team registered a stunning 12-11 victory over Assam to maintain its winning momentum in the 36th National Games on Thursday.

The Times of India

Records of Lord Jagannath's over 60,000 acre of land in seven States to be digitised

Outside Odisha, the largest land parcel is in West Bengal — 322.930 acre

The Hindu

Mamata Banerjee 'softening' stand against RSS, PM Modi to salvage 'corrupt-criminal syndicate': CPI(M)

The latest editorial of People's Democracy has quoted Ms. Banerjee's statements at press conferences and said that she "has been making some new discoveries recently".

The Hindu

I don't believe in revenge, otherwise CPI(M) leaders would have been in jail: West Bengal CM

Unveiling the edition of the TMC mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla', Ms. Banerjee also took on social media trolling and alleged that outsiders had been hired to spread misinformation

The Hindu

An inventory of Armenian properties in City of Joy

Earlier this month, the Office of the Administrator General and Official Trustee of West Bengal was appreciated by the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Two West Bengal workers fall to death at cement unit under construction

The factory is scheduled to be inaugurated by the Chief Minister on September 28

The Hindu

21 TMC MLAs in touch with me: BJP's Mithun Chakraborty

KOLKATA: BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday claimed that 21 TMC MLAs of West Bengal are in touch with him. Addressing a press conference, the Bollywood star who joined the BJP ahead of last year's assembly elections said he stood by what he said in July -- 38 MLAs of…

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Data | Rice, wheat push up inflation, but Southern States keep prices low

Cereal inflation highest since 2014, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh cross the 15% mark

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West Bengal Government retracts RTI reply on farmer suicides

Earlier it had said 122 farmers had committed suicide in a single district in the State

The Times of India

Gautam Adani’s firm secures $3.1 billion port project in West Bengal

The Adani Group will develop a port in West Bengal state at a planned investment of more than $3 billion, as the port-to-power conglomerate continues to bolster its grip over the local infrastructure and logistics sectors.

The Times of India

Partha Chatterjee remanded to judicial custody till October 5

KOLKATA: A special CBI court on Wednesday rejected the bail prayer of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and remanded him and three others to judicial custody till October 5 in connection with its probe in the SSC recruitment scam.

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India's rice production may fall 6% to 104.99 million tonnes in kharif season of 2022-23

NEW DELHI: India's rice production is likely to decline by 6 per cent to 104.99 million tonnes in the kharif season this year due to a fall in paddy acreage amidst rainfall deficit in key producing states, including Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.

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Kurmi tribe protest in Bengal's Purulia for OBC status enters Day 2, several rail routes blocked

Several people of the Kurmi tribe on Wednesday blocked the rail tracks in several areas of West Bengal demanding Other Backward Class status for the community. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Woman IAS officer gets Bihar cadre after long legal battle with West Bengal government

PATNA: The Centre has finally transferred Alankrita Pandey, a 2016-batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer, to Bihar in compliance to an order of Delhi high court on the grounds of her marriage with Anshul Agrawal, a Bihar cadre IAS officer of the same batch.

The Hindu

CPI(M) targets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for her remarks on RSS

The CPI(M) accused the Trinamool Congress of being a ‘springboard for the RSS and the BJP’

The Times of India

National Games: Hosts Gujarat start off on a winning note in men's TT

SURAT: Top seeds Maharashtra and West Bengal all but sealed semifinal berths after registering contrasting wins in their opening two rounds in the women's table tennis team event at the 36th National Games on Tuesday.

The Times of India

West Bengal: 5-year-old boy found dead in neighbour's house, mob sets it on fire

BOLPUR (WEST BENGAL): A five-year-old boy was found dead at the house of his neighbour in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Tuesday, following which a mob ransacked the house and set it on fire, police said. The boy went missing on Sunday from Moldanga village in Santiniketan police station area,…

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Teachers Recruitment Scam: ED files complaint against 8 accused including Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee

Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against eight accused including Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee in the Teachers Recruitment Scam in West Bengal before the PMLA Special Court, Calcutta. Read more on Dynamite News:

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