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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.

The Hindu

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).

The Hindu

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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Indian, U.S. fighter jets take part in joint exercise at West Bengal's Kalaikunda

“Fighter jets of the air forces of India and the United States took part in a joint exercise at Kalaikunda Air Force Station in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district,” an official said on April 24.

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Normalcy returns to violence-hit Kaliaganj in West Bengal

Life in violence-hit Kaliaganj in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district was crawling back to normal on April 24 even as a huge police force was on the watch to prevent a flare-up amid tensions over the death of a 17-year-old girl. Read the full story on The Hindu.

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West Bengal: Clashes erupt in North Dinajpur over rape, murder of minor girl

Days after the alleged gang-rape and murder of a Dalit girl in North Dinajpur district's Kaliagunj, clashes broke out between the locals and police in the district on Saturday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Women's Commission takes cognizance of minor girl gang-raped, murdered in North Dinajpur

The National Commission for Women has taken cognizance of a video which purportedly showed that a minor girl was raped and murdered by a group of men in North Dinajpur's Kaliaganj, West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Pushkar Singh Dhami, Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal among politicians who lost Twitter blue tick

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tursday removed the verified blue tick from many high-profile individuals' account in India including West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's among others. Read further on Dynamite News:

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West Bengal: BSF seizes gold worth Rs 36 lakh smuggled from Bangladesh at international border, one held

Foiling a smuggling bid, the Border Security Force (BSF) seized gold biscuits worth Rs 36 lakh smuggled from Bangladesh to India in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

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West Bengal: CBI arrests Supt of Customs at Kolkata port in bribery case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a Superintendent of Customs department Pawan Kumar at Kolkata port in Khidirpur in a bribery case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC relief for Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee in school jobs scam; stay on High Court order

The Supreme Court today stopped the central agencies' probe against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader for his alleged involvement in the West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam.

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CBI arrests TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha in Bengal teachers' recruitment scam

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Jiban Krishna Saha in the West Bengal teachers' recruitment scam case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Daily Dose Ep 1327: ED raids in PMLA case, suspect arrested in Pentagon leak

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from Meghalaya, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and the United States.

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TMC leader Neelima Barman, her husband and daughter hacked to death in West Bengal; 3 arrested

KOLKATA: TMC panchayat-level leader Neelima Barman, her husband Bimal Barman (also an active member of TMC) and their daughter Runa Barman were hacked to death after being allegedly attacked by a sharp weapon by some miscreants at Sitalkuchi in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal on Friday, ANI reported.

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Delhi: Man held for tearing, dumping religious flags in drain, say police

A person was arrested for allegedly tearing and dumping saffron-coloured religious flags, put up on the occasion of Ram Navami, in a drain at Shastri Park in the national capital. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bengal violence: Before rallies flouted police guidelines, organisers disagreed with schedule

The police allowed the Ram Navami processions without formal permission in West Bengal’s Howrah despite letters by the organisers suggesting their refusal to comply with at least one crucial guideline. The processions eventually saw several violations, be it music, weapons, motorcycles or the rally schedule, according to video clips and…

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Sena leader Sanjay Raut inculpates BJP for violence in West Bengal

Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut on Monday alleged that the violence in West Bengal on Ram Navami is planned and sponsored by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi Police Crime Branch arrests convicted narcotics trafficker from India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal

A team from the Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested a convicted narcotics trafficker and absconder, who was trying to escape to Bangladesh from India-Bangladesh Border near Dinhata, West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ram Navami violence: Security beefed up after clash in Nalanda, police say over 50 held

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday hit out at the Bihar and West Bengal governments over clashes in the states during the Ram Navami celebrations. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Situation in Howrah's Kazipara peaceful; CID starts probe into clashes

HOWRAH(WEST BENGAL): The situation in Howrah town, which witnessed clashes between two groups during a Ram Navami procession, is peaceful and under control on Saturday, even as prohibitory order was still in force in the affected area, a police officer said.

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West Bengal detonator seizure case: NIA arrests two explosive suppliers

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two suppliers of explosives and Gelatin sticks in the West Bengal detonator seizure case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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In fresh unrest in Howrah, policemen pelted with stones; Section 144 CrPC imposed

HOWRAH(WEST BENGAL): Fresh incidents of stone-throwing by unidentified people on police personnel, deployed in Howrah's Kazipara area which witnessed violence over the Ram Navami procession on Thursday, triggered tension in the area on Friday afternoon, an officer said.

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